BigBlue Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Montreal is on the wrong end of two signature games: (1) Winnipeg proving that Edmonton was not the best team in the league (2) Trestman & Ricky Ray showing who is the best team in the east [at least as the crow flies right now]. So do the Alouettes have a chance? Barring catastrophe (in the form of injury surprises) they neither have a chance nor clue. Perhaps that's too much bravado but we haven't had bravado in a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 I hope O'Shea shows the team footage from the BC- Rider game to school them about what can happen if you don't come to playevery game. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Black Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 BB, we have had bravado for at least the last two games. When the birdies from mon...real, lose this week, they will be chirping fowl. We will smash them to smithereens, eviserate and debone, roast and char. Picture Durants eyes rolling back in his head, momentarily losing consciousness as Jeffcoat nails him for a sack. Like a rural mad dog catching a partridge, we will rip their heads off and bury them til spring. Fatty Liver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal optimist Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Heartily agree... provided Winnipeg doesn't underestimate their opponent, they should come out with the W here. Montreal might be fired up though after getting spanked by Toronto this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 https://twitter.com/DarrinBauming/status/899305086425243648 Not sure how to get this to post as a tweet - but anyway, Bauming is saying that Dressler is almost ready to come back. I'm not sure how I feel about that if it means Flanders comes out. Flanders and Harris have been such a dynamic duo as a one-two punch. Is it possible to still play both Flanders and Dressler if Dressler comes back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 From today: Alexander practicing, Loffler and Walker didn't practice, Bond is away on personal matter and Neufeld filled in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seekoy Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 17 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said: https://twitter.com/DarrinBauming/status/899305086425243648 Not sure how to get this to post as a tweet - but anyway, Bauming is saying that Dressler is almost ready to come back. I'm not sure how I feel about that if it means Flanders comes out. Flanders and Harris have been such a dynamic duo as a one-two punch. Is it possible to still play both Flanders and Dressler if Dressler comes back? Denmark out and Dressler in? Tracker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.A.B. Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 13 minutes ago, Seekoy said: Denmark out and Dressler in? It will be a choice between Thorpe or Denmark. I'm afraid it will be the latter. Lankford will not go out since he's the primary kick returner and the backup kicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judd Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said: It will be a choice between Thorpe or Denmark. I'm afraid it will be the latter. Lankford will not go out since he's the primary kick returner and the backup kicker. Is lankford actually the backup kicker? I've never heard that before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuranBoldenRules Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 hour ago, M.O.A.B. said: It will be a choice between Thorpe or Denmark. I'm afraid it will be the latter. Lankford will not go out since he's the primary kick returner and the backup kicker. Kickoff returner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H. Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 The Bombers need to find ways of scoring more points when they are dominating the opposition. As we saw against Edmonton, if they connect on a few deep throws the game will stay close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.A.B. Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Judd said: Is lankford actually the backup kicker? I've never heard that before Quote While Lankford has shown speed and big-play ability (he ran a 10.51 to win the 100 metres at the Florida Relays as a high school senior), he has another less-obvious talent. He was a semi-regular punter and backup kicker in college (owing to his soccer background) and would be Winnipeg’s backup kicker if needed. Lankford, who believes his field-goal range would be 40 to 45 yards, ran an intriguing fake-punt formation in college. "We had a little rocket punt thing where I could kinda take the ball, roll out, read the end. If the end came, punt it," he said. "If he didn’t, I’d try to run for the first down." "Hey, there’s a bunch of things that people don’t know that kid can do," Paul Lankford said. "I’ve seen him score the touchdown, kick the extra point and then kick off. He got a 44-yard field goal in the rain in high school. So, it doesn’t surprise." https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/try-try-again-440974943.html GCJenks, Tracker, Fred C Dobbs and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBBFanWest Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Eternal optimist said: Heartily agree... provided Winnipeg doesn't underestimate their opponent, they should come out with the W here. Montreal might be fired up though after getting spanked by Toronto this week. Ok. I'll bite. W here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J5V Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Seekoy said: Denmark out and Dressler in? Denmark is a real enigma. Hero to zero and back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam P Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 This game feels like a classic "trap game" spot. Coming off a big win against an undefeated team, back to back the next 2 weeks against your biggest rival, and playing against a team that you should've lost to a couple weeks ago. Would not surprise me