Comments on: Bulls axe Sadie

By: optiplay(optiplay)

optiplay(optiplay) — Thu, 31 May 2012 06:16:08 +0000

@louis schropnel(louis shrapnel)-43: How many tries do you tjink this team will score in three tests against the Poms.?

By: Jinx2(Jinx2)

Jinx2(Jinx2) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:53 +0000

@louis schropnel(louis shrapnel)-43:

You just killed me!

By: louis schropnel(louis shrapnel)

louis schropnel(louis shrapnel) — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:24:41 +0000

Reserves would go

Carstens, Fourie, Steenkamp, Louw, Duvenhage, Venter, Fouche

By: louis schropnel(louis shrapnel)

louis schropnel(louis shrapnel) — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:21:34 +0000

From out the 2 squads this would be my Bok team excluding other franchises

Aplon
Engelbrecht
De Villiers (c)
De Jongh
Basson
Steyn
Hougaard
Stander
Elstadt
Kolisi
Kruger
Etsebeth
Malherbe
Chili
Greyling

7 Bulls – 8 Stormers

Anyone thinking Stormers gonna get annihilated here better start praying like they do up there in Tswane town where they think rugby is won or lost be the vehemence of your attestations to some apparition in the sky..

Pray all you like.. Stormers coming home with a win here and that could bode kinda awkward for the other 2 franchise aiming for a play off.

Be quite interesting to see if Sharks can reproduce their lucky packet 3 tries from nothing vs Lions this weekend.. just imagine they slip on their own banana piel in Jo’burg?

By: louis schropnel(louis shrapnel)

louis schropnel(louis shrapnel) — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:04:00 +0000

Stormers will fck these okes up Saturday.. who wanna take any bets?

and just consider this.. say Lions give the overrated guppies a what for in Jozies..

oh wouldn’t it be nice to wake up on a Sunday

By: Hondo(Hondo)

Hondo(Hondo) — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:23:38 +0000

And Ndungane is rewarded for winning it for the Chiefs, so nice

By: viewer(viewer)

viewer(viewer) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:18:06 +0000

Unlucky Sadie. I think being subbed so early @ loftus vs the ‘saders (when he’d not put a foot wrong) rocked his confidence

By: kwas(kwas)

kwas(kwas) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:33:28 +0000

Forget the useless Sadie, Akona Ndungane undoubtly the biggest liability in this Bulls side. He gifted 2 tries to the Chiefs last week handing the match to the Kiwi powerhouse on a silver platter. Get rid of Akona and you know things will improve.

By: ufo(ufo)

ufo(ufo) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:14:33 +0000

tough luck to sadie…

but he will be back…

fitter, stronger, smarter…

By: ufo(ufo)

ufo(ufo) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:11:46 +0000

@>^..^< katman(katman)-33:

By: greatest13gerber(greatest13gerber)

greatest13gerber(greatest13gerber) — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:20:39 +0000

still great protential – has not reached his peak

By: Transformation(Transformation)

Transformation(Transformation) — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:47:23 +0000

@Kritik(Krit)-34: a hammy? tell ludekak to pull another one.

By: Kritik(Krit)

Kritik(Krit) — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:29:35 +0000

Brenden Nel says the explanation he got from Ludeke is that Sadie was not dropped but had a hamstring injury.

By: >^..^< katman(katman)

>^..^< katman(katman) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:59:23 +0000

@Tacitus(Deucalion)-30: No, that's a difference. But the BIG difference is that the Stormers no longer call coaches, reporters and fans Oom and Tannie. Also, how old was Wickus when you guys took him off our hands?

By: willievz(willievz)

willievz(willievz) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:59:19 +0000

@TooMuchRugby(TooMuchRugby)-23: Could be. I don't know if he is on the Klippies & Coke diet in Hatfield?

By: willievz(willievz)

willievz(willievz) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:58:03 +0000

I can give a rugby reason for why Sadie is struggling.

He is struggling next to WO, a midfielder who likes to attack the advantage line on his opponent’s outside shoulder. Hence WO prefers a 13 playing with him that supports him by cutting inside him on occasion and stand wider on first phase.

This is also why Engelbrecht, a wing, looks good next to WO, because wings are more used to cut inside players on their inside.

The approach at WP is different, as the 12s are far straighter in their running lines on offense.

In fact, Sadie has looked OK next to Francois Venter.

By: Tacitus(Deucalion)

Tacitus(Deucalion) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:55:12 +0000

Big difference between Bulls and Stormers:

We import players aged 22. Even if Sadie has 2 sh*t seasons, he can still become a good player.

The Stormers get over the hill hasbeens, who can only go one way, and that’s down. And yet they expect a permium salary package for “deeds done in their illustrious past.”

By: bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz)

bryce_in_oz(bryce_in_oz) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:51:32 +0000

Do you remember all the typical WP fanfare hysterics from the likes of Gwantie and a few when Rassie said he simply could not warrant matching the amount of money the Bulls were offering for Sadie… oh Rassie this… Rassie that… pffff!

That said I hope the young lad gets some confidence back… he just hasn’t been the same since returning from injury… I’m surprised JJ wasn’t used more even if replacing Ndungane, who still finishes well, has all the positional experience one should have after being afforded half a decade with the Boks… but is now just too slow to be used as Hougie was as a strike-runner all over the paddock… something the Bulls are lacking heading into this second half of the comp…

By: >^..^< katman(katman)

>^..^< katman(katman) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:49:07 +0000

@Tacitus(Deucalion)-27: You do know the columnist and the player are not the same guy, right?

By: Tacitus(Deucalion)

Tacitus(Deucalion) — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:41:06 +0000

Nice team.

Well done JJ. You deserve to be there.