Rassie will have used 52 players

Saffex, I did sit and think for a while about players you've omitted but to be honest, I couldn' t think of a single one. Good list.

I have to agree Rooi, never seen Dave ever drop a player, if anything, he'll go find a school boys player and put him in there. 

However, I love that about the guy, he knows how to find the talent and bring names forward I never heard of, but most of them are pretty good. 

I have one question, so you decided to ditch Moerat? 

He had no impact for me at all this year or ever. I think he is there on reputation and the fact that his family has some political influence in the cape. 

Our biggest problem is whether we can live without an Eben like player. Maybe we can. Once in a generation player. 

We were just very lucky, we have Mark Andrews, Bakkies Botha and then Eben. All World Cup winners  

I thought oif a player you could add, Saffex, but I will admit I'm basing this on reviews of other people rather than anything I've seen recently . . . but JJ van der Mescht is apparently playing very well for Stade Francais and I was a big fan when he was still with the Sharks.

Well, if Deon Fourie can debut at 37, there is still hope for the rest of the players. Who says 29 is too old. We've seen Rassie back the old guys. 

But, you could see how much that team struggled during the World Cup. They guys were on empty int he World Cup final. They were in for a long grind, not as nice as the 2019 World Cup. 

All fine and dandy having and exposing players to the highest level, however, I'd  like to see an elevation to our attacking play so as to gain full benefit from the abundance of talent available.

Thus far Tony Brown has failed to show a difference.

I giv e Rassie  a 7 for the year

Ja, it is hard to be a coach. I like the Du Preeze twins but then you have PSDT and Vermeulen / Wiese. 

What we also saw is that Rassie likes utility players. Players that he can swap during the game. We saw Mostert play 7 and then go to 5 when Lood was gassed. 

Then we look at our 10/15 with Willemse being able to cover many positions as well as Sasha. Am is playing more at 12 these days. 

I think he likes to have a bench and players on the field that can almost cover 3 positions. So if you are just a specialist then it will be harder these days. 

Our Rassies crop of loose forwards, who should he have dropped? I don't agree with all of his selections. Kwagga is only an impact player, but always plays poor when he starts. His size counts against him

Leinster is about the only team that can interchange players but that is because they invest so much into their grass roots and local clubs. Knowing when to give players exposure and when to tell them to spend a season in the bush leagues so they can come back stronger. 

This is the first time in the modern era that we've had a stable bok management team. Yes, I question what Deon Davids and stick are doing there, but Rassie is the main stay.

We'll have him at least for another 3 years. So he would have been with the boks for about 10 years. 

Then, his been coaching the old guard back in the day at the cheetahs and the WP under 21 team. So he is really invested in the bok player development in the long term. It might not look great right now, but give it another season or two. Sasha coming back, Hendrikse maturing and who knows which talent gets unearthed or which journey man comes full circle. 

I don't like this stop start, but we have an 83% win record and it could have been much higher if Rassie didn't gamble. But we are in a great place. All of these players can make the next world cup, even at 36. The only player in current squad is probably Le Roux. But don't forget, Frans Steyn nearly made it and could have been the only player in History with 3 world cup medals. 

It will probably take another season, but Rassie wants 50 players to come in at a moments notice and just slot in with out a dip in a teams form.

As the saying go, the perfect coaches team only exist on paper. Players get injured or drop in form, but if you have 50 players that are wold class, that is next level. 

We just need 3 world class players in every position for that. 

We already have that in the pack. Our backline, we have the 10's centres and wings now. 9 is still questionable.