A new fifteens season begins, and with it the confusion that has become commonplace with multitudes of versions of fixtures. Other sports envy us though, at least we have fixtures.. they wait to be told on Friday if they have a game the next day.
But that is not my ramble for the day. A header I saw somewhere asked if the stranglehold on the cup by 3 teams will be broken this year. I tend to think not. Things have changed so much in rugby that it has remained the same. The dominance of certain clubs can be linked to what they have managed to build within themselves and that makes the difference. Over the years however, it can also be said that the most experienced team has won the cup. Going back to the days of Nondies, then Machine, then Quins, then Impala, then KCB.. most times it has been the team that has stayed together longest, that has come out tops. A one year revival and wonder, whether with expensive player purchases has never worked, maybe in the cup competition. And so what will happen this year?
It is really simple. We are an amateur union. Teams train 2-3 times a week. There is no magic a coach will do in that time. There is no time to build systems and patterns, whilst working on skills. There is no time for the players to become familiar with each other, and their styles of play. This familiarity and steady build up of skills and patterns only comes with extended periods of playing together. And the most important factor, the building of team spirit. Hence the reason why teams do not rise, the dominant one declines. All due to attrition, natural or otherwise. So to me, the least changed team over the last few seasons will win the cup.
I am yet to see the squads or team lists yet and most of what we have is assumptions, so I leave that judgment up to you.
6 Comments:
i reckon it is important that the university sides i.e machine and strath are competitive for this comp to have some credibility
the comp will have credibility with or without the uni sides
not with only three sides expected to dominate, plus the uni sides already have a potentially large fanbase which can only be good for the game, same goes for mombasa msc needs to get back to being competitive.... when machine used to be good, kenya cup games had larger crowds
no credibility in whose eyes? these ideas of yours r dreams anon! have you watched kenya cup in the last 2 seasons? dont make it the job of anybody else other than the unis themselves to strengthen themselves. same goes for msc. its their work to make themselves better. the ess wont suddenly lose credibility coz r fast asleep
thesaurus. ramble on = wander off the point = go off at a tangent. if the discussion is about predicting if "the stranglehold", leaving the judgement upto "you" is to go off on a tangent, to wander off the point
if "the stranglehold" will be broken...
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