Comments on: ‘Want it? Come and get it’

By: Chris Hani(Chris Hani)

Chris Hani(Chris Hani) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:22:28 +0000

Riaan viljoen
Petersen
De villiers
Olivier
M Steyn
Houghaard/daai man van die warathas
Spies
Alberts/Kolisi
Brussow
Bekker
v d Merwe
Coenie oostheyzen
Strause
rooikop/aka tracer

By: garth(garth)

garth(garth) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:43:11 +0000

@Kleuter(Kleuter)-178:
Greyling over Coenie, that’s crazy talk.
Bismark – Agree
Jannie – Not sure about Jannie anymore. It’s time we get a better option at 3.
Etzebeth – Agree
Bekker – Agree
Brussow – Agree
Burger (if fit, otherwise Alberts) – Agree, but not convinced.
Spies – No chance, there are much better option than this moffie.
du Preez (if available, otherwise Hougaard) – FDP was a has been three years ago.
M. Steyn – Too limited.
Habana – No step, no place.
de Villiers/F. Steyn – Agree with Frans, Jean is also limited.
Fourie (if available, otherwise Olivier) – Olivier!!! That’s a funny one. Hahaha!
JP – Not over Hougaard (Hougaard is a better player with space, it’s also great having two players in the side that can interchange at 9)
Aplon (More of a fringe/bench player)

By: optiplay(optiplay)

optiplay(optiplay) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:32:13 +0000

@man1a(man1a)-182: Good post. You would have done better with our team than the Clown. I cannot remember when last Habana had a decent attacking ball .you are spot on!

By: HongKongSlong(HongKongSlong)

HongKongSlong(HongKongSlong) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:03:58 +0000

@man1a(man1a)-182: So true, if players like Habana got the ball more often, then they would be much more inclined to play what is in front of them properly. Over the last few years, its been such a rarity for him to get the ball, that he tries desperately hard to do something special, when it simply isn't on and more often then not it doesn't come off making him appear stupid and past it.

By: man1a(man1a)

man1a(man1a) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:21:31 +0000

@greentea(greentea)-181: greenT – i hoping against hpe its not the “same old same old kick and hope garbage”
i’m a kiwi but i love the way the boks used to play. they need to get with a new game plan and start injecting some moves for the backs. brutal big strong forward play then unleashing some back moves
in the last 5 years not once have i seen the boks have a set move for getting the ball to habana (or the other wing). i thought that maybe habana was past it but this season shows he’s still got it. so in my eyes the boks have been squandering their backs for the past 4-5 seasons.
this mentality has to go. boks on offence are only using 8-9 players vs 15 opposition defence. they’re simply out numbered

By: greentea(greentea)

greentea(greentea) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:19:14 +0000

@man1a(man1a)-180: 9 & 10 will be your problem same old same old kick and hope garbage

By: man1a(man1a)

man1a(man1a) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:07:39 +0000

@Kleuter(Kleuter)-178: Kleuter, and the key here is your statement “as far as the powers that be allows it”
yeah i agree that we wont see many bolters in the boks and AB’s for the midYear tests. Shame though as its a great opportunity to blood some players.
like your line up except for spies.
dont know Etzebeth but wouldnt you start Rossouw?
burger would be my captain.
alberts i like as an impact player.
still not sold on bismark but not really anyone else deserves as much a start as he does.
fSteyn would get in ahead of DV

By: greentea(greentea)

greentea(greentea) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:01:48 +0000

@garth(garth)-173: "unbeatable" thats the spirit

By: Kleuter(Kleuter)

Kleuter(Kleuter) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:34:44 +0000

@man1a(man1a)-177: Meyer will pick players on merit as far as the powers that be allows it.

For England and Super Series I think he will be conservative. Don’t expect to see many changes from the WC team, except for players that are not available anymore. The year-end tour will be when he start building his team for the rest of his reign.

His team could look like this:

Greyling (if Beast is still injured)
Bismark
Jannie
Etzebeth
Bekker
Brussow
Burger (if fit, otherwise Alberts)
Spies
du Preez (if available, otherwise Hougaard)
M. Steyn
Habana
de Villiers/F. Steyn
Fourie (if available, otherwise Olivier)
JP
Aplon

Chilliboy
Oosthuizen
Rossouw (if available, otherwise Kruger)
Alberts/ Vermeulen
Hougaard/ Duvenhage or Vermaak
Goosen/Lambie
Steyn/de Villiers

By: man1a(man1a)

man1a(man1a) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:45:14 +0000

@garth(garth)-173: garth – isnt sarel a bit suspect on defence? i think that hougaard is a much better all round player. good backline. i still have faith in morne and would love to see him take goosen and lambie under his wing and mentor them and hopefully pass on his kicking game.

