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Wildcats v Tiapans - An open letter to Mal Cooper

Yeah i saw the travel by Ennis. I also thought the cats played the best offence they have all year in the first half except for the last few mins of Q2. It was good to watch the spacing and the efficency that was in the offensive set. Second half was another story. i think cairns upped the D and it was noticeable.

My livestream was too grainy for me to comment on the foul calling, but the Perth commentators (Ellis and ?) certainly gave the impression that Cairns were getting the harsh end of the calls. Perth too good anyway, but good to see some Taipan fight.

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"Showtime"

No doubt we paid for that break with some of the other offensive calls we copped.

I think Fearne thought they still had a faint chance when they were down 7 with a little over a minute to go. After Knight his ill-advised mid-range jumper, and Cairns came up empty on their next possession it was 9 points with under 30 seconds to play, and I imagine Fearne (rightly) called off the dogs at that point because the game was over.

Knight really should have just killed another second or two off the clock and taken the foul that was coming, but he made the shot, so it worked out for him.

How about you read it as "feedback" from a life long NBL supporter and not a ref bashing exercise?

I wrote it this way for pure entertainment. cos it would be boring other wise.

Also, while im here, "whats the deal" with those 4 guys who dress in red head to toe and run around. are they a wildcats endorsed thing or are they just 4 guys who thought "yeah, that sounds cool"

Mystro, "not sure if your serious or taking the piss out of Coreletto"

When the refs make bad calls like these, it makes the game crap. he also had it in for Redhage too for some reason.

I dont want to take anything away from this young man and i do like the look of him as far as having a lot of potential.

But last night watching him go against equally as big bodies i couldnt help but wonder if the ABL had more legitimate bigs in it, would Hoban be getting the opportunity that he is with the Sixers.

It was obvious to me that he struggled to have any sort of impact against Norwood's big front line and i can only wonder if he went against that size athlete every week then maybe he wouldnt be seen as deserving the opportunity.

Again i dont want to take away from the kid because you can only go against whats in the league but will be interesting to see how he goes at the next level.