Comments on: Meyer: 2012 a qualified success

By: UKSAFFA

UKSAFFA — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:00:46 +0000

@Dusky-269: You make a good point but its just frustrating as most of the 2007 backline are actually not that old. They are in fact the same age if not younger than the likes of Nonu and Conrad Smith of the AB's, and they could still be contributing. Having them around will get us results in the short term and hopefully help to get some of the younger guys up to standard. As you say, the answer is to give the younger guys game time and let them mature. The results may suffer as a result but its probably the best long term solution. Our forwards are going to be immense over the next 3 years or so, no issue there.

By: Tbozknows

Tbozknows — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:53:19 +0000

@CharlesM-51: I'm not an England supporter but I feel Launchbury was pretty good too. He has good hands and skills, plus he tackles like a loosey.

By: papaown

papaown — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:47:31 +0000

Ag man, I say we just go with Hawies Fourie, Cheetahs backline coach. Its as simple as that as no other team in SA expresses themselves on that level

By: gunther

gunther — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:58:16 +0000

How old are you Dusky?

Seriously?

By: Dusky

Dusky — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:04:24 +0000

@gunther-255: Maybe he saw your wife naked ? Now he looks like that....

By: Dusky

Dusky — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:02:15 +0000

@UKSAFFA-267: We can’t go back to the 2007 backline. Bringing Jacques Fourie and Fourie Du Preez back might be good in the short term but it is not South Africa’s long term solution. Far more concerning is the fact that we rode the wave with apparently no succession planning.

We dont have a single 13 of Jacque Fourie’s calibre – we still haven’t managed to replace Percy and now with Morne returning to his pre-Lions tour form – we have no decent flyhalf either. Pienaar at scrumhalf is about the best we can do right now, which is sad and we just dont have the calibre of player to fill Bakkies and Victor’s shoes. Habana and JP Pietersen cant carry on forever either, yet we have very little in the way of obvious candidates to step in and take their places.

Part of the F up we have right now is thus not Heyneke Meyers fault, but in a strange twist due to his involvement at the Bulls – it partly is.

In short – we lost sight of the future when the ride in the present became too good. Bulls did the same thing and now it will take them a few years to rebuild.

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:49:24 +0000

@gunther-252: Awww shucks Grunter... Farken skittleball mofgat...

By: UKSAFFA

UKSAFFA — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:58:46 +0000

If we could only find a way of getting Jaque Fourie and Fourie Du Preez back for 2013. Du Preez, Goosen, De Villiers, Fourie, Habana and JP. Frans at full back, kicking the odd 60 metre penalty. Oh, and a backline coach with a bit of imagination. We have plenty of forwards to get the job done but we just aren’t scoring enough tries. 2013 will be a good year for the Boks!!

By: i_love_u_bakkiesbotha

i_love_u_bakkiesbotha — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:32:34 +0000

who needs backline coaches anyway.

By: katman

katman — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:30:31 +0000

Loffie the Lofster. Give him scope for a 3-year plan and he’s your man.

By: Transformation

Transformation — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:23:07 +0000

jeez: hawies fourie, alan zondagh ( he helped jake in his first year), alan solomons.

By: David

David — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:08:16 +0000

@gunther-252:

By: garth

garth — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:02:40 +0000

What have the injured players got to do with anything? We put 3 teams in the playoffs of the S15 without most of the injured players and topped the log. Anything less than a 90% winning record is poor.

But anyway, the stats mean very little. The team are uncreative.

By: gunther

gunther — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:54:48 +0000

@Jeez-257: no thanks. I've seen what it's done to Capo.

By: katman

katman — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:53:22 +0000

@gunther-259: Seems like you found the new Springbok couch.

By: gunther

gunther — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:50:03 +0000

@katman-256: especially if the couch is under a railway bridge.

By: i_love_u_bakkiesbotha

i_love_u_bakkiesbotha — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:49:17 +0000

@Slartibartfast-242: risk of burnout and injury, slarti. huge risk considering AC wouldl play that eztebeth boy in his local sunday church choir straight after a brutal saturday derby game if given half the chance. and on top of that meyer takes his pound of flesh during the incoming tours and straight after the super15 for the RC too.... and then its the eoyt.

By: Jeez

Jeez — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:48:41 +0000

@katman-254: @gunther-255: Tik

By: katman

katman — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:48:17 +0000

@gunther-255: Couch sleeping? That can seriously age you.

By: gunther

gunther — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:46:47 +0000

@katman-254: I'm glad someone else noticed. He looks seriously unwell.