Though surprised by our result last weekend, I have been even more surprised at our response to the loss and our lack of ownership for that lost. We do not seem to have analyzed it in the right fashion, though I am only talking from a layman's point of view. Word has it that the Zimbos brought in all their professionals and that turned the game. The guys were so good we could not tackle or kept giving away penalties that they could not miss (tongue firmly in cheek). Well I said it close to two years ago, then again just over year ago, and the silence on the post said it all. Maybe that's why I no longer ramble regularly.. total waste of cyberspace. Why don't we have/call our professionals? Or don't we have any? Then why don't we? Are we working on getting some? And if we can't beat teams with professionals, why then are we stating we want to qualify for the Rugby World Cup in 2015? Like we won't meet any professionals on the way? Oh, I forget, all our players will be professional by then and I'm just blowing hot air!
Let us be more objective in our view of the game. Let us analyse things for what they are. If someone was not tackling it is fact. If someone cannot run, it is fact. If someone cannot pass the ball when required it is fact. If we do not know why we lost, then that is also a fact, that we are clueless!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Weekly Ramble
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The answer lies in the analysis of our warm up matches with mpumalanga.
1. Mpumalanga fielded virtually an unchanged side in both matches.
2. Mpumalanga employed the same game plan in both matches.
3. Our weak areas were obvious in the first match.
4. Our weaknesses were more profound in the second match.
With such obvious weak areas highlighted in the opening match to the eyes of even a young rugby mind, and our inability to plug or at least reduce them in the subsequent match, indicates a weak and clueless bench, in terms of game/player analysis, or in coaching of the team to play as per plan.
Zimbabwe watched our matches too, and the diffrence i believe is that they saw our weak areas and could devise and execute (coach) a plan to exploit them
1/10 for our head and two assistant coaches. The blame is collectively and equally shared amongst the three of them.
Confused bench indeed and same old pampered players! On a good day only 12 will show up for practice,pathetic!
Damn Qwhines!
The problem started once Tank was re-hired as coach. He should have gone after last year. The same he did at KCB is what is now happening at national 15's.
Greg, you speak with the authority of an obese arm chair analyst.Training is well attended, and your obsession with Quins clouds your analysis,makes you sound like a jilted lover. Keepin it real,it has nothing to do with pampered players, just that we are still behind Zim.Start with motivation, the Zims are getting paid US$1300 allowance per game, have received sponsorship worth US$200000. The results are there fr all to see, they are motivated to play. Throw in the motivation and the tactical ineptness of the Kenyan team and we have reasons why our team was whipped in Zimbabwe.
Quick analysis:
Most tries in the Mpumalanga and Zim games were from similar backline moves! Something like 15 tries accross three games were scored from similar running lines, with only a couple of variations (eg switch at center etc)
How is it possible NOT to sort this out? TC (an able coach in my opinion), PLEASE FIX this basic thing. It's a systemic problem, not player combinations because:
- Pumas1: Lango+Muhanji had the problem
- Pumas2: Patrice+Nyando had the problem
- Zim1: Kichwa+Nyando had the problem
TC, kindly watch the videos, then SORT IT OUT!!
The good news is that we can score when we want to. Now, let stop leaking silly tries that look so alike. It hurts because one can see them coming, and you go: here comes another one!
Dasysop,Lango didnt play the Pumas games,remember he got concused during Bamburi fianls,you must be talking about Kombo
http://www.theindependent.co.zw/sport/31571-scrumhalf-jijis-star-dazzles.html
@Anon 1:40pm
Corrected! Sorry to the players, I mixed up their names.
People, problem is with the forwards. If the tight five especially are to lenient on ground on 1st phase or 2nd then it becomes very had to defend in the backs. scenario, if you dominate the attacking team scrum then D becomes a stroll in the pack.
We have too many players riding on past glory in the forwards or rather to be precise.. the QWHines front 3 apart from Vincent. having a tight five of players who cannot match up to international opponents and were customized in the local league only shows the trend of what to expect this season.
Icall
Kenya will win one game, Vs Uganda at home.
@mamapima
Forwards dominance is always a good thing, but in the modern game it can never replace (or even compensate for) backs defence i.e. backs MUST sort their s**t out!
This means that backs must have the requisite defensive patterns for the appropriate attack moves/patterns. So, if an attack move calls for man-on-man tackling, then it's got to be ball and all. But if another move calls for territory-based defense, then that's what needs to be done, etc.
These days backs can no longer count on forwards (eg backrows) to tackle for them. This includes halfbacks... ;-)
So, in recent weeks, Kenya XVs did manage to score (min 4 tries per game, mostly by forwards), but the real problem has been the leaking of so many tries down the middle of the backline.
That being said, we could use an extra level of fitness among forwards, and recent moves in that area are certainly welcome (overdue?).
That may earn us a couple more tries per game, but it must not distract us from sorting out our defence in the backs, which is what's killing us.
Consider this fact: this year (Pumas/Zim), forwards conceded about 2 or 3 tries, while scoring most of the tries. However, backs leaked over 20 tries!
You tell me where the priorities are.
mamapima, dasysop - you are both right in different ways. both are serious issues. if forwards lose the frontline battle, then it's downhill for the team.
the important problem is that too many one on one tackles are being lost by both forwards and backs. it's as simple as everyone must make their tackles before we start talking fancy rugby things
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