Now you want to divert the attention from Smit onto some other red herring mitigating factor when it is clear as day a direct result of his poor form, his poor leadership, and his poor captains strategy on the field and lack of ability and fitness on the day that resulted in the 7 very poor losses through Eoyt 09 and Into 3N 2010 and none other.

Matfield proved it with same players under his leadership and game style where but for wrong strategy vs Scotland Boks would have returned an Eoyt slam last year, something unheard of under Smit where his record shows more losses than wins both on Eoyt and in 3N under his tenure as captain.

All I hear here is a bunch of apologetic disciples who simply don’t wanna open their hero worshiping eyes in case the pain of admitting this has been palooka is the diabolical passenger liability he is gets too uncomfortable for their own tin god like bullsh’t story folding before their unbelieving eyes. Just wait, all this hero status bull has been steadily collapsing one game after the next but soon it may just come crashing with such a stupendous thud that all the kings horses and all the blind led kings men won’t be able to put Smitty back together again.

Noticed in the first game against the Saders in London that we had a fair share of the possession and they scored when we got turned over. So perhaps more players to the breakdown,win the rucks and batter their forwards into submission.

which part of africa are you blogging from?

Will have to dominate the set pieces and collisions if we want any chance. Going to be a tight affair methinks – their backline is a different animal to the Bulls’.

First line It = If

2nd parargraph. no to face = now to face.

Okay catch up later Transie.

It this game was at Kings Park, I would have been confident Sharks could beat Saders.

After our hard game against the Bulls last week we have no to face a monster travel to NZ. I am not that confident this week. But I hope we can buddy.

Saders never had their full team against Canes though. They will be different this week. They will be back to full strength. Only McCaw out. But he has hardly played this year and don’t think they have missed him.

Catch up later bud. Getting really busy right now.

this is the sharks best chance to topple the saders.

We have a massive battle on our hands this Saturday. Not sure how much running we will see in this game. Read the weather forecast is rain for the whole game.

Tired bodies after last week and the travel don’t go well either. But think confidence wise the players are feeling good about this game. From what I read in the papers yesterday.

I feel the same. Mind says Saders but heart says Sharks.

The coach picked his captain – finish & klaar – and is his right hand man. Fair enough.

Kitch did the same in ’95 – Francois wasn’t the best flanker, Strauss was the best 8 and a damn fine captain too. Kitch picked “his” captain, left Strauss out the squad and the rest is history. So Div picked “his” captain, like it or not and its pointless debating the merits as its the reality. Mallet dumped his captain and the rest is sad history too.

PS: G10 – you used to be an affable bloke when you started blogging, but then you became a real cry baby and started urinating through your eyes, and these days you are defecating through your mouth with all your vitriolic bullshit. If you have nothing good to say about anyone shut the f uck up or take your maltese for a dump on the neighbours’ lawn.

No-one is saying that JS i untouchable or is the best hooker on earth but here’something. When JS has been employed consistently at club and national level at hooker position prior to him being forced to change to prop he was very very instrumental in 2 of the best Tn”s we had and in winning the WC. What a lot of JS supporters are saying is that given time to develop his fitness and confidence in the position that gave us that success will give us a much better chance at retaining the Old Bill than if we discard him given the current balance of the team and the game plan.

We can argue for ages about whether or not the game plan is the right one given the skills available and you would be right to question it but given the development of the last 4 years towards this WC and the Bok team dynamics it would be unwise not to take JS as skipper to WC, in my opinion. If it fails then so be it but history has indicated it has more chance of success than failing (i.e. given that JS is afforded the opp. to get back to fitness in the hooker position). By the way I don’t mind copping it in the 3n’s if it affords us that opportunity, if our stated objective is to win the WC.

Have any you Smit disciple apologists actually watched any games Smit has played or captained in past 18 months? How many has he won and how many he lose? More important how much awe inspiring captaincy does it take to get smacked by France, Ireland, NZ, Australia, NZ, NZ again and Australia again within 10 months of rugby equaling 2 wins, 1 to Italy and 1 to Australia in 9 tests = win ratio of 2/9?

Is your stupefied hero worshiping sentimentality that absolutely compromisingly blind?

Wtf is it actually that reduces clear sight to absolute dumbfounded blindness when it comes to propping up a tin god hero simply for the sake of some dubious unfounded past tense hero worship sentimentality?

There is absolutely no reasonable rationalism here wrt supporting Smit from a rugby perspective. Any other player dragging the team down to the levels that he has been since 2009, Eoyt would be absolutely castigated by the same double standard sentimental fools who prop this nonentity of an argument up for the pure illogical reasoning that we won a one sided non contested gimme WC where our stiffest opposition came from nobodies Tonga and Fiji 4 whole years ago which bears absolutely zero relevance to what we about to face next.

We have LOST the last 7 from 9 tests Smit has captained and poorly so. And you want to continue doing so. Only an absolute fool continues doing the same thing and applying same principles and expects different results.

Carry Smit into tri nations and WC one more year and rest assured we gonna cop it big time. Don’t be at all surprised we start Smit vs Wales and / or Ireland, and perhaps even Samoa or Fiji and we get a massive wake up call which by then is unfortunately way too late to change your sentimentally deluded hero worshipers minds.

Eish bud, we are up against it.Big time.

Depends alot on who is fit for the Saders.Will SBW play? How fit is Whitlock-look a yard short last week vs Canes,is Maitland going to be fit?Is McCaw going to be ready?

But much of Sharks strength lies in pack and Saders have a pack just as good if not better so no advantage there.And Saders backs are a fair distance better with fully fit team.But Sharks slightly better in back 3 in Mvovo,JP,Lambie.But inside backs is where in all matters.

Was very impressed with Mostert at 4,grunt will be needed.Sharks loosies playing better-nice to see Kanko run with ball with some space.Bot Tod has been a revelation and Read is world class while Whitelock is a grafter.

Plus the travel…..

We will put up a brave fight but ultimately Carter boot will keep us at bay and their pack will halt chances of momentum. My brain says Saders by 6-12 points. My heart say Sharks by 3 with bodies ladden all over the pitch.

Now a bit on our Sharks. What you think of our chances this Saturday buddy?