Sadie to quit Bulls?
19 Jul 2012
Johann Sadie has asked the Bulls to be released from his current contract.
According to SuperSport.com, the former Stormers centre has expressed his wish to continue his career elsewhere. This after spending just seven months at the Pretoria franchise, that has him held to a two-year contract that reportedly pays R1.4 million a season.
It has been a frustrating period for the 23-year-old as he has struggled with injury and poor form. This has seen him fail to land a regular place in the Bulls’ match 22 since limping off in the 13th minute during the team’s Super Rugby opener against the Sharks.
Bulls head coach Frans Ludeke confirmed that Sadie could make an early transfer.
‘We are very aware of Johan’s situation and his future and he is concerned that he isn’t getting the playing opportunities he needs because of injuries. He wants to get onto the field to establish himself but is worried he can’t at the moment,’ said Ludeke.
‘We will always look at a player’s situation and take it to heart. We will always consult with the player and take the best decision for his career going forward. We have given him the green light to look at other options to see if he can get better playing opportunities at other provinces.’
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20 Jul 2012, 11:37 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-347: Apparently so!
20 Jul 2012, 11:37 am
I would love to watch EFC but there is no link online and the fights are not made into torrents for me to download
Dana White has said he wants to break into South Africa- I believe you guys will get it via DSTV at some point???
20 Jul 2012, 11:38 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-342: What i’m going to say next might sound controversial, but it’s the way i see it. HM says these things to bump his profile as much as he does the players’. HM is a brand, built on rugby. From building winning teams to building winning players. HM believes that he can turn most decent players into international quality, not because of their rugby ability, but because of the potential they displayed to play international test rugby.
20 Jul 2012, 11:41 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-342:
I think he is over-eager to be the 1st to identify any new talent and is ego-driven; you would think that it is about the player but meanwhile its about the one making the statement
It’s a tendency he shares with Jake White and can be very counter-productive.
Remember Jake’s little sound bite about Bryan Habana? He would say: A few months ago people were asking Bryan who? Now he is scoring lots of tries for us
20 Jul 2012, 11:46 am
@pompies2(pompies2)-353: Expect Taccy to be a little upset by your statement, but expect many others to agree with what you are saying. Spot on
This best sums up my thoughts on Heyneke Meyer:
‘You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time’
(The ‘some of the people all the time’ would be the Taccy’s of Tswane and the like)
20 Jul 2012, 11:46 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-317:
That’s not going to go down well at the Camps Bay Branch of the Namibian Supporters Club.
20 Jul 2012, 11:47 am
Oh dear.
Still?
20 Jul 2012, 11:50 am
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-354: jake white on meyer bosman: “i’ve been watching meyer since he was 16, he is the future of bok rugby at 10″ played him on the eoyt and then dropped him cold.
20 Jul 2012, 11:52 am
@willievz(willievz)-330:
Have you seen Moneyball.
20 Jul 2012, 11:53 am
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-357: Talk about the cricket. There will be play on and off today it seems…..
Dale Steyn seems to be choking a little – on his own foot….
20 Jul 2012, 11:54 am
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-354:
This has been my worry about HM for a while. He’s thinking like a provincial coach who’s trying to develop a squad and youngsters.
As national coach he must leave that to the Franchises, which is why they were formed in the first place.
His role in identifying young players should be as part of the national selectors meeting with the franchise coaches and planning the development of identified future Boks at S15 level.
20 Jul 2012, 11:54 am
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-354:
Meyer is a lot worse than Jake….I am going to try and find all the Meyer quotes re: young players….Then again Mallet also had a few winning young player pearlers.
20 Jul 2012, 11:55 am
i read the article on sadie going to the cheetahs
good luck to him
will reserve judgement till next season
lets see what he does in cheetahs attack
20 Jul 2012, 11:56 am
Kings ready for a dogfight
THE Eastern Province Kings will be looking to build on the near- perfect start to their Absa Currie Cup First Division campaign when they host the Border Bulldogs at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium tonight (SS1, 7.10pm).
EP have managed a full house of three wins from their opening three matches. They have 14 log points and occupy second position behind surprise leaders the Griffons (15), having missed out on a bonus point in their win against Boland Cavaliers
Coach Alan Solomons has stuck to his rotation policy and made seven changes to the team which beat the Falcons in Kempton Park at the weekend.
Luke Watson returns from shoulder trouble to captain the side in his first match this year, while strongman Jaco Engels is also back from injury.
