Pat Lambie v England

1. 00:21 - Clearance kick deep inside 22, England lineout just outside Bok 22.
2. 01:19 - Tackle assist, Coetzee the primary tackler. Driven backwards off ruck.
3. 01:34 - Loose ball from England at ruck, Lambie and fellow Boks with outside-in defence to shepherd ball carrier back inside.
   
4. 02:39 - Bok linout; Etzebeth jumper. Lambie with a slow, high floating pass to Serfontein who gets swarmed.
5. 06:46 - Lambie grabs the waist of attacker and is dragged until Matfield brings him down.
6. 10:56 - Lambie penalty.
7. 14:14 - Lambie tackle. Lambie goes low on Barritt who runs gets behind the tackle attempt. Quick ball presented as defence moves backwards.
8. 15:42 - Lambie conversion.
9. 16:37 - Lambie attempted tackler assist but gets swatted away from tackler standing in a low Jean tackle.
10. 21:31 - Lambie tackle. Lambie goes low on Barritt who gets behind the tackle attempt. Quick ball presented as defence moves backwards.
11. 21:36 - Lambie attempts low tackle on Vunipola who runs through and breaks tackle completely.
12. 21:54 - Eastmond (12) eyes up Lambie and runs at him, Lambie goes low but 12 gets behind the tackle.
13. 22:08 - Lambie at ruck base, clears with kick inside Bok 22 which is charged down.
14. 22:15 - Lambie scrambles back with fellow Boks to win loose ball and stem the tide.
15. 23:21 - Lambie carelessly takes out Barrit off the ball
16. 23:30 - Lambie piles into ruck
17. 23:51 - Lambie rushes out the line in Bok 22 but England attacker (12) draws him only to throw a long pass over him.
18. 25:57 - Lambie tackles 1 higher but 1 burrows low and presents clean ball.
19. 27:40 - Lambie restart.
20. 28:52 - Lambie kicks penalty to touch into England 22.
21. 29:49 - Lambie with a cross-field kick from deep just outside England's 22 that's far too deep. Wasted opportunity.
22. 32:16 - Lambie penalty.
23. 33:05 - England 15 runs toward Lambie and kicks at him, Lambie concedes knocks on.
24. 35:54 - Lambie restart.
25. 37:46 - Lambie penalty. misses.
26. 38:22 - Boks with numbers, Lambie attempts to run it; gets well stopped making no ground.
27. 39:55 - Lambie attempts to rip the ball off 5 who is tackled by Matfield, gets driven away.
    

1. 40:00 - 2nd half restart.
2. 40:35 - Lambie receives ball deep, chips over rush defence and Boks get try through Willie-Reinach breakout.
3. 41:58 - Lambie conversion.
4. 45:45 - Lambie restart.
5. 48:43 - Lambie restart.
6. 50:04 - Bok penalty; Lambie kicks for touch.
7. 50:58 - Bok penalty; Lambie kicks for touch.
8. 54:39 - Lambie conversion. Misses.
9. 58:05 - Bok scrum. Lambie passes from deep to Jean.
10. 59:10 - Lambie gets smashed in possession on England's 22m line.
11. 60:28 - Bok penalty. Lambie misses kick into the corner for Bok lineout inside England's 22. England were a man down in the forwards after yellow card!
    
12. 61:58 - Lambie with an attempted tackle assist, no impact.
13. 62:42 - Lambie passes from deep to Serfontein. Defence drifts and smothers Bok attackers out wide driving them into touch.
14. 66:10 - Lambie penalty.
15. 68:15 - Lambie restart.
16. 69:52 - Lambie wraps attacker's upper body who receives ball as he stands flat footed in front of Lambie. Attacker gets forward momentum in the tackle presenting quick, clean ball.
17. 71:30 - Barritt runs at Lambie and drives through the tackle attempt.
18. 71:39 - Lambie passes from deep, inside Bok 22, to Serfontein.
19. 74:29 - Bok penalty; Lambie kicks to the corner. Bok lineout in England 22.
20. 76:01 - Lambie drop goal inside England 22.
21. 78:12 - Lambie grabs attacker by the ankles and twists in the tackle bringing him to ground.
22. 78:36 - Lambie with an attempted tackle assist but falls off.
23. 79:46 - Lambie restart.
    

There you have it. What more needs to be said? We saw no flat running, we saw no slick distribution, we saw no command with the boot. He was stodgy at best. Even worse then that on defence; England ran hard at him and he failed to cope. The net result? They got the quick clean ball they wanted and dictated most of the game as our defensive line was marched back after each and every failed tackle attempt. Our opponents continually go after him and they continually get what they want.

Lambie was pretty much the same for Italy and Wales. He tackles well low, but closer to the line he can't effectively smother the passer. His own running yields nothing and too often he holds his pass until the receiver is about to be hammered. His long passing, like the dying duck to Peterson, is not crisp.

In the entire match against the Poms he made the chip and the drop.....the rest was mediocre and worse. And that was his best start on tour.

Maaik old toppie....that's an interaction about every 1.5 minutes....totally possible for a flyhalf. Don't whine, just find an  instance Lestat reported a false involvement....the floor is your's. But if you have nothing to add, take my advice and shut it.

You are on your usual course of accusing another poster of lying....back it up.

More from the quackmire.....but not a single correction. A few desperate smileys for diversion. GS&M.

 Without Lambie

Ireland 16...Boks 10

England.....no substitution

Italy 0...Boks 14

Wales 0....Boks 0

Total   Opponents 16....Boks 24

The fact is there is no evidence having Lambie at 10 helped the Bok cause. On the contrary the team without Lambie was well ahead in points....the team with Lambie well behind. Not definitive, but another data point suggesting Lambie is not a campaign flyhalf. More of a bench player that provides versatility.

But by isolating Lambie and Pollard one does get a bit of a sense of how the teams did when they were on the field. The big swing was against Italy when Pollard's superior running game blew the Italians away.

To me Lambie looks much like the flyhalf who started the last two S15s and got worse the longer things went. He made heaps of mistakes against the Poms and Wales.....he will never win us a RWC. I hope HM has the guts to go with Pollard.