He just cannot be allowed to be anywhere near the decision making.

“Let go” Gits, and allow others to make you look good.

Otherwise the bench.

The problem with him at 10 against top opposition is that he cant get away with beating a player on the outside or standing them up every time. In fact, its getting harder and harder. He is not getting through half gaps like he used to.

Part of the problem is that the opposition know he’s coming. With the defence sweating on Larkham and Mortlock, our range of attacking options created space for Gits to work his magic.

Now with Gits alone calling the shots they know that he will either A) Run straight at the line, or B) Shift the ball one out without taking on the line…

I am a big fan of his, but he is not a play maker. We need Cooper with his passing options at 10 fulltime, and Digby with his running angles and strength at 13 to take the focus of Gits (who needs to move to 12). Once that combination is formed, Giteau will be dancing though defences once again!

Gits should be moved to 12, which is where he played most of the game on Saturday anyway. If Barnes was fit, I’d be tempted to give Gits a rest.

Spiro drew all the comments today which has a lot to do with the fact that there’s not much to argue about in your assessments. And I thought EXACTLY the same thing watching AACs try.

And Shahsan, Latham was a great. He may not have started out that way but he sure ended that way. Giteau burst onto the scene and has been a stayer in the team for a while. Let’s hope he rediscovers his mojo and ends up a great too.

I am firmly of the opinion his days in the team are numbered when Berrick Barnes is fully fit and I think he knows it. He needs to be disciplined as he is full of himself and he desperately needs a wake up call. He needs to find his form of old plus enjoy playing rugby & not treat it as a job – go back & play club rugby. His game now is boring & he is too one dimensional & very predictable.

Unfortunately he believes in his own publicity & self worth and as such being dropped will make him have a good look at himself and get the hunger back and as such become the damaging player he once was (he has lost his flair). His tri nations this year was a shocker – and such bad performances should not be tolerated in sport – you should never own your position & to get the best out of any player they should be aware their position in the team is constantly under review based on performance/results – we do not want a team of non-performers when Eddie Jones & John Connolly coached the team.

Team sport is result & performance driven – it is not a permanent secure job – when this is made obvious to all Aussie rugby players , not just the test squad, you will see better player performances in Super 14′s as well.

When Berrick Barnes is fit drop Giteau to the bench as he needs to have a good look at himself. Barnes would definitely make a better fly half & he is a team player who plays for the Wallaby honour.

It is time for a fresh backline that has not being selfishly influenced by Gregan in his final years in Aussie rugby.

Playing for the Wallabies is an Australian honour not a pay packet – we need to devalue the influence of RUPA on the players.

Giteau can definitely beat his man but I do agree he needed to pick his moments better, if beating his man was his sole intention. I am looking forward to seeing him utlilise his backline in the coming tests if he is allowed some time and space (by both his pack and to some degree, the opposition). Giteau also appears more threatening when attacking from a more flat position, almost at the gain line. This is where his quick feet allow him to beat his man, as opposed to allowing the opposition to size him up for a few steps.

He played so well for the Force this year. Given the defenses in test match rugby are always better, but he needs to regain that form. It was not only his running that was better, but his decision making. Countless times you saw him call a switch from one side of a ruck to another while he raced into position to expose overlaps or weakened defenses. He also found more fat props to run at it seems. Perhaps that was more the structure Mitchell put in place as opposed to Deans’ backline strategy, however, he definitely made better decisions then than now.

Wallabies to beat Ireland by 3 (and I am talking something like 12-9, not a big scoring event). I make this prediction with absolutely no consideration or confidence either, by the way.

On the the positive I only saw him do one absolutley stupid kick away of possesion agains the Poms instead of the many we have seen previoulsy.

Rule number one. If you’ve got the ball you can score and the opposition can’t.

I wonder if Deans has seen this aspect of his game as well. Deans seems to prefer to let guys evolve into what he wants rather than push them. This has advantages in terms of ego massaging and long term development but the downside is the time it takes and the opportunities lost.

I am hoping that Giteau will have appreciated what Quade Cooper did outside him and can relax a bit. Last Saturday, I think he was hoping it would be the GIts show and it wasn’t. Time to build on the team not individuals, lets hope Gits has seen this.

It was obvious that Giteau disliked Luke Burgess a lot, if we had a better 5/8 maybe Genia wouldn’t have had his chance. So maybe we have got Gits to thank for Genia.