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Mog The Almighty

Some damning stats regarding Jake Gordon (from The Roar). Wallabies win rate in 2025 with Jake Gordon at 9 sits at 14%, with one win from 7 games (an unconvincing win against Japan). Without Jake Gordon, the wallabies win rate jumps to 57% (4 wins from 7 games). Without Jake playing, we would score...

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Despite the bad loss most of those players are in the best possible Wallabies 23. You'd have to decide who isnt in the 23 and replace them. You're not going to replace the whole 23 and succeed. I think Jake made a good claim to be starting 9. The high ball is the biggest worry IMO. I agree. Given w...

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.... The biggest concern is the 'high ball'. It's a deadly weapon for the opposition. We almost always knock it on when trying to receive it. That's a break for the opposition everytime, no need to run through the defense. Need a 'high ball' coach. AFL teams still practice marking despite it being ...

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There's nothing wrong with Gordon. I'm sick of hearing this. I don't know what the guy has to do but repeated bullets to the chest. If the forwards aren't moving or are predictable or just soft, there's not much he can do about that. He's not the best halfback in the world, sure. But he's also a ma...

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He has 4 games left I don’t see the point Get Kiss in from Jan as he has very little time to polish this turd. In fact I have no faith he can do anything either. Team is burnt out tbh. The positives is a few players got experience. Gordon actually looked good for the most part. The high ball is a h...

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He actually got his right hand part the way around.

I've seen much worse "attempts" to wrap or bind let go routinely.

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Just said similar on the match thread- they look like they've played every week for 16yrs. Completely cooked running on fumes. There was an article last week showing they haven’t actually played an unusual amount of rugby this year… I agree though, they look mentally cooked. It’s probably the emoti...

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The solution here is obvious to anyone with 2 brain cells. And only those with 2 brain cells. What we need to do is fire the coach, hire whatever outside back is making waves in rugby league for a zillion dollars, hire some shouty rugby league style commentators to drum up excitement, make our entir...

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This is entirely the fault of the the north shore abbot voting dickheads that run the ARU. They’re totally incompetent. Taking the game off free to air. Spending zillions on outside backs from league when the problem for the last 20 years has been the forwards. The fact the most of the tries in this...

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F off mog this is not about you Time to put the bottle down bro. ?? I'm not Welsh or drunk. Just bemused by your neediness to involve old Australian sour grapes in this game I'm just saying. That was not a penalty, let alone a yellow. And used a recent comparable example that everyone knows to exem...

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I thought that was a very interesting game, and I don’t want to rub the wrong way when they’re at a low point but that last penalty was brutally harsh. I saw a clear attempt to wrap as a neutral. It was a brutal hit but man … if as a Welsh fan if you’re going to argue that was a legit yellow but Ja...

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An embarrassing celebration We're cooked I don’t think so. As a neutral it was a very exciting game, plenty of heart, courage and grit. And Japan are no joke. It’s not the Napan of 20 years ago. They’re a serious side now. Granted, you’re not up there with best. Nor are we. But swings and roundabou...

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I thought that was a very interesting game, and I don’t want to rub the wrong way when they’re at a low point but that last penalty was brutally harsh. I saw a clear attempt to wrap as a neutral. It was a brutal hit but man … if as a Welsh fan if you’re going to argue that was a legit yellow but Jac...

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It’s a decent enough Wallaby squad on paper. Not sure what Tupou has done to lose his spot tho.

Problem is the whole team just seems gassed and burned out. They showed some fire and grit against the Lions and Springboks, but one suspects they’re now running on fumes.

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We have settled into a version of how JS pushed Ireland up the rankings. One dimensional game of one out brutality in close before relying on individual brilliance at the end of many phases. Its not working as our individual brilliance has been severely watered down and we don’t even have the muscl...

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We have settled into a version of how JS pushed Ireland up the rankings. One dimensional game of one out brutality in close before relying on individual brilliance at the end of many phases. Its not working as our individual brilliance has been severely watered down and we don’t even have the muscl...

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I'm not saying you make it public! Or a law! Just saying how I view it... It's so much harder to get people out once they are in... waste of resources... so concentrate on ways of stopping people getting in... Letting them know they'll be turfed out pronto is one way of stopping them getting in. Ye...

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I mean, what the fvck?! It writes better than 99% of people. Authors must be pissed. Authors aren't the only ones. I dunno if you've been living under a rock or what, but there's huge concern about mass job loss in the future. Music, writing, art. F-ck me, A.I. was supposed to do the boring drudger...

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Horrific. What the f-ck do these people think they're achieving? I know no motive has been identified, but there must have been some motive. To be defined as terrorism, I believe there has to be a political/religious motive. It's hard to imagine there wasn't one in this case. It wasn't a targeted g...

