TrueBlue4ever

I don’t disagree. And part of the post was implicitly a retrospective feel from the whole season as to the general mood of the fan base towards the listed people. Next year I’ll start from training camp and not wait until week 7.

So we have 3 options in camp right now. Pros and cons of each: 1. Liegghio - the anointed one coming into camp. Did not survive that coronation out of camp, thrust into the FG role out of injury. Pros - he can punt, so not going anywhere yet (still think he is going to get one blocked and doesn’t follow through on his kicks), has a decent leg for FGs and came through with a 4/4 game and a game winner in the last minute in the one game our kicking truly mattered. Cons - misses the makeable ones, especially converts from the middle of the field. Seems to get under the ball too much and sky them at times. For a supposed strong leg, his kickoffs don’t get that deep. Crapigna - brought in to camp to save the day. Then hurt with people calling for a replacement anyway Pros - a veteran with a super high career average of 88%, so no worries about long term yips with him. Cons - for all his success, all I remember of him is the times he choked in the clutch or rang one off the post. Coach doesn’t seem to trust him outside of 40 yards, and watching him kick there may be credence to that line of thinking. Dead leg? Mourtada - the saviour as judged from his workout videos. Then we saw him live. Pros - strongest leg of the bunch. Save for the 3rd miss, every kick was totally straight, so a mechanical alignment issue as opposed to a banana hook problem. Cons - if the issue was simple mis-reading of the right hash mark, why did it not get corrected in practice or after the first miss? So who stays, or do we blow it up and bring in another? For now, I keep Liegghio as punter and let him work on his kicking in practice. Give Mourtada one chance to correct his alignment, but you know the boo birds will eat him up at home with even one more miss, and his face and body language last night make me wonder if he can handle the rejection. Crapigna does not have the distance to compete I fear.

Thought about starting this thread for a while now, might as well have some fun with the fandom. Inspired by a former player who suited up here and elsewhere (I want to say Brendan LaBatte) who was asked about playing for the fan base. He said playing in Sask and Winnipeg was great, passionate fans in both places. “Rider fans love you win or lose. Winnipeg fans love you win or……well, maybe tie”. And before the outrage, there is merit to the dislike each person on this list has accumulated. With that in mind: We are 6-1. So who’s in the doghouse this week? 1. Ali Mourtada - welcome to Winnipeg! Read social media and you will see that our fans are loud, proud, and ………intense. Now pack your bags, loser! 2. Charles Nelson - Moves up because now he has stopped doing that straight run into tacklers for 8 yards we hated and now is taking it outside for zero yards which we hate even more. And he fumbled one trying to draw a no yards. The Bomber recovery keeps him out of top spot. 3.. Liegghio - removed from the top spot since he got replaced, but still shanked one punt. On the bubble: Willie J - seriously, people last night were saying it was his worst half as a Bomber with no sacks and the Elks still in it after thirty minutes. The strip sack for the clinching Bighill TD calmed us down though Lifetime achievement members of the scapegoat club: Bernie Ruoff - reefer madness Troy Westwood- we do like to s h * t on our kickers here. At least we don’t dump it on their lawns. Dave Donaldson - also like to rip on our hometown guys if they don’t become stars Charles Roberts - but we agree he should be in the Ring of Honour Matt Nichols/ Lapolice - hard to not join these two at the hip. Who was worse? The guy at the most important position on the field who dragged us out of obscurity but couldn’t win the big one or top 300 yards, until he did, or his coach who misused everyone and couldn’t win the big one, until he did. Bring back Dunigan and Brock, those guys were champs….well, they were more exciting to watch anyway. Even the departure of both as Grey Cup winners has not soothed the discontent. Glen Suitor - could turn the analysis of his game coverage into a drinking game here that would even incapacitate Do or Die. Jock Climie - said some less than glowing things about the Bombers so clearly biased. Sucks even more because he turned out to be right. Bastard.

Sees that post. Flex. Sees the poster’s name. Nods in approval. Then flex.

Maybe since they are doing so well, we only have each other to complain about.

Don’t say “kick”. 😳

Skies opened up in Edmonton shortly after the game ended.

You know, if Mourtada doesn’t miss that 3rd field goal, then Edmonton would not have taken that holding call on the return. And then they would not have started on their own 4. And then the strip sack would not have resulted in the Bighill TD. So Mourtada for the Happy Honker!

To prove me wrong?

Is it just me or does it seem like Liegghio doesn’t do a full leg follow through on his punts?

Not making any excuses for the guy. Just saying what I think I am seeing. And he absolutely should have corrected it after the first kick. How many kickers are left to themselves during practice? Or use the metal stick to pin the ball? Maybe it’s all on him. I don’t know. But looking at his practice tapes of his monster leg we saw on this site, every kick was from straight on. Just my theory.

Not if he is kicking from inside the hash marks at practice.

That last field goal attempt drifted wide right, but again was already wide from the moment it went off his foot. And all 3 converts have gone straight. I am more and more certain he just doesn’t know how to line up with these wider hash marks. Change my mind.

Lucky to get away with that incompletion.

But aren’t the hash marks in arena ball also lined up with the goal posts?

Mourtada is not shanking them or hooking them. He is just kicking them off line. Again I wonder if the wider hash marks are throwing off his alignment?

So who said Wilder was the most overrated player?

So if anyone has ever kicked at a high level, how much different is it to kick in the CFL off the hash marks vs the NFL. Are the hash marks on the American field not in line with the goal posts, while they are well outside the goal posts on the CFL? Would that throw off American kickers?

CUT HIM! Too soon?

Elks blitzing a fair bit it feels like.

Just for the record, that was a 6 yard pass on 2nd and 11 to Demski. Earlier, they threw 8 yards to Wolitarsky on 2nd and 10. Sometimes you take what the D gives you and say to your receivers “go get those necessary yards for the first down after I throw underneath”.

Great play call.

He is leading the league in rushing this year.

Collaros twice now trying to do too much and creating a turnover.

I’ll get your liver donor ready.