I have always said Lambie has BMT watch this!

This new search feature is great! Here are some funny quotes from the 2 egg-faced Lambie-bashers . . .

Moffie: "Isn't it time to admit that, in spite of going to Michaelhouse this chap is bog ordinary....way less talented than he needs to be to succeed at test level."

Gonzo the Gimp / Dim Sum: "Lambie is just a plodder that was never any good from the start showing no signs of talent at all."

Gonzo the Gimp / Dim Sum: "Mozart the problem is that Lambie is really average. He looks more comfortable at 15 but is at best 6th best in the position. Nowhere does he really shine. It's all regulation stuff - Lambie catches a pass, runs forward, joins a ruck, kicks for touch, pawn to B4. Just plain old ordinary stuff, like Wynand Olivier in far too many ways. But his fans have been vicious for many years now because he is the air apparent to Morne. That's all it is. But it's year five of his test career and we still don't know what he is really good at, that says it all really. He just isn't good enough, end of damn story. He never was and never will be. He is the Adi Jacobs of 10 or 15 but without the heart. Adi was always battered on defence but always put his body on the line, he was a terrible Bok but at least he played with the spirit of one. Lambie looks bored and languid, can't make decisions, can't tackle, can't pass, his running lines are pathetic (I call them running squiggles more than lines) and hasn't improved in any area of his game for five years!"

Moffie: "But the longest running fantasy is the Lambie fantasy.....after 5 years we are still trying to convert this fullback to flyhalf."

Gonzo the Gimp / Dim Sum: "Lambie has done nothing. End of story, there is no opinion about this. Plain and simple fact. He has had his chances, far too many I'd say, but the net result is failure. It's a damn disgrace that people still worship this bozo."

Moffie: "But while I think Lambie can produce a decent game or two, I doubt he can sustain it over time. He is really pretty bankrupt in general play."

Moffie: "Lambie is really not physically set to be much more than a Morne clone. He may be slightly better on the run and in the tackle....but he isn't impactful at either. And he is not as good a kicker and crucially not as mentally tough. I'd hate to see the last RWC kick being given to Lambie."

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

 Rooinek
Both of the two posters are prjudiced idiots and both are routinely wrong about player performances.   So nothing else expected.
They have been demonizing Labie and virtually very other player they do not like.  The list is really endless.  When they cannot find a real reason to bad-mouth players, they invent reasons based on no evidence at all.
Just as an aside - why don't you look at what there two morons said about Reinach as well.   
Can you expect an apology for writing BS on this site - no never ever.   

I'll check it out, ou Maaik. For now I'm still laughing at Moffie's insistence that we never give Lambie any of the big pressure kicks.

LMAO!

 Mozart
Are you dilly???????   It was a pressure kick and anybody saying it was not - must have hois head read.  
Are you still raving about the Steyn's then?   Don't you realize you have made a fool of yourself with the acidious comments aboout Lambie?   Come now it is better to have proof before you go on the rampage.  You really had no proof to go on the hate campaign and that is the point.  

Pffffffffffft . . . not a pressure kick! Wehe!

Says it all, really . . .

 

Clearly it was a pressure kick and an outstanding one at that. What can not be denied is the failure from in front at Newlands. What the Boks need from both Pat and Pollard is consistency. To be missing touch from a penalty (four times in the last two matches) is unacceptable. These two guys are the ones to carry the 10 jersey forward and need to continue to work on all aspects of their game.   

 BokBF
In all fairness that kick followed a fter an extremelt heavy tackle -  and the poor bugger was probablys till winded when he made it.   The other two kicks he missed was by a whisker - but way out near the touvhline.  he did make the last kick from the touchline though.   
I do not think that Lambie let the Springboks down - unlike Morne who lost us a few games with poor decisionmaking and execution.   So I am quite happy with him on the bench.   

 Bottom line, they both still miss too much, but that last one was pure pressure. The game depended on it, but like Moz said, nobody could have complained had he missed it, BUT, them he would have been under fire for the easy one he missed. He had one chance to redeem himself and he took it. Well done Pat!

DbDraad
I think that there has always been too much emphsais on goal kicking and too little on scoring of tries.   When Carel du Plessis became Springbok coach in 1997  he spelled that out clearly and he set about correcting this anomaly - but was not given enough chance to get the situation corrected.   He started of and was not immediately siuccessful - but within 4 months all the pieces was in place and the Springboks started to score tries in abundance.   
Mallett was careful not to change the scenario and up to November 1998 the situation was that we did score the tries and did win tests.   Howevr, that is when the system collapsed - because Mallett had to start replacing key players and his selections were not working.  
Back to the kicking game and it was only in 2007 that White broad in Eddie Jones to overcome the malaise.   With  Whhite gone - and Morne Steyn comng in at flyhalf t rotten system of very few tries being scored by the Springboks returned.   All was about the goal kicking game - he only thing Morne was really excellent in.   The backline died as an attacking weapon.   
Meyer to his credit realized that something had to be done and by the Ellis Park test  gave an instruction not to constantly kick balls away and keep it in hand.   That instriuction was complied with - bu it had serious repercussions.   Morne passed balls he should kick - the second Messam try being an example.   
We started off well in the June 2014 Welsh test - but then went sour.  Meyer was forced into changing the flyhalfin th Scptland test and bring in Pollard - with remarkable resultts.   That was followed by the Argentina test where our Tight 5 isintegrated and the backline suffered as a result.   It was thought then - by Meyer and by some members of this site - that the answer was to bring back Morne Steyn against the Aussies - but it did not work out.   and it was clear that we could not win matches purely by kicking at goal.
Maybe it was the final straw that broke the camel's back - Meyer brought in Pollard to start and Lambie on the bench.   The change worked in both tests - especially in the latest Ellis Park test.   
Now lets get this straight -  goal kicking remains important - teams cannot win matches without converting tries and penalties.   Pollard missed one of his kicks on Saturday ad Lambie failed with three kicks.   in the Wallaby test.   However, in the final analysis they scored the tries and that was the key to improved performances.    I think that if both can get tei goal kicking to a 70% to 75% success rate - that is more than adequate.   Morne consistently - but for 2012 - converted 80% of his kicks at goal - but that was his only positive attribute.   
There are other examples where the kickingad defense-oriented  game ultinately cone short - because it d destoryed the backline functioning.   Take the Stormers  in Super 15 in 2012 and he Sharks ths year.  Both sides scored the fewest tries in the compeition - went through to the semis and fell flat on their faces.    The success rate with that kind of game plan is limited and if that was not changed we would have lost on Saturday.      

 The Difference between NZ and SA on the weekend, Patrick Lambie

 There seem to be a lot of games that do come down to that pressure goal kick in the dying minutes of the match though if you don't have the attacking number ten you won't likely get to that position. Be nice to have a fly half that has both facets completely covered. I have always liked Lambie and he seems to have thrived coming off the bench  in the second half of the last few matches. Also handy to have a bench player that is capable of covering fullback as well. Things look good for the Bokke in the number 10 department and I must say I was surprised and exited by the way they took the game against the all blacks on. Beat them at their own game you might say.