ShaunSwindon – not a fan of Ruan Pienaar and prefer hougaard as a halve
8. Pierre Spies? while he’s having a great season so far i think this form not class.

cant wait to see the boks lineup. hoping meyer can leave his prvincialism baggage at the door and embrace all the SA teams in his line up

By: rangerman(rangerman)

rangerman(rangerman) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:20:02 +0000

@viewer(viewer)-174: ag stop being so precious about the eye gouging crusaders man. are you a crusaders player? if not then dont take their thuggish burden on your back ok?

By: Michael(mikeybrass)

Michael(mikeybrass) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:03:25 +0000

@viewer(viewer)-174: No clarification is needed, imo. He won't call the Bulls players liars but there is no video evidence and so the allegations are unsubstantiated.

By: viewer(viewer)

viewer(viewer) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:41:51 +0000

Michael – I don’t know what greg peters’ problem is. Is he insinuating that gouging did take place. I’d like a clarification. Alternatively my team should confront him. He’s the same guy who wants an american team in SR isn’t it. The conference sham isn’t enough.

By: garth(garth)

garth(garth) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:07:24 +0000

Sure, if we want an average player that kicks most of his goals but offers nothing else, why not put Morne in the team. Goosen is the best 10 in SA, by far. He has already shown he can handle the pressure and presently dictates a game like no other 10 in the world. The Boks are in a position at the moment where we can select a destructive backilne that can rip teams apart. Add that to the potential of our pack and we could be unbeatable within the next year.

1st choice backline:
9. Sarel
10. Goosen
11. Le Roux
12. Steyn
13. Fourie
14. Hougaard
15. Joe

By: ShaunSwindon(Karma-zaf)

ShaunSwindon(Karma-zaf) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:48:41 +0000

Would be my core 30 Man squad to begin Meyers reign as Bok coach if I was him…

15. Jaco Taute / Riaan Viljoen.
14. Francois Hougaard / Gio Aplon.
13. Jacque Fourie / J.P. Pieterson.
12. Francois Steyn / Jean De Villiers.
11. Bryan Habana / Bjorn Basson.
10. Morne Steyn / Johan Goosen.
9. Fourie Du Preez / Ruan Pienaar.
8. Pierre Spies / Duane Vermuelen.
7. Schalk Burger (c) / Willem Alberts.
6. Heinrich Brussow / Francois Louw.
5. Andries Bekker / Juandre Kruger.
4. Jaco Etsebeth / Flip Van Der Merwe.
3. C.J. Van Der Linde / Jannie Du Plessis.
2. Bismark Du Plessis / Adriaan Strauss.
1. Gurthro Steenkamp / Coenie Oosthuizen.

By: stormersboy(stormersboy)

stormersboy(stormersboy) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:43:26 +0000

@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-167: I understand the legal difference, however subtle. In this instance the use of the word proclaim is specifically used to refer to a public announcing of someone's innocence if they are found not guilty. I'm talking more reputation-ally in this instance. Refer to my post further down where the rape allegations were withdrawn and the stigma still remains. Just like the Crusaders have not been proclaimed innocent. So I'm comfortable with the context here. But hey, Mea Culpa if you disagree. I'm not that bothered either way.

By: Transformation(Transformation)

Transformation(Transformation) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:26:21 +0000

@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-167: “mabhunu college”

By: Heavens Game(Heavens Game)

Heavens Game(Heavens Game) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:14:58 +0000

@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-167: Forgot the smiley. Here we go….

By: Michael(mikeybrass)

Michael(mikeybrass) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:14:47 +0000

SANZAR says Saders were NOT cleared. Take note Keo journalists and Kiwis alike.

supersport.com /rugby/super-rugby/news/120410/Crusaders_werent_cleared_Sanzar

By: Heavens Game(Heavens Game)

Heavens Game(Heavens Game) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:13:57 +0000

@stormersboy(stormersboy)-162: I never was convinced… And no “Declaration”s of Innocence will be good enough either.

Declaration… not Proclamation… see? You might find that a declaration of innocence is a very lawerly thing, yeah?

Yeah, yeah… I know its semantics… But that’s normally important to fools who profess they are lawmen… Yet I do understand the semantics difficulty if that vaunted Law diploma you claim to possess came from Mabhunu College down in Stellenbosch….

They don’t speaka the Eenleesh to well down there, hey?