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Bout them Leo-Boks

Started by Plum5 REPLIES713 VIEWS· 09 Sept 2018, 20:39
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PlumCaptain21,007 posts
09 Sept 2018, 20:39
#1
09 Sept 2018, 20:39#1

Tell me the Lions would not have won both the Argie and OZ games and I'd say you're full of it.


It's quite obvious, they'd have cruised both matches...the OZ game with a potential bonus point. 


Our best option is still to just give them all a green jerseys.


Or shall we continue the clusterfuckerie that is trying to build a Bok team from poor combinations and proven failures.


It's quite laughable that coaches can't seem to pick tue best players in SA and make a team that is even close to better than our best club team.


It's beginning to border on farcical.


MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
09 Sept 2018, 21:40
#2
09 Sept 2018, 21:40#2
Which is to assert a top club team can defeat a good international team. In soccer it's pretty clear that Barcelona or Real Madrid would be favourites aginst most if not all international teams. I'm not sure in rugby that talent is that concentrated, so the bigger pool at international level is probably more influential....and clubs aren't the global magnets they are in soccer. With regard to the Lions, I suspect their success against the Bargies might mirror their success against the Pumas....home wins and away losses. But in a match between yesterday's Springboks and the Lions, it's hard to argue the Lions won't win.
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AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
09 Sept 2018, 23:19
#3
09 Sept 2018, 23:19#3

The Lions would have closed the deal. However, if it were the Lions forwards, would they have had the same impact? The backs on the other hand, they'd have closed the deal. This was by some distance the weakest opponent we've faced , and the plastics' idols failed. Damian and Kriel, the best centre pair in the world! 

sharkbok
sharkbokCaptain23,253 posts
10 Sept 2018, 00:59
#4
10 Sept 2018, 00:59#4
The Lions backs would have made much opportunity than the Boks shambles
PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
10 Sept 2018, 09:49
#5
10 Sept 2018, 09:49#5

Pretty simple.

We don't care who you are. If you can't add value beyond what the lion bok in that position adds then you'll be playing Currie Cup. It means bye bye Damien. Bye bye Beast. Bye bye some other guys. 

Hello functioning combinations.

Honestly, this game coming up on Saturday...

Both Boks and Lions would lose to the ABs.

The question is...which will suffer the smallest loss.

The answer is pretty obvious and it points to which team should be running out.

It seems people ignore the main idea here...use the Lions and slowly BUILD ON THEM.

Every counter argument I hear immediately talks about how they are not big enough and don't possess the quality to compete at test level. As though the idea is to retain all the Lions in the Bok team until the end of time. 

Build. Build! BUILD!!!

I can't say it more clearly than that.

PL
PlumCaptain21,007 posts
10 Sept 2018, 09:53
#6
10 Sept 2018, 09:53#6

Aug...yes the Lions forwards would have much more that coped and closed the deal. They destroyed the Jags. The same Jags that destroyed the Boks. The same Jags that stuck it to the ABs. They're(Lions) fitter, quicker, scrum better, clean faster and have a brilliant lineout. 

...all contributing to the creation of more and clearer opportunities for the backs...which are also better and more able to score.

I still cant see the downside, when comparing it to wha we have had for three years running now.

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