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I think a lot of Matt Nichols and think he’s a great quarterback who is having a pretty bad stretch right now. But as far as the booing goes, any time a player on this team tells me or any other fan in the stands that they shouldn’t boo or they should be ashamed of booing, they should quite honestly STFU and realize most of those fans have been around far longer than they have and will be around long after they’re gone. Bomber fans as a collective have witnessed some of the shittiest football imaginable and stuck with their team through all of it, so forgive us if our frustration comes out once in a while because the team is playing like trash. Any player who tells any fan that they don’t have the right to voice an opinion is wrong. That includes Nichols, Neufeld, even Andrew Harris who is one of the easiest athletes in Manitoba to respect. Yeah, we get it. You give a lot to the fans and the community. The fans and the community have given a lot to them too and we have the right to be disappointed. Period.

I'd have left Streveler in only to save the wear and tear on Nichols, but he's still the guy for this team. I don't even think he was that bad, lots of penalties took plays off the board for them, he dealt with a lot of dropped passes and he dealt with a team that was taking away the Bombers running attack which screwed up the entire game plan. Just one of those games that happens where the other team executes their planned defense and you can't find the answers for it.

So if we’re to paint Calgary with the same brush that we did the Bombers the other night based on them losing convincingly to an “inferior” team, after this week the Stamps and Bombers are basically the two worst teams in the league and both teams should blow up their entire front office all the way down. Two good teams were beaten by two other good teams. Parity in the league is a good thing and hopefully at the end of the year, we’re the ones hoisting the cup. Over the last many many years, Grey Cup winning teams have lost many a regular season game. Here’s to hoping that instead of going 11-7 and losing a playoff game, we go 9-9 and win a damn Grey Cup. Tonight showed us once again that any team can win on any given day. Hamilton beats us earlier in the season and we beat them a month later. Sask loses to Montreal and beats Calgary. We all see our own team’s issues, but every team has issues. I’m hard pressed to say there’s many teams I’d trade places with right now. Not that we’re in better shape than the others, just that everyone has something to be concerned about. Edmonton started and ended hot last year but had quite the losing streak in the middle. Perhaps Calgary will do the same this year.

If that's your take on our 4 Canadian receivers this year, I have to wonder if you've even watched a single moment of Bomber football. Not a single one of them plays the same role, they're all surprisingly good at creating their own room on the field, especially for their experience level and I can remember a BUNCH of game breaking plays from the four of them.

New CFL fan here. Long time fan of the NY Giants and disgusted with the NFL. Thought I would start to follow the CFL and picked the Bombers as my team. Love the nickname. I'm in NJ and cannot root for Toronto because I am a Yankees & Islanders fan. Same with Montreal. Cannot cheer for a Montreal team when you're an Islanders fan. It was between the Bombers & the RoughRiders as my team and the gold & blue won. Have my 3 Bombers shirts already and I do get strange looks when I wear them.

Thanks. No bragging from me. Huge win for us and it felt pretty dam good. The fans were a force. That's the loudest game I've been too in the new stadium. Everyone was on their feet. Loved it. Just one game and it doesn't mean much, but when you knock off a undefeated team its always a good day for the franchise

A pissed off Stamps team next week and then back to back VS the giant killers. Oh boy. Nichols better dry his eyes and pull up his big boy pants.

Talk about a garbage weekend. We get s*** stomped at home by an eastern team and Sask is about to knock of the 7-0 Stampeders. F*** my football life. There is no God.

Only weaklink is Lankford - we replace our main YAC receiver with a speed guy who can't catch... of course, Nichols starts checking down and loses his mojo Interesting to see just how disrespected Cdn talent still is... Make Demski our main SB next week - he will rise to the occasion When Wolitarsky gets a chance, he will be a great SB Peterman, LaFrance, Simonise, Augustine - start working these guys into sets - use the talent that is there.

Smith and Kolhert were not in Winnipeg in 2017. Seriously Google is your friend.

This year’s group is lightyears better but nice try. Also smith and kohlert both weren’t here last year. Also Denmark, JFG and Kohlert largely suck. Lots wrong here.

