BEBeeno1
Captain40,032 posts
BEBeeno1Captain40,032 posts
29 Dec 2014, 09:31#3
Hi 3 IQ I see youare struggling abit here.Be assured Nadal is very unlikley to win the Ozzie open. The abs chances of wining the RWC are remote - forwards are too pap and backs are nothing too much to worry about. Hate to think what the full English pack will do to them. If Meyer gets it right we should cmfrotably account for the wee abs barring any RAWs which could be harder to come by thsi next RWC.
I expect the Bulls to be better this year. They have been boosted by Nyankane, Strauss, Lappies, Arno and even possibly Spies. Flip and Du Plessis should form a good lock pairing however a problem exists for them in disaster named matfiled.Sharks should be good with Step Du Toit returning. Stormers should have a good side and yes barring bent down under refs and injuries could do well.
Lions should have a better than usual season. Cheetahs could struggle but always some how put a team on the park. EP Queens will be an embarassment.
Chiefs needed to find some forwards. Very pap bunch.
BEBeeno1
Captain40,032 posts
BEBeeno1Captain40,032 posts
29 Dec 2014, 10:28#5
Yep Brycy the chiefies will get a big reality check when they collapse against the Mighty Stormers.
I am hoping Kitshoff and Malherbe are back fit. Wahta fine apck we have:Kitshoff, Scurra (Weak loink but does get around the park well) MaleherbeRuan Botha/Jan Kleyn, EtzebethCarr, Vermulen (The wee ab muncher) and Burger.
Chiefies best stay at home and just concede the match!
29 Dec 2014, 10:55#6
Well Beeno Abs wan 99% of their games this year. Only lost once. So I find it hard to agree with Abs having pap backs and forwards lol. They have to be pretty good to have that winning percentage regardless. I still stand by Abs favs, I know you disagree but well see . Oh and re Nadal watch this space also.
JWJust_win
Captain18,570 posts
JWJust_winCaptain18,570 posts
29 Dec 2014, 16:05#7
Hi 3ku1, glad you are back to help restore some balanced reasoning on this board
My predictions: Chiefs, Chiefs and Chiefs for Super Rugby
RWC prediction : ABs but it won't be easy.
Both RWC and all test matches leading up to the RWC are secondary so loses don't matter much. This will give the likes of Wee blowhard Beeno some glimmer of hope as his hapless teams may appear to fleetingly show some talent. All an illusion of course but this should ward of dispair for at least momentarily.
These are my fair-minded un-biased predictions
ABABasquefan
Pro2,549 posts
29 Dec 2014, 18:37#8
Mr. Been,
"The abs chances of wining the RWC are remote - forwards are too pap and backs are nothing too much to worry about."
c'mon man, you can do it better,........... this one shows so clearly that you are trolling
and just for curiosity, who in your useless opinion have chances of winning the RWC? may be the springboks who lost to Wales and Ireland?
oh yeah, no doubt!.......they have a terrifying backline,......... beggining with the scrumhalves, what a pace!! they all need 3 or 4 steps to pass..............and the kicking? they are the bests................. kicking aimless and letting the opposite to counter attack.
The depth at centers is second to none. They have now Serfontein and........................ who else? there's no other center with test experience?............ and Serfontain is average at best............. at Super Rugby level
Apart from the old Habana who is past his best and now is simply another spectator, who they have at outside backs? Hendriks, who doesn't know what a tackle is? or may be le Roux, who plays 3 crap games for each decent one?
really terrifying..............
ABABasquefan
Pro2,549 posts
29 Dec 2014, 20:12#9
Hi there, 3ku1 and the others,
well, the NZ conference will be very interesting next year.............. let see what influence has not playing the AB at the beggining and resting them during the competition.......... saders and canes could be the most harmed..............but IMO the saders will be up there again......... still the best pack of the comp by far.
it's the same team that reached the final last season (and deserved to win) with the incorporation of Carter (for the whole comp) and Freuan. If Freuan regains the form he had 2-3 years ago, this team could be almost unbeatable.
10. Carter
11. Nadolo
12. Crotty
13. Fruean
14. Dagg
15. Slade
But I'm afraid he won't, so things will be more open and then chiefs and canes will have their opportunity through their backlines, the strongests of the comp with the incorporation of SBW, Gear, Tamanivalu to the Ciefs and Nonu, Milner-Skudder to the canes
29 Dec 2014, 20:16#10
ABs winnersBoks runners upgonna be quite difficult considering that they are set to showdown in semi final 1.did u think that one through properly?
DBDbDraad
Captain26,388 posts
DBDbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
29 Dec 2014, 21:33#11
To all. AB'S and Boks will most probably meet in the one semi. The pther team will be either, Wales, Eng, Ire or France. The Bill will stay in the SH barring a miracle. GO BOKS!!!!
