Time to swing the Axe, which boks would you drop and who would you replace them with

Time to clean house. My logic is based on performance and the amount of game time each player has played. It doesn't mean that they should completely dropped but I do believe we need fit and match hardened players. We saw how our standards dropped either when we bring in players in from the cold or those who have lacked game time. We saw how poor Jantjies performed after only playing 35 min of game time. Duane could not last more than 30 min neither could Dweeb, even though he was fit but not ready for an intense test match against the AB. Frans Steyn has been playing in a sub par currie cup and his shape shows that. Time to reward those players that perform in the URC and should get preferential treatment, those playing in Europe should only be considered if there is a lack of experience in first class games. Then those who are in Japan, other than Marx should be placed on standby. Du Toit, Le Roux, Elton etc have all been under par. 

Here are the players on my chopping block

Prop: Trevaaa, didn't do anything and we got weaker. Thomas Du Toit should replace

Hooker: Dweeb, the guy needs to have a solid season at the stormers. Gobbler should be in his replacement

Moerat, Orrie: Simply not good enough, but we should move PSDT to lock. We need a replacement for Etzebeth. 

Mostert: Don't know what to do with this guy, but we need a solid lock, Maybe Nortje, but he is too light. So PSDT would work

Fourie: What the fuck is this guy even doing in the team when we have Kolisi, Kwagga and Coetzee. Why do we need a hybrid hooker? Marx could even play open side

Duane Vermeulen: Looks half asleep these days, just taking way too long to get him fit, Roos should immediately replace him. Thank you for your service

Faf De Klerk: Man this guy has just been dumb and put his team under a lot of pressure. Back to his old habits before he left the lions. Bring in Zack Burger. 

Elton Jantjies: He had his time, played 50+ test and never really took control. Bring in Smith and Libbok, they may not be Springbok greats but they will do the job for now. 

Just a note on the Physio Statement. What a contradiction. They can cycle through 5 scrum halves but we are not allowed to bring in more than 2 Flyhavles, What a load of croc. Libbok and Smith could have had 5 test matches up at least. 

Pollard, can he make 2023: Been struggling with Injury and form. Not sure whether he will recover and if Leicester can bring the best out of him. Will be playing along Wiese, maybe he can find his old form. 

Frans Steyn: This is where Legendary status blinds people of his real ability. We have willemse, we even have Goosen that can cover 10, 15 and 13. Why do we sill persist with a prop forward disguised as a backline player. Other than his mighty boot, why do we need him. 

Willie Le Roux: When is bad, he is really bad. He has moments, but only because the bok back selection is so poor. The guy is 33, makes dumb decisions and will cost you a crucial game. Don't care what teary Rassie goes on about. We have enough quality at the back, Moody, Galant and Fassie not to mention Tyrone Green

Mpimpi: Man, what has he really done, other than just running a straight line to score. Very lazy player, always gets beaten on the outside. Arendse, is way more effective. Again, we have Moody, Nkosi, Kolbe, Arendse to name a few. What on earth do we need him for.

I know these guys have such big presence in the bok team but it is time to drop the sentiment and swing the axe. 

Willemse is shit... Goosen???? From ten years ago??? Shit. Players you list to replace most of these guys are mostly worse. Nkosi is shittest defender and lazy as fuck. Kolbe is a fucking overrated midget. Not even a wing... an average fullback. Arendse is just like the rest... a flat line runner... not a rugby player. Roos is not better than Duane. Roos was so badly shown up you should be trying to avoid bringing him up at all. No sense whatsoever. 

With some fo th e above I am in full agreement.    However as a lock I would rather think that Snyman should eb included and D Toit functions well as a lock or no 6 loosie.

I think that we need to look at some of the others as well.   Must say I like Nrtje though.   as to the Flhalfs I am very worried about the situation.   Of all the flyhalfs played in tests this year Pollard was so-so- Jantjies was a complete flop and Steyn also flopped.    Willemse waas reasonable in that position - but he is also a player usable in other positions.   

I am neither impressed by Smit and Libbok - they are acceptable on franchise level - but that is about it.   I think that the coaching staff realize the oribkem - but di not know what they are doing about it.   Mabe they hope that Pollard recovers form and they want Willemse as back-up player, butt that is NOT going to be the answer when it comes to the upcoming WC.   I think that thinking players at flyhalf - like Wolhuter and Ngomezulu should eb considered despite the fact that they are still very you8ng - but neither of the two got much game time for their franchise.

I am not particularly worried about the other positions - but would flip a lid if Nyakane's name is on the list of squad players again. .       

Axe everybody. It is the future.

It's a hell of thing when the players you want to discard come from the same shit pile as the players you want to bring in.

None of your replacements are special players. Not even one.

Garbage out ... garbage in.

To think that this is as good as it's ever going to be.

Haaaaaaaaahahahahaha!!

Faff is a total liability. 

Also, if the Boks up and under are negated (along with the scrum and rolling maul) - any of the top 5 teams will beat SA.

When the up and unders work, the Boks can beat any team - or lose to any team when they don't work. 

The backline attack is often hopeless.
The Boks are probably the only top 5 test team that can't score a backline try from 1st phase. 
This is not just a problem with RassieNaber, it has existed for ages. (e.g. DeWet Barry, Peter Muller). 

In the professional era with bigger inside cen ters, the Boks have struggled to find distributors and play makers who are also big enough to carry the ball up. Jean DeVilliers was probably the most all round centre in the professional era, and his passing was still not as good as the best inside centers in world rugby.

