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What is wrong with SA Super 15 coaches in their selections

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
05 Mar 2015, 16:20
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05 Mar 2015, 16:20#1

I think they get it wrong more than any other Super 15 coach and want to point out the following ridiculous selections:-


Lions


Where is Stokkies Hanekom and why Ross Cronje ahead of Faf du Klerk - a serious case of silly buggers in those two cases.


Bulls


Here is is just a case of raving stupidity and one only has to look at the selections of Victor Matfield and  Pierre Spies to realize how low they have gone.   Why dummies and not performing players?


Sharks


I know they have a serious problem at center - but why rush in the two Japan Club players - when it is proven that players coming back from Japan is unfit and slowed down.  If Francois Steyn was worth anything  last year - it may have been different - but he was useless last year.  JP Pietersen has become a carthorse and it took him a month to get some of his lost speed back.  Will it take him two months this time around?


To make matters even worse Gold brought in Willem Alberts to replace Bothma.   The latter was one of the better-performing Sharks players in matches thus far this year - the former was a dead loss for them last year.   More importantly Alberts is totally useless in breakdown ball protection and recovery and his defense is at best a joke in bad taste.


Stormers


Very little problem here - bar the fact that in matches thus far this year it was proven that Juan de Jongh is not a centers backside - he could perhaps play on the wing - but as a center he is jittery in defense and he loses too many balls after carrying balls - he has no penetration ability and creates nothing for himself or players outside of him.   Then we have Alistair Vermaak on the bench ahead of Oli Kebble - at best a strange and dubious selection.


Cheetahs


Bearing in mind the little resources at his disposal - Drotske is doing a miracle job - no silly selections like our other donkey-brained coaches.     

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Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
05 Mar 2015, 19:08
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05 Mar 2015, 19:08#2

Agreed where the hell is Stokkies Hanekom? He was ignored by Ackerman last S15 and was then selected for the CC where he was outstanding only to find himself in the S15 wilderness again.

 

Useless Cronje over Faf is insulting. I also find the omission of young Malcolm Marx at hooker a mystery.

 

Matfield ahead of RG Snyman or Jason Jenkins is a laugh as is Spies ahead of Liebenberg. Good to see Arno Botha on the bench for the VC side.

 

Wasting Hougaard on the wing is another insult.

 

Selecting Matt Stevens at 3 is a joke as is playing JP at 13 when you have the likes of Tyler Fisher and Esterhuizen to choose from.

 

Why on earth is Pat Howard not being used at the Stormers, he is so much better than de Jongh at 13.

 

Vermaak ahead of Oli Kebble on the bench is a poor call. Kleyn should be starting with Etzebeth at lock. Kolbe should be on the wing with EW Viljoen at 15.

 

v/d Spuy at 12 for the Cheetahs is average.....Frans Venter should be at 12 with Sadie at 13   

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clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
05 Mar 2015, 19:21
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05 Mar 2015, 19:21#3
 In the main agree with you.

sharkbok
sharkbokCaptain23,285 posts
05 Mar 2015, 19:47
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05 Mar 2015, 19:47#4
Fat Stevens is an insult as is Bourez Botha. 2 washed up hasbeens that are seeking a pension in South Africa now that the overseas clubs are poaching our young talent,
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