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What do you expect realisticly from your country at the RWC?
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<blockquote data-quote="madflyhalf" data-source="post: 402833" data-attributes="member: 41162"><p>Fact 1: a lot of players are struggling with medium/long term injuries (Fourie Du Preez, Brussow, Dewald Potgeiter, Juan Smith, Gurthro Steenkamp), others are back but not in their best form (JP Pietersen). Not a good sign <u>at this moment</u>, looking forward to the forthcoming WC...</p><p></p><p>Fact 2: PDV is likely going to call the same players used in the last 4 years (ore even more), with a few other names (Louw, Kankowski, Dewald Potgeiter, maybe Jantjes and Lambie because he found he has no 10s after Morné Steyn...).</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying he has to call up new faces NOW.</p><p>I'm saying he should do this <strong>2 years ago</strong>, and sistematically use them, as Deans did with Australia!</p><p>There are 3-4 key players without some good back-ups</p><p></p><p>- John Smit first, because he's a great leader, but Matfield is far from him (I always said that vice-captain must be Juan Smith)</p><p>- Juan Smith; Frans Louw is on the right way, but he's not ready</p><p>- Fourie du Preez, there is no n.9 like him for this team;</p><p></p><p>I think poor SA we've seen in 2010 was due (also) to the absence of these last 2 guys, when Juan Smith returned, he changed the team (for the last 2 matches)</p><p></p><p>But he's going at the World Cup with Matfield (who's keep playing like a ghost), Spies (who doesn't tackle my 95yo grandma), Kirchner (who's NOT a test fullback), maybe Juan Smith (based on his injury, he should play with only one leg), and he's not even where John Smit has to play, or who's gonna be the 2 best options for the halves back-up!</p><p></p><p>In addition to this, what PDV is going to do with Frans Steyn and Joe Van Niekerk?</p><p>He can't go to the cup without the first, and the second deserves as well a couple of chances to show what he can still do!</p><p></p><p></p><p>As I said before: it's not matter of what he could do now, but what he should have done before!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madflyhalf, post: 402833, member: 41162"] Fact 1: a lot of players are struggling with medium/long term injuries (Fourie Du Preez, Brussow, Dewald Potgeiter, Juan Smith, Gurthro Steenkamp), others are back but not in their best form (JP Pietersen). Not a good sign [U]at this moment[/U], looking forward to the forthcoming WC... Fact 2: PDV is likely going to call the same players used in the last 4 years (ore even more), with a few other names (Louw, Kankowski, Dewald Potgeiter, maybe Jantjes and Lambie because he found he has no 10s after Morné Steyn...). I'm not saying he has to call up new faces NOW. I'm saying he should do this [B]2 years ago[/B], and sistematically use them, as Deans did with Australia! There are 3-4 key players without some good back-ups - John Smit first, because he's a great leader, but Matfield is far from him (I always said that vice-captain must be Juan Smith) - Juan Smith; Frans Louw is on the right way, but he's not ready - Fourie du Preez, there is no n.9 like him for this team; I think poor SA we've seen in 2010 was due (also) to the absence of these last 2 guys, when Juan Smith returned, he changed the team (for the last 2 matches) But he's going at the World Cup with Matfield (who's keep playing like a ghost), Spies (who doesn't tackle my 95yo grandma), Kirchner (who's NOT a test fullback), maybe Juan Smith (based on his injury, he should play with only one leg), and he's not even where John Smit has to play, or who's gonna be the 2 best options for the halves back-up! In addition to this, what PDV is going to do with Frans Steyn and Joe Van Niekerk? He can't go to the cup without the first, and the second deserves as well a couple of chances to show what he can still do! As I said before: it's not matter of what he could do now, but what he should have done before! [/QUOTE]
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