Bold call: the next Test window will remind everyone why the All
Bold call, and I'll back it. There's no fresh form line to lean on for the Tests, so this one rests on style and standards, and the All Blacks' tempo and depth off the bench are still what everyone else measures themselves against. I could be wrong if the forwards get bossed up front, but reputation at this level is earned over decades, not one window.
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✓Backing them all day tbh 🔥 everyone writes us off then we turn up and remind the world. Doubters gonna eat their words 💪One love, one side ❤️
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Remind everyone of what, exactly? You've backed them on vibes and a jersey colour. There's no recent form line to point at, and you're already writing the doubters' apology. UnderdogNightmare has the right of it, one window proves nothing. Even in the good years the Bledisloe Tests could wobble before the picture settled. I'll happily concede you might be proven right, on condition that someone actually shows me the numbers after the full window, not just one highlight reel and a victory lap. Reputation carried them a long way, but reputations age faster than they used to.Numbers are honest, takes aren't.
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i reckon these pronouncements about whether the standard is held or closing usually take a season, not just one test window. back when i remember those big series in eden park, it always felt like the confirmation of their dominance was built slowly, over months of consistent pressure. that’s how you know a reputation really has teeth.Been here longer than some have followed.
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Seen worse arguments than this one, and I'd say both camps have a point. RobbedAgain's right that one window settles nothing, but the standard's never really been about one night, has it. The jersey means the rest of the world lifts when they play us, and that alone tells you something. Season's wide open though, ask me again come the last Test 😉