at all if the Bombers lost this one, but I obviously hope I'm wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBlink Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 7 hours ago, Cam P said: This game feels like a classic "trap game" spot. Coming off a big win against an undefeated team, back to back the next 2 weeks against your biggest rival, and playing against a team that you should've lost to a couple weeks ago. Would not surprise me at all if the Bombers lost this one, but I obviously hope I'm wrong I have a lot of respect for that Montreal team. They had "one of those games" much like BC losing to Saskatchewan. (SJ Green/Duron Carter being unstoppable). Great teams rarely have "one of those games" but Montreal is still a good team and can steamroll you if you aren't at the top of your game. They beat Calgary...and they arguably should have beaten us. So I agree with you that we could lose this game. That said, we are 6-2 and are morphing into what could be considered a "great team". When we came back and beat Montreal was when belief turned into confidence. I fully expect to win this game because we're the better team and we don't take games off. Blueandgold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBURGESS Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 8 hours ago, Cam P said: This game feels like a classic "trap game" spot. Coming off a big win against an undefeated team, back to back the next 2 weeks against your biggest rival, and playing against a team that you should've lost to a couple weeks ago. Would not surprise me at all if the Bombers lost this one, but I obviously hope I'm wrong Every game we play against a team that is below us in the standings isn't a 'classic trap game'. We should have lost to Montreal the first time we played them. We absolutely killed them in the last 1:40, but they were way ahead before that. Montreal's a pretty good team that had a bad game last week. They should bounce back this week and I expect a hard hitting close game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_gold_84 Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 11 hours ago, J5V said: Denmark is a real enigma. Hero to zero and back again. When was he ever a zero? mbrg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 hour ago, TBURGESS said: Every game we play against a team that is below us in the standings isn't a 'classic trap game'. We should have lost to Montreal the first time we played them. We absolutely killed them in the last 1:40, but they were way ahead before that. Montreal's a pretty good team that had a bad game last week. They should bounce back this week and I expect a hard hitting close game. It's a classic trap game in so much as they just got blown out of the water last week, and it would be easy to get caught up in that and forget that they *should* have beat us last time we played them.... Having said that, I don't believe this team gets caught up in traps. MOS has them as mentally well prepared as any team I've ever seen.... SPuDS, Mr Dee, rebusrankin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Not sure how I feel about Montreal, to be honest. On paper, they're a pretty bad team. On the field, they either seem to be right in the mix or completely out of it. They never just seem to do "okay". That being said, Durant is obviously not the same DD anymore. They're a team that I expect is going to get worse as the soreness and injuries pile up, their team is way too old to handle it the same way a younger team can. They don't have that *elite* playmaking type of guy that can take over a game and I'm hopeful that we can avoid giving up the big play. As much as Montreal should have beat us the last time we played them, it was a tricky game for us. Medlock missed two kicks and that in itself can change the scope of a game entirely. That's not likely going to happen again. Montreal also hasn't had to face the two headed monster we have in our backfield, which has entirely changed the look of our offense. I also feel like their offense without Rutley is a little less potent (even though he's the backup) and I feel like putting Sutton in instead makes DD worse, as he's not able to rely on that checkdown since Sutton is miserable out of the backfield as a receiver - it's no coincidence Durant has had his two best games of the season when Sutton was out. Quite honestly, with them on a short week, playing old and beat up ... I think we handle them quite easily. Atomic, blue_gold_84 and BBlink 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrg Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 There are fields in the CFL where the Bombers do not struggle to win. McGill Stadium is one of them. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Boy Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Noeller said: It's a classic trap game in so much as they just got blown out of the water last week, and it would be easy to get caught up in that and forget that they *should* have beat us last time we played them.... Having said that, I don't believe this team gets caught up in traps. MOS has them as mentally well prepared as any team I've ever seen.... I think the bombers where not up to standard in the mental department for the Calgary game. Not the same team at all. No team is immune from complacency or tightness. I think tightness was the cause of the bad game with Calgary not complacency of course. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BomberBall Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Brandon Alexander at corner, and Kevin Fogg at halfback. Looks to me they'll start in place of Brian Walker (hurt) and Roc Carmichael. -Bauming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Sounds like Loffler may be out. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPuDS Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 Just now, Mike said: Sounds like Loffler may be out. ruh roh. that would not be good. hopefully nothing serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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