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The Stormers have some problems

Started by Mozart1 REPLIES101 VIEWS· 23 Mar 2014, 22:18
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
23 Mar 2014, 22:18
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23 Mar 2014, 22:18#1

The Brumbies were pretty ordinary, but the Stormers conjured up a yellow, a string of missed goal kicks and simple defensive errors to lose. There are lots of issues. Van wyk, a great physical specimen has let in two really soft tries in two weeks. De Allende was confused by a set play to facilitate another. The halves are pretty ordinary and Grant looks off the pace.


Up front things are just asbad. The vaunted front row was out scrummed ...when you see Ben Alexander getting high fives for scrumming, you know there are issues. Liebenburg and Fourie are penalty machines. Botha is a wet noodle....and Vemeulen can't provide the physicality all by himself.


Bring in de Jongh, bring back Kat, shift de Allende into van Wyks slot, and get Schalk and Etzebeth back. And stop the kicking.

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
24 Mar 2014, 02:37
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24 Mar 2014, 02:37#2
 What the hell are you talking about?   De Allende was confused by a set play and let in another try?   He made a tackle - the ball was recovered and he was not anywhere near when the Brumbies scored their try.  If anybody was confused it was de Villiers who should have endeavoured a tackle, since De Allende was not near the ball carrier ever.  Are you dreaming up facts again?   
The high fives Alexander got was after the Stormer props were replaced - not before then.  The starting props were 100% - the replacement props minus 100%
Bringing De Jongh in fine - but he is not really of any significance in any backline and it bound to disappoint again - like he did in the whole series last year.   He does not pass balls  and the wings will stand around doing zilch.   
The Stormers real problems are with -
*   their replacement props;*   their lock situation - especially due to injuries;*   their scrumhalf situation.
Aside from that the coaching staff and their game plan - or lack of it - are what cause the main problems for them.  
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