No funnies but just some general rambling, feel free to dig in, agree or disagree!
So some guys who has had the pleasure to recieve my emails over the last couple of months will recall I had my reservations about P Divvie and his coaching skills. It got to the silly point where there was so much talk about who actually coaches the team and who should get the credit…or discredit as it may, on the performance of the Boks. I decided and stated that I will reserve judgement till after the home leg of the Trinations.
Being the beancounter and all, I had all the potential senarious work out before the first ball was kicked in anger. It was really simple you know, one or no wins and I would not even have to point to the knives…they would be drawn and ready to be used. Two wins and I could easily pick sides based on performance and the way we played…three wins and obviously it would point to a coach I never gave enough credit.
Soooo three wins later and I should be here eating humble pie and confess my undying support to the new messaiah, P Divvie. So why do I feel slightly uneasy in doing it?
A little lack of sleep, being up till some time after 3am this morning (for obvious reasons), combined by some idiot knocking on my front door at the stupid time of 6.30am looking for Peter Habib, just to realise he has the wrong house (no kidding, I was ready to show him the error of his ways without him asking me to…), I had sometime to think about it all.
First of all, lets look at the current Bok team, without much trouble I can state we have probably the worlds best in the following positions, now I don’t state this lightly, but base it on performances over the last two or three years:
(I add in arguably…just to make sure I don’t sound to full of myself/my team…but…)
I would suggest we have the best, if not then very close to the best Captain running around these days. McCaw is up there but he is struggling to pull an underperforming team together.
Our hooker is arguably the best in the world…maybe if the Kiwi hookers learn to find their jumpers it will change.
Without doubt we have the best tighthead lock in the world…just keep your back straight and I will do the rest…says it all.
We have the best jumping lock on the world, just yesterday they took half the balls of the Wobblies, who stated it would be a targeted area. Yes, he did not do it on his own, but would it have been the same if he was not there..? Not on your nelly…
In Brussow we now have the premier fetcher in the world, from outplaying anything the Lions could throw at him, he now outplayed McCaw and Smith on consecutive Saturdays, who else is left?
We have the best #9 in the world, daylight second and who knows/cares who comes in 3rd…
We have a #10 who may well be limited as a complete flyhalf, but he fits in 100% with the current team. Kicking at 90+% and what more do you need…ja ok, his line kicking is also great. He is no Giteau but who needs him in a team like the current Bok team?
And the rest? Well, they are more than adequate, supporting the team dynamic and all playing their part…
So where does this leave P Divvie and my uneasiness? Well, he mucked up some subs in previous games and again yesterday did some odd things in taking off the Beast and moving Smith the LH?! Replacing Juan with Danie when Juan had his best run this year did not make sense…moving Steyn to #15 to make place for Ruan, well maybe but why go to that extend, rather do a straight swap thn…the game was won and we know Ruan would not let us down. Then we chuck in the pregnant meerkat and what do you then expect from Ruan?
So the bottomline…P Divvie did what was expected, he won all 3 games and we can not take away from his record. The above does however show that my Grannie could probably coach this team (she can’t score tries like Kabous anymore, but that is a different story) with some success.
I am happy with the wins but a friend at my boy’s Rugby this morning probably summed it up best…the Boks retained their own service game…the proof is still ahead!
On a side note, I expect Gituea to recieve a slap on the wrist with the provibiale wet bus ticket for his elbow in the face of Du Preez, maybe a week which will see him ‘rest’ with the team and be back in action when business resumes….lets see if I am wrong.
I wanted to talk about Ebrahim’s ratings but I think I typed enough for the time being…
120 nee broer…. sal net kyk vir geleenthede…besig met Investec oor iets en ek is maar vrek versigtig…..
117.Mense verstaan nie honde nie.n hond is n pakdier met n hierachy.So wat?As ek by jou kom kuier vir die 1st keer(nie dat dit ooit sal gebeur nie)sal ek myself as die leier van die trop probeer afdwing.
121-Besig met wat?Duik,diere kyk?Die banke is n probleem nou.
122 – Varing,
Nee, jy sal net teen die meeste bome pee….
124-Rather pissed off than pissed on…
Carol has lost her fascination of Percy M after encountering my awesomeness.
If you dont believe me,ask her yourselve.
123 … Investec het te veel ontwikkelings grond v verskeie groot manne teruggeneem vir appel en ui…. as hul bereid is om risiko te neem …en hul is…..dan doen ons gesigheid…. my risiko is dan minimaal………sal eiende aug weet
117 hmmmmmm, pasop vir daai boerboel as jy by hom gesag wil afdwing…….het jy tekkies…….goeies?
117 = 122 sorry fern
126.Moenie dat n ou jou n drol in die hare draai met “dev land”nie.Ons het n klient wat fokken hard gebrand is op banke se beloftes.
dinges in die hare draai…. heheheh…moetie worry nie… ek en Investec kom jare saam….baie baie goeie besigheid gedoen….maar ek hoor wat jy se…..
dis reeds n ontwikkeling v Investec – hul get groot geld verloor….hul wil he k moet net klaarmaak…. maar hul moet risiko neem…nie ekkie.
Fern ou maat ek gaat nou waai….nou heelmirrag oppie laptop stats gesoek ook scuba death en studies daaroor en bietjie geblog..
gaan GROOT…jy lewe net 1 keer!
128.n hond het my 1 keer gebyt want hy wou n vrou aanval en toe spring ek in.Gelukkig het ek geweet wat om tedoen.Hy het my op die pols gegryp.Ding is met n hond jy moet hom nie spasie gee om teruk nie,want dan fok hy vir jou op.Toe hy my pols gryp toe vang ek sy lyf en trek hom na my toe dat hy nie kan skud nie,vinger in die ogies en weg is hy.Volgende hond wat my byt is dood.
