PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
06 Nov 2023, 09:49#1
As one recovers from the ptsd the Boks gave us in the knockout stages of that competition, occasionally you now wake up in the morning and remember "Hell yeah, we're World Champs!!!"
Doesn't matter if the bounce of the ball perhaps helped or if Barnes was simply terrified by Etsebeth, we did it.
Look if somebody else had won it in a similar fashion then we'd still be sad that we didn't win it. If the one point margins don't console you, then simply think about how off pissing it must have been for the English, French and Kiwis. That'll surely tide you over hahaha
All that matters is that The Cup is in SA for 4 more years.
Have a lekker Monday all my Ruckers pals.
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
06 Nov 2023, 11:20#3
I’m still pinching myself that the boys did it
What a team and what coaches
Being away from home I feel the need to get stickers and banners to stick on my vehicles to rejoice in our victory
MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
06 Nov 2023, 12:58#6
Poor old Peeper, still trying to be popular. He couldn’t be scathing enough about Erasmus, but now I bet he has a picture of Rassie in his tiny cubicle at work. What a fake.
I can’t say I derive any joy from the final. I could never rate a win over 14 men. Our win over France had real merit given we could easily have lost against a very good French team. I’ll remember that and it’s the one game I might rewatch down the road.
But here’s the thing, Willemse, Kolbe, Arendse and Moodie are four of the most lethal backs in the game. Hopefully now that Rassie has fired Nienaber two things will happen. Firstly our defense won’t implode and secondly we will find a real back line coach who can harness all this talent.
That’s all.
PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
06 Nov 2023, 15:23#9
Agreed, Moz.
Each one is a superstar in his own right.
All we need is for Andre The Giant to be a regular now.
Honestly, after DDA's WC performances, who wouldn't pick Andre ahead of him?
And then there is a Williams. Faf is still my guy because he contributes meaningfully so regularly. But once Faf is done, we have Williams there. A totally different player to Faf but also a potential superstar in his own right.
We have zero issue with talent from 9 to 15. All we have there are luxury problems really.
RORooinek
Captain18,117 posts
RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
06 Nov 2023, 15:42#10
Moffie, my response to every quote you put up of me criticisng Rassie is the same . . . .I admitted I was wrong about Rassie and my post to that effect is there for all to see,
Shame, I'm honestly sorry the RWC win for the Bokke is so devastaing for you. I'd like to say I feel your pain but I don't. I feel the opposite, I feel elated and euphoric and I can't wipe this permanent grin from off my face. That's also why I pack up laughing every time I see one of your pathetic posts whining about the naughty ref, the red card, the handicap or how useless PSdT was in the final. It's not personal, it;s just . . . . waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha!
There I go again, not respecting your hurt feelings . . . aaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha!
Sorry . . . . pfffffffffffffhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
RORooinek
Captain18,117 posts
RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
06 Nov 2023, 16:42#15
"Not devastating at all. . . ."
But dispiriting, yes?
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Suck it all up you sad, pathetic and self-important old toad!
LMAO!!!!
PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
06 Nov 2023, 17:12#17
If anyone wants to understand the term extinction burst...look bit further than old Rooi's behaviour.
Moz, I would not put DDA and Arendse in the same sentence. Geez.
It's probably racist in some level but these small coloured guys have something nobody else has. Somewhere between reflexes, guts and a guilt level of calm that can't be taught. They're just built different are indeed a resource that is wasted at one's own peril.
Lol also, remember not to wish for more from the Boks. That's ever so unpatriotic.
We should all agree that everything is fantastic or soon the Geatapo will come a'knockin.
RORooinek
Captain18,117 posts
RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
06 Nov 2023, 17:29#18
"If anyone wants to understand the term extinction burst.pathetic brown-tongued arselicking disgusting fawning suck-up ...look bit no further than old Rooi's Buttlug's behaviour."
Fixed.
Buttplug, if you really want to shove your dirty little snout even further up Moffie's smelly and wrinkly arse, (assuming that's even possible) you'll need to start squea ling about how the All Blacks were robbed, how we didn't win on handicap and how useless PSdT was in the tournament.
Just some friendly advice. Use it, don't use it . . .
MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
06 Nov 2023, 21:10#26
Actually I got nothing wrong…I had the Boks over France by 1, spot on….I never predicted the English game, except to suggest it would be close and I predicted the Boks over NZ by 10, which is exactly what it should have been if they took advantage of the red card. Prescient.
As for the Duds. Dud Allende had 3 poor games including a horrible final. Dud Toit was poor against France and England, but came good in the final. That’s 5 out of 6.
