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Perhaps the Key

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:05:21 -0700

to tomorrow's match will be twofold. The first contest is between Frans Steyn and Kurtley Beale. Beale may not have the foot or the power of a Steyn but he does have the float like a butterfly, sting like a bee potential of Muhamed Ali. The Juan Smith now playing is NOT the same Juan Smith as before. This guy is a real weapon. Before he was merely sublime, he is playing with some new found reckless abandon. To stop him and , lest we forget the always potent Burger, an unknown factor in McCalman, who I have the feeling is up to the task and we can hopefully and not regrettably forget about Richard Brown, who is a waste, a body simply occupying space for another. Those are the critical factors that could determine the outcome of the match. Steyn to make more idiotic youthful mistakes than Beale and McCalman to soften up the Boks by negating Smith and Burger. I am taking the Wallabys by 7, an easy 7. Am I worried? Damn right!

Just the Facts

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:58:54 -0700

sir. Okay. Pieter de Villiers is a God awful international coach. He also dwarfish and hideous to look at. Robbie Deans is, and I still believe, a good coach, certainly better than PDV. Deans also has a more respected staff. I truly believe, all conspiracy theories abounding, that one, possibly both, will not be there at the 2011 RWC. I don't have an inkling who might get the wallaby job but I feel very definite that Heyneke Meyer will get the Bok job. Then the Boks might turn lethal. It would be difficult to bet against South Africa with another coach in charge. The same might not be said for Deans. The proof is in the Bloemfontein Pudding in less than 24 hours. Within that time frame, whoever is the losing coach, rumors will be rampant and vicious.

Yea, It's Quite Possible

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:32:00 -0700

but I shudder to think that Australia will lose by ten in Bloemfontein. Most of the journos I have read question the mental toughness of the Wobblies, a nice name appropriately. I do think the Wobblies are frail in certain areas, the questionable headcase Quade Cooper being one of them. Another is why not get rid of Nathan Sharp once and for all. He can't possibly be the only jumper on the squad...if he is the go to man, I am a monkey's uncle and unfortunately is quite possible. Selecting a lock at number eight in McCalman is , well. not a new thing but at altitude it's a bit of a surprise. Richard Brown really wasn't up to test level rugby anyhow. Stephen Moore isn't the sharpest tool in the box but he is better than Fainga'a who I have no idea how he got there in he first place. Some sort of marketing ploy that failed. Now that brings us to the hippos in tutus, the Boks. The Boks are a team under seige like I have never seen before.....worse than England under Lady Clive. For some reason they are underappreciated both at home and abroad. It must be a strange feeling having so much history and getting so little respect. It's not that I don't trust PDV because I don't. But I don't trust John Smit surprisingly. I don't trust the Afrikaans mindset in the laager because I have the feeling that the Bees Roux incident is a reflection on the whole society temperament in South Africa now. I sense this by the astonishment of all regarding the fact that the Lions in the Currie Cup coach, itinerant Kiwi John Mitchell, is living in Beirut...er..I mean Johannsburg. When the word is on the street that a place is extremely dangerous and black as night, to make that a point of interest tells me a lot about the political climate being sugarcoated......and the guys who might feel quite nervous about it all are , for the most part, rugby souls. I said last week that the Wobblies will run them off their feet, which they did, but errors dominated both sides and the Boks were able to admirably hang on for a not so famous display of rugby talent. But having endured that, there is no reason why the Boks shouldn't be prepared for it once again and make the most of it. I don't see it that way. I see politics involved in this one on both sides. On one side we have Quade Cooper ready to jump ship like the rat he on the other we have the mental stress of a contry embnodied in a likable guy ;like John Smit. Take your pick. I am holding out for the Wobblies by the same margin of ten but betting this game even up. This is a huge match for both Deans and Pieter. One of them may leave the party early.

Here's The Springboks Trying

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:26:00 -0700

to figure out the strategy against the Wallabys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38

Perhaps It Should Have Been Richie McCaw to John Smit:

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:13:59 -0700

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEClGMJ2r3g or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0-oinyjsk0

or

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:10:50 -0700

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ_OZbIr_rE

And Now My Version of the All Blacks

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:02:43 -0700

, Death by hanging, thirty years, twenty years hard labor....win, win, win! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ_OZbIr_rE

Now Deans and the Wallabys

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:52:52 -0700

should they lose. I am preparing myself. If the Wallabys win, Deans can be The Wizard, for now he is the Cowardly Lion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98W7zg2ByKY I am having so much fun with this new tool. A clip is worth a thousand words.

And the Springboks

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:30:53 -0700

on sweet Lord am I sticking my neck out: Gotta love the Springboks for trying to be what they aren't. Hail my hero: John Smit. Next up my video impression of the Wallabys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjPDS8Jp1E

I'm So Helpless Pieter

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:09:38 -0700

de Villiers I cannot help myself from dedicating this one to you for after Saturday's match when you might lose your job, if not your hitherto tarnished reputation, which is so rubbished your life may be jeopardy if their are any more mental cases like Bees Roux wandering around. Please note the resemblance despite my stretching that minor infraction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI Plus I get to listen to my favorite anthems.