Looking at your "wish fulfillment squad of", it does seem like I'm slightly more conservative then you are haha.
I agree that the Stormers props should start, however I don't agree on Matfield not starting (I believe it's worthwhile to have one player to guarantee our line-outs functions), I also don't agree with including Whitley as I feel he's a litter overrated and doesn't really seem world class to me. He's a great player no doubt, but not world class at any given aspect of play (fetching, carrying etc) and therefore fits in the same mold as Marcel Coetze for me, my ideal would probably be Louw and Kriel. Reinach I agree with but Lambie I'm not so sure, I do feel Handre offers more, and while being more consistent do you really feel like Lambie is a WC winning fly-half (although I guess the same thing could have been said of B James). Your centre pairing of DdA and Mapoe is the dream, and I hope it happens some day, although its probably a year or two early and I really like your idea of le Roux on the wing and Kriel at fullback.
So I guess in an ideal world we only disagree with 5, 7 and 10. Basically though I actually trust HM, I think he's made some good decisions these past four years and while he's still somewhat conservative in his approach it's a lot better than what we've had in the past. I've been saying for a while now that if anything Japan is a much better opportunity for us after some of our young blood has gotten more experience.
To be fair on him he he has capped double the players PdV did but I guess that's hardly a good comparison .
I agree that the Stormers props should start, however I don't agree on Matfield not starting (I believe it's worthwhile to have one player to guarantee our line-outs functions), I also don't agree with including Whitley as I feel he's a litter overrated and doesn't really seem world class to me. He's a great player no doubt, but not world class at any given aspect of play (fetching, carrying etc) and therefore fits in the same mold as Marcel Coetze for me, my ideal would probably be Louw and Kriel. Reinach I agree with but Lambie I'm not so sure, I do feel Handre offers more, and while being more consistent do you really feel like Lambie is a WC winning fly-half (although I guess the same thing could have been said of B James). Your centre pairing of DdA and Mapoe is the dream, and I hope it happens some day, although its probably a year or two early and I really like your idea of le Roux on the wing and Kriel at fullback.
So I guess in an ideal world we only disagree with 5, 7 and 10. Basically though I actually trust HM, I think he's made some good decisions these past four years and while he's still somewhat conservative in his approach it's a lot better than what we've had in the past. I've been saying for a while now that if anything Japan is a much better opportunity for us after some of our young blood has gotten more experience.
To be fair on him he he has capped double the players PdV did but I guess that's hardly a good comparison .
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