Qtr Final: Los Bandidos Vs Heroes

Holy Bejenko's, it's the last round of the season again and the shaker is almost empty for two herbaceous teams. The top 4 is by no means settled. But then I consider aggregate, and even the right series of wins and losses would not be enough to shake the top 3, with more than +15 points in aggregate separating Dojo from SFC and SFC from Buggers.

So that's settled. I think.

So onto fourth place - it's the Green Grand Final, or a qualifying final, if you will.

Heroes were predicted by many to take fourth place by default this season, and perhaps they played as if it were set in stone for the first half of the season. With 10/12 team members playing nationals (albeit different teams), the Heroes were underwhelming, listing their first win and draw amongst their worst performances this year.

Los Bandidos on the otherhand, have been Mr. Reliable. Their improvement can be graphed, and the worm is definitely, steadily up. With a 15-1 shamozzelling against the now wooden-spooners in round 1, it seemed very unlikely that LB would have a worse performance. A come-from-behind draw and a win in the following week was more than even Gref anticipated, at least publicly.

Perhaps the Buggers can be used as the measuring stick. Los Bandidos shocked the world with a win over the Buggers in Round 7. Heroes came close, going down 11-12 after a terrible first half. The original green machine claimed over at their blog that they played their first full match last week, against Cobras.

So it's fair to say that both sides are peaking at the right time, and tonight's match will be a real hum-dinger.

Questions on everyones lips are - What Will Chris Brown Do? Who will Huck it most - Jangles or Gref? Will any of the LB top 4 players take a sub? Will Danger live up to his name? Will Bevan be able to huck it around the poll again? Who will come out wearing the Green Jersey? Will goaltimate be played again?

Time will tell.