Comments on: Bosman tasked with central role

By: bananaboy

bananaboy — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:37:15 +0000

@Mongril-231: I do think the travel will come into it though. Stormers should win this one. I don't think that home ground has as significant an advantage in SA as it does when playing away games overseas however combined with the travel it should giev Stormers a significant advantage.

By: Mongril

Mongril — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:50:38 +0000

@bananaboy-230: Nope, realistic Stormers suppoerters know this will be a close thing. As tough as they come. Anyone's game. I'm a Stormers supporter and that is certainly me view.

By: bananaboy

bananaboy — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:35:33 +0000

So i see that judging by the comments on this blog its a one horse race, Sharks needn’t even pitch up what with the travel legs, revolving door syndrome and the mighty Stormers pack. Perhaps the boys can do some R&R and visit the winelands.

By: Mongril

Mongril — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:53:24 +0000

As calm as a budhist monk on a secluded mountain top, I assure you.

In fact I’d even go as far as to say: As calm as Peter Grant taking a penalty kick from the touch line to win the match in the semi final (which is significantly calmer than even the monk)!

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:09:31 +0000

@Mongril-227: A little tense are we? Ag shame. It will all be over on Saturday

By: Mongril

Mongril — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:57:39 +0000

@kaksioek-226: Yawn,... when repeating something over and over it does not become true, even if it is such clever play on all them P's (mother must be proud). Kaksioek is an idiot, Kaksioek is an idiot, Kaksioek is an idiot, Kaksioek is an idiot, ... Sorry, I withdraw - apparently there is a relationship between repetition and truth.

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:43:38 +0000

@Mongril-225: "Freddie to 9, Bosman to 10, Tim to 12, JP to 13, Odwa in at 14…" No problem with that at all. Far superior to what the Stormers will have on the field if Pete's Perfect Patented Penalty Place-kicking Pop-gun jams.

By: Mongril

Mongril — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:19:14 +0000

Again, are no Sharks supporters worried about what would happen if they have an injury at 9, 10 or 12 early in the game?

No specialist cover on bench which means a MASSIVE reshuffle that would disrupt them severely. Big risk from Pruimboom…

Any injury will be a massive reshuffle – Freddie to 9, Bosman to 10, Tim to 12, JP to 13, Odwa in at 14…

By: BuckT

BuckT — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:25:06 +0000

@fitz1ella-211: Golf is going to become an Olympic event soon, you must be stoked?!

By: BreakdownBoy

BreakdownBoy — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:18:58 +0000

@fitz1ella-218: Rugby doesn't belong in the Olympics, because it can stand on it's own feet as a sport. THe Olympics is an event that is thousands of years old, even before it became a regular sporting event. Why compare it to sports that are not even 500 years old? Also your opinion of Jake White and Alistair Coetzee is noted, please also know that your opinion pales in comparison to fact.

By: whatever

whatever — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:47:22 +0000

Haha, turnstile Bosman, this should be good, the bloke can’t even stand on his own two feet, forget about his non existent tackling…… Beautiful

5 4 3 2 1 booooo….. Fizzle fizzle fizzle

By: Te Rangatira

Te Rangatira — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:11:00 +0000

@Robzim-219: Hello Robzim I have an old friend, he does my panel beating usually on my wife's cars, who has a daughter competing in the Marathon, her name is Kimberley Smith, could be near the front at the start but the African girls usually have a better kick near the end, was fifth in the New York Marathon last year and could be an outside medal chance

By: Robzim

Robzim — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:09:31 +0000

@Robzim-219: teack = track

By: Robzim

Robzim — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:06:11 +0000

@fitz1ella-218:

I do agree with you to a certain degree- rugby, cricket and soccer don’t belong there, they have their own world cups.

btw.. beach volley ball is very much going to feature in London – they even build a special “sandpit” at the Horse Guards Parade for them to play.

Teack and field and swimming are the real deal for me while the marathon, cycling, triathlon and boxing are not far behind.

Gymnastics belong in a circus

By: fitz1ella

fitz1ella — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:47:25 +0000

Olympics is the greatest show on earth.. puts professional team sports like rugby into the pale shade of obscurity and skittle sticks back into the archaic realms where old men would toss leather clad cork balls at willow sticks for Sunday afternoon attempt at rejuvenating juvenile entertainment

swimming, weight lifting, volley ball (not the beach variety – the real thing), athletics, boxing, judo, wrestling, diving, gymnastics, fencing, … every conceivable human sporting test and endeavor chucked onto one huge ginormous stage, where the pride of personal and national triumph reaches the pinnacle of human expression of effort and desire….. a veritable smorgasbord of human emotion and drama where puny mortals reach for the stars of their infinitesimal dreams

soccer, skittle sticks and rugby don’t belong in such a pure adrenalin environment where personal quest for national prestige squares up against the ultimate in personal tests of endeavor and individual character.

By: victoriabok

victoriabok — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:40:01 +0000

@Transformation-216: Do you know Steve Nash, he's from Victoria?

By: Transformation

Transformation — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:27:48 +0000

@victoriabok-214: watched a warm up game on saturday US vs Argies....kevin durant, melo, lebron, westbrook. US looked to good againsy them but not convinced they can cruise past the likes of lithuania, greece, spain.

By: the artist formerly known as gunther

the artist formerly known as gunther — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:13:24 +0000

@fitz1ella-213: They play 2020 cricket now. The average game finishes before you manage to jumpstart your Nissan 1400.

By: victoriabok

victoriabok — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:13:03 +0000

@fitz1ella-211: > honor and glory go hand in hand with personal triumph and personal failure.. where guts is the currency and character the legal tender Bolt isn't exactly a pauper Can you still remember Basketball's "Dream Team"

By: fitz1ella

fitz1ella — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:04:15 +0000

imagine they make skittle sticks an Olympian sport.. they’d need to hold the Olympics over a period of approx 2 years with every two contestants squaring up for 5 whole days at a shot at advancing to the next round and then perhaps they still end up with a draw which means they never get past the group stages….

even Jukskei gets a winner and a loser ..just like badminton and table tennis and archery and fencing where individual skill is the value that determines who triumphs and who don’t..

soccer, rugby and skittle sticks simply don’t belong in the Olympics just like F1 racing don’t… leave such extravagances rooted in the colonies that gave such pastimes their credibility.