Hoops

Brisbane vs Perth, 21 Dec 2018

Would be good if the NBL website actually had players stats.

youd hope its decent since it is literally the only thing he has in his game

Norton's absence was significant down the stretch. He is able to take advantage of Cotton focus and usually penetrates and gets to the line. Martin was pretty much a passer Left Cotton too much to do on his own.
White might have been a better point if they were going to use a high pick and roll. He looks like he has a decent pull up J.

Brisbane - Perth top four
Breakers - Hawks bottom four.
CHASM.

Jesus, looks like he's either been hit by a bus or is full-blown nihilistic

Don't tell me you counted them you prick?

Thanks for that excellent contribution to the thread

Your shout, P-dub

If there's one positive from this losing streak it is watching Homicide having a very merry Christmas on twitter. He's loving it.

Perthworld, in a close game i genuinely felt we missed a few we should have got, the no charge, no block no flop call comes to mind. The league is close, and calls seem to still be very inconsistent. Its not like in our last couple losses (not united) we haven't really made more or less mistakes than the oposition, so i think calls do come into it. The team could always be better, but its wrong to think we can just be better than everyone else buy buying a new import etc.

Perth fans stop blaming the refs, we get plenty of love at home. We were up by 14 in the 3rd and lose by 7. As much as Perth fans whinge about Homicide, he is spot on , it's Cotton or nothing for us. White was hot for all of 3 minutes, did not score another point after that. Our bench is non existent, that will happen when they are mostly vetrans at the end of their careers.

Yeah my phone's auto correct didn't help me there

@perthworld

Yeah I agree. And bendat isn't throwing money around like he used to when it was Perth v NZ and every other team was just filling up space.

He likely has his reasons. I wish we could add him to the team just so we could retire a jumper with his name on it. He has been the cats MVP for a LOOOOONG time.

I've seen slot of championships. I've had my face on pre game footage. I love this team. And I love him.

I'm not fussed about the odd loss here and there.

Could we have done more... Probably.. could we have hired a better import than terrific... Definitely. But it doesn't matter.

We have the 3rd highest streak of any club in any sport. Worldwide, when it comes to finals.

We are very lucky.

Embrace the hatred.

MID season. Argh

...they don't even cut them off season and try a replacement.

Manu my man I'll see you then.

J I take back the tard line. Although how about some introspection though on your part - blaming the refs on us playing like shit every time we lose gets old - that's why the world hates us especially when a lot does go our way at home.

Flop Warning the import signings excl. Cotton have been cheap and nasty of late. The worst thing is nowadays they don't even get cut.

10am*

I'm on a tablet too

Perthworld, NYE morning late breakfast, Time Out Fed Square 10pm?

@perthworld

Who cares. If we don't win it this year. So be it. Syd have spent 4x the cap AND given away part ownership of their team to buy a championship.

We keep our streak alive, while maintaining a well managed and organised club without stopping to such an absurd level of stupidity to stay relevant.

It's kinda funny watching this all unfold while we go a lineup only slightly over cap.

Makes you wonder how hard it is being a supporter of other clubs

Hey perthworld calling someone retarded is fucking derogatory and disgraceful. I may be a bit one eyed and voice my opinion but last time i checked its allowed. As someone who grew up with a disabled brother i take great offence to what you just said. So please be the guy on the baseline gaze described diring his timeout. Maybe you should look in the mirror when describing what perth fans are like. Been on this forum as a perth fan is crap, you have to listen to every other fan carry on like the world hates them and its all ok, yet when you think something didn't go your way like it should have, its deemed your incorrect because its not possible for perth not to get a call. Then the limkted cats fans turn on each other to appease the majority of perth cant get a bad call people on here. You perthworld not i are the flog, im just one eyed like most bloody fans.

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I'm about to break this device.

Tom I'll add that the refs aren't calling Cotton's flailing anymore in those shots.

"Fk Perth"

Yeah I'm going away to Melbourne in a week for a break. #worldcity

Best game I have seen Bairstow play. Gliddon came up big down the stretch. Patterson didn't totally dominate in prime time but his poise and ball handling is so important and he did enough to show he is MVP material.
Perth good effort. Cotton seemed to be their only optioning last 5, and he was all helter skelter just getting open, then he had to take miracle shots. Where was Steindl?
Best team won.

Flop Warning yes but this time last season the slump started and we went from 1st to 3rd which cost us HCA in the playoffs which is essential.

Sydney are top of the ladder now. Looks weird.

Fk Perth

Cotton and kay both manhandled, vukona getting away with murder. Cadee no tech for flopping? Just like the kings game there was a procession to the foul line for the opponent with bulk contact allowed on cats players. I get it on this forum, nothing ever goes against perth, but they were in the receiving end of some howlers. I guess ill just wait for the cokking to return. But how you avg close to 15 less fta attempts than earlier in tje year is interesting.

I don't know about most, but too many.
Reffing was mostly pretty good I thought, in a game that would not have been easy to ref.
It certainly wasn't what caused our offence to choke to a halt in the last few minutes.

Seven Bullets, including every member of the starting five, did not play for them last season

Calm down Perth world.


We haven't had our team together basically at all this season.

Plenty of time left in the season and we have already done nearly enough to guarantee finals.

Let them gel and start working together.

I'll take a mid season slump over a late season slump 99x out of 100

Worst case we get a 3rd import (if needed) to make us harder to beat.

There is plenty of upside. There always is as a cats fan, and that why everyone else hates us. Take it for the compliment it is

#840 Correct - most of our fans are tards. J in the starring role.

Throw Hodgson in for motivated too

"Wildcats to lose."

Well I was right. Without that Terrico mini run we lose by double digits. As I said in the mid season thread Cats are flat track bullies - beat up on the bottom four but can't win a game against the other top four sides. Cooked.

Cats fans with no sense of irony whatsoever complaining about home cooking omg!! Take your beating with some class for once.

I dunno. The refs have had some good games.

I doubt this one ranked in the top10 for ref influence

Wildcats third import needs to be a ref. Worst game ever by the refs.

Tough, cool, poised, cerebral, veteran, motivated.

That covers their recruits this year. These lads are for real.

Vukona
Gliddon
Patterson
Bairstow (didn't play last year)

Was a top game I agree.
Nice to hear a good atmosphere in Brissy too.

Let them enjoy the home cooking.

It wasn't horrible, it won't matter come finals. The cats will destroy them.

We get some favourable calls as do most teams at home. Yet few teams know how to play finals bball.

Don't stress cats fans.


It won't matter much

Don't need a third import, just a decent second one.

Cats don't need a 3rd import, just need to sit Damo & Cotton for the rest of the year given how well they played without them!

Wildcats better get themselves a third import

Refs have swallowed their whistles. That was crazy. Gibbo with the Grandma's Starwberries-powered steal.

Just change to 35 minute games and we'll be fine

Officiating is comically bad. Perth getting absolutley slammed in this quarter. This league is cooked. Brisbane just a procession to the line, perth getting smacked around, no calls. Even then they messed up, cotton had jersey was a cleae usf but call the not a foul on the shot... well done for ruining another game.

Can we get that 3rd import now?

Not sure we have anyone to matchup on Patterson tbh.

Good game in the end. WD bullets.

Not really happy about the result. But not surprised either.

Not sure Damo should be the one checking PAtterson.

YOOOOOOOOO PAT