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The game is about small margins

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SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 11:00
#1
19 Sept 2021, 11:00#1
What a shit show. The game is about small margins or should I say big ones as the issue is the lack of big and too much small. Our strengths are the set piece. But without Steph du Toit and Lood on board our engine room concedes the physical edge. We were unable to execute any driving mauls off the line outs and achieved zero dominance in the scrums. While I like Rassie as a coach he has a history of running and right now him sitting at home leaves the side without it’s talisman and leader. It’s clear something is amiss quite literally. He has let the side down in a big way. Most of us knew Neinaber was not a head coach and he has just proved it. Clearly the side is missing Rassie’s presence The one positive is that we looked to try spread the ball for a change but unfortunately the execution looked like the local under 12 side trying to ship the ball to the wing at all cost. de Allende’s default is to crash it up and now that he is given the freedom to attack he no longer knows how to. He is not reading the play, just shifting the damn ball like a hot potato. Everyone of our Boks were shit yesterday. The one on one missed tackles by the likes of Orie, Mostert and Pollard are inexcusable. If we continue to select sad excuse for men in Mostert and Orie we can forget about getting back to our winning ways. Man the AB’s must be licking their lips
AU
AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
19 Sept 2021, 11:09
#2
19 Sept 2021, 11:09#2

What nonsense. Lood hasn't dominated physically in any test since the 2014 Scotland debut. He is a powder puff, and as per Stephanie? We can thank our lucky stars that he wasn't there to be an open highway (that's his trademark). Damian has never at any point in his career been anything more than a wing masquerading as a centre. He has never been a powerback and has never had adequate skills. A total myth founded upon nothing. 

What you failed to notice, seeing as your dulled eyes are so incapable of processing anything, is that Australia totally snuffed out our predictable maul because they knew where we were going to apply pressure and manfully applied total power into that and shoved it backwards or stalled it. Pretty simple really. Lood would not have changed that, and neither would Stephanie. 

José is not being missed, as he is running the show. This was a typical José effort. The real problem? It was predictably exposed. José would better serve SA rugby by resigning and disappearing into obscurity, so we can forget him like a particularly bad nightmare. This substandard narcissist who feeds on the work of others - Nienaber has been the technician and installer of the frame of the gameplan, don't kid yourself. Only in South Africa could someone get away with this for so long. No accountability. 

SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 12:12
#3
19 Sept 2021, 12:12#3
Shut omelette I don’t give a fuck what you think so waste your time responding to posters that care Seriously if you don’t see the value in Lood and PSDT and liability in the likes of Mostert and Orie then there is no hope. Gone are the dominant scrums and driving mauls - why do you think that is you ignorant dick? Fuck off
AU
AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
19 Sept 2021, 12:42
#4
19 Sept 2021, 12:42#4

I bet you paced around your hovel all day, sat up all night, twisting and writhing in frustration. How can we weave a foul narrative to absolve José from blame? How can we protect the Precious? You plastiks are so predictable. 

sharkbok
sharkbokCaptain23,230 posts
19 Sept 2021, 12:46
#5
19 Sept 2021, 12:46#5

Last week the Bok mauls were unstoppable. This week they were unstartable.
Orie is too weak. When he caught the ball, he could not hold his ground long enough for the bind to start the drive. 

Instead he was pushed backward by the Ozzies, causing the maul to splinter before it even started. 

SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 13:02
#6
19 Sept 2021, 13:02#6
Orie is a fucking disgrace and so is Mostert Both physically utterly useless and the very reason we suddenly can’t dominate an Oz scrum or set up a driving maul from a line out. Too many passengers in the engine room. We physically dominated the far more physical Lions pack and now we can’t do the same to an average Oz pack Queue the difference - no Lood and in particular PSDT
AU
AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
19 Sept 2021, 13:27
#7
19 Sept 2021, 13:27#7

A change in approach, but the Wallabies already started coping better with the maul in the first test. The Boks set the maul, they begin to shift pressure to the outside. It usually works, as the opposition allow them to pour through and once they start they don't stop. Not now, as the Wallabies anticipated the pressure and collectively confronted it. Why is this so hard to see? Do we need more diagrams and videos? This is why Saffers never learn, and are so far behind the rest of the world. 