Solomons has handed flyhalf Wesley Dunlop a start ahead of the in-form George Whitehead and scrumhalf Falie Oelschig replaces Reynier van Rooyen in one of the other prominent changes made by Solomons.
The EP team is: SP Marais; Michael Killian, Wayne Stevens, Tiger Mangweni, Marcello Sampson; Wesley Dunlop, Falie Oelschig; Jacques Engelbrecht, Luke Watson (capt), Cornel du Preez, David Bulbring, Wayne van Heerden, Lizo Gqoboka, Hannes Franklin, Jaco Engels.
Replacements: Frank Herne, Charl du Plessis, Reynier Bernardo, Thabo Mamojelo, Reynier van Rooyen, George Whitehead, Scott van Breda.
20 Jul 2012, 11:56 am
@Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-359:
The book is better.
I’m not sure you can apply it to rugby though!
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-360:
That Pitch is flatter than Emma Watson.
20 Jul 2012, 11:58 am
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-362:
Who can forget Mallet calling Gio the Human Speedbump?
Enjoy your googling my angel.
20 Jul 2012, 11:58 am
@Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-359: Not yet. Why?
20 Jul 2012, 11:58 am
@David(David)-361: “His role in identifying young players should be as part of the national selectors meeting with the franchise coaches and planning the development of identified future Boks at S15 level”
I think he does this…..he just forgets to chat to Naka, Allistair, Plum and whoever is kicking it at the Lions at any given time. The only franchise he discusses anything with is the Bulls……hence their purchase of every Craven Week player this year that ‘Meyer’ likes
20 Jul 2012, 11:59 am
Katman, I heard Ernie’s interview after the 1st day. He said he got his “feel” back and could be on top of the leader board come Sunday.
Damn, I hope he does.
20 Jul 2012, 12:00 pm
@bangkok-bok(bangkok-bok)-352: Yea the EFC online streaming is shocking.
20 Jul 2012, 12:01 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-356: Gwantie is staging a public burning of his Namibia jersey, tracksuit and togbag during lunchtime outside Caprice. Can you make it?
Apparently he’s always been a big Madagascar fan, but just thought the green would clash with his moccasins. Now he’s prepared to live with that. A man of great sacrifices.
20 Jul 2012, 12:01 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-366: Don’t need to google, just read the new issue of SA rugby….
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-365: I’m watching Dale…like a hawk. Watson’s chest or not.
20 Jul 2012, 12:01 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-355: I don’t expect tac to take exception to what I said. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the way HM does it. If he produces the results, you can’t argue
20 Jul 2012, 12:01 pm
@pompies2(pompies2)-353: “HM believes that he can turn most decent players into international quality, not because of their rugby ability, but because of the potential they displayed to play international test rugby.”
Kind of stating the obvious,this is what every coach does, its their job to identify players with potential and develop them. Only difference is he has to do it at International level and therefore has to identify not only that they have the basic skills sufficiently to succeed at that level but also the mental capacity.
His focus therefore will be on the abilitiy of the individual to execute those skills under more pressure than normal and the willingness to back themselves.
Problem is when players think they’ve arrived when they make it into the Bok side, not realizing that this is only the beginning of their develoment as Test players.
20 Jul 2012, 12:02 pm
@Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-369: Wouldn’t that be awesome? Perhaps he could beat Tiger in a play-off. That would be my ideal outcome.
20 Jul 2012, 12:03 pm
Is there online streaming? What’s the link?
20 Jul 2012, 12:03 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-368: What about the clinics he conducted and the chats he had with the players at these clinics. Ever seen another Bok coach do that?
20 Jul 2012, 12:04 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-364: “Luke Watson returns from shoulder trouble…”
Maybe if he walked with his arms in a normal position, he’d have less trouble.
20 Jul 2012, 12:04 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-371: Who is this Grant number 10 you all keep referring to. Some Sharks bloggers have suggested that I am this person.
But I must be honest…….Namibian flags, Camps Bay and moccasins?
20 Jul 2012, 12:04 pm
@willievz(willievz)-367:
Based on an american baseball coach Billy Beane, that used a Yale economic’s graduate to work out player stats and select a low budget team based on these stats.
They won 20 games in a row.
20 Jul 2012, 12:05 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-354:
While your insightful conspiracy theories are entertaining, the reality is actually a lot more boring and less nefarious than that.
The truth is, Heyneke knows the general mentality of SA players. They don’t react to criticism in the way that Mitchell and Mallet like to dish out.
Call us less mature, or more sensitive or whatever, but that’s the reality.
Heyneke simply believes – and this is my view, and not anything I’ve had confirmed from his inner circle – that to get the best out of a player, you make him believe that you believe in him. And that by boosting his confidence, you will boost his performance.
