IT'S GAME DAY!!!! Bring on the Stamps!!!!!

 

GAME 10 | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (5-4) at CALGARY STAMPEDERS (7-1)

Kickoff: 2:30 p.m., Saturday; McMahon Stadium
TV: TSN, ESPN+
Radio: CJOB
Vegas line: The Stampeders are favoured by 9 points.
Streaks: Winnipeg: 1L; Calgary: 1L
Home/Road: The Bombers are 2-2 on the road; Calgary is 4-0 at home.
Series: The Stamps lead the all-time series (since 1945) 110-91-0.
Recent history: This is the first meeting between the two clubs in 2018. The Bombers did win in their last visit to Calgary, with a 23-5 victory in wintry conditions last November 3rd in the regular season finale for both teams. Worth noting: the starting QBs in that game were Dan LeFevour for the Bombers (subbing for an injured Matt Nichols), and Andrew Buckley for the Stamps (who elected to rest Bo Levi Mitchell for the playoffs).

(Thanks Ed Tait)

https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/08/23/game-preview-wpg-cgy-2/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 20187 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

I’m not going to freak out and join the “fire everyone” bandwagon but O’Shea and Walters need to have a long hard talk about whether Nichols is the future of this club.

Their final determination will decide for me one way or another whether I have faith in them.

 

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

Hey man, I always wanted Thorpe or Nelson brought in here... could never figure out why we stuck with Hall this off-season...

Now we're legit defending a defensive core that allowed BLM to set a new passing record and Jorden to set a new receiving record...

Its the basis of all problems on this team - could have been solved... but now there are major red flags on multiple fronts - Labour Day back-to-back is HUGE for this team

This team is getting worse & not better. The absolute refusal to make line up changes is incredible.

Edited August 25, 20187 yr by SpeedFlex27

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Are they under or over throwing receivers? Going 2 n out half the game? Missing tackles? Cuz nope...its the players... Our weak links are very weak and teams pick on them. 

Here's a question.. When does Chris Randle get cut? 

After Fenner and Sayles...

Just now, Mike said:

I’m not going to freak out and join the “fire everyone” bandwagon but O’Shea and Walters need to have a long hard talk about whether Nichols is the future of this club.

Their final determination will decide for me one way or another whether I have faith in them.

 

I'd agree with this. I'm not sure if ppl on here actually understand how bad Nichols is tho. 

It’s things like sitting Poop Johnson over apparent discipline issues but not holding other players to the same level of accountability. Bowman is traded due to poor play (well deserved), while others get trotted out week after week. There is no visible logic to his decisions. 

Just now, Floyd said:

After Fenner and Sayles...

Right. See. Cant even accept that Randle has sucked this entire year

Just now, AKAChip said:

It’s things like sitting Poop Johnson over apparent discipline issues but not holding other players to the same level of accountability. Bowman is traded due to poor play (well deserved), while others get trotted out week after week. There is no visible logic to his decisions. 

Nothing wrong with the Dline today. 

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Right. See. Cant even accept that Randle has sucked this entire year

I just posted that he's lost a step in another thread... but he's still light years better than those two

You just pick one or two 'causes' and hammer them to death... its your thing.

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

I'd agree with this. I'm not sure if ppl on here actually understand how bad Nichols is tho. 

Im fully in the start Streveler fan club but i really want to know WTF is going on with Nichols. The guy was borderline MOP 3/4 through the season last year. What in gods green earth has happened to this guy?!?!?

1 minute ago, AKAChip said:

It’s things like sitting Poop Johnson over apparent discipline issues but not holding other players to the same level of accountability. Bowman is traded due to poor play (well deserved), while others get trotted out week after week. There is no visible logic to his decisions. 

Meh.  TBH Poop is a pretty marginal player in this league.  I think you have to try to improve on those guys especially when they start being stupid.

2 minutes ago, AKAChip said:

It’s things like sitting Poop Johnson over apparent discipline issues but not holding other players to the same level of accountability. Bowman is traded due to poor play (well deserved), while others get trotted out week after week. There is no visible logic to his decisions. 

Poop was another Hall sacrificial lamb...

Put in Bryant for a 'spark' - then they get that spark and by the 3rd quarter, the DL is not getting pressure because Hall's blitzes are so painfully easy to read

Repeat repeat repeat...

