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<blockquote data-quote="Ripper" data-source="post: 128313"><p>Your arguement for Mauger is weak.</p><p></p><p>Tactical Kicking? Kicking is probably the area, apart from attacking ability, where McAlister has the biggest advantage. Give me Luke McAlister who has, to use a pharse I heard on another forum, a boot like a f***ing howtizer, over Mauger who has an average punt, he also has a much better short kicking game (he spent his first 3 or 4 tests showing it off... possibly a bit too much).</p><p></p><p>Mauger at the moment is out of form and offers nothing on attack, and is costing us games. He passes too slow and is incapable of taking the ball up to the line, let alone breaking it. McAlister on the other hand has been on fire since last years end of year tour when he tore the French and the Welsh a new one, as well as in the Super 14 which Mauger bumbled through in 3rd Gear while McAlister established himself as the form 12 in the comp.</p><p></p><p>As well as that, there is no way Mauger and Smith, two powderpuffs, are paired together. Smith needs a dynamic, stronger player like McAlister inside of him, ditto with Mauger.</p><p></p><p>Toeava doesn't worry me anymore, Smith was hardly on fire in the Super 14 before he got injured, while McAlister and Toeava tore the comp apart (if McAlister didn't get injured chances are we don't slump like we did towards the end) - he has shown he can handle the pressure now, just look at the way he single handily dragged the Blues into the lead in a Semi Final, in front of a sold out Durban Crowd no less. He played well against the French (although he was better when he was paired with McAlister) and played Solidly against the Boks. He was a lock on defence, made some breaks and the only time he turned the ball over was when he was stripped at the same time he was tackled around the neck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ripper, post: 128313"] Your arguement for Mauger is weak. Tactical Kicking? Kicking is probably the area, apart from attacking ability, where McAlister has the biggest advantage. Give me Luke McAlister who has, to use a pharse I heard on another forum, a boot like a f***ing howtizer, over Mauger who has an average punt, he also has a much better short kicking game (he spent his first 3 or 4 tests showing it off... possibly a bit too much). Mauger at the moment is out of form and offers nothing on attack, and is costing us games. He passes too slow and is incapable of taking the ball up to the line, let alone breaking it. McAlister on the other hand has been on fire since last years end of year tour when he tore the French and the Welsh a new one, as well as in the Super 14 which Mauger bumbled through in 3rd Gear while McAlister established himself as the form 12 in the comp. As well as that, there is no way Mauger and Smith, two powderpuffs, are paired together. Smith needs a dynamic, stronger player like McAlister inside of him, ditto with Mauger. Toeava doesn't worry me anymore, Smith was hardly on fire in the Super 14 before he got injured, while McAlister and Toeava tore the comp apart (if McAlister didn't get injured chances are we don't slump like we did towards the end) - he has shown he can handle the pressure now, just look at the way he single handily dragged the Blues into the lead in a Semi Final, in front of a sold out Durban Crowd no less. He played well against the French (although he was better when he was paired with McAlister) and played Solidly against the Boks. He was a lock on defence, made some breaks and the only time he turned the ball over was when he was stripped at the same time he was tackled around the neck. [/QUOTE]
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