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Post by jimmylad on May 19, 2019 19:49:40 GMT
Wow, delighted I didn't watch it & just checked in 3-4 times to see the score. Congrats to Riders & Rob in particular, he is the best coach in the league at getting in the opposition's faces & grinding them down with intensive defence. Royals without Washpun are a street ball team who win games if the opposition are not conbasketball kited enough to stop their one on one play. I don't know which is worse, having IRF being arrogant on here as Riders have won or if Royals had won & having MBA being arrogant on court!! Well we certainly won't know any time soon! Of course IRF doesn't have too much to be arrogant about this season, 2nd in the league and only in 1 final, which of course they have won, but of course that won't stop him telling everyone how wonderful Riders are!! I can't quite believe he wants everyone back, they weren't good enough over the whole season, I'm sure Rob will be making some changes. Albeit true that Lions were the best team in the league this season bar none and no one could argue otherwise, don’t underestimate how much the stab at Europe took out of Riders early doors. Took us a long time to recover from that for varying reasons. Not an excuse in any ways, just fact. Lions were the top team this season... will they be carrying the BBL baton next year? I sincerely hope so. |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2019 20:07:51 GMT
Will Jay Williams be the Royals coach next season? I will admit i haven't watched a lot of Royals but when i have seen them they seem to rely on individual talent rather than cohesive team basketball. They were crap today. Could a different coach get more out of this roster? Assuming the core returns next season of course. Did he coach them this year? I mean I know he was there but did he coach? |
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 19, 2019 20:23:20 GMT
Will Jay Williams be the Royals coach next season? I will admit i haven't watched a lot of Royals but when i have seen them they seem to rely on individual talent rather than cohesive team basketball. They were crap today. Could a different coach get more out of this roster? Assuming the core returns next season of course. Did he coach them this year? I mean I know he was there but did he coach? In the third period he called two timeouts early on to try and stem the tide of riders points So he at least TRIED to coach Clearly it made no difference but he was at least aware something needed to change!! |
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Post by notoriousbigz on May 19, 2019 20:36:29 GMT
Did he coach them this year? I mean I know he was there but did he coach? In the third period he called two timeouts early on to try and stem the tide of riders points So he at least TRIED to coach Clearly it made no difference but he was at least aware something needed to change!! Wouldn’t have surprised me if it was just a lot of cliches. |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2019 20:58:52 GMT
I can imagine his training sessions of lay up lines, long 3s and Instagram.
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Post by saintpat on May 19, 2019 21:40:54 GMT
Not sure I quite get all the criticism of Junior.
It's his first year as head coach at this level, he's got a team with some big personalities & bigger egos!! He's had a turn over of players to rival any other club in recent seasons. He's lost players because of permit issues & for whatever reason the one player who could have brought some order & team play to his team was missing from the final.
And for all the British talent, he's missing a real 3 point threat.
It was always going to be difficult for him, he's mates with many of the team, he's known them for years, it's going to be very difficult for him to assert real authority over them & I doubt he's had much control over recruitment.
It would be difficult for an experienced coach to control the team Royals have put together, as a rookie head coach I think he's done a decent job.
I hear rumours that Royals are ready to splash the cash on players next season too, it will be interesting to see if they decide to do that on a coach as well or if they give Junior time to build his experience & reputation.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 0:08:36 GMT
Bit of a crap final then really...
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Post by leamrider2 on May 20, 2019 7:03:41 GMT
Oh, I don't know about that. Riders wiping the floor with a team that many tipped to win makes it a rather good final.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 7:14:10 GMT
Just so were clear on who tipped who to win, I voted royals, not to win but who I wanted to win. Just so that I could annoy IRF
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 20, 2019 7:16:44 GMT
Just so were clear on who tipped who to win, I voted royals, not to win but who I wanted to win. Just so that I could annoy IRF It just helps make the win even sweeter Mr Tall. Thanks mate!! We've ended the season on a high We need to get back to winning the league as first priority again now though I'm hoping Europe is now shelved for a while at least You must feel a bit better as well. Losing to the eventual winners? |
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Post by massiveridersfan on May 20, 2019 7:19:11 GMT
Is Washpun likely to show up? I can see this being a Riders blowout if I'm honest. Equally, I can see Royals edging it. Problem Riders have is nobody knows just which Royals team is going to turn up. If they're in the mood this will be one hell of a game. You called it Bigz. I don't think there was any lack of desire from Royals but they were unable to score owing to great defensive work from Riders, especially in Q3 & 4. They committed too many fouls too easily all over the court which also contributed to their downfall. Importantly, Riders also got their three point shooting back after it went AWOL for the last few weeks. |
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Post by ecrider on May 20, 2019 7:55:05 GMT
Shame the season is ending really, just as Riders are getting in to top gear!
Think winning these play offs gives more pleasure than some of the others, as i really did not expect us to make the final , let alone win.
I have not felt so outnumbered at a ball game as i did at the start yesterday. The booing on free throws was as loud as i can remember. Made it even more pleasurable to silence the vast majority of the crowd, and to send a lot of them home early!
