Since I could hold my head up high.

Na but for real, it has been an incredibly long time since I even posted here. I've been busy studying my little kiwi ass off and have successfully passed my year of Quantity Surveying. One more to go! *roboboogies*

In other news, I don't know if y'all heard but Christchurch, New Zealand was hit by a 7.1 earthquake that was slightly bigger than Haiti's one on the 4th of September. This is my home. And I would not wish anybody to experience something like it ever. Even my worst enemy.

It was terrifying in that you are so completely helpless when it happens. You have to wait it out. And loud. So, so, so loud. It was deafening. Amazingly, not one single person died. A world first for a quake of that magnitude.

We're still having aftershocks to this day. The last one was number 2950 and happened about two and a half hours ago.

Luckily, New Zealand has one of the toughest Building Codes in the world and those strict requirements are shown in how few buildings actually collapsed. Don't get me wrong, the city and surrounding suburbs are a mess, but compared to what could have happened, our buildings survived remarkably well. The ones that have been bulldozed or condemned are mostly older buildings built in the 1950's and 60's.

All in all, I continue to count my blessings in that myself and my loved ones are all okay. We've still yet to have our house inspected as it has some substantial damage, but it's inhabitable for the mean time, and that is all that matters.

With all due respect Sir, I do believe you could be doing a hell of a lot better with the All Blacks at the moment.

First and foremost, I'll tell you right now that I wasn't too fond of your being reinstated as the All Black's Head Coach until the 2011 Rugby World Cup. I believed we needed a little change and Deans was the way of the future. He still is, except he's the way of the future for the Australians. I won't pretend I'm not still bitter about that.

I know we're a brand new team and it's not as experienced as it used to be. I understand that we're missing some men due to injuries. But I'm one of the few who won't kick you when you're already down on the ground. To be a great team, you need to work on that. You need to have your players gelling correctly, you need set plays to work. You need the game to flow. I understand that fully. And when people were ripping into you for the poor performance last week, I defended you. Just like I defended the Crusaders.

I know we have it in us. We are not the best rugby team in the world for nothing.

However, I need you to do something for me.

I need you to get your act together. I need you to iron out the creases in our attack and defence. I need you to make the correct choices for players.

I'm not a world class coach, but I can tell you some of the problems we're having. They're simple ones. Ball handling. We need to clean up our handling errors. Marking our man. In the last two games, that has been a major problem. Men aren't marking up and it's creating huge gaps on the wings. It's right there for the world to see. We need to practice on our tackling. There was too many missed tackles that should not have been missed. If those three things were tidied up, we'd be playing so much better. It would be so much nicer to watch.

We're not perfect in any way, shape or form. But we can be the best we can be. We have the talent. Please, use it wisely.

You were lucky on Saturday. Very lucky. Scraping in with six points, when I know, you know, we all know that we should be doing better.

I wish you the best for the Tri-Nations, but I also hope you'll get your selections right. We need these wins. You need these wins. The nation need these wins. I implore you, give us the results we all know you can give us.


Sincerely yours,

Danielle

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