CL
CleanCutPro9,905 posts
19 Sept 2021, 13:48
#8
19 Sept 2021, 13:48#8

A handful of changes isn't what the Goats need.

They need a total clean out ... starting with Kitshoff, Hamburger Nyakanye, Bongi, Lood, Kolisi, Wiese, Orie, Kwagga, Malherbe, Faf, DE Allende, Am. Nkosi, Mapompi, Willie, Koch, Willemse and Vermeulen.

Contracting guys like Morne & Elton to the Goats squad is absurd.

Their attitude sucks ... they are totally leaderless ... have absolute no gameplan.

You say it's only about small margins, Stupid ... ??? 

Well from where I'm sitting there's a lot more to fix than replacing a player or two.

It's a total fuck up ... from your assistant puppet master right down to the waterboy.

Demographics is at the heart of your troubles. 


SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 14:04
#9
19 Sept 2021, 14:04#9
Clown cunt what you know about rugby is enlightening
BE
Beeno1Captain40,032 posts
19 Sept 2021, 14:29
#10
19 Sept 2021, 14:29#10
THE ORG IS A FAR GONE LOON. FANCY NOT CONCEDING LOOD AND DU TOIT ARE MORE PHYSICAL THAN ORIE AND MOSTERT.  HIS NONSENSE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE!
AU
AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
19 Sept 2021, 14:38
#11
19 Sept 2021, 14:38#11

I never said Orie was more physical, they are about as ineffective as each other. Lood is merely slower in body and thought and with the tackle radius of a jaffa cake. Hands of stone. 

Steph is statistically the most porous defender of the past three seasons. A total cream puff. 17th ranked flank.  

CL
CleanCutPro9,905 posts
19 Sept 2021, 14:47
#12
19 Sept 2021, 14:47#12

I'm here for you, Cripple Dave. 

Let me know if you need help understanding the game. 

I know it can be confusing.  

Say hello to your wife for me. 


MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
19 Sept 2021, 15:15
#13
19 Sept 2021, 15:15#13
Lomp isn’t there because he got splattered by a centre. Dud isn’t there because he got manhandled by a wing. Lomp was happily playing last week and our team looked no different. We were behind against the Lions for a test and a half while Dud was on the field. 
The truth is our rolling maul was fine last week without Dud and we scored a maul try 3 minutes after  Lomp left the park. 
Try again Dave this story of your’s is nonsense,
DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
19 Sept 2021, 15:18
#14
19 Sept 2021, 15:18#14

"...and our team looked no different..."

The scoreboard looked way different...


PS....still not nearly good enough, but way better than yesterday's pathetic show.

MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
19 Sept 2021, 15:19
#15
19 Sept 2021, 15:19#15

We weren’t playing at home against a bunch of softie NH backs.

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
19 Sept 2021, 15:27
#16
19 Sept 2021, 15:27#16

Yes, the Aussies showed some brawn.

SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 15:51
#17
19 Sept 2021, 15:51#17
Moz what part of useless Orie and useless Mostert in the same side are you not picking up on. Having two utterly ineffectual physical pretenders like these two accounts for those small margins Having the two of them together and we don’t have a physical edge for obvious reasons Your support of Mostert is a joke the guy is a complete liability Our pack dominates when we have any combination of our front row, when we have proper locks in Eben, Lood or RG, a real man at 7 in PSDT and Vermeulen at 8 Anything less than that combo and we handicap our chances of dominance Not a single dominant scrum yesterday and not a single effective driving maul was achieved The reason is obvious - two physical liabilities in the pack - one is bad enough in Mostert but having Orie as well was just a death wish We can’t hope to win matches if we can’t set the foundation with our pack I predicted a loss for this very reason and oh boy the evidence was more emphatic than I thought it would be A combination of this and the physical absence of Rassie has been a death sentence It’s so obvious and yes Rassie has fucked up by not being there
AU
AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
19 Sept 2021, 16:01
#18
19 Sept 2021, 16:01#18

Yes, because Limp's 5 missed tackles and pap carries from the previous weak would have made all the difference yesterday. #PlastikLogic

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
19 Sept 2021, 16:11
#19
19 Sept 2021, 16:11#19

Did you even see Mostert's fumbles and fckups?

MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
19 Sept 2021, 16:39
#20
19 Sept 2021, 16:39#20

Mostert never fumbled the ball once according stats guru. What exactly did he do wrong. Yes he missed 3 tackles but at least one of those was on a man running away from him, from behind. He took every lineout….was defensively in the right place almost every time.

Blaming Mostert for this loss is truly a pathetic reflex. We lost this match because our backline couldn’t defend. Collectively our backs made 17 tackles and missed 8. They made only 68% of their tackles.

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
19 Sept 2021, 16:48
#21
19 Sept 2021, 16:48#21

He fcked up a backline move with butter fingers and gave away atleast 2 penalties on the deck...maybe more. He was poor in contact ...don't be surprized to see him moved to lock and one of the bottervinger twins being promoted to start. I'm not a Mostert basher and I think he's a good player, but he's no starting 7 and yesterday was his poorest match ever...sugarcoating that performance is just dishonest....Ende.

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
19 Sept 2021, 16:53
#22
19 Sept 2021, 16:53#22

"Mostert never fumbled the ball once according stats guru"


Maybe you should forget about stats guru and actually watch a game without your blinkers.

MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
19 Sept 2021, 17:00
#23
19 Sept 2021, 17:00#23

Okay help me…..give me the time stamps where Mostert fumbled the ball.

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
19 Sept 2021, 17:07
#24
19 Sept 2021, 17:07#24

One of his penalties...he dropped the pass backwards, tried to recover it but gave away the the penalty by holding on after falling on the ball. If it was one of the Butter Twins, you would have been all over it like white on rice...If you missed it, you didn't really watch né.

MO
MozartCaptain49,914 posts
19 Sept 2021, 17:11
#25
19 Sept 2021, 17:11#25

Time stamp please.

AU
AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
19 Sept 2021, 17:14
#26
19 Sept 2021, 17:14#26

"Maybe you should forget about stats guru and actually watch a game without your blinkers."

Dangerous game you're playing there! 

SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 17:32
#27
19 Sept 2021, 17:32#27
Absolute bullshit - Lood makes the same metres per carry that Eben does in traffic stop speaking shit Mostert never makes an effective carry in traffic as he does not have the physical presence to do so - fact Lood missed tackles but is not defined by that - Mostert’s misses yesterday were pathetic but I don’t define him by that I define him by his pathetic non existent physical contributions as either a lock or blindside - do you not see it for crying out loud? Why the fuck would you want a physically weak player as your test lock or flank - I just don’t get it?
DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
19 Sept 2021, 17:59
#28
19 Sept 2021, 17:59#28

"Time stamp please."

So you've missed an obvious stuff-up by Mostert and now yoy want me to sit through that kak game again or his fumble didn't happen?

DB
DbDraadCaptain26,388 posts
19 Sept 2021, 18:02
#29
19 Sept 2021, 18:02#29
Like I said, I like Mostert, but I'm not blind to his errors...he's no Eben or RG and even Lood trumps him on a bad day at lock...and he's not even a shadow of the man that's  PSDT playing 7.
SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 20:48
#30
19 Sept 2021, 20:48#30
I’m not going to even tolerate Mostert he is a physical liability
AU
AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
19 Sept 2021, 21:05
#31
19 Sept 2021, 21:05#31

Mostert is vastly superior to both Steph (17th ranked flank) and Limp. Steph is Currie Cup level, Limp is Currie Cup level in 1945. Ende. 

SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 21:32
#32
19 Sept 2021, 21:32#32
Shut up you ignorant twat
AU
AugenöffnerPro6,974 posts
19 Sept 2021, 21:36
#33
19 Sept 2021, 21:36#33

Your feet must be swollen with the amount of stamping you've done today. Leave the hissy fit on ice, capish ? 

SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
19 Sept 2021, 22:28
#34
19 Sept 2021, 22:28#34
Fuck off ignorant prick
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