The Eraser formula exposed....

Didn't know the Boks lost by fifty points. 

Had Willie sent out a decent pass to Willie  Boks would have lost by 3. One Pollard kick hit the post. 

Then we have an uproar about the bent ref. How much did that cost us! 

No you are way to critical. Boks won the second half as well. 

Allende was second only to Kolbe in the backs. Mallet commented again on how good Steph was. 

Right now my main concern is the Nyakane injury. 

If we get to semis I would rather play Wales than England.  

It's not all doom and gloom

Moz the captain and one coach was decreed by the ANC as part of the transformation plan to improve the game and life in general in RSA.

As to Faf, Pollard and the two starting props the less said the better.

Captain "Plank" was a disaster as captain and he is neither inspiring or a leader to the team.

Waste of a space I say.

Thanks Moz.

The abs only scored two tries. That tells me our defence wasn't nearly as poor as some suggest!!!

It was also very clear we bungled our opportunities on attack. 

Our defence pressurized the abs very well. 

Kitshoff did a huge amount of work. Only problem was I think the reserve front row should have come on as a unit ten minutes into second half. 

That injury to Nyankanye was crucial. 

You can bet if we had lost by a point the emotional backlash would have been just as bad. 

Strzok

Lets get this straight - the distortions continue - so let me illustrate why I claim that.

1.   Mostert did not miss only one tackle - he missed 4 - or is ESPN lying again?   He was tackled backwards in the line-outs after reaching the ground a number of times.  Best line-out forward - you make me laugh.  The AB's targeted him in line-outs and it worked perfectly for them.  He carried the ball 8 times making 1 meter 0 is that now equivalent to a hundred meters?  Stupid comment if I may say so.   

2    Vermeulen the only flyer with forward run with sting -- the AB's will enjoy that joke.  LOL - if you call that carries making on average 2,1 meters per carry sting - heaven help us.

3    Finally agreement on something I wrote

4    So Am was toothless and suddenly Kriel  is brought in so go and see why you are again distorting what happened by looking what ESPN stats indicated as to ball carries.   De Allende showed some sting and it was totally misleading what you wrote. 

5   We all know Kolisi is a political selection - totally out of depth in tough tests    

6    No Mozart - the AB scrum frequently had problems in the first half - if you did not see it - your eyesight was blinkered.   They constantly went back - albeit slightly and they should have been penalized at least three times as I mentioned in respect of Moody.   Also the first really strong scrum - where the referee was forced to penalize the AB's came when Malherbe returned to play - the last one.

7    So Etzebeth is to get  the credit for the try scored by Du Toit?   When did Du Toit broke the two tackles he is credited with by ESPN  if not on the way to score the try?   The first miss was immediately when he broke through the maul and the second one was before he reached the tryline. 

8     A total misrepresentation of what I wrote as expected,   Other than two mistakes - one by De Klerk and another by Mostert - the team as a whole was competitive.  The players I listed did not bring their part at all and that includes Vermeulen and Am, but the other players did. 

9    Meyer's one major shortcoming and yours as well - relates to his team selection.  I mentioned Labuschagne.   You always referred to "Liggies"  not being a test level player, but it took only two tests to prove that he is and should have played for the Springboks for years.   I laughed out loud.   In two tests Labuschagne made more meters in carrying of balls than Alberts made in 43 tests and in both the tests he made more tackles than Alberts ever did in any individual test.  Alberts routinely made 6 or 7 tackles per game and fluffed some as well - mostly crucial misses in games where it affected outcomes.   He in one test made 13 tackles - bit that w as outside of his routine,     Also in two tests  Labuschagne made more turnovers than Alberts made in his whole career as a rugby player.  Quiet about that issue - hey?   Meyer had no game plan at all - and how many tries did the Springboks score in the test you are referring to?

So have a nice day and think carefully about what you write on site in future.  LMAO.   

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Strzok

You are indeed a prejudiced  idiot and what you wrote now is utter garbage,   Totally ignoring how Mostert were manhandled by the AB's in lineouts is a joke in bad taste.  Even Denny realized it - you don't

I expected from you and Comey will somehow manage to blame Du Toit for the two tries scored  by the Aussies,  You managed it - but make huge fools  of yourselves again.  Like in the case of the Sanchez story a few weeks ago Mostert missed a routine tackle so you blame Du Toit for it in both cases.      

