Comments on: Blues boosted by Henry’s appointment

By: BrumbiesBoy

BrumbiesBoy — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:49:17 +0000

@KWAGGA ROBERTSE-20: @KWAGGA ROBERTSE-23: Oh dear, and that really must've peed you off, hey? Hahaha "How dare they do that to us? Die arrogante knape!" Where can I get a replay of that, I'd love to see it!!!

By: Jeraldjay

Jeraldjay — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:47:36 +0000

@grant100-52: If you bring consistancy into the equation, throughout their careers, Tendulker and Kallis are better than Hayden, but during stages of his career Hayden was much more devastating than Tendulker and Kallis ever was or ever will be. At the moment Vernon is devastating whether he can maintain it is a totally different story.

By: gonzo

gonzo — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:39:24 +0000

@Transformation-38: I’ll let you take that fight up with the Sharks fans who could argue their team has been more successful than the Lions

By: grant100

grant100 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:39:03 +0000

like i said … Philander did great … so did the other 10 players! or 9 .. tahir is kak!

By: Skeppie

Skeppie — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:38:35 +0000

@Transformation-48: Vern needs to concentrate on his batting as well....we have the making of another Polly in him, he can be a world class all rounder!

By: Jeraldjay

Jeraldjay — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:38:16 +0000

@grant100-44: What club do you play for?

By: pompies2

pompies2 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:38:15 +0000

@Transformation-45: That's as good as gospel. I've noticed in the last while that lineouts have become the preferred method of primary phase variation plays, with off the top ball going either to the blind-side wing joining the back line or the 13 centre attacking a wider channels. The hope is that a side can create a defensive mismatch with the 9 -12 axis running at forwards and using their superior ballskill and pace to breach the defensive line. You also find alot of directional changes in play. Sides no longer side to play to along the width of the field anymore. I suspect this has something to do with the rugby league type defensive alignments

By: rangerman

rangerman — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:37:19 +0000

@Transformation-51: och new youve ah gone and ruined the friendship

By: rangerman

rangerman — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:35:57 +0000

@Transformation-48: ag why bother transie? seriously? the whole world knows Vern is awesome.

By: grant100

grant100 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:35:32 +0000

jeraldjay … hayden scored 5000 test runs in much fewer games than Tendulkar … does that make Hayden a better batsmen?

By: Transformation

Transformation — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:34:56 +0000

@rangerman-47: fokkof!

By: rangerman

rangerman — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:34:53 +0000

transie is obviously excluded

By: grant100

grant100 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:33:59 +0000

nah pompies…. take away 300 from amla wont really matter…we won by a innings… still a great performance by Amla … but we are so much better than England … Pakistan in pakistan is a different story! – thats if they don’t throw the game

By: Transformation

Transformation — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:33:23 +0000

@grant100-39: did you see the vital 61 and 35 he posted when SA needed to consolidate in both innings?

By: rangerman

rangerman — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:33:21 +0000

@pompies2-41: silly comment buddy, no need to brand entire groups of people.

its only xhosas who my zulu mates tell me are inverterate liars

By: Jeraldjay

Jeraldjay — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:32:34 +0000

Grant 100 your obsession with quota players will get you nowhere.

Vernon’s bowling average is 16.46 after 11 games. In recent times, bowling averages by the worlds top bowlers is between 28.00 and 32.00.

By: Transformation

Transformation — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:31:42 +0000

@pompies2-41: Wayne Smith on: The No.9 to No.12 attacking ball “You've just got to be careful in rugby that your unpredictability doesn't become predictable, so that your ability to run the ball doesn't become a weakness. You still need to vary your game so that you're creating patterns that you want to see. If you become too 9-12 oriented to set up fast ball, sooner or later it's going to become a weakness rather than a strength."

By: grant100

grant100 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:31:34 +0000

i still remember when i played against vernon 2 years ago … very good swing bowler. I only managed to score 35 runs of his 3 overs … was my slowest half century ever …. i ended 53 of 27 balls (for those who can’t count – i scored 28 runs of the other 9 balls) … good times.

By: pompies2

pompies2 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:30:54 +0000

@grant100-39: Take away the perfomance of vern in the 3rd test and Amla in the 1st and third test and donald would be the bowling coach of the 2nd best test side.

By: rangerman

rangerman — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:30:12 +0000

there casn be no argument, Big Vern is now a fixture, what a player.

with morne, dale and vern we are well set and king kallis to do damage when we need him.

surely the worlds top bowling attack when tahir is factored in?