With six games left for the Bulls there is no room for another loss. But with so many permutations possible in this last six weeks of the league there might be a lifeline left , even if you lose a 6th game. Is that wishful thinking? Not really. Let me leave the jokes, the Bulls are now in a sudden death playoff.
If you look at the teams above the Bulls you can not in your wildest dreams see the Bulls getting higher than 5th place. Yes fifth place is possible because we MUST beat the Sharks two times, that will send them into that six losing game category. The Bulls are in a lucky position that they can take on the teams who are above them, they can sort out their own problem.
Early days but lets see the roads each team have that can determine the Bulls chances.
The two teams below the Bulls with a slight mathematical chance are.
10 Cheetahs(31)– Have the Crusaders, although we all shout for the most loved second team in SA, TOUGH, Rebels EASY, Bulls, Sharks, Stormers the 3 South African sides they love to beat and a BYE. The 6 points deficit they have now makes it almost impossible to reach the playoffs. I see them spoiling one of the SA sides chances, they simply started too late.
9 Chiefs(31)– They play Stormers, Crusaders, Blues, Huricannes and Reds, they have a BYE this week and that might be their last win points on the log. No way through for them.
The Teams above the Bulls that can be passed.
7 Highlanders(35)– They have the Huricannes, BYE, Lions, Force, Waratahs and Blues to play. Three easy games and 2 mid games and one difficult game at the end. They have a great chance to get to 49 log points.
6 Waratahs(36)– They have to play , BYE, Lions, Sharks, Bulls, Highlanders and Brumbies. Three easy games, BYE , Lions and Brumbies. Three games against the teams battling for the 5/6 playoff spots, Sharks, Bulls and Highlanders. Good chance to get to 49+ log points.
5 Sharks(39)– Have to play BYE, Bulls, Waratahs, Cheetahs, Lions and Bulls. The BYE is their only easy points. If they win the Waratahs game it can go a long way to eliminate the Australian teams challenge and might be the easiest of their remaining fixtures. The 3 games against their South African opponents might be so gruesome that the winner might be easy meat after the league stage is finished. If the Bulls win the two games against the Sharks the Bulls will almost certainly eliminate them. The Sharks only need one win against the Bulls to dispatch them. Sharks will almost certainly post 50 log points, they can even go much higher.
8 Bulls(31)– Must still play the Rebels, Sharks, Cheetahs, Waratahs, Stormers and Sharks. To get to 50 points on the log they need 5 wins, all against the teams above them, the only game they might afford to lose is against the Stormers. If ever a Bulls team was with their backs to the wall it is this one. There is no way out. They must win, win, win.
If there is Bulls supporters who want to give up now, get of your horse, this is going to be wild and rough. If Victor Matfield and Team make this trip successful they will be remembered forever as the best team in Rugby history.
Goed gese. Die beste span ooit…. AS hulle dit maak, ne?
Hulle kan enigiemand in die wereld klop, elke week, vir n hele jaar.
Hulle kort net n goeie skeidsregter en guts. Die eerste is buite hulle beheer. Maar hoe lyk dit asof die manne, N SPAN, as n klop individue speel? Party verwag elke ander ou moet keer en agter hom aan skoonmaak. As elke ou gespeel het asof sy toekoms, of nee erger, die toekoms van sy geliefdes daarvan afgehang het, sou niemand ooit naby die Bulle kom nie.
Dis soos Biltongbek onlangs gese het, die passie vir die trui IS WEG!! Man ek vloek sommer. Daar is net n klein handvol wat speel met passie, nederigheid, en fokus en sonder n bang haar op die kop. Deon Stegmann is die beste voorbeeld hiervan. Ek weet spelers maak basiese voute. Maar weet jy, ek sal n ou 100 maal vergewe wat n bal aanslaan. Maar nie vir n vy vergewe ek n ou wat sonder ruggraat durf die veld betree in n Blou trui nie.
@ Die Blou Kuberruim Wandelaar:
Ek het gehoor dat daar ‘n moerse tweespalk in die bulls kamp is, aan die een kant Victor en die ander Gary Botha. Blykbaar is Gary ‘n mannetjie wat like om rond te kuier met die girls en matfield en sy vrou het Gary se vrou onder hulle vlerk geneem. dit veroorsaak blykbaar baie probleme in die bulkamp.