I really enjoy it that Labuschagne .showed you up as a total rugby illiterate.    How was Alberts . ever a loosie - always beat me.  He was a slow prop pretending to be a loosie.   So lets take a few examples:-

*    In 43 tests played you yourself claimed his average gain in distance gained was 2,2 meters per carry.   As far as I am concerned  his average meter gain was 1,8 meters per carry.  So lets accept the 2,2 meters per carry.   He played in 43 tests so voila - the total meter gain was say 95 to 96 meters,   In two tests Labuschagne  gained over 100 meters,  

*    Alberts never knew the meaning of the term "ball protection and recovery" and  even though Lizatjie claimed that he did once in 2013 make a turnover  I never saw ONE in his whole career.  Labuschagne  made three in his last two tests,   Anyway Alberts' ball protection and recovery was mostly make-believe since he was too slow to get to breakdowns in time to do that and he even get near to such points he mostly was content to stand behind and hope to get the balls to make his spectacular 2 meter carries,     

*    Labuschagne made more tackles yesterday and in the SA test than Alberts routinely made in 5 tests.   

I am not blustering - I am stating facts.   You are the blustering one making a  huge fool of yourself all the time.                 ,

Oh dear ... hate him ... love him ... and hate him again.

Moffie can't make up his mind.

If the Goats had won the match using the same "formula" he would probably have loved him.

A confused and ignorant old man who doesn't know his arse from his elbow ... 

When did Du Toit broke the two tackles he is credited with by ESPN  if not on the way to score the try?   The first miss was immediately when he broke through the maul and the second one was before he reached the tryline.

That was a well taken try, Mike. Steph doesn't need you to taint it with lies.

# if you just don't read Mike's posts anymore.

Sorry Mike.

How many times did we see Mostert get smashed backwards?

Once at 07:11 when he was double tackled.

He (Mostert) was tackled backwards in the line-outs after reaching the ground a number of times.

Not once. Mostert's lineout takes are at 30:28, 56:05 (steal), 57:20 and 67:24. Show me where he was "tackled backwards".

He also made a 5m carry 07:56. Nothing major, just shows you the fallibility of stats which has him at 1m.

Of the 12 box kicks I counted Faf making, we only regained possession 3 times. The field kicks by Willie and Pollard didn't result in much better, with only Kolbe's clean catch at 02:33 a clear win.

Comey 

Do you understand anything at all.   Did you not noticed that instead of a driving maul their was a tackle breakdown in a number of  line-outs and it took a while before the Springboks managed to recoverr the ball.   

I never wrote about the kicking game - but the kicking in the game was inaccurate and aimless in general - Faf in particular was seriosuly disappointing.   Before the game i said kickikibg against the AB's wuld be the wrst option to take.           

Did you not noticed that instead of a driving maul their was a tackle breakdown in a number of  line-outs and it took a while before the Springboks managed to recoverr the ball.  

Only lineout 30:28, where Mostert was sacked while in the air by Reid. He still manages to cleanly transfer the ball to Kolisi, who transfers to Marx.

Marx has it at the back but it can't come out quickly because Scott Barrett is lying over the top of the ruck interfering.

56:05 Mostert steals the ball and wins us a penalty.

57:21 & 67:28 both mauls, no one going backwards.

Your claim of tackled backwards in the line-outs after reaching the ground a number of times is nonsense.

How many times did he get carried backwards with ball in hand.

As I said, once.

His two missed tackles have lead to tries one against the Argies and now one against NZ the guy is the biggest liability in the side by some distance

Why is neither Vermeulen nor Marx getting any heat for not even attempting a tackle on LB even though they were closer to him than Mostert? Mostert in a full dive managed to get one hand to LB's right upper thigh. Not many will make that stick.

Comey

I am really surprised by your deduction.   According to your photo  - Du Toit was actually the one to blame for not tackling the guy he did tackle and not tackling Barrett as well.   Whether you like t or not - on the day Mostert missed 4 tackles - one on Barrett.   So rather blame Vermeulen and Marx - or better still Du Toit and De Allende for not tackling Barrett. .  That would be your normal style since previously you and Strzok blamed Du Toit for both AB tries being scored anyway.       

This is the second try, Mostert wasn't involved in the first one. Get with it for god's sake, it's like talking to a child.

You want to bluster about the game but you can't even distinguish between the first and second All Black tries.

He was driven back a good few times.

No, he was driven back once in a double tackle by S Barrett and Sam Cane at minute 07:11 (and Steph, for example, was driven backwards at 51:50 by Tuipulotu, it happens to everyone occasionally if the defender gets a good hit on them).

If you don't rate him, that's fine, he isn't the most physically imposing forward out there, but don't make up stuff that didn't happen to back up your view.