Out of interest, what did you think of the White Ferns this morning?
They obviously had a bit of a hand from their opposition (particularly their fielding - yeesh), but to my eye it seemed like a particularly strong performance across the board from our lot. Knowing they can play like that just makes those dreadful first two games (and near-certain early elimination from the tournament, yet again) all the harder to swallow.
I didn’t see this morning’s game Richard! Kind of a Murphy’s Law situation where I saw the bad stuff and missed the good. One of those situations, also, where in hindsight they might have been better off to go into NRR damage-limitation mode early against Australia and SA… Or perhaps they were.
I think the key thing here, which NZC will be desperately trying to deflect from, is this is a long term thing. All the talk about selections, performances, contracts, coaches is just talking about symptoms, and is a distraction IMO.
2016 is the last time White Ferns made the final 4 at a World Cup. That’s a systemic issue. Strategic not tactical. Why is it happening?
Simon Doull fired some shots before his Twitter account was apparently hacked:
“ Maybe someone in the media should actually do an in depth story as to why we are the only country in the top 5-6 to have gone backwards in the woman’s game over last 10 years..🤷♂️🤷♂️Ask some real questions. Find out what Number 1 was in the report and stop covering up..”
I did watch some of the white ferns game ..I thought it was very typically performance from our women ..once the pressure goes off the team they look like world beaters .. when they played one of the top teams they are exposed .. our batting still lacks real depth .. when the game is online like it was with South Africa we fall apart we done it for over 8 years now .. I’m with Dylan I watch some of our domestic league with our women .. our league is terrible.. the fielding is club standard ..the bowling lacks any pace .. the batters can’t play down the ground or the off side ..
talking about woman's sport .. our football team are real mess .. i played soccer at uni ..have coached soccer and play for most of my life .. I can’t believe our lack of basic skills .. how we ranked 24 in the world is crazy .. we should be ranked 90 .. we can’t score goals just like our men .. yet the coverage they get from our media is crazy ..
I did see the Sunday show about cte .. I thought it was good but over the top .. I was surprised they didn’t interview Dylan who had cover cte .. or even interview families who have seen the effected of rugby and head knocks like the ones in Taranaki .such as Neil Wolfe .. etc ..
while I have some sympathy for the nz rugby union on this, the cynic of me thinks the rugby union. Will never come out in public saying there is a link with rugby and head knocks ..because would leave them open for a major law suit, I do worry about kids playing rugby. When I played rugby in the 80s the biggest concern was injuries from scrums with broken necks .. but with the head knocks you are talking about something that nobody can see .. the brain ..
think we going to need a miracle with our Black Caps .. what worries me .. in the next 5 years we could need up been like the West Indies.. the icc are run by India as we know ..they only care about money and playing the top 3 .. teams .. Australia and England .. think cricket is in a real bind only going to get worst .. 20 20 will only shorten international players careers ..
Out of interest, what did you think of the White Ferns this morning?
They obviously had a bit of a hand from their opposition (particularly their fielding - yeesh), but to my eye it seemed like a particularly strong performance across the board from our lot. Knowing they can play like that just makes those dreadful first two games (and near-certain early elimination from the tournament, yet again) all the harder to swallow.
I didn’t see this morning’s game Richard! Kind of a Murphy’s Law situation where I saw the bad stuff and missed the good. One of those situations, also, where in hindsight they might have been better off to go into NRR damage-limitation mode early against Australia and SA… Or perhaps they were.
I think the key thing here, which NZC will be desperately trying to deflect from, is this is a long term thing. All the talk about selections, performances, contracts, coaches is just talking about symptoms, and is a distraction IMO.
2016 is the last time White Ferns made the final 4 at a World Cup. That’s a systemic issue. Strategic not tactical. Why is it happening?
Simon Doull fired some shots before his Twitter account was apparently hacked:
“ Maybe someone in the media should actually do an in depth story as to why we are the only country in the top 5-6 to have gone backwards in the woman’s game over last 10 years..🤷♂️🤷♂️Ask some real questions. Find out what Number 1 was in the report and stop covering up..”
Exactly.
What does he mean by that last sentence?
I did watch some of the white ferns game ..I thought it was very typically performance from our women ..once the pressure goes off the team they look like world beaters .. when they played one of the top teams they are exposed .. our batting still lacks real depth .. when the game is online like it was with South Africa we fall apart we done it for over 8 years now .. I’m with Dylan I watch some of our domestic league with our women .. our league is terrible.. the fielding is club standard ..the bowling lacks any pace .. the batters can’t play down the ground or the off side ..
talking about woman's sport .. our football team are real mess .. i played soccer at uni ..have coached soccer and play for most of my life .. I can’t believe our lack of basic skills .. how we ranked 24 in the world is crazy .. we should be ranked 90 .. we can’t score goals just like our men .. yet the coverage they get from our media is crazy ..
I did see the Sunday show about cte .. I thought it was good but over the top .. I was surprised they didn’t interview Dylan who had cover cte .. or even interview families who have seen the effected of rugby and head knocks like the ones in Taranaki .such as Neil Wolfe .. etc ..
while I have some sympathy for the nz rugby union on this, the cynic of me thinks the rugby union. Will never come out in public saying there is a link with rugby and head knocks ..because would leave them open for a major law suit, I do worry about kids playing rugby. When I played rugby in the 80s the biggest concern was injuries from scrums with broken necks .. but with the head knocks you are talking about something that nobody can see .. the brain ..
think we going to need a miracle with our Black Caps .. what worries me .. in the next 5 years we could need up been like the West Indies.. the icc are run by India as we know ..they only care about money and playing the top 3 .. teams .. Australia and England .. think cricket is in a real bind only going to get worst .. 20 20 will only shorten international players careers ..