Fri 5th March - Phoenix v Riders 6:00pm

Go Riders !

Too sloppy when we had the lead and same old players contributing a net negative.

17 minutes, 2 points, 0 from 5 FG would be embarrassing for a student Rider.

Learnt nothing from last weekend.

This Riders team hurts my head. An incredibly talented group of players who play some excellent basketball in periods but consistently manage to find ways to lose games they should win.

The usually dependable Riders D definitely MIA in that final quarter. Nix knocked down at least 5 threes down the stretch and I dont think there was a Riders player within 10 feet of them for any of them. 3 of them just coming off a screen at the top. How can they just keep letting them come off the screen and have an open jumper.

Fraser/Falzon poor again. Cannot believe how much Fraser has struggled. Praying for Mo to come back. Even at 50% he'd be a huge upgrade on what we're getting at the minute.

Following on the theme of us going to pot when Geno sits. He only sat for just over 4 mins. And we were -8 in those 4 mins.

Congrats

Have to agree that we looked complacent once we went 15 ahead. Too casual/poor finishing at the rim and stopped playing team ball. Seemed to be more about one-on-one offence. On a positive note, Heron looked to be settling in well. Falzon has not proved to be a good enough import.

I cant believe how riders fans aren't rating ali fraser. Last season arguably the most consistent british 4 in the league. Is it the system? The coaching? How did Lavandier get more from Fraser than RobP can?

Good.

But also unfair to pick him out. Falzon also hardly setting the world on fire.

Bring back Barry lamble

I totally agree with you, but it wasn't just Fraser.

We started the final quarter. one where Phoenix are well known for pushing hard to win the game, four points up, but with the weakest team we could put on court, short of playing the students.

All of our talented Americans were sat on the bench together, watching for almost three minutes, as the hard fought 4 point lead turned into a 4 point deficit. 

During that time, Washington managed a layup, Anderson missed 2 three point attempts, Fraser missed one layup and fouled MBA in the act of shooting, Corey Johnson and Falzon didn't see much of the ball.

When the Americans came back in, Washington stayed on and Corey Johnson went to the bench. Corey had been hot all night, and to sit him on the bench at this critical time seemed inexplicable.

He came back in with 2 minutes left on the clock, hit a 3pointer with 35 seconds left, to reduce the deficit to 1 point, and was replaced by Anderson with 20 seconds left on the game clock.

Apologies for the rant.

So considering about a week ago most rival supporters had already wrote the League off and presented Riders with the league trophy,
How do you all feel now we have just lost our last two games, Do we still make room in the trophy cabinet or are you giving it to Vince and his circus.

What's the longest losing streak you've had in recent years? Can't be much more than 2??