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document.write("Saturday was just final confirmation of this clown`s lack of rugby knowledge.. Tossthemidget");
document.write("DE VILLIERS
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document.write("THERE'S A KINDLY OF MADNESS THAT TAKES HOLD OF DE VILLIERS AT TIMES.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST OCCASSION THAT HE HAS ACTED IRRATIONALLY.
THE TEAM SELECTION IS NOT THE BEST (DEVILLIERS' DOING) AND THE BRITISH LIONS ALMOST PROVED IT.
WHY IS IT THAT WE MUST CONSTANTLY HEAR \"SORRY I WAS WRONG\"? HE'S MOSTLY WRONG AND SELDOM RIGHT. Ben");
document.write("To the idiot forum anti-de villiers people
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document.write("I'm so tired of dismal morons venting their idiotic issues. Fact - We won our first test match of the year against the _Lions_. Fact - we NEEDED some replacements in the last 20m, we WERE looking tired. Fact - coach made some tactical errors. Fact - he probably learnt a few good lessons, both in terms of our depth and defense structure (particularly the midfield). Fact - we were obviously rusty.
Wake the F##K up and stop insulting the coach unfairly. You can't insult a winning coach like this... it's ridiculous.. Bob");
document.write("DIV
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document.write("Give the guy a break. Terry");
document.write("To the \"fact\" idiot..
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document.write("You truly are an example of exactly what is wrong with our acceptance of nonsense in this country. Its always like we must look the other way. Why? We will NEVER cease to be critical of mediocrity and in this case plain stupidity - especially when it comes to individuals who are highly paid to perform at the umtimate levels. The only POSSIBLE justifiable subs - and this is big MAYBE would have been Fourie (only if his shoulder was a concern) and Beast - who had earned his stripes and looked a bit wary after manhandling Vickery. Bakkies, Jean, Brussow and Smit were firing on all cylinders - it was absolutely ludicrous. Taking an inform, fit as a fiddle Bakkies Botha off the field during a test match against the Lions, 20 minutes from the end, amounts to high treason. Hang him. I reckon he pulled a \"Hansie\" and tried to \"make a game of it\". You cant be that stupid. I wont even comment on Morne Steyn at centre trying to contain the likes of O Driscoll. That was ourageous. Outrageous. If you cant see why ppl are upset about that, and that we should be pleased that we managed to just hold on to a win after being in such a commanding lead - then thats your problem. Theres a \"fact\" for you.. CTBoy");
document.write("ANOTHER 15 MINUTES and we would of.............
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document.write("LOST this test. 60% possesion to the Lions.WHY?? Same old story. Kicking away good ball. You don't win matches by shoving the ball down your opponents throat. What did a mentally tired Spain side do to Bafana, Bafana.Kept the ball away from them. PDV your midfield defence was shocking.The best defender this season in the midfield is Wynand Olivier, ask the All Blacks. There was a time when Bok Coaches looked at good centre combinations. Attacking centre with a defensive partner. Tjol Lategan/Ryk van Schoor from those years till now you will find that works the best. Remember Japie Mulder. The great Jomo Lomo will bear witness to how important it is to have a man in the midfield who hits you hard. Also ask the Aussies who were thrashed by the Boks a couple of seasons ago why they lost. Stirling Mortlock said the hard hits by the Boks, broke their rythem.. BOERE SEUN");
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document.write("So, really all you're moaning about is that we didn't win by enough?! ########. You don't seem to understand anything about rughy. I'd rather blood those subs NOW than have to worry about their match fitness later. It's just that de Villiers' strategy of putting them on was poor. That's ALL. We won, and you STILL want to fire him?! Are you mal?! . Bob");
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document.write("20 minutes of game time has marginal impact on a players match fitness. Its more than just the matter of winning by a certain margin - we nearly lost that test in the end. The other reader said 15 more minutes, I reckon closer to 5 and we were in trouble. You don't \"blood subs\" by allowing them to soak up that kind of pressure in a crucial first match of a 3 test series. Maybe if we go 2 up, sure - make a game of the second half of the third test. If we'd put 40 points past these okes you think they'd be blaming the match on the refs interpretation of the scrums? and still thinking they're in with a shot? Come on bob. Must concede though - a win is a win and its always easy to make the right decisions from the lounge couch... LOL. Credit to the team. CTboy out.. CTboy");
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document.write("I agree with what you're saying CTboy, and you're right in that this isn't going to bode well for any future mistakes that de Villiers makes (particularly, I think, in the tri nations). Let's hope we do take it to them in the next two tests...! And scrum interpretation be damned, Vickery got his head smashed in!- go Beast!. Bob");
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document.write("I agree with the Div bashers, he is an inexperienced and incomprehensible idiot , and the only reason we are still looking good is a hangover from the Jake White days.