@ Tripples
Hou dit vir jouself asseblief.
2: hoop regtig nie dit is waar nie, Tripples, want ‘n mens moet maar versigtig wees om sulke dinge in die openbaar te sê as jy nie die feite het nie.
As dit waar is, dan kan ek verstaan dat daar onenigheid is. Die Bulle roem op hul christelike waardes, en sulke optredes sal nie die span opbou nie maar afbreek.
SUPER, u-hum..!
“…fifth place is possible because we MUST beat the Sharks two times…”
Is dit nou soos in die Bulle MOET die Sharks wen, hoop en bid, of is dit ‘n geval van die Bulle GAAN die Sharks wen, want hulle is net te goed?
Ek is jammer, maar die Sharks se grootste probleem area is hul senters (eintlik net 12). En die Bulle het NIE vanjaar die slaan krag gewys om daai area te ontbloot nie.
Sharks: “The BYE is their only easy points.” “The 3 games against their South African opponents might be so gruesome that the winner might be easy meat after the league stage is finished.”
HAHAHA! Seriously?!?!? Net omdat die Bulle amper vasgeval het teen die Lions se nie dit gaan ‘n moeilike ene wees nie. Sharks kan met hul Vodacom Cup span die Lions wen.
En as ons dieselfde redenering/logika gebruik kan mens se dat die laaste 5 games die Bulle so gaan uit tap dat hulle nie genoeg oor gaan he teen die einde nie.
En kom ons gebruik die laaste keer wat die Sharks-Bulls gespeel het as ‘n maatstaf. Die Bulls was die gunstelinge op die dag, maar die Sharks se GAME PLAN het dit vir hulle gedoen. Dieselfde gaan vanjaar gebeur. In ten minste EEN van die games.
@ Die Blou Kuberruim Wandelaar:
KUBER_WANDELAAR. Dit het NIKS met passie te doen nie. Om die waarheid te se, ek dink die Bulls (en hul ondersteuners) was vanjaar al ‘n paar keer TE emosioneel.
Dit kom neer op ‘n game plan WAT NIE WERK NIE. En dit werk nie om 2 redes. (1) dit is glad nie aangepas oor die afgelope 4 jaar nie, terwyl AL die ander spanne op een of ander manier verander het op by die nuwe reels aan te pas.
(2) Die spelers is oorspeel, oormoeg en oor die muur. FdP se vorm is nog nie terug nie, Matfield staan en Bitch net die hele tyd, Steyn bewys dat hy net ‘n one-hit-wonder was. Bakkies is nou NET ‘n vuilgat, Steenkamp is beseer, Kichner kan gaan leer by Jantjies en Ludik. En Meisiekind is net, wel, ‘n Meisiekind.
Die beste spelers vir die Bulls is Basson, Chilliboy en die flanke. En hulle is te jonk en te min om die span te dra.
Bulls het die potentiaal om 3-4 van hul oorblywende games te wen. DALK 5 en nog die uitklop fase te haal. Ek hoop hulle doen. En die Sharks en die Stormers. Goed vir SA Rugby.
Greenpoint-Gunner wrote:
Hey ou maat ek se deurentyd dat die Bulle met die rug teen die muur is, sudden death, een fout en dit is klaarpraat. So ek is eerlik ons MOET julle 2 keer wen of dit is verby. Of ons dit kan doen????? Sharks implode gewoonlik hier teen die einde so kom ons se maar ek dink ons het n kans.
Greenpoint-Gunner wrote:
Dit bekommer my ook, ons het net te veel gelaat om te doen, 6 games nou en as ons dit maak dan sal ons boonop nog 3 uitspeel/uitklop wedstryde he, dit is hoekom ek gese het dit sal bo menslik wees en as die span dit maak sal hul die beste ooit genoem kan word. 9 WENNE in n RY, almal uitklop styl….. maar die droom is nog lewendig, vir nou.
Greenpoint-Gunner wrote:
Ja die berg is groot, moer groot.
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