This was the case with Derick Hougaard, Pierre Spies and many of the Bulls players Heyneke has worked with.
The fact is, Heyneke doesn’t bad mouth a player unnecessarily, and he often practices the philosophy of if you can’t say something good about someone, then rather don’t say anything at all.
Hence, if he never mentions your favourite player, it means he probably doesn’t rate him. But he won’t go out and say “I don’t rate him.”, like Mallet does.
And if he says Sadie can be the best, it is because he wants Sadie to believe that.
That’s my view, based on a lot of comments that I’ve heard Meyer make about players that I don’t necessarily rate quite as highly as he claimed he rated them.
20 Jul 2012, 12:06 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-379: That’s only half the story. It goes into Alsations, Jacuzzis and Speedos in chapter 2.
20 Jul 2012, 12:06 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-372:
Why are you watching him like a hawk?
@>^..^< katman(katman)-378:
Trouble is something of an understatement.
He’s been on gardening leave since Jan.
20 Jul 2012, 12:10 pm
@bananaboy(bananaboy)-374: Not strictly true. Some coaches go for playing ability only. The skillset for international rugby is much wider. In the Sadie context, HM made a statement claiming Sadie should go to the RWC. In literal form, that’s what he mean. I can’t help but think, given HM’s penchant for psychology, he was planting a seed for his Bok coach ambitions. It’s a kind of a one-up.
20 Jul 2012, 12:11 pm
@bananaboy(bananaboy)-377: That was the Meyer’brand’ with it’s PR machine in overdrive…..
I don’t mind the man, and he will be judged like all others on his results – nothing more, nothing less, BUT: I will not be sucked into declaring him the ‘Almighty’ just because he has a good head for business. (Because that’s what most of the bells and whistles are….)
20 Jul 2012, 12:13 pm
Are you still watching my angel?
20 Jul 2012, 12:14 pm
271 for 4
20 Jul 2012, 12:15 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-386:
What you on about now.
20 Jul 2012, 12:15 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-383: Thank me good man. Told you – watching him like a hawk….and GONE Cook mudder trucker.
Bopara must chuck as well – quickly.
20 Jul 2012, 12:16 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-389:
No wonder it’s bucketing down outside. SL agree with you on something.
20 Jul 2012, 12:16 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-382: Eish. I will have to work harder at convincing these Sharkies that I am not that person.
20 Jul 2012, 12:17 pm
@pompies2(pompies2)-384: I think that HM’s approach is you can develop the mental side if you have the right basics to work with. Its not only about a lack of self confidence but also containing an over confidence and having players make the right decisions for the team based on an understanding and confidence in each other built over the years.
You can actually see that phenomenon in the Sharks side at the moment in that Freddie (although he hasn’t played with him that long) benefits mentally from having Frans on his outside.
Will be interesting to see how he deals with Morne Steyn following the recent blows to his confidence at Test level.
20 Jul 2012, 12:17 pm
Indeed muffin.
Now we need Big Vern to come to the Party.
20 Jul 2012, 12:17 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged by Mad Eye Productions.(The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food)-385:
I was just as pissed off as you are with HM by selecting a pro Bulls team.
But I have faith in the guy and I believe he will adapt his gameplan to the circumstances.
He hasn’t lost a game yet.
20 Jul 2012, 12:17 pm
@bangkok-bok(bangkok-bok)-376: http://shop.efcafrica.com/388/efc%2015%20live%20-%20fight%2001%20-%2013.aspx
20 Jul 2012, 12:19 pm
@the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-386: It was my stare that kicked him into gear…. like a hawk
Don’t tell me you weren’t a little disappointed with him yesterday (and a few others..), flat chest to bowl on or not.
20 Jul 2012, 12:19 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-381:
“…that to get the best out of a player, you make him believe that you believe in him. And that by boosting his confidence, you will boost his performance.”
That philosophy did not seem to be working with Morne Steyn during the series against England. Sometimes a player needs a kick in the butt to come right.
They are adults, for crying out loud, not school boys.
20 Jul 2012, 12:19 pm
@Jeraldjay(Jeraldjay)-394:
Would you have a different point of view if Farrell’s drop sailed over and between the posts?
20 Jul 2012, 12:20 pm
@Tacitus(Deucalion)-381:
Ol’ Gravitas is back.
20 Jul 2012, 12:21 pm
Indeed.
They looked very flat.
Not up for it at all. A lack of hostility.
There seems to be more intent out there today.
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