Coaches always want topics to hold the attention of their troops and the scrum issues and work from the backline will be all the necessary hooks they need to get through this week.
My suspicion is the All Blacks' greatest struggle is not showing some of the work they want to bring to their Cardiff quarter-final.
They will have been learning new moves or variations on old themes since this campaign began. They will have talked through them in their meetings, tried them at walking speed in the confines of the gym or used them on the training field when there are no prying eyes.
As much as they'd love to give them a game-day burst against the Pumas, Namibia or Georgia, it would have been foolish to alert any impending playoff rival to their plans.
They were itching to use parts of that folio against Georgia, who brought very determined defensive plans to their historic test with the All Blacks. Trying a couple of ideas would have been great practice but this was not the time or place to show off those concepts.
Therefore, the All Blacks felt restricted to using the methods which they and the world have got used to over the last few seasons. They went wide but without some of the inside punch to give variety.
They could still have turned the ball back inside to their forward runners to create more phase play before they went wide or Daniel Carter could have kicked more to test the Georgians' ability to counter against an on-rushing wave of defenders.
The All Blacks had 65 per cent possession and 68 per cent territory, which is more than enough for a side of this quality to outpoint Georgia.
At times they made it look ridiculously easy. Julian Savea's second try was a stroll as the All Blacks manipulated the set-piece space with four attackers on three defenders.
When they moved the ball across the park and then back, with passes in front of teammates with a little depth, they showed how they could create tries like the one for Dane Coles when he crossed without any spare defenders.
When they were a touch too flat or the pass was inaccurate, they were prone to mistakes against the strong Georgian defence.
The All Blacks coaching group have an unparalleled record in the last four years for selecting players and tickling up those whose form has dropped while compiling a remarkable list of achievements.
Defeat against the Wallabies a few months ago will have stung their convictions and given them time to re-evaluate what they are doing. Coach Steve Hansen is too canny not to have made plans, to have his players work hard on perfecting those ideas but keep them off limits until necessary.
That time is drawing much nearer. The don't panic message will be reinforced throughout the squad as the public are left to finger the worry beads.