Only a complete fucking idiot would see that his current form is not good, and his mental discipline is a problem.

I think in the last 3 games, he got a yellow card(s) after coming off the bench in less than 5 minutes. 
If it was an important world cup match, we can't take this risk.

Not saying his form will not return, but currently, he should not even be on the bench.
His up and under have never been great, but the other aspects of his game were. 

Currently, his ratio of yellow cards to time spent on the field is higher than any rugby player in test rugby . 

YESSSSSSSS ... SharkShit. yessssss!!

Well put.

Faf's form has been dipping since last year. Neither did he set the world alight when he finally came back from injury at Sale. 

Faf need to shape up or ship out. We have enough quality 9's that can leave out in the cold. Also forgot to bring in Reinach. 

Just remember, 4 years is a long time in Rugby. But even when Faf was on the field, pretty erratic at the moment. 

Pollard hasn't got 3 yellow cards off the bench in less than 5 minutes, in each of his last three appearances. 

Dullard has not outplayed an opposition 10 since 2015-ish... how fucking permanent can this "slump" be Bilbo??? 

The article accompanying this video is entitled: "Willie le Roux’s Bok future hanging by a thread after greatest indignity". I've often thought he is overrated but until recently the Boks didn't have many creative backs.

Thanks for the dead link Just Can't Win. 

Dave, one of your fans is climbing out of the closet!!!

Willie got dummied, it happens in rugby...he'll be back.

The Deysel twins are not more physical than Wiese….they are basically small locks, tall players. Wiese has a much more blocky physique with huge legs. He is a tackle breaker, much as Alberts was a tackle breaker…he has his issues, but as a ball carrier he is pretty unique in Bok rugby right now.

As for rewarming Goosen for the umpteenth time…no thanks.

The creatine twins are donkeys.
They have been tried at test level and failed miserably. Neither are test-standard players.

The neanderthal twins...

Mozart 

Stop talking shit - Alberts was clumsy and not a tackle breaker - he was always stopped and meters gained was minimal - if any..    He never make any contribution to ball protection and recovery at breakdowns and his defense was impeded by pace deficiency - he had t he pace of a slow prop.

So you no zero about loose forward play if you come up with garbage like you did above.    I think it also show when you criticize players like you persistently do.             

That tackle attempt by Willie Leroux was pathetic.

He should have used the touchline as the last defender and tackled the ball carrier at an angle to push him over the line. 

Actually, Comrade ... Willem Alberts was a juggernaut.

He was an unstoppable freight train ... had an incredible ability to run over everything in his path.

He was VASTLY superior to the weedy and lazy PSDT. There is no comparison between the two.

He was worthy of his Bok jersey ... unlike Dud Toit who's never impressed anyone other that the two stooges on this board.

You wish you had a man like Alberts in your side.

The Boks haven't seen his like for near on a decade.

Sadly those days are forever gone ... now you're stuck with brainless dweebs like De Lindy and DUD.

What a mess!!

Amazing how anyone that disagrees with Fat Dave does not understand rugby...
A clown that pretends to be a guru.

This plodder claims to be an expert but just oversimplifies things.
E.g. 

1. If someone is younger than 30 and loses form, they should not be dropped.
2. If someone is older than 30 and loses form, they must be dropped- even if their form returns. 
3. If someone weighs a little more than another player, that instantly means they are stronger. The technique is irrelevant, it is just how much they can squat in a gym. 

An ageist and weightist...that has no understanding of forward play. 

Fat Dave struggles to understand it is a team game, where some contributions go unnoticed in the tight loose- at least unnoticed to the ignorant eye.
E.g.

How many times was a player the first to a ruck, or 2nd to a ruck).
How many clearouts do they make? 
How many times do they slow down the opposition ball?
How many times do they speed up their own ball retention as a unit? 
How many times do they close down space on defence?
etc, etc. etc

A Saffex back row will consist of ball carriers and be totally unbalanced. It will also have poor conditioning that will get run off the field in the last 30 minutes. 

6. Willem Alberts. 
7. Creatine Twin 1
8. Creatine Twin 2

It would be a joke, that could not compete on the ground. 

We all have our favourite players but really the selectors must start making some serious choices to get the Boks ready for the WC.

All very well winning against Wales and runners up in the last championship games but the big prize and honour is the WC.

The present Springbok squad is not capable of pulling it off........to many old players for a start and some who do not deserve to be in the present squad.

Get with it "COMRADES".

Yarpies are very very slow minded people so when a player plays good and gets recognition when the yarpie said they were shit they pretend that this player only now is good and they weren't wrong. Or if the player gets random press they pretend that they ever supported the player or oretend that they only got shit now. Yarpies are curious little creatures that love to swim in shit. Wiese was pretty good last year. He is pretty good all around... I just don't like the off the ball horseshit. If he keeps clean and stops being like wannabe bully boy Ebenezer Stooge he'll be a key Block of actual value for years to come. BUT... the stupid bozos here shot their load over Roos the nothing. The same fucks criticizing de Lindy today were the same fucks who bought the horseshit years ago. 

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Listen here you dopey fag... you and Mikey are the only two retards still beating the de Lindy drum. It seems like some here have standards and can at least see through some of the childish horseshit. 

Actuall Willie is starting to act up a lot on the field of late.

Reminds me of that A-hole scrummie of OZ (White) actually also known as "Glass Jaw".

Always picking up the ball or interfering with other team players to get the ball when a halt or penalty is called and then does diddly squat.

Just missing the growth below "Glass Jaw's" nose.