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Best decision Rassie made this year

Started by Mozart10 REPLIES827 VIEWS· 25 Nov 2018, 17:45
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
25 Nov 2018, 17:45
#1
25 Nov 2018, 17:45#1
1 Bringing back our traditional physical game 2 Bringing Faf back. 3 Switching Thomas back to loosehead.
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AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
25 Nov 2018, 20:31
#2
25 Nov 2018, 20:31#2

Agreed. Snyman was another. 

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
26 Nov 2018, 09:44
#3
26 Nov 2018, 09:44#3

Mozart made valid points 2 and 3  and AO came back with a bugger-up.  Point 1 could be true - but for a weakened lock combination in most tests and a poor selection of two of the three loosies - his decision to play Du Toit as a loosie was spot-on - the other three loosies used was way off the radar.   

Was Snyman better than Etzebeth and even than Du Toit starting in one test at 4?   No way - even when Etzebeth was lukewarm in most tests he played in.   Although never used - Schickerling was better in SR matches than Snyman and so was the rarely used De Jager.   Another brain fart - AO?  

   

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
26 Nov 2018, 14:43
#4
26 Nov 2018, 14:43#4

I made a detailed study about Snyman's performances.  His first test was magnificient - but for the rest of his performances th situation was as follows:-

*   Snyman started in 5 tests and was on the bench in 6 tests;

*   He was magnificient in his first test - followed by 3 of the other 10 performances were average and the rest sub-standard.

Careful - I made a detailed study and you are free to tell us I am wrong - but you better have facts - not fiction to counter my assessment.     

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AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
26 Nov 2018, 14:46
#5
26 Nov 2018, 14:46#5

You have no such information. Where was Steph against Wales? He is our primary ball carrying forward. Got beaten back. Did you see that coming? We'd be better off utilising Snyman, who has had two poor game this year. 2 and no more. 

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
26 Nov 2018, 15:00
#6
26 Nov 2018, 15:00#6

Ha-ha-ha - gave me the games he was not substandard in - there was 3 in total.   Take this madness from you Snyman played for 10 minutes and was so poor he was replaced under the pretext of an injury.

Why refer to Du Toit and not to Mostert who was Snyman's lock partner and his ball carries.   pathetic argument.

I have all the information as to Snyman's performances in all games - even the times he played when coming from the bench - so you better came \with facts and not BS as is your normal player evaluations.  

I would indeed be surprised if Snyman being back into the picture in the squads next year.     

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AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
26 Nov 2018, 15:21
#7
26 Nov 2018, 15:21#7

Mostert wasn't being knocked back, fumbling the ball, conceding penalties, missing tackles, being cleanly beaten and ruining mauls. 

All this, yet Snyman was the "real problem". He and Mostert. Our locks weren't our problem against Wales. Our loose forwards and backline. Eben and Mostert were solid. Snyman had 3 possessions, a pass and two runs. How then can we determine he was such a liability when he barely featured? Utterly ridiculous. Though entirely predictable. Dance on hot coals; avoid the real issues. 

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PakieCaptain17,321 posts
26 Nov 2018, 15:44
#8
26 Nov 2018, 15:44#8

Take this madness from you Snyman played for 10 minutes and was so poor he was replaced under the pretext of an injury.

And you want people to take you seriously? You can see him struggling to move during the Francis try to the point where he can't get to the ball carrier to make a tackle. Unless your theory is that he deliberately let Wales score in order to pull off a fake injury.

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
26 Nov 2018, 16:47
#9
26 Nov 2018, 16:47#9
Pakie - help him out - but it will not help.  He constantly write BS and it is time he gets it in the neck.
So lets take his stamen about de Toit getting knocked back in tackles and then look at Mostert's case.
Mostert
Ball carries      -     9Meters gained  -     0Tackles made   -    13Tackles missed -     2
Du Toit
Ball carries      -     12Meters gained  -     18Tackles made   -    16Tackles missed -      1
It is impossible for a player carrying the ball nine times and making 0 meters gain.  It is clear that in least half of the carries Mostert was in fact KNOCKED BACK.   Her made less tackles and missed 2 compared to Du Toit who made 16 and missed 1.   
Before he was replaced Snyman was piss poor and he was out of the game.   I asked specifically whether he was injured or not and nobody said that he was.   Anyway AO claimed he was poor in only two games.   
Fact is that Du Toit is a much higher work rate player than Mostert - he will make mistakes but produce much more than  Mostert did in total.
Cut out the Wales game and the Aussie test where he was from the bench and played for only 4 minutes  the result of his performances  were as follows:- Starting tests  -  4   
I test excellent performance1 test average performance1 test substandard performance 1 test poor performance Bench games   -  5
1  test average performance2 tests substandard performance2 tests poor performance.
Those are factual assessments - not the BS AO spread on site trying to divert attention away from the issue by going for Du Toit and then spouting more BS on that as well.
I asked for facts about why he claimed Snyman was spouted by him as a great Erasmus find and because I did not expect a reasonable and factual response from him - I made a detailed study as to what happened in the games Snyman played and asked  him  to motivate his statement and the response was zero of substance thus far.
But then support him - Pakie - because you seems to think his response  was reasonable and you will always claim that I am wrong and the BSters right.            
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AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
26 Nov 2018, 16:56
#10
26 Nov 2018, 16:56#10

One step forward, and face plant. Congratulations. You promise these exposés, but come up with nothing. Show me where Mostert was knocked back. ESPN doesn't have the answer. All we have here is a very loose narrative weaved from numbers you can't interpret. You make the same mistake time and tike again. 

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
26 Nov 2018, 17:03
#11
26 Nov 2018, 17:03#11

How the hell can a player carry balls 9 times an made zero meters gained - without he being knocked back in at least half the carries.

However,  the discussion was not about Du Toit at all - it was about your standard BS story about Snyman and a diversion was created as to Du Toit - the normal thing is for you to write BS on site and when caught out to try and escape by using further BS.

Time to change your username again - you have been found out too many times already.  

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