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Just now, Captain Blue said:
Lankford has no vision on returns at all. He has mastered running in several different directions and going nowhere. In my opinion he doesn't line up his blocks well and made a few poor decisions too. You could predict the fumble coming.
Lankford seems unable to read his blocking at all. He is very fast in a straight line, and if the opposition would get out of his way, he would score a lot.
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Just now, Eternal optimist said:
Agreed, I know last night when Lankford fumbled that return the general atmosphere at IGF was "here we go, again...". The silver lining I guess is that considering we served up 5 turnovers, we managed to hold one of the best offenses in the league to under 30 points. It's too bad the offense couldn't muster up more positive plays.
For me, the highlight of the game was the Bombers stuffing the Stamps at the goal line FOUR times, and the game absolutely pivoted when LeFevor failed to make the one-yard plunge for the first down. All the Bomber heads were down coming off the field following that play.
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Just now, Atomic said:
Nope. I was never under the illusion that this was going to be the best team in the league. I saw us finishing anywhere from 8-10 to 12-6. All I know is that this is a playoff team and my opinion hasn't changed in that regard. Get hot at the right time, get into the playoffs and anything can happen. Sure I would have loved to see a win last night, but I wasn't expecting it.
Once again, it wasn't just the loss, and you could make a good argument that the Bombers were out-matched. It was the wilting in the second half with the coaches unable or unwilling to make adjustments when the Stamps sure as poop could and did, plus all the turnovers. The game was winnable, but the Bombers shot themselves in the feet once again. After the last game I posted that the Bombers would have to be a heck of a lot better against Calgary to compete , but they weren't. O'Shea's ` I'll have to look at the tape` is insulting to the fans, as all in this forum and probably every fan in stands could see what went on.
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Just now, Atomic said:
Never said it was a gimme but I'll take the Bombers at home for sure. Argos will be on 4 days rest. My confidence in this team isn't shaken by one loss to the best team in the league.
And its not shaken by barely scraping by the worst team in the league and then playing the same the next game? Good teams step up against good teams and this edition of the Bombers played worse, if anything, against a wounded opponent.
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Just now, Atomic said:
It was a bad game. The team still has work to do. The sun came up again today. Take it to the Argos next week.
That game is not going to be a gimme. Who would you bet on- a team coached by Trestman or one coached by O'shea and company? Ricky Ray or Nichols?
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Heath, Harris, Dressler were the stars and JFG deserves an honourable mention. However, barring a miracle, we are looking at a .500 team. If our linebacking doesn't improve greatly, its going to be worse than that.
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Just now, DR. CFL said:
O line was fine? Seriously? They were playing against a make shift band aid d line and Nichols got rocked a couple of times. It looked like when Willy was getting the snot knocked out of him.
And its not up to just the QB to notice the blitzes- as I understand it, any offensive player (most often the center) can call them and that radio in the QB's helmet ain't for decor, either. The O-line should grade out as C- and the receivers no better. Coaches? F's for sure.
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It absolutely was Carmichael who stood offside on that goal line stand. Maybe Knox can step in for Wild who does look to be out for a few days, but the coaching is the problem, and no better than last year. There seems to be a philosophy that changing the game plan mid-game is taboo. I am not as down on Nichols as some, but its hard to separate his performance from the coaching direction and not being in sync with his receivers.
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O'shea and company do not seem to be able to learn from their losses.
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Just now, Blueandgold said:
We have to hope that Nichols performance last year wasn't an aberration. Yes it's just one game, but it was the home opener and a game he needed to play well in.
Instead, we got what was likely his worst game as a Bomber. If Nichols continues to struggle, a move for Franklin may be a necessity.
Nichols' stats were not that much worse than BLM. The difference was the turnovers and timely plays. Stamps did it, Bombers didn't and that has to be at the feet of the coaches.
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Just now, Mr Dee said:
What's Manny got to do with it?
Rider fans would probably say that they have Manny urinals and arsenals in their stadium. -
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10 minutes ago, bigg jay said:
Redblacks used their 6th rounder to take this guy this morning,
Too bad. I thought he was worth a 4th or 5th rounder.
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1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said:
Ooooh...I have no blood left in my head at all.
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8 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:
More on Duron Carter..how he and his receiver's Coach Markus Howell are spinning Carter's 'handling' of the face mask incident.
To me, it is utter and complete bull****...
"The league made a ruling and we stand by the decision," Rider receivers coach Markus Howell said on CKRM's Coaches Show on Wednesday. "Duron and I sat down and watched the film and made the necessary corrections. It wasn't intentional on his part. The ball was intercepted and Duron was trying and run down and make a tackle, and knock a guy out of the way. He caught his facemask instead of his shoulder pad. Duron accepts the fine and we're moving on."
I hope that Marcus wiped his feet after delivering that so that he didn't track that bullpoop all over the new shiny office.
- Rod Black, blue_gold_84, SPuDS and 2 others
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16 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
yeah those comments are dumb. On riderans it's actually the opposite. Lots of posters think it was a dirty play and are getting tired of Carter already.
This is true. The sane Rider fans have begun to lump Carter and Jones together as laughable and infuriating.
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Just now, ALuCsRED said:
I bet he goes to Saskatchewan. The original "Ruby" from Corner Gas was torn down last year.
Damn. Another priceless piece of Canadian history gone forever. They should have made a shrine of it.
- Al Bundy and rebusrankin
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This kid looks like he would be worth a shot but not for too high a draft pick. Versatile like Coombs.
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Just now, Taynted_Fayth said:
Not If it sure what all the hubbub is about... Nichols did what he had to do at the end of the game in finding the endzone 4 times and only tossing up 1 pick (that was more due to the ball being volley up by the target). 4:1 any day is a good day even if he had a slow start. IMO Harris didn't come flying out of the gate either when called upon.
Our D on the other hand let up 40 points, which isn't all that great of an outing and will likely lose you most games. THAT needs some shoring up, and I fully expect it will be
If the Bombers get into a race-to-40-points game , the odds will be against them. The defence has to limit the Stamps to under 30 points or else.
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Anyone else beginning to wonder if the players will lose their edge amid all this gong show that Jones has brought?
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1 minute ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:
Hey Guys!
I hear that this Matt Nichols guy is pretty good.
We'll get back to you on about four months.
Stamps @ Bombers: Game Day Thread
in Blue Bomber Discussion
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Its looking more and more like its not all on the players, though a few of them really stank last night. Almost everyone in the media and many in this forum have pointed the finger at the lack of adaptation in the second half. The same thing happened against the Riders last game but they were inept enough that we got away with it...barely.