Flyer Stedman Gans said the Vodacom Bulls players must stick together to recapture their form against Stade Francais Paris on Saturday in a Round 4 Investec Champions Cup clash at Loftus Versfeld at 15:00 (SA Time).
The Vodacom Bulls must beat their visitors with more than 22 points and keep them from earning a log point to qualify for the Top 16 of the EPCR Challenge Cup.
“The message around the players at this stage is how do we become part of the solution. We’ve had a couple of losses now and it’s very easy to become negative as a playing group.”
“From a players’ perspective, I would say the most important lesson that is coming to the forefront now is that we have to stick together as a group. We are fighting to be a part of the solution and to get better every day.”
“For us as a leadership group and as a player group, the conversation is about what we need to do on the field and also what we need to do off it to stay positive and be part of the solution and to get back to winning ways.”
“We are trying to get back to winning ways and I think that is the most important part, to be the positive guy and be the guy who trains hard and comes up with new ideas and solutions.
“It’s very easy to start pointing fingers and be negative and that’s what we don’t want to do at this stage.”
“We are keeping teams in the game and in some cases letting them get by us, so I think that is going to be a big focus point for us this weekend.”
“The thing that has crept into our game over the last couple of weeks is that we have been making unforced errors a lot.
“In a lot of the games we are right there until the end and then we don’t manage to pull it through like we did in previous years.
“It’s small stuff and stuff that this squad is more than capable of getting right.
“At this stage, it is about staying positive and I am sure we will turn it around. We don’t want to go into a downward spiral where we start to compound things.”