Serfontein a huge plus for Bools chances

 I'm not saying that JJ needs hand holding, but he is a much more confident player with Serfontein inside. The Bools lost to the Stormers, in part because they lost the battle at centre. With Serfontein there the Bools are in much better shape. 

But there are plenty of weaknesses for the Brumbies to attack. The inept Woolly Boolie at the back. Hougaard who plays scrummie in slow motion. The twin dump  trucks Greyling and Werner Kruger who could make even a softer target than Coenie. And then there are the penalty machines....Flip Flop and Stegman. Put pressure on  these guys and the penalties will flow. 

The Bools will, however, come with huge energy and commitment. The Brumbies will have to be as hyped as they were against the Sharks to counter this. It's hard to say if Jakes inability to grab the Aussie coach position has hurt a bit...has lowered his standing with his players......it wasn't well handled. The Brumbies looked flat last Saturday. If they can't raise the bar, they will be run over.

But I think perhaps they can get their mojo back, to scalp the Bools at home in a playoff would be sweet for players and coach. After all the Bools were the main movers in trying to fire Jake. And for all it's potency, this is not the championship Bools team of a few years back. It's an intriguing contest.

Typical.

 What always cracks me up about guys like you is you have a hissyfit every time I post. But then you open all my strings. So either you are deliberately torturing yourself....which, face it is pretty stupid. Or you view my stuff as indispensable to your grasp of what's going on.

 No you're right, I can't grasp how someone can be as stupid to compare Werner Kruger and Greyling in the same class as Coenie Oosthuizen. JJ and Serfontein are a match made in heaven, JJ has the speed and footwork that gets improved by Serfonteins distribution skills. 

 Seems to me that's what I said JJ is improved by Serfontein. And nobody is comparing Coenie with Kruger, except in their scrumming vulnerabilities. And I'm not alone in saying that, Tank Lanning an ex WP tighthead, Visagie one of the most capped tightheads and Kempson a similarly capped loosehead believe exactly the same.

 Well everyone else seems to disagree.

But do you understand that any other sort of 13 would not be complemented by Serfontein? Someone like Jordaan and De Jong would have a far less effect against opposition.

 Well I can't say that anybody except Os has really endorsed Coenie as a tighthead. But let's focus on JJ. We all see the same things.....he is obviously fast, strong and has a good step. So if Serfontein creates a way to put him in space, he is a threat. But de Jongh and Jordaan are both threats in space as well. Jordaan is extremely fast and de Jongh has a lethal step....just ask Mvovo.

But as test centres these guys are more likely to be separated by defence, how they read the game and having attacking vision. Frankly I think none of these players have vision....that's why they go through so any games without featuring. Very true of de Jongh, but as we saw last Saturday of Engelbrecht.

The bottom line is if JJ can't create his own chances, he is likely to be snuffed out. 

I had a friend who used to play tighthead and he used to say "As 'n vasskop se rug so krom staan, dan moet jy weet iemand is besig om sy kop in sy gat te druk" (If a tighthead's back is bent like that, in the scrum, you should know that somebody is busy shoving his head up his arse".

Just watch Coenie's back, at tighthead, in some scrums..............

If you say so.....................

Oh............................ and Os du Randt was a loosehead prop......................

My eyes must have deceived me then. Maaik has agreed that his back was bent but he says it makes no difference to his scrumming.

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July 25, 2013, 14:02:08

Your take on anything rugby is worth a pinch of salt

It will be interesting to see if notoriously weak scrummager Werner Kruger can do a better tighthead job than Coenie did last week against the same opponent.

 The Bulls are a different team in Pretoria. It is their fortress.

Even when the Bulls play elsewhere in South Africa they are not as good as at Loftus.

Some of the same players who look poor to average overseas in the SuperXV, become sensations. 

The forward back bullies the non SA opposition as if they are the under11 B team. 

 Lambie at his worse cannot be as bad as Steyn was today.

Nonsense....Morne made a bad decision taking that drop. Carter did exactly the same thing....are NZ going to drop him. And it's not Morne's job to call the kick into the corner.The charge down was an aberration, this guy hardly ever gets charged....he has a quick kick.

For the rest he defended well ....kicked well and made good judgements.

Lambie by contrast has been a basket case at 10

 Mozart

You call the charge down kick good judgement?  You call that last  relieving  kick good judgement ?

You call all his ineffective and aimless kicks good judgement?  

 "Unlike Jackson Craig Joubert will not allow that type of thing and they will be penalized for not binding and scrumming inward".

Well ou maaaikie I hope you heard what the guys were saying in the aftermatch commentary and the video evidence. 

Jan has a strapped knee and thigh. Leave this under 20 player out of the RC is my recommnedation. Give him a good rest and tiem to recover and do conditioning work and be fully ready come 2014. We dont want him ourt for the 2014 season!!!!!  Play Jean and JJ. 

Hougaard. Well he is piss poor and bog ordinary. Someone needs to tell him he is an attacking scummie and if he sees himslef simply as a link he is missing the plot. Have a go Hougie.

Morne was fine and his making a mistake is no big deal. It happens. Personally I felt Lambie had a pretty good season at flyhalf and will continue to grow as a player next year.

Visser trying to field that kick into touch was also a brain implosion!

Man it was very disappointing to see the bulle thow this one.

Can Jake inspire his men to beat the chiefies. Given jake's ability to inspire his guys they will no doubt believe they can. Brumbies need a decent lock as do the bulle. Willemse will be their other lock next year and Hattingh will move to 7. Jaque potgieter will be a loss for them as will Vermaak. 

Basson with his defensive misjudgements has done himself no good Bok selection wise. Could Van der Heever be a dark horse?

Hattingh had a great game.....as did Potgieter

 When guys perform in the looser aspects of the game they get noticed and are said to have had a great game. Ihatting was okay but will move to 7 next year and do very well there. 

I am not in favour of 107 kg locks! Willemse will add authority to the bulle next year and with Jaque Potgieter gone they will need Hattingg at 7. With Callie at hooker their pack is looking good and the set pieces sorted. 

  Mozart

Why don't you answer my questions?   Why try a journalist to cover for you/  Can you not see with your own eyes Steyn was poor in judgements and poor in the game as a whole?  

 The Bools have a game plan.....Steyn has to play within that  plan,. Almost every  time the Brumbies kicked there was a pod of 3 players to deal with the ball. A catcher, who passed to a kicker with a pursuer next to him. It's incredibly rigid. If you can't grasp that Oom , we can't have a conversation.

But giving you the benefit of the doubt  within  that scheme Morne is expected to do some things and he has discretion in others. He exercised his discretion well....the charge down was not typical...for the rest he did sensible things to protect the lead. I quote the journalist to show I an not alone in that view.

The one thing I didn't buy was the drop, but as we sawCarter did the same thing...it was a judgement call made worse by the fact that it failed.

Morne remains our only choice at flyhalf, given injuries and poor form among the alternatives