KeoTV: Saffas to shine
5 Apr 2012
MARK KEOHANE, PERCY MONTGOMERY and RYAN VREDE predict a victorious weekend for the South African teams.
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MARK KEOHANE, PERCY MONTGOMERY and RYAN VREDE predict a victorious weekend for the South African teams.
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5 Apr 2012, 10:14 am
I got the Sharks and Bulls to stumble.
Hope I am wrong.
5 Apr 2012, 10:18 am
Reehaan is getting a lot of face time.
Keo needs to sort him out with a clothing allowance.
Maybe some Access Park vouchers.
We can’t have a repeat of the towelling V-Neck incident.
5 Apr 2012, 10:32 am
Don’t see the Sharks coming away with a victory.
Bulls lost last weekend so I’m going with their inconsistency which means they’ll beat Saders by 50 this weekend.
If Stormers can win Saturdays game then I’ll start taking this year’s class as serious title contenders. Like the Reds did last year beating us in Cape Town or the Bulls champion teams beating SA sides away from home on a consistent basis.
Stormers need to show we’ve got that ”hard-edge win against all odds” away from home attitude otherwise the drought will continue for us.
5 Apr 2012, 10:35 am
I love percy, such a funny fella! Gonna be an interesting weekend… Go Sharks!
5 Apr 2012, 10:36 am
Vrede : “you’re pussys are gonna get pumped”……. Now ive heard it all from this 12 yr old
Keo wants the stormers to win but keeps saying how Kak they are???
Anyways do agree that all SA teams will win this weekend
5 Apr 2012, 10:40 am
Nee donner Keo, staan stil as jy praat, jy werk op my nerves!!
Don’t think the Sharks are gonna win this weekend. Not without Bissie and Lambie…
5 Apr 2012, 10:42 am
Indeed.
Pussypumps are no laughing matter.
I’m going for a Saffa clean sweep this weekend.
Stormers
Sharks
Bulls
Cheaters.
Lions to get cornholed.
5 Apr 2012, 10:44 am
I don’t think the Stormers will win this weekend. After the tough game against the Bulls and the long travel I think the Stormers might give up their unbeaten record this weekend.
Sharks/Canes very tough to call especially without Lambie and Bismarck.
Cheetah’s have travelled but I think they’re to strong for the Lions.
Crusaders/Bulls. It should be Bulls but I went Saders on Superbru as my upset of the weekend. If the Crusaders ‘click’ their back 3 could cause havoc if Morne’s kicks aren’t spot on.
5 Apr 2012, 10:45 am
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-3:
no, to take the stormers seriously they first have to beat their bogey team away from home..the crusaders… if they can do this then i will take them seriously.
5 Apr 2012, 10:47 am
Stormers scoring off the field?………aahhh yes, in die parkie op n bankie so ons weet Parkiepeester score.
5 Apr 2012, 10:48 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-9:
When did the Bulls beat the Saders away from home?
When was the last time ANY SA side did it?
But to be honest this is the year I feel we have the best chance to do it given their form and the fact that they’ll have to fly home after clashing with the Bullies this weekend.
5 Apr 2012, 10:51 am
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-11: They’ve been looking the part the couple of seasons. Said it yesterday as well. They have a leadership issue starting right at the top of the pile through to the captaincy.
5 Apr 2012, 10:53 am
@pokkel(pokkel)-8:
Stormers will be up against it but champion teams have come away with victory in tricky situations like these.
3/4 tour will be a big statement, 2/4 okay will still leave some doubt about our credentials, unless one of those 2 scalps is a Crusaders one…
5 Apr 2012, 10:53 am
I reckon Percy might’ve been dead serious…….Many a true word…….
5 Apr 2012, 10:54 am
cheetahs, the toast of New Zealand
Underrated Cheetahs Over-performing!
Article By: Paul, Neazor
Monday, 2 April 2012 4:06 p.m
At halftime in Wellington any old score was possible, as the teams turned at 32-32 (it had been 32-11 to the Hurricanes at one stage), but the second spell was a much tighter affair that the Cheetahs dominated through plenty of aggressive running in the close channels.
