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• 1.grant10:
  15 Jun 2011, 10:05 am

  go sharks

• 2.Biscuit:
  15 Jun 2011, 10:07 am

  Hopefully keo will be wrong like he was in the CC semi final last year.

  Of course this game is in Pretoria

• 3.Transformation:
  15 Jun 2011, 10:08 am

  any team KEO picks is doomed!

• 4.Taahirah:
  15 Jun 2011, 10:15 am

  @Transformation(Transformation)-3: Agreed.
  Add to that the cavalier attitude with which the Bulls seem to be approaching this game and Im worried.
  Last week Vic was tweeting about how they live for these types of games and how eager they are to get onto the park (against the Stormers).
  This week its all about test-driving new cars, cracking jokes about a mid-life crisis, how he’s looking forward to the US Open.

• 5.DQG 7:
  15 Jun 2011, 10:44 am

  @Transformation-3 you are 100% right..

  KEO has the worst predictions I have ever seen.. I would rather flip a coin than take his advice..

• 6.motomouse:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:06 am

  Even though I am Sharks fan I cant see us winning this one, as much as I would like to believe we have learnt from past mistake this season I can’t see our tactics changing too much, the Bulls will be waiting for Willem Alberts and our other ball carriers. I really hope Plumtree has a gameplan prepared that will surprise us all.

• 7.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:23 am

  Sharks team for this weekend;

  15 – Ludick
  14 – Pietersen
  13 – Terblanche (c)
  12 – Bosman
  11 – Mvovo
  10 – Lambie
  9 – McLeod
  8 – Kankowski
  7 – Alberts
  6 – Daniel
  5 – Hargreaves
  4 – Sykes
  3 – Jannie
  2 – Bismark
  1 – Mtwarira

  Reserves: John Smit, Eugene Van Staden, Jean Deysel, Ross Skeate, Fred Michalak, Adi Jacobs, Jacque-Louis Potgieter.

• 8.bozo:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:24 am

  motomouse, if John Smit is on the field they will play one way, crash , bash, and kick.
  Smit cannot play any other way. Never has never will. He plays one way win or lose. Mostly lose the big ones.
  Check the record and see.

• 9.Caper:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:25 am

  I really can’t see the Bulls losing this weekend. They are on an upwards curve and the Sharks are sliding down a slippery slope. The problem with the Sharks is that they are just too average. Average locks, average scrumhalf, less-than-average centers. The Bulls will once again win with 10-man rugby. Between FdP and MSteyn they’re gonna kill the Sharks. The only chance that the Sharks have is if their forwards really dominate. Alberts, Bismarck, Beast, Sykes – GTFU!

• 10.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:30 am

  @Caper(Caper)-9: The only thing the Sharks will have in their favor, is that they tend to play really well when people expect the least from them.

  Going into this game, there will be a small sense in the Sharks camp that in essence they have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Nothing to lose, because a loss to the Bulls is widely expected and everything to gain because just prior to the Currie Cup semi-finals last year, the Sharks were ranked 3rd favorites by the bookies and they eventually went on to take the title. The Sharks know, if they can make it through this game, any outcome is possible in the playoffs.

  Good luck Sharks. It’s a tough ask, but you can do it.

• 11.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:34 am

  @motomouse(motomouse)-6: I feel the same way as you, but there is still 80 minutes of rugby to play. I can only imagine how much the Sharks would love to win this game.

  Seriously, nobody expects them to win and it would seriously throw the cat amongst the pigeons. I see the Bulls are already basically booking their flights for the quarter final playoffs. Just like last year with the Currie Cup final, where WP had organized a massive post match celebration, printed T-shirts, mugs etc. with the words ‘Currie Cup Champions – 2010′

  There is the little matter of 80 minutes of rugby to play Bulls.

• 12.TheHon:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:40 am

  As a Stormers fan that is still hurting from this past weekend I am not too fond of the bulls(even though I admit they deserved the win). That being said I honestly see only one scenario where the Bulls lose this game. That is if Keo calls publicly for the Bulls to win. That would surely sink them.

• 13.gunther is feeling bullish:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:45 am

  @Taahirah(Taahirah)-4:

  Ominous signs.

  I expect you to pull him to one side this week for a man to man chat.

• 14.Mistral:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:47 am

  I think the Sharks current malaise runs deep. With what’s available I would play Michalak at 10 and Lambie at 12; this would strengthen the midfield. I would also move Terblanche to 15; he is far more effective there with more space – and Ludick has not come anywhere near the form he had before his injury.
  A backline of: 9-McLeod, 10-Michalak, 12-Lambie, 13-Jacobs, 11-Mvovo, 14-Pieterson, 15-Terblanche. Would be a lot better balanced and offer more threat on both attack and defence.
  They also have problems in the forwards, with a distinct problem with balance at lock, Mostert should be the answer but he is also not yet back to his best after injury. WIthout a real fetcher getting the combo right in the loosies is also posing problems. So maybe it would be best to go with two players who can at least play to the ball so, Deysel at 6 and Daniel at 8 with Alberts at 7.
  Player recruitment and retention seems to me be be the Sharks achiles at the moment. A real fetcher is a requirement along with srengthening at Lock and in the centres.
  Offer Sadie and Brussouw the farm I’d say.

