The side wanted to put pressure on itself and it did that by giving the Georgians plenty of ball to play with.
By and large, the All Blacks tackled well and kept out a one-dimensional Georgian attack.
Apparently, like a good card player, the All Blacks do not want to show their tricks too early.
Not let the cat totally out of the bag.
But is this really just a case of the emperor remaining calm and defiant while the city burns around him?
Would it not have been 100% better if the All Blacks had gone out and played with accuracy and dash and belted up the Georgians, running up a cricket score against them ?
Showed the flashy moves so every other team watching would have sat up and really taken notice?
Hansen appears to have a master plan but so did Napoleon and General Custer and we all know what happened to them.
Looking at the key games over the weekend, betting money would not be swinging heavily behind the All Blacks after this performance.
It was inaccurate and confusing.
Passes just did not go to hand when they should have and the set piece was not convincing.
This was a real chance for All Black props Wyatt Crockett and Charlie Faumuina to get into contention for the starting side.
But it was disturbing to see the All Black scrum in, if not reverse gear, at least in a gear in which the engine was spluttering.
Maybe Tony Woodcock and Owen Franks are not yet set for the knacker's yard yet.
Faumuina is not bad around the park but Franks is a better scrummager which leaves a bit of a quandary for Hansen and co.
Do they pick Franks for his scrummaging and then have less round the park ?Woodcock and Crockett are much of a muchness.
Certainly you could argue there are there signs of the ageing and creaking bodies of some of the All Blacks not being able to last the distance.
Aaron Smith is playing a game at 100kmh but has a guy outside him who is 33 and an openside flanker who is nearly 35.
Wanting to play an expansive game is all well and good but one has to have the artillery to do it.
One minute Smith is taking quick taps and running the ball and then the next minute he is putting in the traditional box kick.
Whatever he, and those around him, are trying to do, let's hope it is all part of the ''plan''.
•Is Georgia any worse than Italy? Surely they should get some more games against top nations if not an invitation to the Six Nations.
•Has the spark gone out of Jerome Kaino's game? He is a shadow of the player he was four years ago when he dominated the tournament and was an absolute beast.
•How can England have more than a million rugby players but still have no decent loose forwards, no play maker and seemingly no game plan? And what are the chances of the next English coach being a New Zealander?
