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SA team of the Week

Started by clevermike7 REPLIES180 VIEWS· 08 Mar 2014, 22:30
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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
08 Mar 2014, 22:30
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08 Mar 2014, 22:30#1

After looking at all aspects of the game - inclusive of ball handling, attacking ability and defense - I believe the SA team of the week is as follows:--


15  Boshogg, 14 Mvovo, 13  De Villiers, 12  De Allende,  11  Le Roux,  10  Goosen,  9  De Klerk,  8   Vermeulen,  7  Burger,  6  Coetzee, 5  Steenkamp,  4 Van der Merwe, 3 Malherbe,  2 Strauss,  1  Van der Merwe.



Serfontein had a much improved game this weekend - but I think that De Allende showed much greater physical strength in attack and defence - consequently of geater value.


I had a problem at flyhalf as well.   All the flyhalfs kicked well at goal - and Potgieter did very well with his first try.  However he did go backweards subsequently and his defence in particular was not up to standard.   Steyn did well kicking at goal - but his ball handling was questionable and his defense the same.


I had a big problem in deciding between  Steenkamp and Matfield in respect of the no 5 position - but ultimately decided on Steenkamp.  The ultinmate decider here was the fact that Steenkamp poached two balls from the top locks in NZ rugby and he made nearly double the number of tackles made by Matfield.     

  

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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
08 Mar 2014, 22:36
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08 Mar 2014, 22:36#2
What a joke....both Steyn who was dominant, and Potgieter were way better than Goosen. And by the way Alberts was the starting point for a lot of the Sharks success.and how did Malherbe make it when the Stormers scrum was their one weakness?
Hogwash hey OOm? 
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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
08 Mar 2014, 23:15
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08 Mar 2014, 23:15#3
Mozart
You are exteremely prejudiced and I pointed out the problems the players had and where they performed well.   Mt assessment  was based on the actual performances of the players in all aspects of the game.  I know you rate goal kicking as the only function of a flyhalf.    
Subsequnetly I also consulted the stats and I will quote those for you:-
 Steyn0/01710/10/112203035/20/010/0
Potgieter0/02013/9/52601026/00/000/0

Goosen0/01612/13/103903216/01/000/0

Goosen was better in ball carries and better in beating defenders and off-loads and he caused less turnovers than the other two.  Steyn also gave away away a penalty. Potgieters defence was OK - Steyn's was poor.  His team was not the strongest and never controlled the match, like the Bulls and Sharks did.
I think that anybody who rates Alberts as remotely useful in games must have their heads read.  I had a good hard look at him and his contribution was slightly better than last week.   I do not rate  a loosie who missed as many tackles as he did.
Alberts0/000/1/81101017/20/010/0
Alberts has had a missed tackle ratio of 22,2%  His 8 carries entail a total meter gain of 11 meters - and he beat only one defender.  He lost the ball once and fabe away a penalty as well.   His carries started off nothing - but another maul - so what he produced was bog ordinary to poor.   His defense is seriously problematic.   In three games he made 15 tackles and missed 4  - miss tackle ratio  21.05.  The number of tackles made was poor compared to other 7's and the missed tackle ratio three times higher.  
As to Malherbe I looked at all the games and the other 3 tighthead props were by f ar poorer than Malherbe.  I will be civil and ask you which one you regard as better - incidentally the worst one earliest subbed was in fact Jannie du Plessis.and Werner Kruger was not much better.    














    
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
08 Mar 2014, 23:35
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08 Mar 2014, 23:35#4
The simplest metric with fly halves is.....did they see their team to victory before being subbed. Fransie was way more assured, assertive  and effective than Goosen....end of story. In any case most of Goosens metres came through open field, when he ultimately didn't take up the challenge to sprint for the line.
Jannie scrummies way better than Malherbe.
And Alberts had his finger prints on two Sharks tries.
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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
08 Mar 2014, 23:46
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08 Mar 2014, 23:46#5
 I will not respond to further silliness and stupidity other than to say a food player make space for himself and others.    
And Jannie's scrumming against the local provincal scrummagers was going on the back foot often enough and getting subbed early because he was not up to standard - end of story. If you did not see that - you missed 75% of the game.  
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Sun-TzuClub Pro713 posts
09 Mar 2014, 13:33
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09 Mar 2014, 13:33#6
 "You are exteremely prejudiced" - CleverMike


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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
09 Mar 2014, 14:02
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09 Mar 2014, 14:02#7
 Sun Tzu
I am not prejudiced - I deal in facts not hallucination.  And now you fo and pee and try and clear our brain from it - it makes you hallucinate badly.   
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Sun-TzuClub Pro713 posts
09 Mar 2014, 14:07
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09 Mar 2014, 14:07#8
 "I deal in facts not hallucination"

Hallucinations, you mean like video footage which is a vulgar distortion of the facts? Sure.
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