CHAMPIONS! AGAIN...

[LeStaf]

Les Alouettes sont devenus champions avant même de jouer leur partie de cette semaine.

Malgré toute l'adversité qu'ils ont dû affronter, l'équipe montréalaise est assurée de terminer au premier rang.

Dites ce que vous vouderez, je dirai simplement qu'ils ne l'ont pas vol, et je suis très content qu'ils m'aient fait mentir!

J'apporte le smoked au tailgate le 18 novembre prochain et vous attends en grand nombre pour encourager nos champions!

Serez-vous de la partie ou Les Gars qui Vivent donneront le signal à votre place?

En tout cas, moi, j'y serai!!!

[HfxTC]

Yes. Je vais pouvoir utiliser mes billets pour la finale !

[mada7]

Great this means that starting next week we could start resting some of our starters and get our walking wounded healthy again. Obviously it's too late for this week but next week and the week after we should treat these games like exhibition games and play Calvillo for at most a quarter so he doesnt get rusty then give the rest to Macpherson so he can get some serious practice in game situations in

[stabwork]

I agree with Mada7. After this weekends games, start using Adrian more and give AC a quarter or so for the remaining 2 games, to keep the rust off for the Final game.
Let's hope that the ALS don't repeat last years remaining 3 games performances, where they lost each one.

[G_Man]

First off I didn't see them winning the conference this year, but they did perform more or less as I expected... still good but not dominant. The most impressive thing is how they've managed to deal with an endless string of injuries to key players and maintain their competitiveness throughout.
That and the Ticats have REALLY underperformed this year, TO stumbled without Ray, and WIN have been a mess.. so we have a bye to the East final.

As for the rest, Calvillo is already talking about how important it is to go into the playoffs on a roll.. playing at peak performance. You don't achieve that resting too many players for too long.. so I expect the starters to start and play most of the way.
If anything, this will allow some injured to wait an extra week (or 2, or 3) before returning.. so that at least is a positive.

They can also afford to bring in guys like Devine & Tuinei without the pressure of games affecting the standings, find out what they can bring you.. they represent that x-factor, unknown quantity, that might make the difference in the playoffs.
Hope they get a lot of touches.

Hope to god Guy is ok before the East final, we really need all phases contributing to have any shot at the GC.

[mada7]

@"G Man"

First off I didn’t see them winning the conference this year, but they did perform more or less as I expected… still good but not dominant. The most impressive thing is how they’ve managed to deal with an endless string of injuries to key players and maintain their competitiveness throughout.
That and the Ticats have REALLY underperformed this year, TO stumbled without Ray, and WIN have been a mess… so we have a bye to the East final.

As for the rest, Calvillo is already talking about how important it is to go into the playoffs on a roll… playing at peak performance. You don’t achieve that resting too many players for too long… so I expect the starters to start and play most of the way.
If anything, this will allow some injured to wait an extra week (or 2, or 3) before returning… so that at least is a positive.

They can also afford to bring in guys like Devine & Tuinei without the pressure of games affecting the standings, find out what they can bring you… they represent that x-factor, unknown quantity, that might make the difference in the playoffs.
Hope they get a lot of touches.

Hope to god Guy is ok before the East final, we really need all phases contributing to have any shot at the GC.

With the way our offense is right now the only receiver we’d maybe rest would be Richardson. It really is at this point only a question of whether or not we rest Calvillo. I really think we should play him enough to keep him sharp but limit his exposure because as much as I like Mcpherson it would be a gigantic blow to this team to lose Calvillo for the eastern final in a game that is meaningless in the standings

[HfxTC]

@"mada7"

@"G Man"

First off I didn’t see them winning the conference this year, but they did perform more or less as I expected… still good but not dominant. The most impressive thing is how they’ve managed to deal with an endless string of injuries to key players and maintain their competitiveness throughout.
That and the Ticats have REALLY underperformed this year, TO stumbled without Ray, and WIN have been a mess… so we have a bye to the East final.

As for the rest, Calvillo is already talking about how important it is to go into the playoffs on a roll… playing at peak performance. You don’t achieve that resting too many players for too long… so I expect the starters to start and play most of the way.
If anything, this will allow some injured to wait an extra week (or 2, or 3) before returning… so that at least is a positive.

