Boks vs Scotland the Brave

So now we have two weeks of nothing games before the real tournament starts

Faf, Libbok, Damian, Kriel, Arendse, Willemse, Steph, Malherbe, Kolisi were not worthy of wearing the jersey. It was not a good showing. The Boks showed almost nothing on attack. If you have an open lane, they can run through it very quickly. That's it. I give this showing an F. 

I am not happy with that performance, France and Ireland would have beaten the Boks today. 
Delande seems to be the main problem...

"The Scots are impatient in the s econd half. The Bok defence is looking poor. "

LOL

Scotland didn't bring much to test us with. They seemed to play very loose in the second half, isolated runners, lacked team dynamic, couldn't get any momentum going. Easy win for a Bok side that looked average for 70 of the 80 minutes and with a clusterfuck combo in midfield.

Damian is a problem, but not the main problem. The halfbacks were predictably D-. Kolbe has talent, but he was reduced to junking through people. Arendse, yet again, had a walk in for a soft try. Our defence was exceedingly poor. We look devoid of ideas unless opponents let us run at them for free. This is the worst ever Bok side at a WC. That's saying something, as the 2019 side was nothing special. 

Comfortable win for the Boks. There defense was excellent and they minced the Scottish scrum in the third quarter. Other than the Scots butchering a shoe in try in the first half they never looked like scoring and their line out was a mess.

I am not happy with that performance, France and Ireland would have beaten the Boks today.

I think so too.

The Bok defence was suspect for 80 minutes. The Scots looked good ball in hand, the Boks showed nothing. 

"I am not happy with that performance, France and Ireland would have beaten the Boks today.

I think so too."

Erm, difficult to say...let's see whay Ireland can do, France wasn't that inspiring in their victory over NZ...Ireland leaked  one against Romania...we kept  Scotty out.

The halfbacks were garbage. The centres were poor. The back three were poor. The loose trio Was poor. The starting front row wasn't exactly great. Some poor calls settled the Boks in the first half, and some lack of composure from the Scots. We never looked like a top 6 side for 80 minutes. Scotland lacked poise and patience in the second half. Don't be fooled, this Bok side was exceedingly poor.

@Draht: France looked World class in a top level test. We looked like an unfit bunch of unintelligent plodders in a very average test. Big difference. 

France's pack was good, especially the back row , but they don't look like world champions just yet 

Well, we look tier 2 by comparison. That's not to insult tier 2 teams, because a lot of them play a sophisticated and well coached brand of rugby. 

It's hilarious to read through the posts. I could have told you before the game the players who would come in for criticism. Yes of course it had to be Du Toit and Allende and of course Moz has never liked Malherbe ever since he discovered Mike knows the parents. 

Mallet was right when he said the Bok defence was outstanding. He believed this was a good start for the Boks with things they could also work on. 

I have to mention that if you scroll through the posts and just read the nonsense poor Deus posts you will realize two things. Firstly, he doesn't understand the game and secondly having had his nonsensical comments shredded so many times he now thinks his only redemption will be if the Boks crash. That is his big hope. All the years of bad call etc will all disappear. 

Plum wisely notes the Scots are not a bad side. Poor Deus needs to learn from his rugby betters. Hahahahahahaha. 

Mallet and Frans both said Eben is a key forward so here is hoping. 

Mallet is a clown. Better than the snake oil salesman, but a clown none the less. Our defence was open all game long. Our set pieces were shaky. We didn't do anything particularly well. Even Snyman got stuffed a couple go times! Damian was see going sideways with several Boks driving him forward. Libbok was a turnstyle with little vision or skill. 

Scotland beat france 3 weeks ago and almost beat them again 2 weeks ago in Paris...this is a very good Scottish outfit and we beat them fair and square...solid performance,  I don't get all the doom and gloom.

Just a question, how strong was the French team they fielded in those games, was it their strongest team (excluding injuries)

Can someone phone Rassie, SARFU, Malherbe's father, or Meyer Boesman's mother - anyone, we need to get rid of Delande? Esterhuizen offers much more.

Kriel does appear to understand the defensive system. but we need more on attack. 

To improve the attack we must sack Erasputin and install a new coach. To improve the attack the entire n needs to be rebuilt from scratch. Every facet dovetails together. You can't merely "make the attack better" without affecting the overall patterns and systems, and overall philosophy of the team.

"Just a question, how strong was the French team they fielded in those games, was it their strongest team (excluding injuries)"

The first match in Scotland was against a second string French side...the second one in Paris was against the full strength team...Scotty is better than some on here would like to think...the Paddies are nervous,  that's for sure.

Scotland were not prepared to take this unique test. As I predicted. 

Damian is a problem, but why now? He is the best he has ever been. He is now becoming a scapegoat for the wider problems and Erasputin's failings. Why not Steph? Libbok? Faf? Kolisi? Arendse? Lood? Malherbe? It's too common for one player to be made a scapegoat. Replacing Damian with Esterhuizen won't improve how the team functions. It'll only improve the quality from 12. People just don't want to admit that the Boks overall are simply not that good, and that Erasputin hasn't improved any aspect of Bok rugby. 

The first match in Scotland was against a second string French side...the second one in Paris was against the full strength team

I'm kinda baffled as to why anyone puts any emphasis on world cup warm up matches.

Scotty is better than some on here would like to think...the Paddies are nervous,  that's for sure.

Scotland are indeed better than some think but Ireland are a step above them. As for nerves, sure, still expect us to win though.

Rassie is the DJ... don't sack a winning DJ.... as long as he's there let him continue.

He looks a bit ill though up there in the coaches box,he had mos an autoimmune disease last World Cup. 

Libbok is as I said before, nothing but another Elton who is out of his league.

The first two kicks he duffed any decent #10 would have converted.

Absolutely beyond belief.

How many more games do we have to suffer through with him at #10 before the penny drops?

Sure he had one or two good kicks for the wingers to catch and one try came form those two plays but the Springboks need post kicks to be made not blown.

Mike's buddy in the front row once again had a poor game.

Malherbe was the weakest of our props today..  the two bomb squad guys did the business, but it was mostly destabilizing the Scottish tightheads. 

AJ, Pollard is injured...who should play 10 for the Boks if not Manie?

Moz, backline posers should not opine about the dark arts of front rowing. 

https://www.planetrugby.com/news/south-africa-player-ratings-siya-kolisi-and-bomb-squad-shine-in-win-over-scotland

Yep, I said before this world cup that Libbok will cost us ... I have just not been convinced at all, and I hope he easily proves me wrong

In a close game against AB's, France or Ireland, he could be a huge liability

After reflecting, I actually think I am being too hard on Manie.....

He doesn't deserve it .. my bad