Cheetahs Destroy Sharks!!!

[BDL]

In what seemed like an easy match for the Cheetahs, the worst team in the Super14, they destoyed the number 1 team, The Sharks, 31 - 6!!! Shocking!
The Sharks though seemed unphased by the loss. Perhaps because they know they are so far ahead in the Super14 that they would need to lose their next match and the Chiefs or Bulls needs to win theirs before they lose their number 1 spot.

 

[kiepie]

Jet lag!

 

[PC Direct]

lol

 

[BDL]

I'm just glad the Bulls won today. Back in the top 4.

 

[Gamer]

Pity for the Sharks.
A shame the Bulls won.

 

[Morgoth]

this shows us the depth of the super 14, anyone can beat anyone on a given day. I am suprised though that the cheetahs totally outplayed the sharks, WD for the bulls, playing against the Waratahs and Johnathan chaplain there >_<

 

[elysian]

Perhaps because they know they are so far ahead in the Super14 that they would need to lose their next match and the Chiefs or Bulls needs to win theirs before they lose their number 1 spot.

IIRC, the Sharks have played a game more than those close behind them on the log.

 

[kiepie]

IIRC, the Sharks have played a game more than those close behind them on the log.

They where on top before the game this afternoon, all then played 8 games

 

[Morgoth]

They where on top before the game this afternoon, all then played 8 games

bulls played 1 less game then them all,

 

[kiepie]

BEFORE 3pm this afternoon, the SHARKS played 8 - 30points, the Chiefs played 8 -27 points, and the 3rd team the Bulls played 8 games -27points

 

[Morgoth]

fine fair enough.

 

[Ou grote]

Stormers still have a chance.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Eish, what hurts the most is if we took the reds game for five points, which we should have as they were practically bottom of the log if i remember correctly, and then this one for five point for obvious reasons, we would now be 13 points ahead of second place.

The only downside to that would have been our big head which would have caused us to lose the semi final. Heh, atleast now i don't think we will be having any more ego days. If we can win the next few games itll bode well for the title.

 

[zeb]

Eish, what hurts the most is if we took the reds game for five points, which we should have as they were practically bottom of the log if i remember correctly, and then this one for five point for obvious reasons, we would now be 13 points ahead of second place.

The only downside to that would have been our big head which would have caused us to lose the semi final. Heh, atleast now i don't think we will be having any more ego days. If we can win the next few games itll bode well for the title.

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle

What amuses me most about this game is the notion that the Sharks lost it and not the fact that the Cheetah won it by playing really well.
I'm not a Cheetah fan at all, but they did play well so all credit to them.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Oh, its a case of both ultimately..

The Sharks did lose it..

BUT at the same time on the day, the Cheetahs were by far the better team on the field.

 

[Zyzzyva]

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle

What amuses me most about this game is the notion that the Sharks lost it and not the fact that the Cheetah won it by playing really well.
I'm not a Cheetah fan at all, but they did play well so all credit to them.

The top of the log beating the bottom of the log is fairly sure bet, and a little more than an "if" scenario.

Sport is about many things, but often momentum is what is most important. Within the first 20 minutes or so the sharks were dominating and created about 4 sure chances. If they took these chances then they would have buried the cheetah's and we would now be talking about how great they are.

If you allow a team like the cheetahs to gain in self belief then they begin to play better and better and eventually the momentum becomes to great to overpower. This happened with the reds game and it happened again yesterday.

 

[elysian]

IIRC, the Sharks have played a game more than those close behind them on the log.

The Sharks and The Waratahs are the only 2 teams that have played 9 games, the rest have all played 8. If the Sharks lose more games, by the time the Sharks have their bye (whenever that is) quite a few teams below them can leapfrog them if the results go a certain way.

Without analysing and working out too many permutations - the fact that teams 1 to 9 are only separated by 8 points attests to this. With 7 of those having to play one more than the Sharks.

But I hope they don't lose any more.

 

[zeb]

The top of the log beating the bottom of the log is fairly sure bet, and a little more than an "if" scenario.

We'll just have to disagree on that. Nothing is a given in rugby, it's like the saying goes - rugby is played on a field and not on paper.
You have to be at your best all the time and whatever happened the previous week has no bearing on what may happen this week.

 

[Zyzzyva]

We'll just have to disagree on that. Nothing is a given in rugby, it's like the saying goes - rugby is played on a field and not on paper.
You have to be at your best all the time and whatever happened the previous week has no bearing on what may happen this week.

I agree with you, that why i said it is a fairly sure bet, and not a sure bet.

I still stand by my position that the sharks would have won the cheetah's game easily if they just concentrated a little more in the first 20 minutes. They didnt, and so they were beaten by a team which played like champs, but only after the sharks failed to assert themselve on the scoreboard when they should have. Two small instances which would have probably changed everything.

Vulindlu didn't stay on the outside and came in which left adi throwing to nowhere.

Keegan passed the wrong way after he broke through the line and ran 50m.

There were other instances which i can't recall, but they were equally important.

As the sharks kept missing chances the team started to push things and strayed from putting together attacking phases. Eventually the expected cheetah's try broke through and slowly but surely the sharks played worse as the shock of their position and the frustration of not being able to finish played havock with their confidence. As the cheetah's got ahead, they realised their time had come and if they went for it they could pull it off.

But in saying all that the cheetah's won the game as deserved winners.

 

[BDL]

I always say that the team that leads by the 20th minute has an 80% chance of winning the game.