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O'shea and possibly Walters hung onto obviously fading players like Kolankowski, Bighill, and a couple others long after they ought to have been gone and now the team is suffering for it. Instead of a continuous, slow replacement of these, we are now faced with wholesale change and it will be a struggle to remain competitive while the new players settle in after being sorted out. The biggest help the Bomber playoff hopes have is that the Elks TiCats, RedBlacks, and Stamps are sucking mightily.

Most of this if not all is already evident but for the record, here goes. The organization has delayed the replacing of players on a graduated basis until we have now reached the point where major surgery is required and that, my friends, will mean wandering in the wilderness for a long time to come. Along the same line of thought, why in hell do we bother to have good players on the sidelines if they are never rotated in? The Bombers could have saved a lot of money, time and effort by not having any backups. Whether its offence or defensive units, when the same player(s) keep screwing up and giving winnable games away, the caring players eventually reach the "f***-it" point and start giving less than their best and this contributes to blowouts and extended losing streaks. There may be something physically wrong with Collaros. Near the end of the first quarter last night after he took a bit of a tumble, I saw him doing a certain stretch motion typical of those with nagging back injuries/pain. Also: if Streveler is injured, why have we not seen the third-string QB? If O'Shea is solely responsible for the on-field decisions, then Walters is not doing his job. If the on-the field decisions are the choices of both Walters and O'Shea, then Wade Miller is not doing his job. If we have not passed the point of no return on this season, we have to be damned close.

Rob?

Okay. I've reached my tolerance limit. Goodnight all. I hate long funerals.

Please do.

Or hanging around town,

Not really. You are assuming that a) our defence can stop the Riders from eating up the clock or scoring and b) our offence has a pulse.

Great catch by Pokey.

And have been for some tiime,

Another big gain up the middle. Boring,

If he wants a job here, he has to make those catches. Or else.

Yup.

Highly unlikely- the defensive players all know that there are three pylons on defence and no matter what the rest of the team does, there three will throw the game away.

And Bighill whiffs another tackle.

Apparently Bighill can no longer run or tackle now.

There's the icing on the cake and proof that all the concerns of this forum are real.

Time for Collaros to show us if he is still a premier QB,

Bombers ought to be getting to Patterson almost every play and mildly inconveniencing him. And now our backfield has soiled the sheets.

Big gain up the middle again. (sigh).

Doesn't everyone who's anyone?

He actually touched Patterson. That's a BIG no-no.

in case you haven't been paying attention, O'Shea does NOT change his M.O. unless death is imminent, and maybe not even then.

Apart from Sergio's stellar kicking, no other part of the Bombers' game looks all that good.

Truth be told, the Riders have looked the better team so far.

he's French, so its OK.