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<blockquote data-quote="rugby rulz" data-source="post: 1005182" data-attributes="member: 40546"><p>But that's exactly it. The Cheetahs saw what Griquas did against our forwards. They did the same and then bam, we struggled for the entire match like we did against Griquas. So in other words, everytime a team just matches us upfront then we have to play catch up rugby for the rest of the game. It shows there is no alternative. And even when the Cheetahs was rushing up each time we barely gave any tactical kicks to push them back. We just kept on bashing it up.</p><p></p><p>I agree with Grobbelaar, but that comes down to team selections again. Grobbelaar had an appendix operation a while back and Jake also mentioned with the Griquas game that he might be rushing back Grobbelaar to cover for Schalk Erasmus. Corniel Els was solid against the Griquas. So why drop Corniel Els for the Cheetahs game entirely ? I didn't hear that he was injured so I don't know why he was left out.</p><p></p><p>I am not going to go into the midfield dilemma again as I have already stated that I think our midfield combo is misfiring and I can see that Jake is trying to do with Hendricks what he did with Sburra Sithole at the Sharks by shifting him from wing to outside centre. Except, Hendricks is at inside centre. It worked for the Sharks but for us it isn't working. And Burger Odendaal was exceptional against the stormers. Unfortunately I've never seen him play like that for the Bulls, but he really showed what he is capable of. And that is exactly what we are missing. A centre that can create space for the outside players and that hits the opposition hard on defence.</p><p></p><p>It looks more and more like the sharks match previously lulled us into a false sense of security, because we have been found out in two consecutive games by teams who simply rushed up hard on defence, especially in the 10, 12, 13 channels and who matched us physically upfront. That's it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rugby rulz, post: 1005182, member: 40546"] But that's exactly it. The Cheetahs saw what Griquas did against our forwards. They did the same and then bam, we struggled for the entire match like we did against Griquas. So in other words, everytime a team just matches us upfront then we have to play catch up rugby for the rest of the game. It shows there is no alternative. And even when the Cheetahs was rushing up each time we barely gave any tactical kicks to push them back. We just kept on bashing it up. I agree with Grobbelaar, but that comes down to team selections again. Grobbelaar had an appendix operation a while back and Jake also mentioned with the Griquas game that he might be rushing back Grobbelaar to cover for Schalk Erasmus. Corniel Els was solid against the Griquas. So why drop Corniel Els for the Cheetahs game entirely ? I didn't hear that he was injured so I don't know why he was left out. I am not going to go into the midfield dilemma again as I have already stated that I think our midfield combo is misfiring and I can see that Jake is trying to do with Hendricks what he did with Sburra Sithole at the Sharks by shifting him from wing to outside centre. Except, Hendricks is at inside centre. It worked for the Sharks but for us it isn't working. And Burger Odendaal was exceptional against the stormers. Unfortunately I've never seen him play like that for the Bulls, but he really showed what he is capable of. And that is exactly what we are missing. A centre that can create space for the outside players and that hits the opposition hard on defence. It looks more and more like the sharks match previously lulled us into a false sense of security, because we have been found out in two consecutive games by teams who simply rushed up hard on defence, especially in the 10, 12, 13 channels and who matched us physically upfront. That's it. [/QUOTE]
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