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Horrific. What the f-ck do these people think they're achieving? I know no motive has been identified, but there must have been some motive. To be defined as terrorism, I believe there has to be a political/religious motive. It's hard to imagine there wasn't one in this case. It wasn't a targeted ga...

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I mean, what the fvck?! It writes better than 99% of people. Authors must be pissed. Authors aren't the only ones. I dunno if you've been living under a rock or what, but there's huge concern about mass job loss in the future. Music, writing, art. F-ck me, A.I. was supposed to do the boring drudger...

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I asked copilot on my pc to write me a story set in ancient rome about a legionary in Germany. It started to spit out a totally coherent and actually pretty interesting story. Here's the start of it: Chapter 1: The March North The forest stretched endlessly, a wall of black pines clawing at the gra...

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How is there not a thread for this?

Apparently they're saying it's not a terrorist incident. Which seems difficult to believe.

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Where's the Aussie team from the Rugby Championship gone? Never looked up for it today Nic White had retired, Skelton didn't play and Edmed is our 4th best 10. Ikitau, Wright, Tate, all big losses. This is a shell of the team that played the Lions and the guys that are left seem to be running on fu...

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 6:58 pm
ManInTheBar wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 6:56 pm
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 6:53 pm

I hope you're not a teacher or father.
And you are a bit of a blazer
I guess disliking symptoms of a mental condition is personal. I withdraw the remark.

There's nothing about ADHD that makes you have to carry on like a dickhead. That just being a dickhead with ADHD.

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Pollock just threw his shorts into the crowd. Cl@ss or @rse? He has to learn he's not a child, not a pop star, and what not to do in front of other children. The English side always provide at least one player not to like. It used to be Farrell, now it's this clown. Plenty of players in England I d...

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Oh well. This is disappointing. This Wallaby side just looks tired tbh. It's going to be a brutal autumn series after The Lions and Rugby Championship. They look like they're out of steam. Whatever they had seems spent. That and all the players missing, but I still hoped and expected a better perfor...

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Crikey the game's a bit boring and shit. What a let down so far. :shock: been excellent Some people just don't likely rugby. Constantly whining about every game. This games been pretty good although frustrating as a Wobs fan. The kicking and chasing technique just isn't working and we keep trying i...

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Potter is great. He was simply unlucky on The Lions game, but the class was there for the short period that he was. Something not quite firing here for The Wobs though. We're lucky not to be 17 down if it were not for a couple of flukey (but awesome) plays by Potter. And that's despite I believe hav...

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Tane is still finding his feet, but he's good and will get better.

Gordon is good. F-ck you haters.

The big problem I see is the ball won't get outside the #12 unless it's a desperation off-load after running head-on into contact with someone twice his size.

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How? Potter was the only guy there. If you wanted to be pedantic you could argue he had one arm on the ground. But ruck formed was just wrong. A ruck is not formed until two opposing players are engaged over the ball. Potter was the only one there. It wasn't even 50 50, it was just wrong. Yellow ca...

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For a game that was apparently "ruined" early on... it wasn't bad... ref inconsistent both ways... Dmac big downgrade on BB... which isn't saying much... Tell me more about the both ways? It was pretty impressive that he warned Oz for repeated penalties.......and then let probably another 5 go befo...

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Oh well. That's rugby for you. I'm not disappointed with how the Wallabies fought back but they're still a work in progress. Those massive leads they have to chase down just can't continue.

Congrats keewees.

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Fat Old Git wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:53 am 9 points up with 4 minutes to go. And yet Im still nervous!

Don't be.

If the Wallabies get in front, the referee will award the ABs an extra 3 for effort.

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Piardi has f**ked the Wobs at many rucks, but that was the right call How? Potter was the only guy there. If you wanted to be pedantic you could argue he had one arm on the ground. But ruck formed was just wrong. A ruck is not formed until two opposing players are engaged over the ball. Potter was ...

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Tussock wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:49 am Aussie commentary is dire...

It is. They have to be more professional.

But they're also not wrong. That was an absurd call.

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Lols.

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Could say Quinn was pushed into touch illegally there. Pendant ref missed it. No, you couldn't. Player needs to stay on his feet... Can't dive on prone player like thst That's true, but I think he was out already and would have been the most pedantic of pedantic calls. If Picardi could have within ...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:39 am Could say Quinn was pushed into touch illegally there. Pendant ref missed it.

No, you couldn't.

There has been one or two fifty fifty calls that went against the ABs. That wasn't one of them.

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:38 am Depth>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ref

The Wallabies have a good bench and have been coming from behind in the second half all year.

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