Comments on: KeoTV: Plan? What plan?

By: mpundulu(mpundulu)

mpundulu(mpundulu) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:25:40 +0000

Transie: uDeans akacacanga! 55% win ratio, no trinations silverware, and has shoddy EOYTs. As I said before this is a Dodgy Dingo in our mists!

By: mpundulu(mpundulu)

mpundulu(mpundulu) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:23:06 +0000

Transie: it’s impossible for Rassie to purely serve an analytical role for one month, I’ll concede that’s his primary role but PdV, Gold, and Muir have been in the antipodes for the last several weeks, therefore, their focus has been on the Baby Boks, Rassie’s mandate I’m sure must be broader so in other words, he analyses opposition, the Boks, and then formulates a plan to bolster the Boks to overcome oppositions. This must have been what the Rustenburg 21 have been trying to implement for the last while, surely? The gameplan would have to be tweaked to meet the measure of the other teams. If then that’s not what happened PdV, Gold, and Muir have had a week to formulate, implement a new strategy.

By: Transformation(Transformation)

Transformation(Transformation) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:08:46 +0000

@mpundulu(mpundulu)-229: rassie has no new gameplan, as technical adviser he will do analysis on opponents and bok deficiencies, present his finding to the coach and then they must decide what to do.

By: MG(MG)

MG(MG) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:06:15 +0000

Ryan, to say Chilli is a political pawn is rubbish. I personilly think he has shown great form whenever he has been on the field this year. As for using the “11″ players from the last world cup, Rassie and Derick Coetzee, I would rather say he was stupid if he did not do this. Experience counts a lot. The players are comfortible with Rassie en Derick because they know them. These players will also have confidence in one another because they know and trust each other. They are a band of “brothers” that know what needs to be done and how to do it, cause they HAVE DONE IT BEFORE! Why find a different fitness coach for the world cup if you have one at your desposal that has brilliant knowledge of the tournament and how to condition these players to WIN the cup, as he has DONE before? Again, why do stupid things Ryan? Just to say he was different to Jake White? Maybe there is an honest DESIRE to WIN, not to say I did it MY way, but rather, I did it the RIGHT way.

By: Transformation(Transformation)

Transformation(Transformation) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:05:52 +0000

@madvillain(madvillain)-217: ewan mckenzie robbie deans

By: mpundulu(mpundulu)

mpundulu(mpundulu) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:00:33 +0000

The Rustenburg 21 has two home games to effect Rassie’s new gameplan, thereafter, there are no more tryouts it’s straight to the WC. We’ll see what Rassie has conjured up next week against the Wallabies and then the week after the Boks will face the TRUTH in PE!

By: stew(stew)

stew(stew) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:53:16 +0000

@MG(MG)-226: They better start playin this combination soon 2 more games until the WC

By: iceman(iceman)

iceman(iceman) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:42:26 +0000

Andries Bekker is out until after the World Cup!

By: MG(MG)

MG(MG) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:36:16 +0000

I think that we should wait and see what happens against Wales. For all we know guys like Frans Steyn has shed some weight, Spies sharpend up his ball protection skills in contact and a few other things have been tweeked at the camp. I trust the following team to do what most of them have done before, which is, TO WIN THE RWC.
15. Frans Steyn – World Cup winner
14. JP peterson – World Cup winner
13. Jaque Fourie – World Cup winner
12. Jean De Villiers – 2 Tri-Nations and Lions
11. Brian Habanna – World Cup winner
10. Butch James – World Cup winner
9. Fourie Du Preez – World Cup winner
8. Willem Alberts – Big and strong
7. Schalk Burger – World Cup winner
6. Jaun Smith – World Cup winner / Brussouw if Smith is injured
5. Victor Matfield – World Cup winner
4. Bakkies Botha – World Cup winner
3. Jannie Du Plesis – World Cup winner
2. John Smit – World Cup winner
1. Guthro Steenkamp ( If Fit )

16. Bismark Du Plesis
17. Beast
18. Gerhard Mostert
19. Danie Rossow
20. Fracois Hougard
21. Jaun De Jong
22. Patrick Lambie
With Aplon and Brussow lurking.

By: BullDog15(BullDog15)

BullDog15(BullDog15) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:15:12 +0000

@Sharkie10(Sharkie10)-222: Have you been reading the papers lately?

By: Bill Reyts(Gumboots)

Bill Reyts(Gumboots) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:13:29 +0000

@Sharkie10(Sharkie10)-222: Andries Bekker??? Did he recover so quickly...