They can also afford to bring in guys like Devine & Tuinei without the pressure of games affecting the standings, find out what they can bring you… they represent that x-factor, unknown quantity, that might make the difference in the playoffs.
Hope they get a lot of touches.

Hope to god Guy is ok before the East final, we really need all phases contributing to have any shot at the GC.

With the way our offense is right now the only receiver we’d maybe rest would be Richardson. It really is at this point only a question of whether or not we rest Calvillo. I really think we should play him enough to keep him sharp but limit his exposure because as much as I like Mcpherson it would be a gigantic blow to this team to lose Calvillo for the eastern final in a game that is meaningless in the standings

Problem is he needs to get familiar with Jennings, Bowling, Tuinei and we need to get Bratton and Richardson rolling with consistancy not to mention we have to get Green back up to speed.

[AlsPhil]

J'y serai avec la famille, section 233.

Go Als go!

[LeStaf]

@"mada7"

@"G Man"

First off I didn’t see them winning the conference this year, but they did perform more or less as I expected… still good but not dominant. The most impressive thing is how they’ve managed to deal with an endless string of injuries to key players and maintain their competitiveness throughout.
That and the Ticats have REALLY underperformed this year, TO stumbled without Ray, and WIN have been a mess… so we have a bye to the East final.

As for the rest, Calvillo is already talking about how important it is to go into the playoffs on a roll… playing at peak performance. You don’t achieve that resting too many players for too long… so I expect the starters to start and play most of the way.
If anything, this will allow some injured to wait an extra week (or 2, or 3) before returning… so that at least is a positive.

They can also afford to bring in guys like Devine & Tuinei without the pressure of games affecting the standings, find out what they can bring you… they represent that x-factor, unknown quantity, that might make the difference in the playoffs.
Hope they get a lot of touches.

Hope to god Guy is ok before the East final, we really need all phases contributing to have any shot at the GC.

With the way our offense is right now the only receiver we’d maybe rest would be Richardson. It really is at this point only a question of whether or not we rest Calvillo. I really think we should play him enough to keep him sharp but limit his exposure because as much as I like Mcpherson it would be a gigantic blow to this team to lose Calvillo for the eastern final in a game that is meaningless in the standings

Pour ma part, je ne donnerais pas congé à Richardson maintenant. Il commence à prendre son rythme et à se mettre en marche. Je crois que l’équipe gagnerait à le laisser au jeu pour qu’il continue sur sa lancée. Je donnerais du temps de jeu à Calvillo en début de partie (où il est habituellement fort) et du temps à McPherson à partir du 2ième quart. Ce dernier n’a eu aucun temps de jeu significatif cette saison, et il serait souhaitable qu’il puisse prendre le rythme d’une partie. Si le pire arrivait, ce serait mieux d’avoir un quart substitut qui a vu le jeu plutôt que de vivre un autre épisode … c’était quoi, son nom, déjà?

Par ailleurs, je donnerais du temps de jeu à certains substituts de la ligne défensive. On est déjà sans Bekasiak et on ne sait pas quand Jenkins va revenir au jeu, ce serait bête de perdre Bowman, Cash ou Mullinder en plus. Brouillette a une main fracturée et on va probablement perdre Emry pour la prochaine partie. Je reposerais Davis et Woodruff, qui ont un pied amoché.

Les Alouettes ont le luxe de bénéficier de deux parties sans signification pour panser leurs blessures. Autant profiter à plein de la prochaine partie pour faire jouer plus de substituts, quitte à revenir la partie suivante avec plus de réguliers, histoire qu’ils ne se rouillent pas trop.

[HfxTC]

Trestman is in his fifth year here. You guys know the only game he's going to sit guys and play backups is the last game of the year in Winnipeg.

[LeStaf]

C'est la première fois que l'équipe de Trestman arrive à ce point de l'année au premier rang mais avec autant de blessés. Je ne serais pas surpris qu'il modifie son approche.

[HfxTC]

@"LeStaf"

C’est la première fois que l’équipe de Trestman arrive à ce point de l’année au premier rang mais avec autant de blessés. Je ne serais pas surpris qu’il modifie son approche.

C’est possible mais j’en doute. Il disait hier que Bowman va jouer avec un platre cette semaine… AC veux continer de pousser. Le match est a domicile contre un club dont on detient le premier choix de repechage…