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Post by ko25 on Feb 15, 2021 12:19:38 GMT
Wed 17th Feb - Riders v Eagles 6:00pm
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Post by massiveridersfan on Feb 15, 2021 14:27:11 GMT
A crunch game for both teams.
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Post by massiveridersfan on Feb 15, 2021 23:43:00 GMT
One of the saddest aspects of the pandemic is that we may not get to see Crandall or Lee playing at the Morningside unless it's through a lens. My guess is that at least one of them will be in Europe next season. So pleased they signed for Riders but disappointed I probably won't see them play while watching from my seat in the stand.
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Post by baldereagle on Feb 16, 2021 7:57:30 GMT
Leicester put the final nail in Liverpool’s league hopes at the weekend - I‘ve got a nasty feeling the same will happen to Eagles, especially if Gordon is missing...
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Post by ecrider on Feb 16, 2021 10:03:39 GMT
Leicester put the final nail in Liverpool’s league hopes at the weekend - I‘ve got a nasty feeling the same will happen to Eagles, especially if Gordon is missing... Made my lockdown weekend seeing their collapse, and Klopp's increasingly deranged comments made it even better! "One of the saddest aspects of the pandemic is that we may not get to see Crandall or Lee playing at the Morningside unless it's through a lens. My guess is that at least one of them will be in Europe next season. So pleased they signed for Riders but disappointed I probably won't see them play while watching from my seat in the stand." Couldn't agree more, getting more spectacular as the games go on! |
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Post by MansfieldMike on Feb 16, 2021 13:29:20 GMT
Leicester put the final nail in Liverpool’s league hopes at the weekend - I‘ve got a nasty feeling the same will happen to Eagles, especially if Gordon is missing... Riders wii assume that Gordon will be fit, Jackson missed just one match against Lions last week. Maybe after getting a technical and fouling out against Raiders, his headspace was not quite right for the Sharks game. |
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Post by stevetino on Feb 16, 2021 14:25:35 GMT
Leicester put the final nail in Liverpool’s league hopes at the weekend - I‘ve got a nasty feeling the same will happen to Eagles, especially if Gordon is missing... Riders wii assume that Gordon will be fit, Jackson missed just one match against Lions last week. Maybe after getting a technical and fouling out against Raiders, his headspace was not quite right for the Sharks game. Who knows availability for this one 3rd game of 4 in a week for Eagles |
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Post by davef on Feb 16, 2021 14:48:58 GMT
Gordon clearly turned his ankle in the first quarter of the Sheffield game and was limping noticeably when he returned to the court
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Post by baldereagle on Feb 17, 2021 19:42:49 GMT
Impressive win by Leicester, who must be a shoe in for the league now.
Gordon might well have made the difference but we’ll never know
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Post by massiveridersfan on Feb 17, 2021 19:47:47 GMT
Impressive win by Leicester, who must be a shoe in for the league now. Gordon might well have made the difference but we’ll never know Still too soon to say that I think. We know players could be injured, get Covid, to name but two possibilities. Also, most teams on their night can beat any other team. Long way to go yet. |
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Post by stevetino on Feb 17, 2021 20:32:17 GMT
Impressive win by Leicester, who must be a shoe in for the league now. Gordon might well have made the difference but we’ll never know Still too soon to say that I think. We know players could be injured, get Covid, to name but two possibilities. Also, most teams on their night can beat any other team. Long way to go yet. Nah it’s all done now 👍🏀 |
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Post by jumbo on Feb 17, 2021 20:36:10 GMT
Always felt confident that we would have too much in the end with Gordon missing. Just felt we had control of the game even though it was tight. Although I've had that feeling at least 3 times this year where we managed to lose the game.
Way too soon to say that the title is ours, although I'd say its probably a 2 horse race now. We need to at least split the 2 games with lions. Win them both and we would be in a great position. But I worry that the h2h might be key and that we may well come to regret that last 40 seconds against them even more than we already do.
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Post by stevetino on Feb 17, 2021 21:18:21 GMT
Always felt confident that we would have too much in the end with Gordon missing. Just felt we had control of the game even though it was tight. Although I've had that feeling at least 3 times this year where we managed to lose the game. Way too soon to say that the title is ours, although I'd say its probably a 2 horse race now. We need to at least split the 2 games with lions. Win them both and we would be in a great position. But I worry that the h2h might be key and that we may well come to regret that last 40 seconds against them even more than we already do. It’s all over, kudos, London cant afford to drop any games which is a huge ask |
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Post by jimmylad on Feb 17, 2021 21:58:27 GMT
Always felt confident that we would have too much in the end with Gordon missing. Just felt we had control of the game even though it was tight. Although I've had that feeling at least 3 times this year where we managed to lose the game. Way too soon to say that the title is ours, although I'd say its probably a 2 horse race now. We need to at least split the 2 games with lions. Win them both and we would be in a great position. But I worry that the h2h might be key and that we may well come to regret that last 40 seconds against them even more than we already do. It’s all over, kudos, London cant afford to drop any games which is a huge ask If Lions beat Riders again they will potentially be top of the league or am I wrong? If so, I can’t see how anyone can seriously say the league title is over? Laughable. |
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Post by stevetino on Feb 17, 2021 22:43:37 GMT
It’s all over, kudos, London cant afford to drop any games which is a huge ask If Lions beat Riders again they will potentially be top of the league or am I wrong? If so, I can’t see how anyone can seriously say the league title is over? Laughable. Yup, lions would have to beat riders again and go unbeaten till the end of the season, highly unlikely |
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Post by jimmylad on Feb 17, 2021 23:12:32 GMT
If Lions beat Riders again they will potentially be top of the league or am I wrong? If so, I can’t see how anyone can seriously say the league title is over? Laughable. Yup, lions would have to beat riders again and go unbeaten till the end of the season, highly unlikely Presuming that Riders don’t lose a single other game? About as highly unlikely as Lions remaining unbeaten until the end of the season as you already pointed out. |
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Post by milehigh on Feb 18, 2021 6:51:46 GMT
Riders with a 12-1 record in league games, winning over 92% of the time are well ahead of London on both points and winning percentage.
