A few thoughts about the Lions tour.<br />
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The All Blacks are good, but frankly they were handed at least 4 tries on a plate in the test series. If the Lions had capitalised on their good starts in the 2nd and 3rd tests, it might have been more of a contest.<br />
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Sir Clive Woo Woo is clearly nuts. He got lucky in the World Cup, had a team that pretty much managed itself, and now has been found out to be a fairly crap coach. He is nuts because he picked a team from the past, never gave Andrew Sheridan a chance to scare the opposition in the tests, and kept ignoring form players. He is crap, because when your team can’t catch a ball at the restart, the coaching must be at fault.<br />
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Everyone is looking at Clive here, but surely there were other people in selection meetings. Why didn’t O’Sullivan, McGeechan or someone say “look, this is stupid – you can’t pick HIM.” Did everyone agree on, say, dropping Henson or picking Robinson? Couldn’t he be stopped?<br />
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But aside from all the rugby anguish (Why, Why, WHY?) the biggest reason I am relieved is that I don’t have to see my friends at 8am anymore. I don’t have to provide breakfast, I don’t have to act chummy in the morning. I can sleep in on Saturdays. I can get to work on time on Tuesdays. I can take that sodding Lions poster down from the wall.