Although Coenie Oosthuizen’s second try would probably have been ruled out if the TMO had been asked to take a look at it – it was awarded on the assistant referee’s recommendation – the visitors were value for their win.
The Cheetahs have become popular visitors to this country over a number of years and in 2012 they return home with a touring record that would be the envy of any South African side.
They achieved that record by playing a lot of good rugby, getting stuck in and staying that way for the duration and also by taking a positive attitude into every game.
But they also achieved those results in the face of pressure that few Super rugby teams have ever been subjected to, since it is by no means certain they’ll be included in the 2013 competition.
That’s all tied up with the very messy rugby politics in South Africa and the Cheetahs franchise is an easy mark for those self-interested parties, but the players have attended to the only thing they can control – the way they perform during the 80 minutes of on-field action every week.
I get regular texts (generally one a week) from a friend who thinks, as I do, that they’ve been under-rated at the betting agencies and in the media all season and it’s normally the same: “Gotta love those Cheetahs”, as he trousers another decent collect.
It doesn’t seem to matter how high the odds may be stacked against them, the 2012 Cheetahs are not put off by anything much and good luck to them.
I hope their performances over the last couple of seasons finally start earning the respect they deserve – in the boardrooms at least, but I wouldn’t cry if the Cheetahs were over-priced underdogs at the TAB for the rest of the season.
5 Apr 2012, 10:59 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-9: how are the crusaders the stormers bogey team when in 2010 the stormers walloped the saders by 40 points (42 – 14 i think), last year the bulls lost 27 – 0 to the crusaders, have they gotten over that?
5 Apr 2012, 11:00 am
sharks will be fine without bismaak at least we wont start knowing we are 9 points down with the rate he gives penalties away
5 Apr 2012, 11:06 am
@seabiscuit(seabiscuit)-17:
Yes but Bis saves you a lot of points and offers many counter attacking chances with those steals out of nowhere, you’re gonna miss him big time I think.
5 Apr 2012, 11:09 am
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-11:
my point was you’re using a possible away victory against the highlanders as your yardstick by which to call them ‘serious title contenders’… which is really a load of crock considering they’ve been beaten at home in the past by such lowly teams as the lions, force, blues, hurricanes and sharks….even the stormers have beaten them at home in 2009 (and no i dont care about their current run of form).
i repeat a real sign will be if they beat a seemingly depleted and jetlagged crusaders team at home… which may be easier said than done… after all a seemingly depleted and jetlagged crusaders team scrumfucked them to a victory at nuweland…you may recall…
to finish, the highlanders are having a temporary, short term run of good form but have historically been beaten at home by all and sundry… there’s nothing to prove here…
the crusader however are having a short term run of poor form but have historically been beaten by very few teams at home… there’s something to prove there…
5 Apr 2012, 11:17 am
So then ………………………………..
Larry, Curly and Moe have spoken.
5 Apr 2012, 11:19 am
Some exciting games this weekend, looking forward..Percy starting to look more comfortable on camera..
5 Apr 2012, 11:20 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-19:
I’m talking about this year, which shows the Landers leading the NZ Conference, the same one which includes the high flying Chiefs and of course Crusaders, then you have the never to say you disregard their current form, on what basis is that?
Therefor I’m saying it will be a good measure of where we are since we’re playing a confident team in their own difficult conditions after a hard game vs Bulls and a long flight to NZ.
Of course the Stormers got shown up by the Saders and Reds last year at Newlands which proved we still weren’t Champion material yet.
But this is the 2012 season, Stormers have a chance to make a statement and if not then I’ll consider is still vulnerable and not ready to wear the crown. That was said all in my first post already.
5 Apr 2012, 11:25 am
These journo’s on this site have 60% win accuracy which is pathetic. No use following what they say.
5 Apr 2012, 11:26 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-16:
oh transie, please refer post #19
firstly, this is about the stormers not the bulls. it is also about most stormers supporters thinking that the highlanders will be the acid test of their teams ‘title contesting’ credentials. i refute this as i believe the real test will be in taking the crusaders at home in the same way the crusaders took them at home (twice) last season. if they can beat the crusaders away then they will believe they can beat them at home in a semi…geddit…
5 Apr 2012, 11:28 am
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-22:
I agree, if the Stormers can win this weekend it will be a massive statement considering the travel / bulls game / Highlanders form.