My belief is that Matt is suffering from 2 things.... Firstly..I don't think he's a 100 percent and therefore his mobility, which wasn't great to begin with, is suffering...He doesn't make that great an effort to get outside and throw... Also he is definitely gun shy when it comes to running up the middle because of his recent injury, even if there's a hole a semi could roll through...Taking that all into consideration I give Nichols the warrior award for hanging in there BUT ...just hanging in there is to the detriment of the team....He's a sitting duck in the backfield and he knows it...His passing game is not quick or crisp enough lately...He seems to also be hesitant and is definitely off on his long throws.... Secondly ..I know Matt will never admit it but I think he's suffering a bit of anxiety due to his injury and poor play AND he knows quite well that there's a young gun chomping at the bit waiting his turn IF he can't go...That situation might lead to a bit of 'looking over one's shoulder' and mental lapses and anguish...I know Nichols is a professional through and through BUT the thought of losing one's position or job is very disconcerting to any individual.... Lastly IF Matt doesn't improve his game and IF Streveler has to take over, I hope he AND our head coach are professional enough to accept that situation for the betterment of this club

Compared with Mike Reilly no qb in the CFL seems to be up to snuff. I think Nichols is being affected by the lack of a training camp and having less mobility. Last year he took steps forward after working on his speed very hard in the offseason. Now he's having to work with less mobility than he had to begin with. He's still by far our best bet. This team can beat any team in the league if the team plays declined focused football. Something they hadn't done vs ottawa.

I still have confidence in both Matt and OSH, and I never boo the home team. That being said, I'm also a firm believer in getting your backup QB some playing time. It's very rare in the CFL for a team to not have to use their #2 at some point in the season. Whether winning big, or losing big, there is a time to put in your #2, and that was in the 4th qtr on Friday night. I'm confused by the decision to put Matt back in, especially mid-series. Matt took a couple of big hits after that as well, which is a concern. The 18 game CFL season is very long, and physically demanding. You don't need to have your starting QB taking extra punishment. You also need to get some reps for your #2 when the opportunity arises. Also, players need to staff off of social media, especially after a loss. No good will come from it.

I guess we'll find out in the next three games just what type of team the Bombers are.

None taken. I still maintain my original point. Rider fans have a way of showing up after a big win to gloat and act like douches. Not all, as an example Ripper posts throughout the year and I have no issue with him.

Every team gets punched in the mouth at some point during the season. Its not how hard they get hit, its how they recover. Nothing has really changed since last week. Weve merely seen what can happen if you play down to your opponents, or if they out prepare/execute you.

It's hard to moan and complain when the team was on a winning streak. And when the facts don't support your argument, you just lie.

Well, look who’s showed up after a Bomber loss to throw darts at all things Blue and Gold. Facts? Facts be damned.

No, it's totally his fault. If he can't be bothered to play in preseason and the first three games, then how is this team going to get into rhythm?! I mean, it's like missing all that time has caused the everything to be delayed. And, those three straight wins? Nothing. This team is terrible, just like you said.

The only weak link in our WR core imo is Lankford. MOS made a mistake in keeping him over Reuben Randle in preseason, so if Randle is available, give his phone a ring.

Thompkins has shown that he's got some upside... I think the receivers that are running short routes just tend to go through the motions and give up on plays early because they know the QB isn't going to scramble to create a play downfield. I bet you it looks entirely different with Streveler behind centre. You'd know not to quit on a play because he can escape and create something out of nothing.

If the bombers had won and the riders had lost this thread wouldn't be here and there wouldn't be any "discussion" It's like I said in the last BS thread you started, Rider fans are complete and utter trash. The worst thing about the CFL is Rider fans.

Nichols is being paid big bucks to do his best and take what comes with as much grace as possible. Blaming the fans for hurting his feelings when he was not playing well is not going to endear him to the fans.

I don't doubt it was awful and I'm sure it didn't have any benefit to what's happening out on the field, but neither did Nichols going out there when our backup QB was working the ball down the field and Nichols had been playing terrible the whole game. At that point, it was kind of a "if the head coach doesn't care about this game, why should I?" moment for me. I generally like O'Shea and think a lot more of him than some folks do, and I'm certainly a Matt Nichols fan as well, but I'm not going to blindly worship them if they're making bad decisions on the sidelines or playing like dog ****. Winnipeg fans are the best in Canada if you ask me, but that doesn't mean we should be expected to put up with that kind of stuff from the team we cheer for. Matt Nichols has been great for us, but he hasn't been anything beyond average this year and he shouldn't be the unquestioned leader of our offence at this point, if you ask me. He's the starter but he needs to pick up his level of play or fans (not his coaches, because it's pretty clear they're going to throw the blinders on and ride or die with him this year) are going to start calling for Streveler. I won't start pushing the narrative that Streveler has statistically been better than Nichols this year, even though there's an argument to be made for it, but the one thing I did notice on Friday was that as soon as Streveler went in, our offence had a level of confidence that they hadn't had for the entire game until that point. If that continues to happen, Nichols is going to start getting a lot more boos than what he heard on Friday and if he doesn't like it? Too bad. Play better.

