
United have locker room issues: Bogut
Cairns are carrying a ton of form into the finals.
40 odd turnovers in 2x games?



Whilst Vickerman plans his finals series, super coach is trying to work out how Australia just got wiped by NZ

With such a stacked team there definitely are expectations of success and heightened pressure. When you look at their lineup, in reality purely their local contingent would compete with most teams:
Bogut/Kickert
Cooks
Newley
Lisch
Bruce
Add the 4 imports and it’s no surprise they’ve dominated.

The pressure's all on Sydney. No one expects United to win- even after good form against sub par opponents SEM and Illawarra, plus Cairns who had little to play for.
Bogut's comments only increase that pressure, if anything.

I think it’s quite obvious that there has been some discontent in the locker room for United this year. Trimble and Long are different characters that haven’t really gelled especially in defence. Prather has been looking on all year without contributing. So all in all Bogut probably isn’t too far off. The difference is that in recent weeks there’s been a concerted effort from the team appear all on the same page (and working hard in defence). I think the pressure is definitely on Sydney in this series.


Generally the mind games are about stuff that happens on the court. Bogut thinks he’s being clever by making things a tad more personal.

These are just standard playoff mind games.
But I would still like to see United wipe the smirks off Ware, Tate and Bogut, even if it means that have a chance to win it all.

I don't like United at all, but if they get up over Sydney it will be a glorious day.


United seem to be clicking at the right time of the year.
IMO it wont be such an easy sweep for the kings

Interesting comments from Bogut, a guy who seems to be phoning it in each week.
Bring on the playoffs!

Mentioned here:
https://www.hoops.com.au/forum/46710-are-we-sure-dean-vickerman-is-a-good-nbl-head-coac/#p786245

SMC current taking on Middle Tennessee State.
Delly off to a flyer...scores locked up early in the first half.
