Both Cheika and Coetzee are working really hard to win the clueless contest,...... the anouncement of their respective line-ups indicates that both are preparing a very tough battle for next saturday,....... who will be the most clueless coach in the world?
Coetzee was the first to present his arms for the battle,....... and showed his strong willingness to win this battle with a horryfying line-up
15 Johan Goosen, 14 Bryan Habana, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (capt), 1 Tendai Mtawarira
he sticks with out of form players who weakened the pack in the previous matches (A. Strauss, Lood and Louw) but this time he added Lourens Adriaanse to assure the inconsistency of the pack,........ Lourens Adriaanse? really?
Coetzee is pointing very high,..... useless front row, useless backrow (which has been already tested twice and twice failed as combination),......
he sticks with Hightackle Mohoje at blindside,...... if he was very lucky to avoid a yellow for his continous hightackles in the last test,........ after 2 weeks watching them replayed on TV he won't be that lucky next sat and if he keep tackling around the neck he'll very probably be punished
and what about the backline?
this is a really poor backline,...... the 10-12-13 backbone is defensively a joke,...... the aerial skills of 2 of the three outside backs (Goosen and Hougaard) are non-existant,...... many of the backline players are out of position,.....
true that the lack of depth in backline players (except injured Combrick and Pollard plus not selected RJ van Rensburg there are no test level backline players at this moment in SA) made things easier for Coetzee to present one of the worst backline possible,......
So things were looking really promising for Coetzee to win this battle,..... but then Cheika anounced his starting XV
15 Israel Folau, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Samu Kerevi, 12 Bernard Foley, 11 Reece Hodge, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 David Po[removed], 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Dean Mumm, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Kane Douglas, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Stephen Moore (captain), 1 Scott Sio
not content with sticking with who is possibly the worst captain in rugby history and with the pooper backrow combination that didn't work against England or the AB but put enormous pressure on the lineout, he add Mumm, who's not a test level player, to the equation. So none of the forwards' problems is resolved.
And confirming that he's pushing hard for the clueless contest he makes the backline a mess. He sticks with the second playmaker using Foley who is completely out of form and at this moment is useless. And to include this useless Foley in the backline (and in a position where he has never played)Cheika has to shift the whole backline and play many players out of position resulting in a mess of a backline.
Why don't make things easier?
9. W. Genia 10. Q. Cooper
12. R. Hodge 13. S. Kerevi
11. I. Folau 14. H. Speight 15. DHP
Every player is in his preferred position (where they have played most) except may be Folau. But Folau is such a good player that he can play wherever he wants (it's like B. Smith, he can play FB, wing, center and he will be outstanding in every position). But this would put things very easy for Coetzee.
Unlike Coetzee, Cheika has the players to complete a very competitive backline but refusing to do so he's posing a very tight fight to see who's the worst coach
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09 Sept 2016, 14:14
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