If we see another string of **** teams win the Grey Cup while we toil away in the middle for another few years, I won't be able to take it. It's not funny anymore.

You could argue that when the gameplan from the defence is to stop the run, it would make passing the ball exponentially easier.

I think this goes back to the Bombers staff allowing him to rush himself back in to play. The original diagnosis was Matt would be out 4 - 6 weeks. All of a sudden, he's ready to go week 4? I knew, and I'm sure a lot of other people knew, based on the massive ass brace that was on his knee, that we was probably rushing back. Was this Matt worried about his starting position? It shouldn't have been... you don't typically lose your spot due to an injury. I think the staff rushed him back in, potentially wanting to avoid a QB controversy. But to think that the Bombers needed Nichols back at the helm to play a weak Lions team is kind of laughable. They could have stuck with Streveler, probably won both of those games, and brought back Matt against the Argos, which would have been a nice soft couple games to ease him back in. I think our record would actually be 1 win better had they waited till week 7 to put Nichols back in. He's unquestionably the leader of this team... but I don't think it's a bad thing that we've got the Streveler option there, and it does not hurt the team as whole to give this guy more time when the offence sputters with Nichols in there. It's a team game. Streveler is a part of this team too. Putting him in for a few plays, when he should have gone in with as much as 8-9 minutes left in the 4th quarter Friday, and been left in to finish, when Nichols wasn't moving the ball. How is that a bad thing for development?? That's purely 100% on the coaching staff, and even more so for listening to Nichols and letting him go back in to mop up and pad his passing stats in garbage time!

I really wish I could say the riders got lucky, had help from **** calls etc etc...but they just flat out slapped CGY around. Collaros looked like his old self and that D did what it does. Thing that pisses me off now, is that the Bombers have to go to CGY and play them after they took that beating. Won't be an easy game. Bombers better show up.

Oh golly, look what I found....

Rider fans acting like douches, what a surprise. Sun shines on every dogs ass now and then.

21 of Calgary's 27 points came in the second half. Adjustments offensively were not a problem.

**** off. Please and thank you.

Hate the limited challenge. Should keep your challenge until you lose one. Why penalize the coach/team because the officials stink?

One hit. Done. It's going to happen.

Must have been an import.

Man, this game makes me miss when the Bombers had a good defense.

FTFY

Lankford has 17 games as a Blue Bomber with 22 catches for 278 yards and 3 tds. For comparison's sake, JFG was better last year and Kolhert has 4 seasons that are better.

Easily? Yes, I would question that. Edmonton’s offence is driven, and pulled along by Reilly. He has relied heavily on above average receptions by his receivers. I’ve not seen such reliance on great catches in a long time. Don’t get me wrong, Reilly has proven to be the best, Just because the Bombers are susceptible to his comebacks doesn’t mean he can’t be beat. And the defences? I see problems in both team defences. There’s no way their defence is ‘better’ than ours. We are very evenly matched. Reilly has been the difference..

One loss and people are talking cross over? Holy over-reaction Batman. We still look like the #3 team in the West to me.

Their offense and defence is easily better than the Bombers. How can you even question that?

It's kinda lame there, I been following from the start.......but most of the comments are 3 words or less while the game is going....you can read some of the pages in 5 seconds or less

At least....Riders are showing up

Good grief.... if the cryders hang on to win, this place... and roderfans is going to be more than I can take.

If the Riders hang on to win today, we will be in real trouble come Labour Day.

But you're still cheering for them, right?

Calgary's DL out of Dartmouth there just had a big brain fart and left his inside gap wide open 47 to run through to block the punt. My guess is they spend no time on that in practice. A guy who's played defense his whole life probably wouldn't even think in terms of gaps for blocking.

A lot of guys on here don't understand how plays are called. You may have a primary receiver, but lots of options. Lapo doesn't just call "5 yard plays" all game. The 5 yard out is usually the 3rd or 4th option or the running back option. A lot of that is on the QB getting the time to read options (which Nichols usually gets) and then going through the proper progression. Also, the QB and receiver have to see the same thing and adjust. I know this is obvious to the knowledgeable football fan, but it is not all on the O coordinator

Legitimate points and concerns. But, we’re still averaging 32 points a game with mediocre QB play. And 5 - 4 is not terrible considering we had a raw rookie start the season for us at QB. I think we are who we thought we would be - average, playoff team, but not a cup contender. Question is, will that be good enough to save some jobs next season?