Comments on: Bob’s unfinished business

By: SjamBok

SjamBok — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:34:52 +0000

There is nothing like a 5 month old daughter to shake you awake and make you focus on whats important, and what tyou want. and what you always want is your little daughter to be as proud of her daddy as she can possibly be.

Make no mistake, he WILL be back, come hell or high water…

By: Blackie

Blackie — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:40:23 +0000

Sien Bobby het niks van sy Rooi Rose en Sarie voorblad gesiggies verloor nie … waarvoor nou n kaalbolyf op n mans tydskrif?

Nee wat Bob ek dink jou besigheid in London het jou meer nodig as die Sharks.

By: Namblack

Namblack — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:27:37 +0000

So what are you saying,the AB`s will loose the WC because they will choke or because they will be outmuscled by a Only-Rustenburg-Winning-by- intercept-try Boks?

Which one of the two.

Try first things firts.Firts try win the S14 without 22 AB`s then the worst England team in history.Then you try and out muscle us and if that does not work hope for the AB`s to choke which will probably not be against you because you will not reach the final.

Stop hoping for things and start producing results!!

By: pommie

pommie — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:34:58 +0000

Why dont you and your all blacks go CHOKE on that once again.

By: pommie

pommie — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:33:34 +0000

Namblack

Butch James and Francois Steyn are solid flyhalves who would walk into most teams in the world. Percy is suspect under the high ball but brings alot of experience to the back and has been playing some excellent rugby this year. Maybe you should watch De Wet Barry objectively and tell me if he is really as poor as people would make him out to be. The Springbok pack will outscrum, outjump and drive any team in the world off the ball. That is outmuscle in my view – hopefully this enlightens you. This would neutralise the effect of guys like Richie McCaw and allow guys like Schalk Burger to make the metres. One out of ten times you say? Go read your stats again boy.

By: LEEU

LEEU — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:48:58 +0000

Can you guys not remember what Bobby and Joe did when they played together. As a team, if they are on form it will be a unbeatable combination.

They can not be played in every game but if the fields are fast they have the skill to demolish any oposition.

Just think of this, Skalla, Bobby & Joe in perfect shape and playing well.

We have incredible depth in our loose forwards this year, Ernst, Baywach, Pakslae, JS, AJ… none of them will let ANY side down.

By: Namblack

Namblack — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:42:56 +0000

Pommie # 121

The boks are winning the AB`s one out of ten games.That is when the AB`s are on their k@kste and the boks on their best and the game on SA soil.

“Our forwards will just about outmuscle all other packs” – I don`t know what the world “outmuscle” means (its only used by saffas).While you are busy outmuscling yourselve McCaw will be running with the ball making yards.

“Need a solid flyhalve” – You don`t have one.

“We need Percy as a kicker – Old percy will kick alright and thats about it but first teach him to catch the high ball.

“De wet Barry at inside” – for heavens sake!!

Your whole post sounds like a dream of some lunatic.

By: N3xuS

N3xuS — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:27:58 +0000

It’s a little too early to be shouting praise from the rafters for Bob….but it’s also too early to discount him entirely. In his day, he was a fantastic rugby player. Yes, he had a bad attitude, he was arrogant and he had a strange compulsion to point his tongue at everyone…but he was a supremely talented rugby player. My choice for starting loose trio for the WC… Watson(6), Ernst Joubert(7) and Spies(8). With Rossouw and AJ on the bench.

By: DonnerLeeu aka Katvis

DonnerLeeu aka Katvis — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:56:47 +0000

8 kg of muscle in 2 months???? Hahahahaha. He should sell his secret to the pro bodybuilders. Even with all the steroids in the world they battle to put on 8kgs of pure muscle in 2 months!!!!!!

Nice try.

By: svanstaden

svanstaden — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:19:19 +0000

So big joe and Bobby are now bok contenders in ppls minds??? are you on smack, or is nostalgia more important than form…?

By: Bongani

Bongani — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:53:38 +0000

Bobby you legend … we deffo going to avail ourselves of his services at the WC

By: Tomsta

Tomsta — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:35:38 +0000

keo
are the articles from old SA rugby editions available to read online? in auckland the only rugby mags i can get my hands on, are one eyed kiwi worshipping mags and the ones from pommieland.

id love to get a read of some sa rugby articles, even if they are a month old. cheers

By: Tomsta

Tomsta — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:32:40 +0000

good reminder there munkiboi about aussie only team to win in NH. that makes for some interesting re-analysis

i agree with your list of loosies too.

By: munkiboi

munkiboi — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:31:56 +0000

ideal loosies for world cup. the following at their best are unrivaled in SA.

schalk, juan, aj, bobby, big joe and spies. danie must go as a lock – and nothing more barring a horrific injury list like we had last year.

the world cup is gonna be played at the end of summer, not in winter – its not gonna be typical NH conditions – so no need for dinosaur loosies.

by the way – Australia is the only team ever to win a world cup in the NH….

By: munkiboi

munkiboi — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:26:57 +0000

is the mag available in auckland?

By: Tomsta

Tomsta — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:17:40 +0000

pakslae is a lock. end of story!

comparing two playes of different styles is like comparing TWO PLAYERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES.

someones earlier comment, who would you rather have in a tussle against jerry collins?

collins vs bob or danie.

an unbias reply would be that collins would hand both danie and bob their arses in the physical exchanges. whereas in the link and support play bob (on previous form) would outshine collins. danie would have rings run round him by collins.

throwing spies into this arguement is typical rugby banter. this kid at the moment has to back up his game in his 2nd season or he becomes another 1 season wonder. spies has oodles of talent and has shown he could possibly make it at the highest level, and having the tutorship of skinstad on his doorstep would help his performance curve and his professional career.

but the stone age thinking of some rugby supporters wouldnt want their player spies to be polluted with bob skinstad speak fearing that spies will become a showpony, glitzy superstar that relies more on his skills than koppestamping opposition.

By: Fur

Fur — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:39:10 +0000

on the game…

By: Fur

Fur — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:29:36 +0000

I also saw Bobby on friday night, he was playing for the wildebeest… Played a great game actually, showed great tactical acumen and leadership, made some telling tackles too. His only blemmish is he got yellow carded early in the second half….

I suspect #6 was just expressing an opinion…

By: Skim

Skim — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:17:25 +0000

Bob’s abs are almost as good as mine.

By: jamied

jamied — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:26:50 +0000

168 Molly,

I don’t know what his life was like 4 years ago, I think he thought he was done…and he didn’t go easily, he even gave JHB a pretty solid crack before he left and lets be honest the Cats outfit must have been a nightmare to work with…he’s clearly made a decision and is going for it…that’s gotta be a tough call and the odds are stacked against him but who knows…

en staal, 167 nice post yourself, the kids got good a great ‘houding’ en ek dink ook hy gaan ver gaan. remember how good big joe looked running off bob back in the day…I think he’d have a great influence…