1 sheahan 

2 brady 

3 woodbey 

hh the wilson td 

block of the game on an early big run mci did a great job on the end 

crunch of the game lawson on mayor mccheese 

Honorable mentions, vaval despite fumble, cobb, allen, and nichols. 

Dishonourable mentions, zach, hogan, ol, and the usual suspects 

I was wondering what Mace said to O'Shea at the end of the game -  "what more did you want us to do to let you win this game?  Have our guys run the ball into our own endzone and let your guys fall on it?"  What an embarrassment, that these guys could barely beat the Riders "C" team. 

Sit Zach so he's as healthy as possible for the playoffs. Next week does not matter.

'not dead yet' ....yeah but we're certainly on 'life support'....Maybe we can 'trick play' the rest of the way....but the toss to Eli ain't it....Couple of things out of that mess last night....Vaval is looking more dangerous every time out...just has to remember to hold on to the ball.....I had to look twice to see if that was Sheehan ...he actually had a good game ....now if he can lock one into the corner, on their one, he might make a case to stick around

1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I was wondering what Mace said to O'Shea at the end of the game -  "what more did you want us to do to let you win this game?  Have our guys run the ball into our own endzone and let your guys fall on it?"  What an embarrassment, that these guys could barely beat the Riders "C" team. 

Honestly, that may have been an uglier win than completing 3 passes in Ottawa. 
 

Playing like that in a home game, fighting for a playoff spot against Saskatchewan’s jobbers was inexcusable. 
 

If they have to go to Montreal for the playoffs it’s going to look like the 1996 west semi final that cost Cal Murphy job, 

1 hour ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Honestly, that may have been an uglier win than completing 3 passes in Ottawa. 
 

Playing like that in a home game, fighting for a playoff spot against Saskatchewan’s jobbers was inexcusable. 
 

If they have to go to Montreal for the playoffs it’s going to look like the 1996 west semi final that cost Cal Murphy job, 

idr the last time we had 2 wins this depressing 

2 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

idr the last time we had 2 wins this depressing 

Losses sure but no I don’t remember a win that was such a downer, never mind 2 of them 

8 hours ago, Noeller said:

Y'know, I just typed out a whole thing about how I listened to the CJOB post game and at no point did Zach or Brady say anything bad about coaching....

....and then I stopped and thought about it. And y'know what...? Maybe they did actually. In the moment it sounded to me like they were taking personal responsibility for the offense being ****.... But actually what they were saying was "the offense was terrible. The D and ST were great and we have to be better on offense"

Now, Zach did call himself out personally... Said that he needed to be better and that he thought his own play was bad. But... Now that I think about it, it is possible they were throwing the offense, as a whole, under the bus....

It's both play calling & execution that they aren't happy with (at least for ZC - BO has to be pissed with the calls being made).  The Free Press had a good piece on the game and when it came to the play calling, it's not a good look for Hogan.

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It’s a tale as old as, well, since Hogan became the offensive co-ordinator of the Bombers.

The first-year play-caller continues to neglect one of his most important offensive weapons, Brady Oliveria, when things go south.

Consider this: After logging 12 touches in the first half, Oliveria only touched the ball twice in the third quarter, the second of which came with 8:48 remaining in the frame. After that, the league’s reigning Most Outstanding Player didn’t touch the ball again until Winnipeg’s final drive of the game.

In fact, during that dry spell, which saw just 44 net yards of offence for Winnipeg, Hogan even dialled up a play for offensive lineman Tui Eli, who ran a 12-yard corner route on first down from midfield — a perplexing play-call in itself. Collaros, who was almost immediately under pressure, overthrew the lineman.

It seemed as though Hogan had no answer for his struggling unit and was throwing a trick play at the wall to see if it would stick.

When Oliveira finally touched the ball again, he picked up 16 yards on a rush up the middle, and two plays later, caught a screen for 12 yards to set the Bombers up in position for the game-winning field goal.

Hogan’s game-plan was particularly confusing, given the situation for the Bombers — facing a depleted Riders team that had their own troubles moving the ball on offence. For a team that has made its hay controlling the ball, it was the perfect script to feature the bell cow running back.

It appears that Hogan continues to lack a feel for the game, which has rarely allowed the Bombers offence to get in a rhythm.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/10/18/didnt-like-it-but-bombers-will-take-it

 

21 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Yup, I'm completely with you on this. If the motto is make sure certain starters are not hurt before the playoffs, play him. It's the perfect time to see what he's got, not only for the playoffs in case he's forced into play, but for the future. Like a mini try-out.

But I also read from some around here that they believe he doesn't have the necessary tools to play as a starter in this league. Let's say that's true and the BB's also think that way then to me that's even more frustrating and suggests that someone in the coaching/management/scouting department needs to step up their game.

