Thought i'd give it a few days before venting my spleen on Saturday's display.
I made the three hour drive back from Newark in Nottinghamshire on Saturday morning so I could watch the game and frankly wish i hadn't bothered.
Littered with indiscipline, the error strewn display was hopefully as bad as it can get. All over the park they were second best to a Bok side that was missing key players and still looked like they had four gears to go through.
Poorly given away penalties gave them a cushion, over committing to a ruck gave them a walk in try and when things opened up in the second half it was almost score at will.
Going forward Wales were one dimensional - oh for Mike Phillips to have been there just to give them a bit of physical presence at breakdown time.
Every time Wales tried to break the gainline they were rebuffed - and with a fair bit of interest too.
We badly missed a bit of inventiveness in the middle of the park (come back soon Gav), and Jamie Roberts looked nervy at full back - he will come good with time though.
And then there was Shane, a bright spot on a pretty dull background. Three real touches, set up one try, scored another and denied another by a forward pass.
Must see more ball next week.
Saturday must see us compete more physically, be a little smarter and inventive in attack and cut out the soft errors and penalties.
Maybe then we can compete to a decent standard, I'm not saying we will win by any means but lets just given them a good game and be taken seriously against the best the southern hemisphere has to offer.