To bring on the B team so long from the mach end (against Tonga in the world Cup we more foolishly started with the B team) against a class team lke the Lions, was suicide, even without the benefit of hindsight. Garth
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document.write("in the past, players played for 80 minutes, unless they were so injured they could not continue, and then there were only 3 injury subs permitted--this \"fresh legs\" story is bull####.garth. garth");
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document.write("Exactly... Beast for president!. CTboy");
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document.write("We made mistakes and we aknowledged them, but we pulled through in any event. Yet poision is all some guys can utter. It was our 1st game of the season and apart from Peter, the substitutes should take part of the blame as well! When last have someone aknowledged his mistakes ... thanks Peter for doing it!Oh, and let's not forget what some guys had to say about Ruaan's selection ahead of Morne. Are you apologising now? Remember how Gaffie du Toit was destroyed by the All Blacks? Everyone said he should have been eased into the team. That is what Peter did, but no complements? . Pieter");
document.write("SADLY AFFIRMATIVE
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document.write("Unfortunately trying the right wrongs of the the political past is now affecting our sporting legacy. Yes there are some brilliant BOK players of colour but that is offset by the IDIOT selections like janurie and rose. There is even the stupid whitey jaque fourie instead WYNAND OLIVIER. Hopefully this will all be shown up when the stars leave the team at the end of the year and then pdv will be fired.. Richard");
document.write("Januarie/Kerchner
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document.write("I just cannot believe on current form that one is there and one is not - Kirchner for Steyn Vermaak/Kockett for an out of form condition? Januarie. This is just common sense not rocket science.. Pete");
document.write("Another 5 minutes
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document.write("Another 5 minutes and te result could have been different . I agree with this statement , but I remember the rugby pros saying after the Super 14 final 2 seasons ago that a good team is a team that can win after 80 minutes of rugby and that is why the Bulls won that match against the Sharks .
Surely the same can be applied here . The better team is the team that one after 80 minutes of rugby on Saturday . Its the end result that is remembered and recorded , not how the teams got there . Look at the World Cup Final between England and the Boks . A few centimetres difference in the attempt at the try and England could be boasting about being World Champions and not South Africa .
I agree that Div has made mistakes in selection etc and I am not much of a Div fan but , hey , if we make mistakes this Saturday , yet still come away with a win , it will be remembered as a victorious series .
Yes , another 5 minutes and the game could well have had a different winner , but think of how different the world would be if all those \"IFS\" in life came to fruition .
We won , lets appreciate that instead of stressing about how we could have possibly failed .. Gordon Howe");
document.write("Give Div a break
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document.write("Hey, everyone makes mistakes. Give Div some credit for owning up... how many previous SA coaches have been humble enough to do that? How long did it take Mallet to admit that dropping Teich was a mistake? Has Strauli admitted that kamp staaldraad was a mistake? Not that I know of.
Bottom line is that we won the test and hopefully Div's learnt from his mistakes. If he makes the same silly subs in the 2nd test, that would be silly. But until then, enjoy the (narrow) victory and give him a chance.. Etienne");
document.write("It's not Div it is that Idiot Gary Gold
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document.write("Div will always make mistakes but mainly at selection time. January is a joke but I see so much of SA's weakest S14 franchise in the style of play that Gary Gold must be to
blame. Fourie Du Preez kicked the ball more times in this game than in all the S14 games combined, as did Pienaar & Steyn, who thinks he doesn't have to chase his own kicks. The Stormers were the only SA side not to understand that possesion is 9/10ths of the law, and it seems the idiot who tried it there has brought a losing tactic to the Bok setup as well.. Simon");
document.write("Take it easy
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document.write("To all the guys calling people \"idiots\"... take a chill pill. It's one thing to disagree with what a coach / player does (I also thought the substitutions made were stupid), but it's really not necessary to call poeple idiots.. Etienne");
document.write("Div
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document.write("You are right do not call him an idiot.
An idiot would have an excuse. This guy is just plain stupid because he knows so little about rugby. Andy");
document.write("Our Coach
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document.write("Now he is talking about a white man taking his car to a black mechanic blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
Geez can't SARFU send him on a diplomacy course, PLEASE!. BOERE SEUN");
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