Okay that's not true, but it is true for the period Lambie was playing flyhalf. So much for Dave's comment that is was a good thing Morne went off because we won the game.
So what do we make of Lambie's rather long, 63 minute stint, at flyhalf. We are told by the Lambie apologists that we can't judge him because he didn't train at flyhalf. Forget the fact that he played a CC final at flyhalf only two weeks ago and he was obviously covering flyhalf if Morne got hurt. There is some mystery the coaching staff never told him about.
You might say, what about Barrett. When he brushed off a flailing JJ he was also a sub....but of course that's just an inconvenient fact.
Personally I think yesterday was very disappointing. With the match well in Bok hands when he switched to flyhalf, Lambie had a chance to confirm his much lauded CC final performance. He didn't, with inept goal kicks, poorly judged drops, weak runs which isolated him and two terrible open side cross kicks, which in one case could easily have led to a dangerous Welsh break away. It was inept.
That CC performance was also bumbling until he notched his first drop....with two simple kicks botched. After the drop he seemed to gain confidence and his general play became adequate if not really spectacular. As our running flyhalf option I can't recall him beating a tackle....but still it was better.
At the beginning of the year I picked Lambie as the player most likely to flourish. But he has gone backwards....significantly. The S15 killed his confidence.
Morne is still Morne....our version O Gara. A guy who accumulates points but has weaknesses. He should be vulnerable, but Goosen has his injuries and Lambie doesn't look like an international flyhalf. In fact, yesterday he looked like a small, slow, nervous chap without any real plan of action....indecisive. At least with Morne he knows what he is going to do.