LUKE, where are you from, CT by any chance, or somwhere else in the Republic?
DBDbDraad
Captain26,388 posts
DBDbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
29 Dec 2014, 21:35#12
PS, Abasque, I thought Spain was a first world country with first world education.
29 Dec 2014, 21:37#13
db thanks for repeating my comment re abs and boks.
DBDbDraad
Captain26,388 posts
DBDbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
29 Dec 2014, 21:56#15
Chips, you are delusional, Boks will be no runners up to AB's, we are going to teach them a new level of rugga in the Semi. I hope we get the Poms or France in the Finsl. Wales will also do, but the Mics might have our number again, hope they crash and burn beforehand
ABABasquefan
Pro2,549 posts
29 Dec 2014, 22:49#16
@brycy,
that could be another option but to put Carter at 12 is like wasting his talent,......... he can play there but he doesn't develope all his skills. IMO Carter at 10 is a must,.......... though when he returned last season Blackladder put him at 12 .
Besides Slade can play in almost every other position............. but, appart from flyhalf, FB is what suits him better IMO.
Jone Macilai,...................... hope he can make the starting XV............... it would mean that he's a worthy player........ he was very sharp with Northland............ but SR is another story........... let seee
ABABasquefan
Pro2,549 posts
29 Dec 2014, 23:01#17
@ddraad,
"I thought Spain was a first world country with first world education. "
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first world???????????????????? sounds like colonialist.............
plutocentric...............snobbish
DBDbDraad
Captain26,388 posts
DBDbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
29 Dec 2014, 23:02#18
ZN has better 12's than Carter. In crunch games, there is no better 10 in the world than him. Please play cruden @10 in the RWC against the Boks, would be much appreciated!
29 Dec 2014, 23:41#19
db
you missed my point.
what i was saying is that it is almost impossible for the AB's to win and for the Bokke to be runners up, or visa versa as they will probably be meeting each other in the semis.
30 Dec 2014, 01:04#20
Hey DbDraad. I don't even live in SA haha. I'm from NZ, live in good ol Wanganui haha. But yeah I think it well prob be NZ SA in the Semis. Maybe Eng and Ire in the other. Aussie in the other possibly too.
Favs: Abs
Runner Up: Ire
Dark Horses: Aussie and SA
If the Abs make the semis haha, the only way SA are going to win the WC, is beating NZ. So they are going to have to be at their absolute best. The game they beat the Abs, the Abs were horrible but nearly wan. So theirs a difference their. I think if Aussie can get some self beleif they could go all the way to the final.
BEBeeno1
Captain40,032 posts
BEBeeno1Captain40,032 posts
30 Dec 2014, 09:56#22
Samoa says ou Brycy
Brycy what you and the other kbbs have to factor in is that in all likelihood the wee abs will not be handed raws. The NH must be very annoyed re the shafting of the french in the final by Craig Joubert. They do not of course mind too much about the trament received by the Boks at Bryce lawrence's hands although it does fule their sense of its time nz got some of their own medicine.
This reduces the chances the wee abs have of winning the RWc - which one has to assume can only happen for nz via RAws - as it did last time.
B eeno bring much needed perspective.
ABABasquefan
Pro2,549 posts
30 Dec 2014, 14:10#24
If no ref's gifts are involved (like gifts were 3 of the boks' 4 tries
against the AB in this year's RC) the boks are totally unable to
complete 4 passes in a row and get a try by themshelves (well, may be
through a rolling maul against 2º or 3º tier teams......), hence to win their
pool.
So, as you said brycy, "NZ can only ever meet South Africa
in the final" but only if refs don't help them, in which case the AB
will meet in the semis the winner of Samoa against the 2º of pool A who
could be England, Australia or even Wales.
DEDezertFox
Pro2,288 posts
30 Dec 2014, 14:29#25
This Super rugby season is going to destroy our players. We'd be better off if they spent that time with Meyer and playing no rugby at all than play in this substandard garbled mess of a tournament. Unfortunately I'd say we will be knocked out in the QF, Semi at best. I don't think New Zealand will do great either. Most likely a NH winner.
30 Dec 2014, 14:33#26
I personally feel the Bulls will be a major threat this coming Super Rugby ... even under dumbass Ludeke's guidance. They just need to sort out their midfield and push JJ back to wing.
It would also be to their advantage if they ship HouGat off to Robin Island ... pronto.
I'm obviously hoping the Lions will take it to the next level and not crash and burn like the Cheetahs did. They've learnt a lot this year and should go into the coming season with some confidence.
Goooooooo Lionnnsssssssss!!!!