Die dominee se niggie trou. Hy kan nie daar wees nie en dis voor die dae van SMS’e.
Hy stuur ’n telegram. Hy is baie suinig en gebruik so min woorde moontlik: “Baie geluk. 1 Joh. 4:18. Ds. Poggenpoel.” Die poskantoor skryf die Bybelboek verkeerd af. Toe die niggie die telegram ontvang, staan daar: “Baie geluk. Joh. 4:18”. Die niggie slaan die vers na. Verbaas lees sy die volgende woorde: Jy het reeds vyf gehad. En die een wat jy nou het, is nie jou man nie.
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Frank Bone asks a relatively simple question: Why, with however many thousands of well-spoken people out there … must we have an Afrikaans oke anchoring the English commentary? And not just any Afrikaaner … Kobus! A big flat-headed inarticulate oke.
292. skopskietReply to this comment Goto comment :
August 9th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
how come fern is still posting here, I’d have thought he would have joined his tjommies where they sing Orania Blanje Blou before they open and shut proceedings over there where GBS has compassionately opened the laager ossewa enough to let his Orania brethren in before they shut their gates and minds to anything of any other shade or kleur.
What a pitiful bunch of apartheid activists we had over here now they got their own ‘Apart’ rugby site just like they been aching for all along, they can now call Pdv any derogatory name they like without any recompense, sounds just like apartheid heaven over there, fern should hasten his lily white little ass over there post haste and join in the Orania Blanje Blou festivities.
Sy volgende post het ek sien kom, hulle het doelbewus teruggehou en ons soos die skuldiges laat lyk.
Lees sy post 293
#136
Ja hulle moet dit doen, wat anders gaan hulle se?? Hulle moet kan vinger wys. Wag maar ou Valdi is nou lekker arrogant oor sy blog, een van die dae skop ons bietjie gat daar aan sy syfers!
Bedaar my Volk, bedaar……..
Die waarheid het mos sy manier van deurskyn…
Ons is mos nie onbekendes op Keo nie, die mense / bloggers weet wie en wat ons is, en wat ons bedoelings deurgaans was.
Skopfokkkkk is anyway ‘n ploos van formaat, so ook Cab en die ander drolle wat niks goed van ons te sê het nie….
Laat hulle voortploeter in die modderpoel daar anderkant as hulle wil…. laat hulle Amandla sing met aktiviste as hulle wil…. laat hulle vrek ook as hulle wil….
Pla dit my…. gladnie !
Lyk my julle manne vergeet julle eie raad, ignoreer!!!
Ek is kalm , moenie oor my worry nie, maar ek lag lekker in my mou vir skoppie wat nou sy eie beul poets, hy is bekomerd dat almal verdwyn. Snaaks hy het ons nog nie opgespoor nie.
139????
Verstaan nie
Presies. Ons moet nie eers gaan rondvroetel daar nie. Daai klomp gaan van nou af hierdie site soek. Hulle is moer nuuskierig.
Ons het ons eie blog nou worry ons nog steeds oor wat daai ouens sê. Vergeet hulle.
Elke slag wat iemand daar gaan lees is dit ‘n hit, dit is nie net “posts” wat hits is nie!
In elk geval ek blog nog daar van tyd tot tyd, die manne het my nie so die moer in gemaak nie omdat ek nooit aan die woordestryde deelgeneem het nie, ek het dit bloot geignoreer.
Kop in die sand druk , is dit wat jy nou van my verwag.
Ek is te nuuskierig en wil sien van waar ons moeilikheid kom.
En glo my Keo gaan ons opcheck.
144,
Nee ek glo nie, ek log soms nie eers in nie of soms bly ek ingelog vir dae sonder om iets te se. Glo nie dit kan getel word as n hit nie.
Ons is in die “pound seats” want ons kan sien wat hulle doen en sê terwyl hulle wonder en spekuleer.
Die manne met militere agtergrond sal weet hoe belangrik intelegensie is in die militere konteks.
Maak geen fout nie, hierdie gaan ontwikkel in ‘n stryd om die “hearts and minds” van die groot groep gematigde RUGBY bloggers wat oor rugby wil gesels en ‘n tuiste tussen ordentlike mense soek.
Hulle gaan voluit gaan om ons te diskrediteer by die glogging gemeenskap, en dis waarom ek voel ons moet die morele game nou netjies speel sodat die modder wat Skoppies, Cab en Trassie alreeds begin gooi het, nie aan ons klou nie
glogging = blogging
Mense, wat is die prioriteite hier… vra dit vir jouself ?
1. Om goeie Artikels hier te plaas
2. Om lekker met mekaar te blog oor rugby en wanneer die nuus uitgekuier is, met mekaar te kuier oor alles en nog wat
3. Om die Blog so te ontwikkel hier dat dit beheerbaar dog eenvoudig en sekuur is
4. Dat die Blog so ontwikkel word dat dit maklik is om te blog (reply button ensovoorts)
Dit, my vrinne, is in kort wat ons hier wil bereik, so spoedig doenlik… en ons is bleddie sterk op pad daarheen, glo my !
Wat Voldy doen of gaan doen of beplan, skraal my nie in die minste nie.
#148 Presies.
Maar soos superBul se kyk mens ook daar van tyd tot tyd. Ek vind net niks in gemeen met die wat agter gebly het en ‘n klomp Kiwi en Aussie supporters.
Wat wel vir my interresant is, is dat die aktiviste ook nie meer blog nie en dit is amper asof Keo self agter dit was en nou dat dit backfire is dit onmiddelik gestop?
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