Comments on: ‘Finals’ brand gives Stormers edge

By: KeurboomPark

KeurboomPark — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:31:22 +0000

I have dyed my Brazilian blue and white. I am going to be wagging the dog, julle haai naaiers

By: BokEd

BokEd — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:13:55 +0000

I’m a HUGE Sharks fan and I can’t see us beating the Stormers this weekend. It’s sad because I look at the forward pack of the Stormers and it doesn’t exactly scream “DOMINATORS”. The backline of the Stormers don’t score many tries so they shouldn’t even be brought into the equation. I just know from many trips to Newlands how that crowd can pick their team up (just look how well the Crusaders do at Newlands – haha). Grant will slot his penalties. Freddie is due a bad game as well. The Sharks have every chance of winning but it would certainly be against the odds.

By: Golden Boy

Golden Boy — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:27:06 +0000

hehehehehehe…so the 6th ranked team went and beat the 7th ranked team (on points) and now they are suddenly favorites and the ‘best team in SA’ according to the NZLND ‘experts’ who are all favoring the Sharks. hehehehehehhe…the only reason they support the Sharks is because they want an easy home final for the Kiwi teams.

I can understand the Shark supporters being excited about their ‘wonderful’ display against the mid table Reds who only just squeaked in from the weakest conference but do you honestly think that the top of the table side who has not lost a game at home all season (3 in two seasons if I remember correctly and without the use of Google) will just role over like the Reds did?

If the Stormers do manage to lose this weekend it should definitely be seen as a choke and nothing else because they should go in to this game as the overwhelming favorites. I will be the first one on here to congratulate the Sharks if they do pull it off but like I said, it’s the Stormers’ game to lose on Saturday.

By: Stawm

Stawm — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:09:15 +0000

Considering some resident experts have been predicting, every week, that the Stormers bubble would:

POP
BOOM
HOOHA
(I only like to pleasure women etc (yup – just how is this related you ask yourself?))

it is nothing but a miracle that the Stormers are even in the semi final at all.

I say call the pope, here is a miracle in action.

Other experts have said, each and every time the Stormers win, that they were lucky, or the ref assisted them. In fact one of these experts has said this every year now that I can remember since this blog first started.
Unfortunately for him, he will be taking his wife shopping on Sat afternoon, at the PE Mall.

By: munkiboi

munkiboi — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:42:25 +0000

tell me about the free flowing high scoring world cup final last year.

By: papashanga

papashanga — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:16:01 +0000

It’s only a game and you might as well toss a coin as predict the result.

By: Slartibartfast

Slartibartfast — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:18:44 +0000

@whatever-20:

Ja ek weet but this one is to wind up the Capies, I use that one on a Sharks thread later…

Still think Stormers just because they playing in their back yard.

By: whatever

whatever — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:03:22 +0000

Koos, the guppies finals record is not so flash either

By: Slartibartfast

Slartibartfast — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:03:37 +0000

Oh gaats, we all remember how it turned out for the Stormers last time they took their ‘finals’ tournament game plan into the actual finals, hopefully they learned something then…

By: Narutokun

Narutokun — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:56:07 +0000

What do we stormers fans know?? Are u kidding me!!
There is going to be De scaling of note Saturday!!! That’s what I know
shame this guppies actually think they stand a chance shame!!! The stormers is not the Reds c’mon

By: fantasticbarnsmell

fantasticbarnsmell — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:08:01 +0000

finals football? last i checked they were playing rugby

By: greegs

greegs — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:10:00 +0000

I can’t believe that most people are writing the Chiefs and Stormers off. These guys are playing at home and should have the edge, especially after a rest week. The Chiefs score tries and will be throwing everything at the Crusaders. Bookies have the Crusaders as 66% favourites??? Hope these guys know what they doing! I’m going Chiefs and Stormers. Can’t see 2 away wins in the semi’s!

By: stormer in a teacup

stormer in a teacup — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:31:11 +0000

@Philou-14: Y

By: Philou

Philou — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:25:04 +0000

The x-factor vs. the zzzz-factor …

By: stormer in a teacup

stormer in a teacup — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:24:15 +0000

@kaksioek-12: We've been hearing that all year. I wouldn't be so arrogant this time either.

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:17:53 +0000

BOOM!
You Stormers fans know … deep inside, you know.

By: John Galt

John Galt — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:53:58 +0000

Yeah, Wynne Gray (kiwi rugby journo) said something about this a few weeks back on Reunion.

Basically said that on their day the Sharks are the most dangerous team in SA but that the Stormers have been sticking to thier ‘finals rugby’ strategy and grinding out wins.

Going to be a humdinger.

By: >^..^< katman

>^..^< katman — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:37:38 +0000

@Finfan-9: While infuriatingly repetitive, it is absolutely necessary to create multiple Stormers threads to split the fans. We can’t risk another interwebs crash due to an overload of cyber high fives, online bum pats and virtual fist pumps concentrated in one location. That sht is dangerous.

By: Finfan

Finfan — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:29:06 +0000

FFS, another Stormers article!! And they all say the fecken same. I notice that the Sharks team is published, at last, even though it was announced at the same time as the Stormers team…

By: Dusky

Dusky — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:27:27 +0000

@wait for it, wait for it…-7: So have the Sharks.