For your sake I hope they can do it, but it will be tough.
5 Apr 2012, 11:31 am
Keo is Curly.
Obviously.
5 Apr 2012, 11:31 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-24: what part of that tenous explanation makes the saders their “bogey” team.
“bogey”?
5 Apr 2012, 11:32 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-24:
Dont give Transie a hard time.
He deserves to have a opinion on this forum due to promises made in 2005 allready.
It’s his time now.
5 Apr 2012, 11:33 am
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-22:
oh i see, it seems i cannot communicate with you…. you are from the clouds… i am from the earth… or perhaps; bulls are from mars, stormers are from venus.
two very different languages…
5 Apr 2012, 11:35 am
@Mr Black(Mr Black)-25:
Don’t know if I’m just imaging it but this current group (2010 to now) play with more freedom on our tours than we do at home so I’m slightly more confident of getting a pleasant surprise than a beautiful letdown this weekend.
Don’t think the Highlanders have met a pack yet this season playing at our forwards’ intensity.
5 Apr 2012, 11:36 am
Kiss o’ Death for all Saffa sides.
5 Apr 2012, 11:38 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-29:
So I see yes.
5 Apr 2012, 11:38 am
@wpstormerbok(wpstormerbok)-30:
True, less pressure away from home. Go for it I say, nothing to lose.
5 Apr 2012, 11:39 am
Crusaders to spank the Bulls with DC back at the helm.
5 Apr 2012, 11:41 am
i have a chihuahua after me now, NICEEEE
5 Apr 2012, 11:43 am
With Daniel Carter back, I have a feeling the Bulls are in for a bit of a snotting this weekend.
5 Apr 2012, 11:43 am
Bulls are from Mars, Stormers from Venus.
5 Apr 2012, 11:44 am
@Mr Black(Mr Black)-28: be warned blackie, little pooches like you are easy prey for Capo
5 Apr 2012, 11:46 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-27:
did you watch ‘that’ semi transie? i have never before or since seen a stadium of 50000+ go deathly silent in the middle of a rugby match…. it even made me feel uncomfortable…
@Mr Black(Mr Black)-28:
transie can be silly sometimes. he brings up two selective games as a comparison between the stormers and bulls yet he forgets the bulls have beaten the crusaders in three semis already.
5 Apr 2012, 11:46 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-19: just as a by:
HEAD TO HEAD: Played 16; Highlanders 9, Stormers 6, drawn 1
5 Apr 2012, 11:47 am
@NoRugbyGuru_0_(RugbyGuru_0_)-23: their picks have been bad this year but then again the results have been flipped on their head so it can be forgiven, i went the same on SB and hopefully this blind squirrel can find that frikken nut for once this season, im sitting pretty well placed in the Keo SB pool though so i cant complain but tis more down to MP’s than anything else
5 Apr 2012, 11:48 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-35:
You are the Chihuahua yapping all day on anyones comments.
Just returning serve, quoting a famous blogger.
Anyway, have a nice weekend bro, and regards to OP when you see her.
5 Apr 2012, 11:50 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-39: the point is : “bogey team”- over two defeats in one season, is that really the criteria?
5 Apr 2012, 11:51 am
@cane(cane)-20:
5 Apr 2012, 11:51 am
@Mr Black(Mr Black)-42: it’s called a BLOG, poochie
5 Apr 2012, 11:52 am
@houston, we have a problem…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-39:
Selective blogging……….
5 Apr 2012, 11:52 am
Behave you two.
Floyd is a senior blogger.
Show some respect.
5 Apr 2012, 11:54 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-40:
thanks for that, transie.
now do the crusaders/stormers for us, please
PS: could you also do home and away loss/win data.
5 Apr 2012, 11:54 am
Reyhan is so fecking rude.
His mother never raised him like that.
5 Apr 2012, 11:55 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-45:
Then why are you calling me a Chihuahua?
It’s a BLOG!!
Dumbasss!
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