BEBeeno1
Captain40,032 posts
BEBeeno1Captain40,032 posts
14 Feb 2015, 19:03#2
Bring back Jake. BwahahahahhaBotha at lock is no good. Chadwick is too pap. Where is Thomas Du Toit. Injured I suppose.
Sharks have players out so can improve a lot.
sharkbok
Captain23,285 posts
sharkbokCaptain23,285 posts
07 Mar 2015, 21:48#4
Brendan Venter can pi-ss off if he is only going to commit to being a temporary coach when it suits him. Let him focus on his dental practise and writing news stories about rugby.
As for this useless plodder Gary Gold, it is going to be a long hard season. It is up to the players to turn around, they are going to beat around the park by teams that have a game plan.
Last year many teams were winning their home games, this season it is free for all.
sharkbok
Captain23,285 posts
sharkbokCaptain23,285 posts
04 Apr 2015, 19:53#5
I knew this guy was pathetic. Take out the experienced players in the team in Frans Steyn and Bismaark, and it in some local pub team with no game plan.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
04 Apr 2015, 20:34#6
SB
It is not so easy - the senior players are those with big mouths and poor performance. What did Steyn produce for the Sharks this year? Near to zero. Bismarck is not the player he used to be - neither is Jannie and Beast - neither are John Smit's geriatric imports.
Plumtree must be laughing his ass off. He was fired and what did they get in return - two coaches believing that rugby ends at 10 and the remainder of the players are just decor.
RORooinek
Captain18,117 posts
RORooinekCaptain18,117 posts
04 Apr 2015, 20:38#7
Gold is average at best but he's still miles better than Joke White ever was.
I'd take John Plumtree back in a heartbeat . . . or even better, Johan Acker mann!
05 Apr 2015, 08:16#8
Plumtree has lead canes 7-0. So backoff :D.
JWJust_win
Captain18,570 posts
JWJust_winCaptain18,570 posts
05 Apr 2015, 08:31#9
Plumtree has to be thinking " I told you so"
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
05 Apr 2015, 11:43#11
Why Smit thought Gold was the answer is beyond me......what has he ever achieved as a coach?
Useless
DEDenny
Captain12,893 posts
05 Apr 2015, 14:30#12
Agreed.....Smit should go as well, he is well and truly out of his depth in his new role.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
05 Apr 2015, 15:54#14
Mozart
What fetching are you talking about. SA was poor in ball protection and recovery for years now and there was no improvement in that while White was around. White did not make any improvements for the Sharks in the relevant regard - since he selected one dud who in the last two years never ever protected a ball or recovered one as one of his loosies.
What White did has nothing to do with the modern game and everything to do with rugby played a decade ago. But then he did not adjust his game to fit into the law changes affected since 2008 - so the game plan of white was only partially successful.
His playing style was easy to read and easier to counter, especially since the kicking game he advocated was executed by one of the most inaccurate kicker in teh business.
What White did to the Sharks team was scary - a brand of totally witless and unthinking rugby was the norm and he left the Sharks under a serious cloud. If he was so good would that have happened?
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
05 Apr 2015, 15:58#15
Jake is anything but the most astute coach we have had, he was average at best no better than Meyer.....Mallett, Mc Intosh and Kitch were all far better than Jake.
06 Apr 2015, 09:36#16
I would sack John Smit first. Why is hiring all of his cronies? Jake at least got the team to the top last year and this year they look a million miles away.
Their senior players are letting them down and I'm beginning to question their value to SA rugby.
JP looks like he has no interest in playingBismarck are always looking for fight and red cards seem to follow him. He gets wind up way to easily and is a soft target.Frans Steyn has become very cynical and like to pig on smaller playersJannie has been pap for some timeBeast looks out of sorts
Then you have to question the geriatrics that John brought back from England
Mouritz Botha has been the first choice for some timeMatt Stevens looks way to out of shape other than trying to use his weight in the scrum. Looks like a heart attack candidateWentzel, never really got his career going.
Then there is the quality of the youngsters.
Esterhuizen has absolutely no ball sense, re-treaded loose forward. Du Toit is being wasted
So I think it has been all about John Smit trying to run the show instead of letting the coaches get on with their jobs.
But then again, look what he did to the boks from 2009 to 2011. Kept the youngsters out for his own personal gain.
BEBeeno1
Captain40,032 posts
BEBeeno1Captain40,032 posts
06 Apr 2015, 09:56#17
The joke as usual is on ou rooitwit. Smit is out of his depth and making stupid decisions.
Give Gold the rest of the year. If no improvemnet get in Dr Brendon Venter a real rugby brain.
To think we have suffered with Alistair when we could have asked Brendon to take over!!!! The mind boggles at decisions like this which in this particualr case are clearly race based and racist.
