“I don’t like games like this.” The words of Blue Bulls coach Nollis Marais‚ who is going into his side’s clash with the Eastern Province Kings with utmost caution.Whether his charges win the match by a small or big margin‚ Marais does not expect his side to be lauded. If it would happen that they suffer a defeat against the beleaguered side from Port Elizabeth‚ the coach expects ferocious criticism.“To be honest‚ there is no way we can play this game and keep face‚” Marais said.“If we just beat them by five points‚ everybody is going to say‚ ‘Ja‚ you guys were weak’.“If we beat them by 50 points then everybody will say‚ ‘Ja‚ but you should have beaten them by 50 points’.”The Kings’ participation in the competition hung by a thread at the start of the season as a result of boardroom shambles that saw the union being liquidated at the High Court in PE earlier this month.The boardroom troubles overflowed onto the field as the side were left without a coach following the stepping down of Robbie Kempson‚ and they also struggled to put together a squad for the competition.After gathering for just a few days under the guidance of new coach Barend Pieterse‚ the Kings played their first game in a 10-28 defeat to the Boland Cavaliers at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium last weekend.Despite the woes‚ Marais believes the side will still prove to be dangerous opponents.“For me it is all about fixing what we need to fix from the last two weeks‚” said the Bulls coach.“I have a lot of respect for Barend and his coaching staff. It is a difficult situation that they are in. It is difficult for the players as well‚ so I have the utmost respect for them. I don’t read too much into the scoreboard from their match last week.“They had about three training sessions together. No coach can coach properly under those conditions … . They have got nothing to lose. They can throw the ball around and do whatever they want.“We need to stick to our structures. I have said to the guys that if we want to win the competition then we have to play from the first game like we are playing in a final.“If you don’t play like that then when the time comes to play in a semi or a final good teams will test you under that pressure.”Marais is adamant that his charges need to continue sticking to the team’s structures in their attempt to play a more dynamic and expansive game.“We want to attack in a different way‚ but we have to be accurate when doing that‚” he said.“Everybody is saying that the Lions are playing different‚ attractive rugby‚ but at the end of the day it does not matter if you are playing beautiful rugby‚ you still need to win.“We have to find a balance when trying to play good‚ attacking rugby.”..