"But I just think that there is more to this than just being a fluke. He had to apologise to make it look genuine, but to be honest, both his and JDV reaction after the game made me wonder what really was going on behind the scenes.
I have been a fan of HM, and I might be a bit more forgiving towards him due to my Bulls-biasness, but It just irritates me that people are calling for his head after just one game. We can still top our pool FFS!!"
What do you mean? They lost deliberately? In that case I don't want to support them, because that's bull****.
I think we should scrap any coach that get appointed just for winning the world cup, because that's not the alpha and omega.
"I have been a fan of HM, and I might be a bit more forgiving towards him due to my Bulls-biasness, but It just irritates me that people are calling for his head after just one game. We can still top our pool FFS!!"
I have also been a fan of him and I've put up with some of the more dodgy decisions and results and I still have a slight bit of faith left, but after last year (which was not that great, we won plenty of games by the skin of our teeth. 60 minutes of playing ****e and waking up in the last 20) and this year. I'm kinda over it.
I think most of the reasonable springbok supporters feel the same way as I do. It won't help getting irritated at the mindless mob of idiots that will call for any coach's head after a loss to Japan. It's going to happen, people will be people. But you need to see things from our side, you do have a bit of bullsbias/fanboyism going on there
It's a pity actually because I love HM for his no-nonsense and his clear passion in the coach's box. And for capping Willie!
If HM does get reappointed I will support him, but unless I see drastic changes I won't really have any faith.