If Londen were to beat Riders, Riders would still be ahead on points and winning percentage, so fo London to win the league they would need to win every game and Riders would have to lose a game to another opponent.
Effectively, as long as Riders match Londons results for the rest of the season the title will be Riders.
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Post by massiveridersfan on Feb 18, 2021 9:23:30 GMT
Hmmm...something tells me there are psychological mind games going on here from some posters to heap pressure on Leicester. Riders certainly won't become complacent with Rob as their coach and none of them will be allowed to think the title's in the bag. I don't think anyone really believes the league title race is over for Eagles, Lions or Riders - they're all in the mix.
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Post by leamrider2 on Feb 18, 2021 10:40:49 GMT
For anyone who has not seen it, track down a video clip of Geno Crandall's extraordinary behind-the-back pass that gave Darien Nelson-Henry a basket. Breathtaking skill.
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Post by LTFan on Feb 18, 2021 10:51:20 GMT
For anyone who has not seen it, track down a video clip of Geno Crandall's extraordinary behind-the-back pass that gave Darien Nelson-Henry a basket. Breathtaking skill. Interesting discussion with Rob P about how singing Crandell came about on this weeks The BBL Show. As for the league being over... I don't think so. Yes, Riders are in the strongest position, but I don't see how anyone can rule out Lions or Eagles yet... unless you're absolutely positive Riders won't lose a single game before the end of the season. It is surprising though, given the strength of Riders squad this season, they're only still in the running for 2 of the 4 titles this year. |
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Post by jimmylad on Feb 18, 2021 11:55:55 GMT
For anyone who has not seen it, track down a video clip of Geno Crandall's extraordinary behind-the-back pass that gave Darien Nelson-Henry a basket. Breathtaking skill. Interesting discussion with Rob P about how singing Crandell came about on this weeks The BBL Show. As for the league being over... I don't think so. Yes, Riders are in the strongest position, but I don't see how anyone can rule out Lions or Eagles yet... unless you're absolutely positive Riders won't lose a single game before the end of the season. It is surprising though, given the strength of Riders squad this season, they're only still in the running for 2 of the 4 titles this year. Hardly surprising that Riders are only in 2 of 4 of the remaining competitions.. they were knocked out by Eagles and Lions who have comparable or better teams/squads. |
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Post by stevetino on Feb 18, 2021 12:49:56 GMT
Riders with a 12-1 record in league games, winning over 92% of the time are well ahead of London on both points and winning percentage. If Londen were to beat Riders, Riders would still be ahead on points and winning percentage, so fo London to win the league they would need to win every game and Riders would have to lose a game to another opponent. Effectively, as long as Riders match Londons results for the rest of the season the title will be Riders. Who is going to beat riders? I’ll wait |
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Post by blueskies99 on Feb 18, 2021 13:17:26 GMT
Remaining games between the top 3 :-
12/3 Eagles v Riders 14/3 Riders v Lions
26/3 Eagles v Lions
16/4 Eagles v Riders
TBA Lions v Riders
H2H Eagles 1 Lions 1 Riders 1 Eagles 0 Riders 0 Lions 1
Riders have 4 games Eagles have 3 games Lions have 3 games
The weekend of 12-14/3 will be very interesting.
Also, Raiders and Sharks could be spoilers.
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Post by erd87 on Feb 18, 2021 13:17:58 GMT
One of the saddest aspects of the pandemic is that we may not get to see Crandall or Lee playing at the Morningside unless it's through a lens. My guess is that at least one of them will be in Europe next season. So pleased they signed for Riders but disappointed I probably won't see them play while watching from my seat in the stand. I have similar feelings with regards to the Eagles lineup we have this year. Gutted that I won't get to see them play together in person. Would also have loved to have seen the Riders and Lions teams up close this year as well. I think last night showed that Riders have a bit more depth than Eagles can rely upon this season. If everyone is fit we can give both Lions and Riders a good game. We seem to get very little outside of our top 7/8 players and the drop off from them is a big one in my opinion. Would love to think we could keep this group together for next season and maybe add a little more depth to help with scoring from the bench. |
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Post by jumbo on Feb 18, 2021 13:31:44 GMT
One of the saddest aspects of the pandemic is that we may not get to see Crandall or Lee playing at the Morningside unless it's through a lens. My guess is that at least one of them will be in Europe next season. So pleased they signed for Riders but disappointed I probably won't see them play while watching from my seat in the stand. I have similar feelings with regards to the Eagles lineup we have this year. Gutted that I won't get to see them play together in person. Would also have loved to have seen the Riders and Lions teams up close this year as well. I think last night showed that Riders have a bit more depth than Eagles can rely upon this season. If everyone is fit we can give both Lions and Riders a good game. We seem to get very little outside of our top 7/8 players and the drop off from them is a big one in my opinion. Would love to think we could keep this group together for next season and maybe add a little more depth to help with scoring from the bench. I think this is spot on. I think Eagles starting 5 is possibly the best in the league. I fancied them for a cup but always felt they were a player or two short of being able to win the league. Realistically it's a 7 man rotation. Tends to be the Eagles way compared to Riders over recent years. Their extra firepower in the starting 5 gives them the edge in the cup in the first half of the season. Riders depth gives them the edge for the league. |
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