Mozart
Meyer last year did not have it mostly right and definitely not on the EOYT. The list of players he picked contained too many names of players that were bench players for their franchises and could not even make the starting teams - dunces like Van der Linde being an example. The end result was just not acceptable. There is something like the quality of wins. Scotland lost the game they played against Tonga by a much bigger margin than SA beat them by and the Springboks could have lost that game easily, because of the quality of rugby they produced. Ireland was weak and that was proven in the latest Six-Nations tournament. And England was beaten easily by Australia and this year by Wales. They have a record of yo-yo games - can be very strong in some cases and weak in others. We got the win on an off-day for them as well.
I think if you look at overall selections last year - you must at least accept that selection was as you put it yourself a revolving door and that was mostly the case with Bulls players. Why were those selfsame players dubious in Super 15 and thens elected for the Springbok side? Players like most of those named was poor and had negative performance indicators in Super 15 - yet they were selected by Meyer. What did he base his selection criteria on?
Meyer himself admitted that he made selection errors and now is back with those selfsame errors. That type of thing is based on criteria not refected based on performances. Last year he disregarded performances and negative indicators and selected players on dubious performance grounds. This year is doing the exact the same - by ignoring performances of players in Super 15 - and the bugger-ups will be clearly spelt out in as poor record as was the case last year - with the exception that we will lose both games against Australia and the draw against Argentina will also be a loss.
It is only the extremely ignorant that disregard proven performances and rely on under-achievers to build a team from. That list of players invited to the training camp was embarrassing and some players were really not even frontline players for their franchises. How do you account the situation with regard to players like Kankowski, Jannie du Plessis, etc.
I forsee disaster in what Meyer is doing this year if his training camp is anything to go by. The tragedy is he can do better - but is so set in his ways that he cannot adjust and correct mistakes. The only people enjoying the present show are the apposition in the Championship. They must really think Christmas is coming in August- September this year.
