CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
07 Feb 2014, 12:27#3
If Plisson is "average at best" - it underscores the fact that Morne is way below par as a pivot.
STSun-Tzu
Club Pro713 posts
07 Feb 2014, 12:55#4
Nemesis? How so? I assure you one thing Plisson will achieve very little at test level, nothing like that of Morne who has shattered so many records at Super and test level for both country and the world. I have reviewed so many of those Morne tests and the more I watch him, and the pretenders, the more I admire him. His distribution, his calm and knack for understanding the situation around him are things that no other ten, besides Butch - who is rather past his best anyway, in South Africa possesses. Do you want to speak of a robot? Then look no further than Goosen; he who happily threw a hospital pass to Taute with three defenders in his face, defenders who were allowed to drift easily because he would fix zero defenders. You tell him to pass it, he does exactly that. Morne on the other hand would take the contact, even bailing out of a set-move, because he understood that the player(s) around him were in an inferior situation. Then of defence? Yes, he knows whe to go low, he understands how to prevent the offload and present the tackled player to our ravenous loose forwards for a shot at the turnover. Is an elusive stepper? No, it's not his way, but he can also be very useful ball in hand as we've already seen. But overall it's his balance. No wonder then that 2013 was such a successful season ball-in-hand once the Boks started dominating the breakdown, he effortlessly fulfilled his duties with aplomb; something the naysayers refused to accept was even possible, and a fat anomaly to their little theory which, just like the evolutionists and so many historians, they simply ignore it - a one last stand to protect their beloved preconceived ideas, which is, like an onion, wrapped in layer upon layer of tender emotion. Personally, I'm done talking of Morne, there is nothing left to prove. Unless someone bursts onto the scene ala Butch James, there is nobody to dispossess the incumbent. To continue further will simply create the illusion that there is room for debate; there isn't.
STSun-Tzu
Club Pro713 posts
07 Feb 2014, 13:33#6
Before I drop the bomb-shell, I will gi ve you one last opportunity to relent; do you accept that Goosen is the inferior defender and was in fact rather dire to the Bok cause in 2012?
STSun-Tzu
Club Pro713 posts
07 Feb 2014, 13:47#8
It's merely moving the pillars around to ensure the stability of the delusion. Not a good foundation for fact I'd say.
STSun-Tzu
Club Pro713 posts
07 Feb 2014, 16:33#12
You will rue those words Michael, I just wanted to draw it out of you before before I post my exposé in a few days time. Morné more than Lambie or Goosen will chase every last chance to make a tackle. That is fact, end of discussion. He is far more intelligent in how he handles contact as a defender, never avoiding a tackle. On attack , he will play much closer to defenders when the Boks chose to attack close in. Goosen and Lambie never fix their man. But all this shall be shown and you will be in severe damage limitation, for you committed to this folly and I can hold you to it!
SASaffolk
Captain30,741 posts
SASaffolk Captain30,741 posts
08 Feb 2014, 02:56#14
Plisson is a far better rugby player than Morne......he had a solid enough debut.....we are still to see him shine as he has done for his club......watch his pass.......puts players into space