19 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Why? Hes not wrong. 

I don't think he's had the team ready to play the last two weeks, I don't think he made the right call at DC to start the season, he didn't make adjustments during this game, something that is very common, he left Harris in and he potentially got injured, all on Mike O'Shea. Don't throw the blame entirely on the team, when you are a part of the problem.

I’ll never forget O’Shea trotting out Kuale week after week while he committed terrible UR penaalities and all O’Shea would say is that he’s being “disciplined in house”. 

I’m not sure what this “discipline” entailed, but Kuale would do the same stupid antics week after week. 

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Nothing wrong with the Dline today. 

Live mic....MOS said we can’t get any pressure on the QB

5 minutes ago, Mike said:

I’m not going to freak out and join the “fire everyone” bandwagon but O’Shea and Walters need to have a long hard talk about whether Nichols is the future of this club.

Their final determination will decide for me one way or another whether I have faith in them.

 

Damn.  Your mind is made up about Matt Nichols.  No return to 2016/first half of 2017 form, huh?

Just now, Blueandgold said:

I’ll never forget O’Shea trotting out Kuale week after week while he committed terrible UR penaalities and all O’Shea would say is that he’s being “disciplined in house”. 

I’m not sure what this “discipline” entailed, but Kuale would do the same stupid antics week after week. 

Expelled from the MOS locker room hug circle?

I think the writing is on the wall for Nichols and as for Oshea he is 2 games under .500 coaching this team in what almost 5 years and we are no closer to winning the Grey Cup, 1 and done in the playoffs and he is done...................yes I think we make the playoffs

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Are they under or over throwing receivers? Going 2 n out half the game? Missing tackles? Cuz nope...its the players... Our weak links are very weak and teams pick on them. 

Here's a question.. When does Chris Randle get cut? 

With all the problems you're using Randle as a scapegoat? Our offense doesn't have playmakers catching the ball. We run plays on second & 8 & throw for four. Second & ten throw for 6. When we do try to go deep we overthrow. We abandon the run game because it was being stopped in the 1st quarter. We play Lankford & sit Petermann. We keep Nichols in to the very end again & don't give Streveler a chance to play. We have Harris in with two minutes left & he gets hurt while La France sits on the bench. We can't push the ball downfield. Defensively, there's no rush from our front 4. We blitz & get beat. We give up nearly 500 yards thru the air.  Even with a tired defense that should not happen.

New Bombers fan who just got into the CFL two weeks ago and picked the Bombers as my team to follow from New Jersey.  Looks like I picked the right time of the year to jump on board!!!!

 

2 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I don't think he's had the team ready to play the last two weeks, I don't think he made the right call at DC to start the season, he didn't make adjustments during this game, something that is very common, he left Harris in and he potentially got injured, all on Mike O'Shea. Don't throw the blame entirely on the team, when you are a part of the problem.

The team has had it's ass kicked thoroughly two games in a row. I mean just beaten to crap. and earlier this season Hamilton also beat them to a pulp.

This is not a good thing.

 

6 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Nothing wrong with the Dline today. 

Nothing good about it either.

I really appreciate all Nichols has done for the club but he has not been good this year and seems to be getting worse. Not sure if its physical or mental.

As for my comments on MOS, just frustrated by much of what he does and his tendency to be arrogant at times, when to me he's done nothing to justify it. I'm not saying fire him now but if the season goes south, something to consider.

3 minutes ago, DR. CFL said:

Live mic....MOS said we can’t get any pressure on the QB

Yup heard that too, maybe if his O wasn't going 2 and out and generally doing nothing the D wouldn't be so gasses near the end of the game.

9 minutes ago, Mike said:

I’m not going to freak out and join the “fire everyone” bandwagon but O’Shea and Walters need to have a long hard talk about whether Nichols is the future of this club.

Their final determination will decide for me one way or another whether I have faith in them.

I can't even imagine this forum if we were trotting out Durant to play like garbage in relief of Nichols...

18 minutes ago, M.Silverback said:

Surprising coming from him. But what is he supposed to say - “good effort fellas, have an orange slice”. What do you want a coach to say to the fans after that **** show?

How about something along the lines of "It's a team game INCLUDING THE COACHES and we weren't good enough". You don't hang your players while accepting none of the blame yourself. Make him look like a phoney prick now after all those times he said he takes the blame himself.