• 15.Taahirah:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:51 am

  @gunther is feeling bullish(gunther)-13: lol. Already on it. They practicing at 3, Ill be there.
  Also taking Bjorn an alarm clock.

• 16.Transformation:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:52 am

  @bozo(genius)-8: are you saying john is coaching the sharks and NOT plumtree?

• 17.gunther is feeling bullish:
  15 Jun 2011, 11:55 am

  @Taahirah(Taahirah)-15:

  ja, take him some koeksusters and tell him how it is.

  @Transformation(Transformation)-16:

  well he’s coaching the boks so it would make sense.

• 18.Transformation:
  15 Jun 2011, 12:00 pm

  @gunther is feeling bullish(gunther)-17:

• 19.race of tan:
  15 Jun 2011, 12:36 pm

  I got the bulls to win this one

• 20.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 14:10 pm

  What do Shark supporters do after they beat the Bulls?

  They switch of the Playstation.

  

• 21.wisp:
  15 Jun 2011, 14:13 pm

  this would be may team for saturday
  •15 – Ludick
  14 – Pietersen
  13 – Terblanche (c)
  12 – Michalak
  •11 – Mvovo
  10 – Lambie
  9 – McLeod
  8 – Alberts
  •7 – Deysel
  6 – Daniel
  5 – Hargreaves
  4 – Sykes
  3 – Jannie
  2 – Bismark
  1 – Mtwarira
  Reserves: Smit, Eugene Van Staden, Kankowski, Skeate, Bosman, Adi Jacobs, Jacque-Louis Potgieter.

• 22.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 14:13 pm

  Security has been beefed up for Loftus on Saturday. Shark supporters trying to climb over the wall, will be forced to take their seats and watch the end of the game.

• 23.stew:
  15 Jun 2011, 15:19 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-22: lol

• 24.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 15:38 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-20: Celebrate that our team are in the Currie Cup final ?

• 25.Blitzbok:
  15 Jun 2011, 15:43 pm

  @bozo(genius)-8: What are you talking about? Smit does not dictate the gameplan you ignorant boob. Have you ever heard of Plumtree you twat! but of course the entire game comes down to Smit kicking and **** like that. what a thick ****** you are. Anything to swipe at Smit huh? What about P!ssmark? have all the players running around flustered with stiff backs and orangutan arms, strangling opponents and whining all game. That to your liking? you git! Smit only knows one way to play, bloody cheek.

• 26.Blitzbok:
  15 Jun 2011, 15:44 pm

  @gunther is feeling bullish(gunther)-17: Muir coaches the Boks. the Dork-villiers buys the tutus and makes sure they are pressed and ready for the game.

• 27.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:06 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-20: Just by the way, in Currie Cup rugby, in the last 14 appearances its Sharks 11 – Bulls 3. So, give it a few months and you’ll be the one relying on your playstation for a Bulls win.

• 28.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:08 pm

  @Blitzbok(Blitzbok)-25: Ja – it’s John Smits fault we had to play in two consecutive tri-nations games with 14 men on the field. It was absolutely no fault of the king of dirty play, Bakkies Botha or in the next game, the bright spark, Danie Rossouw.

• 29.Divz:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:13 pm

  The Stormers have revamped their backline for Saturday’s Super Rugby showdown with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.
  Last year’s finalists will run on against the Cheetahs in the knowledge that a four-try bonus point win is all that stands between them and home advantage through the play-offs.
  In a bid to achieve this, Juan de Jongh will partner Jaque Fourie at inside centre while Jean de Villiers shifts to the wing. In another positional switch, Gio Aplon slots in at full-back in place of Conrad Jantjies.
  Good news for the Stormers is the return of fly-half Peter Grant, who is joined in the starting XV by Dewaldt Duvenage in place of the injured Ricky Januarie (hand injury).
  The only change to the pack sees Tiaan Liebenberg starting at hooker.
  If the Stormers (on 58 log points) can get the better of the Cheetahs, Allister Coetzee’s team will have the whole of next week off to plan another Newlands semi-final.
  The Cape side needs just one point to win the South African Conference, while the loser between the Bulls and Sharks (both on 53 points) in Pretoria will more than likely be overtaken by the Waratahs and eliminated from the play-off race.
  Stormers: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Jean de Villiers, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (c), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
  Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Nick Koster, 2o Louis Schreuder, 21 Johann Sadie 22 Conrad Jantjes.
  Date: Saturday, June 18
  Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
  Kick-off: 19:10 (17:10 GMT)
  Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
  Assistant referees: Pro Legoete (South Africa), Stefan Breytenbach (South Africa)
  TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa

• 30.Divz:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:15 pm

  with sadie on the bench that looks a lot better than team that played the bulls

• 31.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:16 pm

  @Dusky(Dusky)-27: It was a joke. Chill. Your team is the best, Bulls have no chance. Feel better?