By: Bill Reyts(Gumboots)

Bill Reyts(Gumboots) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:12:09 +0000

If we are going to rate a coach on only winning the world cup and one Tri Nations and a Lions series then we have lost the plot. We have to rate the coaching team on their total wins, whether Tri Nations, EYOT, Friendlies, etc. The World Cup is a tournament and not the be all and end all – Well tell the All Blacks that!

Time for South Africans to realise that performance should be measured in terms of each international played.

By: Sharkie10(Sharkie10)

Sharkie10(Sharkie10) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:50:38 +0000

Next Weeks Bok Side to restore some pride:

15. Francious Steyn
14. JPP
13. Jaque Fourie
12. Jean de Villiers
11. Lwazi Mvovo
10. Butch James
9. Fourie Du Preez
8. Danie Russow
7. Willem Alberts
6. Schalck Burger
5. Victor Matfield
4. Andries Bekker
3. Jannie Du Plessis
2. Bismark Du Plessis
1. The Beast.

16. John Smit
17. CJ van De Linde
18. Bakkies Botha
19. Piere Spies
20. Ruan Pienaar
21. Morne Steyn
22. Juan De Jongh

Just my opinion.

And before im outa here. Goodluck Sharks for tonight. Kimberly can be a *****!!! Go Sharks!!

By: mpundulu(mpundulu)

mpundulu(mpundulu) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:33:52 +0000

Madvillain: Critically, coach development institutes in each region must be established by SARU with these coaches providing the blueprint for the curriculum and focus of the institutes. This will ensure a uniform gameplan with a standard backbone but is tweaked from province to province by each respective coach. There’s a lot of scope here if we are serious about it.

By: mpundulu(mpundulu)

mpundulu(mpundulu) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:20:22 +0000

Madvillain: I agree with the SA pride element, which is a real impediment. SARU must get beyond this Meyer and Rassie won’t change anything, Meyer is the cause of the Boks playing the skop en jag plan, and worse Meyer with the Bulls is not capable of altering the gameplan to effect wins, the bulls have been worked out but Meyer can’t progress their approach. SA rugby from school level to national needs a holistic overhaul in game strategy, primarily from skills development perspective, and a modern gameplan.

I’d want either Ewan Mckenzie, Steve Hansen, Wayne Smith, Graham Henry, Warren gatland, Ian Forster. I would there to be a triumvirate of international standard coaches covering attack, defense, forwards, skills development, and backs. Whoever they are they must have full reign of directorship of rugby in south Africa for a minimum of 8 years.

By: logie_Jumpbuck(logie_Jumpbuck)

logie_Jumpbuck(logie_Jumpbuck) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:13:22 +0000

Wall street and the bok team have something in common. They’re both bleeding heavily with no hope or light at the end of the tunnel.

By: logie_Jumpbuck(logie_Jumpbuck)

logie_Jumpbuck(logie_Jumpbuck) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:10:28 +0000

Keo, Where is the squad buddy?

By: madvillain(madvillain)

madvillain(madvillain) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:01:08 +0000

@mpundulu 214: i must say the name mpundulu is funny. it’s like i should not be typing it at all. It sounds offish.

True true, our rugby has not progressed. I agree with you on all the things you’ve said; biggest player base and routine losses between WCs.

What i fear the most is pride, South African pride will not allow us to use a foreign coach. Heyneke or Rassie is what the establishment will get.

Eddie Jones might be acceptable because of Jake and the fact that he has taken Oz to a WC final. John Mitchell is not part of the foreign coaches we can use.

Apart from Eddie Jones i cant think of anyone immediately. You can come up with some list we can work with

By: Zinto(Zinto)

Zinto(Zinto) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:43:27 +0000

@BullDog15-211: World cups are played completely different to “normal’international games. That is the reason why a team as dominant as New Zealand can’t seem to win world cups. The pressure is different and game plans change during world cups. So, is it possible to say that Pieter de Villiers game plan or as people like to believe Jake Whites game plan cannot work again. Remember the Boks struggled to make it to the final even with Jake Whites ” team and game plan”against Fiji. If it wasn’t for that tackle from JP Pietersen. Remember up until the WC Australia and New Zealand were dominating world rugby and they could play the modern trends at the time best. What happend to them in the WC?

By: mpundulu(mpundulu)

mpundulu(mpundulu) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:38:45 +0000

Gunther: we are indeed friends!