Well the time has come people, as we are a day before the playoffs officially kick off. Talk about the calm before the storm, not a lot of chatter about upcoming games and relegation battles.
Myself and Big Sauce go at it in a rematch of last Saturday's final regular season match. Both teams went into that game with a relaxed style in order to prep for the 1st round battle. Most gamblers would be giving my lads the tip of the hat this week, given home advantage and win last week. The angry sauce won't be pulling any punches no doubt!
In the other match, Tannums managed to snag top spot and with it a very easy walk through to the 2nd round. Akuma are even rumoured to send some of their cheerleaders into the starting line up. This one's likely going to get pretty ugly and Tannum's main goal would be to sneak through unscathed. I think the extra enthusiasm that Tannums will gain is a necessary bonus, along with HCA for the preliminary final.
The battle in the Big 8 looks a lot closer with all 4 teams being matched quite closely. HCA is going to be crucial in these games and I think in the 1 vs 4 match up, Snuffies may just edge out G Vipers. This one is a 50/50 if ever I saw one and I certainly wouldn't be betting my life savings on this game. If both coaches are live on Tuesday, neither is going to have any fingernails (and possible toenails) by the final buzzer.
The 2 vs 3 isn't quite as close with Corio Bay looking just a step ahead and with the home crowd support, should be able to lock this one up. though there isn't much between the two starting line ups, I think a lack of bench might be the difference in this one. Perhaps with a little cunning though, the linguists might be able to steal this one away from the wiley old Greyhound.