It's really just a waste of time. None of these games have been used purposefully. Unless Erasputin has been bluffing hard, and the Boks rock up at the WC with a total overhaul in gameplan and starting xv, he's done utterly nothing. Wales on the otherhand will benefit more from the reps.
So far the boks are 4/5. But a lost by such a big margin is hard to swallow.
Then, the boks should never experiment and should always aim to win the game, especially against this Welsh side.
Just hope they don't get sucked into Warren ball. We have the personel out wide and should put the Welsh away comfortable
We have a big glass jaw, and a very soft underbelly. We are not so good that a team like Wales cannot win. It doesn't depend on how good we are, we are there for the taking. It depends on if Wales are man enough to go hunting. A soft passive test pads the Bok calendar.
Dripping Contempt for the Boks by Deus. He can't disguise it. Glass jaw, soft underbelly.
Go and join Rooitwit and support the Welsh.
It is strange about Deus. Briuant political comments, very odd rugby comments.
Odd? Everything verifiable in game film. Thus far, this season, as always, the karp only drown themselves in egg when they have challenged me. Saddex's one big attempt, first ever, was a colossal disaster.
Faf used to be a disruptor, but now he is just a podgy poor man's Januarie. He can't kick, can't pass. His only asset was pressure.
Why don't you review the wonky kicks of Faf in the 2019 WC Saddex, It would prove enlightening, had you eyes to see. Almost as enlightening as your lesson on Mostert and the final goal-line stand.
Biggar and Liam Williams are out of the match on Saturday.
Mpower, Faf is not good. You can have a guy like Faf, playing like he did in 2016 to 2018, but only if you have a Du Preez for when you need a real 9.
Faf has never ever been a top 10 9 at any point in his lifetime, and he never will be. His distribution is always sloppy. He has a very short range, he even struggles with passes a few metres away. His kicking has always been poor. We saw it throughout 2018 to 2019. All the way through the World Cup. Faf's only positive was an ability to pressure the opposition. He doesn't do that anymore. He has been quite emphatically outplayed from 2021 to 2023. In fact, the way we saw New Zealand's 9s control the game against us, especially the second half, was quite depressing. We don't have a world class 9 on that level. However, we have several options better than Faf. Faf and Libbok are worse than Lambie and Reinach on the 2014 EOYT. That's saying something. If this is the route Erasputin wants to go, he is in for a rude awakening. I'd rank this duo as the worst ever halfback pairing for the Boks. I can't think of anything less skilled or dynamic, or capable on even a rudimentary level. It's awful. The net result is awful rugby.
Spoken like a true neo-lib. I can't hold my own in a debate, so I'll just push my fingers into my ears and scream the offence away until I turn purple. Saddex, you've been effortlessly dismantled. Spare us the yawns, if you're truly done, then just be silent. If I don't want to acknowledge something, I don't need to go looking for attention like a little toddler in announcing how much I don't care, I simply don't say anything. If only your owners raised you properly.
PTSD was ranked 19th for production. That's not an opinion, that's an unbiased fact on the basis of what he did.
As per what I want from the players? I want a 9 who can pass reliably and with range. I want a 9 who can kick accurately. We don't play off if 10, therefore it's imperative that our 9s have fundamental skills. We don't need runners, we need fundamentals. We have too many runners who cannot execute basic skills. I don't think I'm reaching for the stars here.
A 9 that can pass far and fast is nice.
But it's not as beneficial as having a 9 that passes close to the level of the best passer and adds more value in other facets.
Let's also remember the perfect WC final that Faf played. A consummate, dogged, and inspiring professional.
Faf's highlight reel!!!???? I challenge anyone to provide a highlight reel as downright badass as Faf's.
Not in the top ten but guided SA to a WC and Lions win?
Very difficult to agree with.
But it's not as beneficial as having a 9 that passes close to the level of the best passer and adds more value in other facets.
I can make a highlight real three times longer of him missing passes. Easy passes. He doesn't add much value elsewhere. Likes to get penalties now. Or yellows cards. He has ventured onto petulance now. Faf is a 4/10 scrumhalf.
I have watched a lot of Faf and for some reason, I don't recall all those missed passes.
