Rugby Championship 2012 - Johan Goosen Defence

Sun Tzu

Morne stands way to deep in the pocket to make contact with anyone - either in defence or attack,   He never attacks the gain line himself.   He always stand still when he receives the ball - no forward movement that would bring defenders near to him.

Those are all signs of a player avoiding contact.   have never come across a flyhalf who after nearly 10 years of top ruby virtually never had an injury of note.  Since flyhalfs are vulnerable from that perspective - they are always in danger of fairly serious injury.

The only way to avoid danger s to avoid contact and Morne is an expert in that   - that is a fact      

Sun Tzu

And missing four out of 11 attempted tackles at Ellis Park - what a farce.

Sun Tzu

And missing four out of 11 attempted tackles at Ellis Park - what a farce.

 Shezza

The problem with the kind of report written by Sun Tzu and in another case by Mozart  is that they think in their mind what they believe players should have done - and if the a player did not do it - that player failed.   That means also that they try and describe the situation in such a way that it favours their favoured player - or discredit players they do not like.  

In essence the way they do it never reflects the actual situation as to what happened - but a slanted image that in fact never happened on the ground,   They then refise to accept their folly and swear by it.  It is normally utter bullshit - so I do not really care what they write.

Insofar as Goosen's defence is concerned - Sun Tzu referred constantly to defence failure on the part of Goosen - which in fact never happened if the stats are borne in mind,  Howeverm one must bear in mind that you get members of this site - who will discredit on false grounds any player that could potentially threaten Morne Steyn'sposition in the Springbok's team.

Sun Tzu also  swears the Kirchner is the best full back SA wish to have and you should see the rubbish he writes about Le Roux.

That guy' s view on rugby is really weird.     

Daar is nie pille vir dom nie - maar daar is malhuise vir die malles.   En die malles is daardie gek ouen s wat altyd 'n string verskonings het vir Morne Steyn.

Morne is a player that has shown over the past two years that he is no asset for SA - similar as he is a limited asset for Stade Francais - also a proven fact.

The fact that Morne gets poor tackle stats must be explained away in a manner that makes him look good - despite indications to the contrary. And then oviously we have to criticise the tackle technique of Goosen to counter-balance the fact that in the 100 minutes he played international rugby he made 18 tackles out of 20 attempted tackles.  

That kind of BS is always used to explain away unfavourable images of their favoured players - so reasonable people must take it with a bag of salt - a pinch is grossly insufficient. 

I am not saying Morne is a yellow belly - but his style of play is to avoid contact with especially defenders.   Since he virtually never attacks the gain line himself - that impression is really confirmed.    His missed tackle ratio last year was 19,4% in the RC and 20% in the EOYT.   That shows that his atrocious defence in the Elllis Park test is really par for the course.

 Shezza

there is no discussion possible with closed minds like Sun Tzu - that is if he has a mind at all.   I think this story - I nearly said fib - about Morne being a top class flyhalf  has been proven as absolute rubbish years ago.   The dolts will never accept that - they do not understand why goal kicking is not the only thing required from a flyhalf.