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Post by isthaturinal on May 20, 2019 8:30:34 GMT
Looking back through the comments before yesterday’s game, still can’t work out why so many were so confident that Royals would Walk away with the W,
We had a full week to work on just one game and we went into the game with the best winning form in the league, Plus how often in recent years have Riders lost in a final,
Not many that I can remember and I’ve been to them all.
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Post by raiders92 on May 20, 2019 8:44:43 GMT
Do you think royals will go down the giants root
Where the giants spent big in year 1 on local Manchester talent like the Jones brothers eaves aliu ect to establish themselves the cut back the following year??
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 20, 2019 8:49:18 GMT
Looking back through the comments before yesterday’s game, still can’t work out why so many were so confident that Royals would Walk away with the W, We had a full week to work on just one game and we went into the game with the best winning form in the league, Plus how often in recent years have Riders lost in a final, Not many that I can remember and I’ve been to them all. Because Riders are always under rated on here and other teams over rated I would say. The difference in professionalism, discipline and coaching ability when able to prepare well for a one off game also comes into it. RoyLs coach had no answers. Vince had no answers last year. And Fab no answers the year before. Somewhere in the mix we also beat Raiders by 30 plus points in a final. Obviously their joint coaches had no idea how to respond either. All the opposition seem to play badly against us in the finals but we strangle them on defence and our focus and intensity isnt just turned on for this one game. It's been trained for all season. |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 9:52:08 GMT
Just so were clear on who tipped who to win, I voted royals, not to win but who I wanted to win. Just so that I could annoy IRF It just helps make the win even sweeter Mr Tall. Thanks mate!! We've ended the season on a high We need to get back to winning the league as first priority again now though I'm hoping Europe is now shelved for a while at least You must feel a bit better as well. Losing to the eventual winners? Losing is losing mate, doesnt matter who does it in my eyes. I'm happy to have made the playoffs this year, everything after that was a bonus. We played some great basketball for 15 quarters too |
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Post by isthaturinal on May 20, 2019 9:52:29 GMT
Please tell me if I’m incorrect but is a 32 point win the biggest ever margin ever in playoff history.
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 20, 2019 9:57:27 GMT
Please tell me if I’m incorrect but is a 32 point win the biggest ever margin ever in playoff history. Yes. The previous biggest was 22 points. However last year and the year before we got close to the record winning by 21 points both times v Eagles and lions. |
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 20, 2019 9:59:04 GMT
Daniel Routledge
@dan_routledge
So as well as being a PO final record, tonight's
@ridersbball
success was also 3rd biggest victory in any
@bblofficial
final
1️⃣ 54 - Everton v Plymouth TRO 09
2️⃣ 33 - Leicester v Plymouth TRO 17
3️⃣ 32 - Leicester v London CR PO 19
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Post by blueskies99 on May 20, 2019 10:03:43 GMT
It was all over as soon as Royals started without Washpun. Royals playing like the team Newcastle beat up by 50 back in October! Basically Riders have hardly had to do anything to win - it has been gifted to them. ......and the gifts keep coming.....
Eagles by 21 Lions by 21 Royals by 32
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Post by blueskies99 on May 20, 2019 10:10:01 GMT
Wow, delighted I didn't watch it & just checked in 3-4 times to see the score. Congrats to Riders & Rob in particular, he is the best coach in the league at getting in the opposition's faces & grinding them down with intensive defence. Royals without Washpun are a street ball team who win games if the opposition are not conbasketball kited enough to stop their one on one play. I don't know which is worse, having IRF being arrogant on here as Riders have won or if Royals had won & having MBA being arrogant on court!! Well we certainly won't know any time soon! Of course IRF doesn't have too much to be arrogant about this season, 2nd in the league and only in 1 final, which of course they have won, but of course that won't stop him telling everyone how wonderful Riders are!! I can't quite believe he wants everyone back, they weren't good enough over the whole season, I'm sure Rob will be making some changes. Do you think the Lions will be having a go in Europe next season Pat? |
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Post by blueskies99 on May 20, 2019 10:11:56 GMT
Douse getting 1 minute, guess he wont be back next year! Deng probably in the changing room demanding his money back! You csnt start Dusha and expect to win! That depends on whether Douse was re-taking his first year or this was his final year at Loughborough... |
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Post by blueskies99 on May 20, 2019 10:18:12 GMT
Looking back through the comments before yesterday’s game, still can’t work out why so many were so confident that Royals would Walk away with the W, We had a full week to work on just one game and we went into the game with the best winning form in the league, Plus how often in recent years have Riders lost in a final, Not many that I can remember and I’ve been to them all. Oooooh....be careful.....you'll have saintpat accusing you of arrogance  |
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Post by interestedridersfan on May 20, 2019 10:23:28 GMT
It was all over as soon as Royals started without Washpun. Royals playing like the team Newcastle beat up by 50 back in October! Basically Riders have hardly had to do anything to win - it has been gifted to them. ......and the gifts keep coming.....
Eagles by 21 Lions by 21 Royals by 32
Incredible results from what has been a a very average and mediocre team for the last few years that never even gets close to having a league MVP in its squad. We are so very lucky that everybody plays crap against us when it really matters. Bring on next season already |
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