It's GAME DAY!!!! BEST OF THE WEST vs Beast of the East (Ed Tait TOTALLY ripped this one off of me - jk)

 

 

GAME 6 | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (5-0) at HAMILTON TIGER-CATS (4-1)
THE 4-1-1
Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT Friday, Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton
TV: TSN, RDS, ESPN+
Radio: 680 CJOB
Vegas line: The Ticats are favoured by two points.
Home/Road: The Bombers are 2-0 on the road this year with wins in Vancouver and Ottawa. Winnipeg is 4-1 in its last five road games, the lone blemish a loss to Edmonton in the 2018 regular season finale in which a number of the team’s starters did not play or had limited reps. Hamilton, meanwhile, is a perfect 3-0 at home this season.
Recent history: The Bombers 5-0 start is the third best in franchise history. The 1960 squad opened with 10 consecutive victories en route to a 14-2 record while the 1939 Bombers rocketed to an 8-0 start, finished the regular season 10-2 and then defeated Ottawa to win the second of the franchise’s 10 Grey Cup championships. The Ticats, meanwhile, have opened with a 4-1 record in their first five games for the first time in 21 seasons.
Series: The Bombers are 64-55-0 all-time vs. Hamilton and 27-32-0 at Ivor Wynne Stadium/Tim Hortons Field.

(With thanks to Ed Tait)

https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/07/25/game-preview-wpg-ham-3/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Everyone But Nichols getting the blame here. 

 

Are you for real? 

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

How do ppl talk of harris.. He had like what? 10 touches today.. Honesty he wasnt even used tonight. 

16 touches.

2 minutes ago, Mr. Perfect said:

...time to wake up and realize we have a long way to go still.

And a long time to do it..

Just now, sweep the leg said:

16 touches.

Ok. Still not enough. 

And there's no way you could know we were gonna have injuries to the receiving corps. Plus he doesn't play STs so there was no way he was gonna dress. I just despise the stupid revisionist history or 20/20 hindsight oelr whatever you want to call it. 

4 minutes ago, AKAChip said:

Not arguing that he hasn’t been. Are you saying he hasn’t looked slower than years past? That’s what we’re discussing. 

I don't see it, no. 

9 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Bad 1st half by D? They gave up 1 TD the entire game. Ok 2 but we both know the 2nd was a pick 6. D was good... The O tho.. The lack of Harris in to the wind was mind boggling. Play calls were crap.. The guy throwing the ball was the biggest problem tho. 3 picks. 

They got lucky Masoli was hurt. If not maybe the game was over by halftime

I think they found their wheels on the 3rd half. but still sloppy at times.

Edited July 27, 20196 yr by M.O.A.B.

3 minutes ago, Noeller said:

It's absurd to look with hindsight and say we should have started Matthews. Completely ridiculous to say that. 

No - he should have been on the active roster over Walker - we have enough return guys in Whitehead, Demski, etc...

And its not absurb if he is indeed healthy.

Just now, sweep the leg said:

16 touches.

 

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Ok. Still not enough. 

This is a byproduct of spotting your opponent a 14-point lead early on.

7 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Looked old and slow after the catch a few times this year, I thought. 

I think getting a screen pass with no blocking is tough.

Looking at the stat sheet...Willie Jefferson isn't even on it. Says a lot.

Just now, Floyd said:

No - he should have been on the active roster over Walker - we have enough return guys in Whitehead, Demski, etc...

And its not absurb if he is indeed healthy.

He was just stabbed tho and it is pretty absurd... In what world does Matthews make a difference tonight when the QB loses his accuracy.

Defense did all we could ask of them tonight. Unless you're expecting nonstop turnovers, holding the Cats to FGs after we kept giving them great field position is as good as it gets.

Did Wolitarsky come back to the game?

Just now, Mr. Perfect said:

Looking at the stat sheet...Willie Jefferson isn't even on it. Says a lot.

He made plays though 

Simple as.. Our QB had his shittiest game since the Banjo Bowl. 

3 picks including basically a pick 6. Sack on final play.. Just a poor overall performance by Nichols and the O. 

Seems like Lapo overthunk things like he does time to time. 

Edited July 27, 20196 yr by Goalie

injury front...

Adams, Gaitor & Wolitarsky ?

11 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

OL was garbage 

Certainly can't handle good D-lines, poor against the Esks. and poor against the TiCats.

Good thing we have the Argos next week.

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Simple as.. Our QB had his shittiest game since the Banjo Bowl. 

3 picks including basically a pick 6. Sack on final play.. Just a poor overall performance by Nichols and the O. 

Believe me, no one is happy with Nichols tonight. 

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

He was just stabbed tho and it is pretty absurd... In what world does Matthews make a difference tonight when the QB loses his accuracy.

We lost our two wide receivers and had zero deep threat... that world ha

If he's injured that makes sense, but if he's a healthy scratch that was a mistake.  Field your best roster.

2 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Certainly can't handle good D-lines, poor against the Esks. and poor against the TiCats.

I'm not sure that this isn't on Lapo a bit...  almost no playaction in that second half - still some concern that the new 'slim and mobile' Nichols has changed our game planning - hopefully they go back to misdirection

 

Just now, Floyd said:

We lost our two wide receivers and had zero deep threat... that world ha

If he's injured that makes sense, but if he's a healthy scratch that was a mistake.  Field your best roster.

Sure. But this is all because 2 guys got hurt.

Last week some folks were cutting Matthews on these boards. Lets not forget. 

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Sure. But this is all because 2 guys got hurt.

Last week some folks were cutting Matthews on these boards. Lets not forget. 

No one in their right mind was cutting Matthews ha...

But you could see this coming - Walker is just another average receiver/returner like we've always recruited... and we always get carried away with them

Overthinking...  thats an achilles heel on this team for sure

14 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

Maybe time to give Hardrick a game off to heal up. He looked bad tonight.

That final play, his man sacked Nichols, and Hardrick just walked off field. I'm a fan of the man, but what was that?