CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
06 Apr 2015, 05:50#41
Mozart
One more Steyn game - one more red or yellow card - and two more bugger-upa that lost games for the team.
Your lack of thinking on rugby is so blatant - you blame Lambie for the problems against the Crusaders - while giving him no credit for the fact that he saved them from an embarrassment against the Chiefs. Also you said nothing about the embarrassment caused by Steyn and his red card in that game - and his poor performance against the Stormers where he got a yellow card for constant contraventions.
Your blaming of losses on players you dislike is a farce. Why not look at what BS your favourite players produced and be objective about them as well.
There is one thing clear and that is that Esterhuizen made 11 tackles on Saturday - missing one. With his defensive record thus far this year in mind, Steyn would have made far less tackles and missed three times the number of tackles missed by Esterhuizen. Esterhuizen had a sub-par game - I sh udder to think what would have happened if Steyn played on Saturday.
MOMozart
Captain49,914 posts
MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
06 Apr 2015, 05:59#42
Ah but one more Frans game at 10 one more Sharks victory. The correlation is undeniable Frans at 10 equals a higher Sharks win percentage....with Lambkins you are lucky to get to 50 per cent.
As for Esterhuizen I've seen sumo wrestlers with more top end....he looked best when he packed in at flank. Another thing Jake had right.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
06 Apr 2015, 09:41#43
This is about Fransie - he looked best when he is off the field of play altogether - packing his bags to go to Japan. One wonders why he is not off to Montpellier to join his pal Jake White? Maybe the French know enough about Fransie not to allow White to give him another stint at a French rugby club - after all he was useless at Racing Metro. What is clear though - the French know the food muncher will destroy their food supply chain since he lost weight in Japan and has a massive food need to make up his weight to reach the natural Fat Fransie stage.
White has been given a massive amount of money to contract foreign players - but one has to assume he is being told certain players like Fransie are not welcome - especially not as a flyhalf or center, hence the quietness on the Fransie issue.
I think the Sharks are in dire need of money to fund other players and they would not waste money on passengers like Fransie in future. After all they have by next year to replace the Du Plessis brothers, Beast, Fat Willem and the foreign geriatrics Smit brought in, as well as finding money to get decent centers. A complete overhaul by next year is on the cards and the players mentioned will NOT be in the Sharks squad next year. That in itself would mean a huge improvement in performances - and I mean a massive one.