• 32.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:17 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-31: So was mine a joke except the 11 – 3 part. That’s fact.

• 33.Blitzbok:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:20 pm

  @Dusky(Dusky)-27: What’s the Super rugby ratio? hehehehe Sharks do well in the watered down CC, which is to Super rugby as junior level Vodacom Cup is to CC. bwahahaha… keep dreaming! Super rugby is what matters. after last year i warned the sharks were not cc contenders, but you all fell into the same dreaming land as previous years. misguided for sure.

• 34.grant10:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:23 pm

  @Blitzbok(Blitzbok)-33: are u piss ed Blitz?

• 35.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:24 pm

  @Dusky(Dusky)-32: Facts can be used to prove a point. Do some research on the history of the 2 sides. See who won the most? See who won the most CC’s? And so on…

  Don’t take a snippet and use that to prove something. Those are the facts too.

• 36.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:25 pm

  @Blitzbok(Blitzbok)-33: After last year you warned that the Sharks were not contenders ? Last time I looked at the Super rugby log this year, the Bulls and Sharks are on the same log points, both with one game to go. What you on about ?

  Ja – we hammer the Bulls in the Currie Cup – thats for sure. In super rugby its a bit more even. Sharks 6 – Bulls 8 with 3 draws. You going to pluck your little twinkie over two games ?

• 37.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:26 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-35: I wouldn’t say the last 14 games is a snippet. That’s a good couple of years.

• 38.Vetkoek:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:28 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-35:

  The only people who ever mention history in this game are the people who:

  a) Never played it
  b) Never played it well
  c) Don’t know what they are talking about
  d) All of the above

  History counts for nothing. All that matters is the 80 minutes on matchday.

• 39.nama1:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:29 pm

  Was looking for a thread where there are some Bulls supporters.

  Belated congratulations on a good, deserved win on Saturday. Your boys outplayed us. Matfield was huge.

  Your front row were also very good. It seems that people are not giving them the credit they deserve.

  Now for this weekend. You could not have script the last weekend of the SA conference of the competition any better for suspense.

  Stormers need to beat the Cheetahs to ensure a home semi as well as a weekend’s rest.

  Bulls/Sharks both need to win their derby to ensure a place in the play of.

  Bring it on, I say.

• 40.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:31 pm

  @Vetkoek(Vetkoek)-38: Ag ou vatparra – so, I guess you were moerse good at the game hey ? We all bow down to your almighty greatness

  You’re right though. Its the 80 minutes this Saturday that counts.

• 41.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:31 pm

  @Dusky(Dusky)-37: Yip, it is, but 50 years is better, don’t you think? How many CC titles do they have compared to the Bulls? How many Super titles?

  Must give it to you, the Shark Barbariabns in the 90′s and early 2000′s were awsome. The Free State, All Black, Scot, and French connection worked well.

  In any case, big game on Saturday. All the best, and as in all games, we will only know who will win (have won), after 80 minutes.

• 42.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:33 pm

  @Vetkoek(Vetkoek)-38: Agree, I just responded to a statistical comment. Statistics mean ziltch, zero, nothing. It is the 80 ahead that counts. See post #40

• 43.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:33 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-42: I mean #41

• 44.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:34 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-41: Do you guys have like a school or something you go to that teaches you what to say to supporters of other teams that dominate the Bulls ? Because it always sounds the same.

  I could give a flying **** if the Bulls have played Currie Cup for 600 years. I am talking about the last 14 games. And as I said, that’s not a snippet – that takes us back to around about when you were born.

• 45.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:37 pm

  @Dusky(Dusky)-44: You brought it up donkey. I made a joke that has been running for years (for all teams). You brought up a snippet to suit you.

  Now lets leave it, okay. Not in the mood to argue with your dominant pshycee. Your team is great, and I’ve always supported them. It is just that I support my team more. So cut it out.

• 46.Vetkoek:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:40 pm

  @Dusky(Dusky)-40:

  Yes. I was

  The point though is that you can dig up any meaningless stat to support your argument. But in practice it means nothing.

• 47.grant10:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:40 pm

  i see some serious cases of nerves around today.

  by friday this site gonna be on fire!

• 48.TheAgent:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:41 pm

  @Dusky(Dusky)-44: How old are you tjomma? My guess is early 20′s? Why? Because you say things like “do you guys have LIKE a schhol or something…”. Using the word “like” in that structure, is typical of youngsters.

  Again, you brought the “age” thing up. Not that it matters a flying faark.

• 49.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:41 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-45: Ok – but get the playstation ready for the Currie Cup. You can play in easy mode and then the Bulls should win.

  I hear HB Studios are about to launch a new rugby game just in time for the world cup. Expected launch date 26 August. Start saving your pocket money.

• 50.Dusky:
  15 Jun 2011, 16:42 pm

  @TheAgent(TheAgent)-48: I was just trying to express myself in terms that you would understand. I started off with boo boo baa baa…but then I thought you had to be older than that, as you seem to be able to reach a keyboard.

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