Totally agree with this. 

19 hours ago, wbbfan said:

idr the last time we had 2 wins this depressing 

 

 

Lip gloss wins for sure...

4 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

 

 

as usual he nails it. 

 

To be fair there’s a couple losses that probably should have been wins also. Calgary. Sask. I mean those were last moment losses really. Could have changed the standings significantly but nope. We’d be hosting bc or Calgary. But yes does feel like lots of lip gloss. Lipstick on pig wins. Seems our O struggles when the other team has a pass rush and not so much when they don’t. 

Edited October 20, 2025Oct 20 by Goalie

I think Week 9 against Toronto (3 DST TDs), Week 11 vs Ottawa (In the last minute Ottawa returned a TD off a field goal, picked off Collaros but Castillo nailed a game winner with time expried), Week 16 vs Ottawa (3 completion game) and this game were all ... fortunate wins.

Losses where they were unlucky not to win,... Week 10 vs Calgary, you'd probably like a LDC/BB split, that 2 pt to Schoen would have just tied it, and the Bombers did absolutely nothing after Collaros got hurt in the Banjo Bowl, Bombers had lots of good chances late Week 19 vs the Elks as well.

If all of those go your way, Bombers are sitting on 12 or 13 wins... if they all flipped the wrong way they are near the bottom of the league on 5 wins.

Edited October 20, 2025Oct 20 by ShyGuy
math is hard

I forget which NFL (?) coach said it emphatically, but  "you are what your record says you are", and slice it any way you like,  this is a mediocre team. 

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

I forget which NFL (?) coach said it emphatically, but  "you are what your record says you are", and slice it any way you like,  this is a mediocre team. 

There’s 5 mediocre teams. 3 bad ones and 1 that had a healthy QB 1 all season. 
 

mediocre. 
 

BC CAL HAM MONT WINNIPEG 

bad 

ottawa Toronto Edmonton 

healthy QB 1 

Sask. 

 

yes bc and Hamilton are mediocre cuz 2 and O vs BC and recent **** kicking of Hamilton by “mediocre” Winnipeg means that they are also just mediocre. 

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

I forget which NFL (?) coach said it emphatically, but  "you are what your record says you are", and slice it any way you like,  this is a mediocre team. 

Bill Parcells

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

There’s 5 mediocre teams. 3 bad ones and 1 that had a healthy QB 1 all season. 
 

mediocre. 
 

BC CAL HAM MONT WINNIPEG 

bad 

ottawa Toronto Edmonton 

healthy QB 1 

Sask. 

 

yes bc and Hamilton are mediocre cuz 2 and O vs BC and recent **** kicking of Hamilton by “mediocre” Winnipeg means that they are also just mediocre. 

Edmonton is way better than that IMO. I hate the Faj more than most, but with him behind centre they were a WAY better team... Maybe better than us. 

I have decided our best chance to is to have Montreal take first, we beat Hamilton and catch the Als sleeping after a bye week.

I think we are one-and-done in the playoffs regardless of who we play and I will be delighted to eat this post for breakfast if we are not.

1 hour ago, johnzo said:

I think we are one-and-done in the playoffs regardless of who we play and I will be delighted to eat this post for breakfast if we are not.

Actually I'll supply the bacon.  everybody welcome for crow ,,er ,breakfast. 

On 2025-10-20 at 5:27 PM, johnzo said:

I think we are one-and-done in the playoffs regardless of who we play and I will be delighted to eat this post for breakfast if we are not.

Logically I agree with this. There’s nothing to think our O can actually put up more points than the other team can. But on the other hand, you gotta believe. But logically I think I believe we get our asses kicked. But man these are exactly the teams that end up winning the cup lots of times in the cfl. I mean they could get hot. There’s nothing to suggest they will but they could and then who knows. I’m not counting on it but let’s just say it wouldn’t surprise me if we end up going to our 6th straight cup. Just a different route this time. The route of the underdog. 

Edited October 22, 2025Oct 22 by Goalie

I mean, we're tired of being the Grey Cup favourite

11 hours ago, Mark H. said:

I mean, we're tired of being the Grey Cup favourite

Yea exactly after 5 years in row going to the show, it’s time to give and not take.

4 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Yea exactly after 5 years in row going to the show, it’s time to give and not take.

Unfortunately the other team in the last three were doing the taking.....we went home empty

1 hour ago, Stickem said:

Unfortunately the other team in the last three were doing the taking.....we went home empty

Sure yes crappy three gc losses in a row but rather be put into the position to win being part of the show than yet again watching the show from the sidelines in the cheap seats.

Edited October 23, 2025Oct 23 by HardCoreBlue