We once played the ABs with (Ithink) Pierre Spies at 8th man, Juan Smith at blindise and Schalk at openside… Each of them played well individually and got high player ratings. Made many tackles, carried well and did good work in the lineout…. But we didnt compete at the breadown and ended up losing the game…. Although Schalk played well individually, perhaps a different type of opensider would have made the team play better as a unit.

Such is my assessment of Pienaar,

Just food for thought.

Anyway, Im outta here. Nice chatting.

Looking at the matches in which Pienaar has started 9 for SA, most of them have been behind second string or weakened Bok packs.

He won man of the match last weekend, let’s see how he fares against Scotland.

@Yetirat-251: he was not bad, but Alberts at his best is a force of nature, imo he has been overplayed in 2012 and is not at his best.

Even with that armchair ride, we have lost more than half the games we have played when Pienaar has been our starting scrumhalf.

Let Lambie control the game and get a scrummie who recycles quicker and snipes every now and again.

The 2nd test against England we looked unstoppable in the first half (with Hougaard at 9), and we looked appalling in the 2nd half (with Pienaar at 9).

Floral, his so called concern for lack of x factor players, he certainly hasn’t done much to remedy it. He has them available yet he bungles it time and time again.and he is king of double speak, he speaks of proud record for Boks then he makes excuses regarding injuries,experience etc yet all teams have this problem

Now he has been lending his opinion to central contracting dynamic etc all which previous coaching were almost forbidden to mention and journalists would mock them if the did.how pathetic, we heard all this methodical, analytical talk about his cerebral approach to the game yet he is nothing but a bumbling fool with his Wilkie talkie who misguided conviction and little to no creativity to gameplan or selection.

Reds still made playoffs this year and my example was on 1st year coach McKenzie last year of Reds winning superrugby which is more in line with Meyer first year Bok year.not reds this year which is mckenzie’s second year where they still made playoffs.Shows how much you’re reaching,read carefully and recognize context.

So again,spin spin spin.still smell like faeces

I know you’re out there somewhere. Check this out.

‘Hairdryer’ treatment works for Heyneke

November 11 2012 at 01:21pm
By SAPA

The Springboks came from12-3 down at half-time to beat Ireland 16-12 at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

Dublin – Coach Heyneke Meyer admitted he delivered a few choice words at half time to turn South Africa’s ‘unacceptable’ performance into victory in Dublin on Saturday night.

The Boks were fortunate not to be trailing by more than 12-3 at half time in their opening November Test match, with discipline a major issue and Ireland’s Jonathan Sexton equally willing to punish any indiscretion.

A fourth defeat in five trips to Dublin looked on the cards, but following coach Meyer’s intervention the visitors turned the game on its head and scored an unanswered 13 points to secure a deserved win.

“I can’t tell you my message at half time,” Meyer said, half smiling, after resorting to his version of the ‘hairdryer’ approach of Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson.

If you pick a 9 like Heini Adams alongside Lambie you likely would see more ball going wide but the SA centres are so very one-dimensional I’m not certain they would reap dividends.

Pienaar is the one of the main reasons our backline doesn’t fire… Even our forwards look average when he’s at scrumhalf.

Meyer wants our scrumhalf to be the game controller which means we end up getting slow ball from the rucks because Pienaar is taking his sweet time to make decisions…. We should rather let our flyhalf be our game controller and get a scrummie who focuses on recycling the ball quiicker. Then we will be able to run at an unset defensive line and will have more players running in space.

At the moment, our momentum is being killed by slow ball.

The All Blacks have the right idea… They have selected Aaron Smith who has been brilliant for them. Quick, nippy, irritating and sniped when there’s a gap… He doesn’t control the game like Pienaar tries to do… That’s Carter’s job. We would improve if we changed our mindset and let our flyhalf control the game.

yes, maybe about time they get a reminder then….

errm, but I can also say the same thing withregards to A.smiths try for the kiwis against us in dunedin or for that prop scoring out on the corner for the ozzies against us.

The “grass” is longer and the base is different.