So all told 8 out 9 calls right. All you did was tell us if we win it would be in spite of Erasmus, not because of him. . And then you turned around and called him a genius. Guess who is covered in mounds of egg.
RORooinek
Captain18,117 posts
RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
06 Nov 2023, 21:18#27
Hmmmm . . . what happened to "the Springboks can't win a RWC with DDA and Kriel as the centres"?
Huh chump?
PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
07 Nov 2023, 07:20#29
Hey, Rooi...
Do you notice how 90% of all your contributions here are when you are partaking in mudslinging?
Doesn't it get boring?
Don't you get the sense that maybe you've got some issues?
When you all you get in here for is that then one has to wonder if you actually have anything of interest to add.
It had been years now, and so all one can honestly conclude is that you're simply dull.
I made a post for you in the Trumpet thread. Go check it out, if you can stop fighting for two minutes.
PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
07 Nov 2023, 08:36#31
If it isn't clear, Moz is disappointed that there was a red card in the game.
He feels that diminished the win.
And it did.
The saving grace for me is that our only hooked was injured very early and I think having zero line out balanced the game out nice in light of the red card.
But honestly, you would hardly ever speak up when you agree with the man. And if you can't do that then why speak up when you don't agree?
Anyway, did you watch the vase video I posted?
I wouldn't say it was another race since most of the granite statues, done to the same level of precision, depict humans.
So I rate humans got to a high level of advancement and then, as myths from all over the world agree, there was a major cataclysm and it knocked us back to the Stone Age. Which is nuts. The idea there were advanced humans here years ago and we know almost nothing shut them? I mean...mind blowing and puts our tiny lives right into perspective.
MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
07 Nov 2023, 14:24#32
South Africans have many fine qualities and a few limitations. One of them is the need to conform. To agree. To be part of the tribe. That’s what enabled apartheid, the lack of confidence to disagree.
A big part of this syndrome is the ‘slim man’ phenomenon. The leader whose views don’t quite make sense, but is operating at a different level.
Erasmus is a classic case. He is invested with all kinds of wisdom. But in truth, just listening to the oke, he isn’t very bright. That doesn’t mean he isn’t a competent rugby coach. But seriously that’s not knee surgery…let alone heart surgery.
An honest appraisal to me says he had competent coaches on defense and set pieces and a good sense of game tactics. But those came down to territory, defense, kicking, set pieces and the maul.
It’s effective but incredibly boring rugby, only enhanced by the occasional turnover ball attack by our fast wings.
And it’s always an arm wrestle. A winning plan would have had us beating our knockout opponents by at least 7 points each. Beating them by one point each is a lucky plan….having our opponent playing with 14 men in the final is a lucky plan.
We could be so much better….so much more box office. The Bok image needn’t be cluttered with the bad sport tag we now enjoy, the financial rewards could be so much greater.
One really wonders where we would have been with a coach brave enough to use the back line.Maybe we wouldn’t have won the WC, but our game would be more admired and it would be fun, not just tense..
South Africa is the country that lost Elon Musk, the man that has changed the world in many ways. It’s a good thing for the world, but think of what he could have done for the country if he stayed. People would have electricity for one thing.
Things can be better.
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
07 Nov 2023, 19:48#36
One would swear all the other sides played this wonderfully attacking rugby - that the likes of Tuilagi, Marchant, Danty, Fikou, Jordie, Ione, Ringrose, Hew Jones etc all stood out for all their brilliant breaks or try assists - I could say the same about all the other wings and fullbacks playing in the WC
Moz you are seriously delusional - if you are going to point fingers at our Boks kindly enlighten me as to why none of the above names made much of an impression?
As for Rassie let’s just take the final for instance - it’s the fact that we deprived the AB’s of line outs - their primary source of scoring tries, the roll over by the second player to slow down Smith, depriving the AB’s of quick ball.
It’s these clever variations that Rassie is always coming up with, it’s what sets us apart - Rassie’s attention to detail and astute rugby brain gives us the edge
His record is second to none and for you to try devalue his rugby intellect is baseless and smacks of sour grapes
I’m guessing you still think Jake is the better coach?????
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
07 Nov 2023, 22:50#38
No we do not kick the ball twice as much as other sides that’s rubbish
Damn right the rugby we played rocked my boat - we won playing against sides who certainly did not play entertaining rugby
We play as much attacking rugby as any other side out there - we did that on the EOYT and RC as we did in the warm up game against NZ and the minnows in the WC
Against the top sides we played knock out rugby
We were bloody fantastic
So proud of our boys and coaches