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How useless was Matfield today

Started by Saffolk 5 REPLIES84 VIEWS· 04 Oct 2014, 21:25
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SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
04 Oct 2014, 21:25
#1
04 Oct 2014, 21:25#1

Geez we saw the odd line out take and kick off but what summed this passenger up was his inability to impose himself physically evidenced by not being able to clear Read out conceding a penalty but worst of all, having the ball ripped off him by wee Barrett.


Can it get any worse. Big Vic you were a legend in your day but do Bok rugby a favour and bloody retire again please.  You are useless these days. You look all of 38 on the field it's embarrassing

sharkbok
sharkbokCaptain23,294 posts
04 Oct 2014, 21:53
#2
04 Oct 2014, 21:53#2
The Bok lineout was much better than the All Blacks lineout- even with Whitefield. Any chance OZ or the All Blacks get to take a quick lineout they take it. Teams fear the Matfield lineout. I dont think the ABS had one clean take in the first half. Rarely could the scrumhalf catch the ball, and it put them under massive pressure. 

BE
Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
04 Oct 2014, 21:54
#3
04 Oct 2014, 21:54#3
 abs were throwing the ball in slightly crooked most of the game.
SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
04 Oct 2014, 22:23
#4
04 Oct 2014, 22:23#4
 Matfield w as utterly useless
JW
Just_winCaptain18,570 posts
04 Oct 2014, 22:26
#5
04 Oct 2014, 22:26#5
Beeno: Check the Boks throw ins. Most teams throw it starting down the middle with a slight angle towards their own team as long as the ball doesn't travel too far towards their own team the refs consider it "straight". 
As I said, check the Boks throw-ins before you start bleating.
CL
clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
04 Oct 2014, 23:05
#6
04 Oct 2014, 23:05#6
 Mozart obviously had the answer to the line out missed utterly by Matfield and blamed Strauss for it.   One must alwas accep that Mozart will hve an excuse fir theat bugger-up by Matfield.   His excuse is a classic - Matfield went high and the ball came in lower than it should have been.   
Why is it a classic?   Because it meets the false desription Mozart always provided to a tee.   The difference was tthat the AB Jumper wnt higher than Matfield - that is what really happened.   That bugger up cost us dearly - th sequence of plays resulted in an AB try.   
Matfield is a tired old man at the end of games and that is a fact - he generally is not physically strong enough and since he cannot last long enough - he is a serious liability for the Springboks.    
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