Relax turbo, all good. Got Sydney next, if damo is back then would be nice to have damo backing up Kenny.

Huge win against an in-form Hawks.

With Damian and Cotton, this team is going to mow them down the straight.

Hasta la Vista Baby!

ROFL

Can't draw much from one game, but its interesting that without JJ so many other guys stepped up.

I was at the Hawks/Perth game and i want to know why referee Hogan more often than not does the Hawks game.The Hawks blew that game but Hogan didn't help.I want to know why one of the better games of the round cops the two worse refs in Hogan and Townsend and i watch the two bottom sides in Cairns and Brisbane and one of the better refs in Vaughn Maybrey is doing that game.You don't see one of the top nrl games refeered by the lower ranked refs or the better nrl refs doing the shit games.

Just further proves that you can't predict anything this season. No way you'd bet on Perth winning that, given the circumstances.

Aggressive defence has been their trademark and they seem to have rediscovered that.
Wagstaff was a star for them last night and if he can continue and there does not seem any reason for him not to, then the addition of a new import will only add to their cause. MacKay has found his niche, Martin to return. Prather is an all star, Brandt is holding his own inside.... The signs look good for them. They are as deep as anyone.
I think 36ers, United and Perth (only one game ) look the form teams going into the last third of the season.

The big difference between recent losses and last nights result was Wagstaff having a big game.

He has been very poor in most games and as a result the Cats just haven't had enough contributors to get them over the line recently.

Only one game BUT... That win was huge in the scheme of things when you also consider a Cats loss would have given the split to the Hawks it was almost as good as two wins.

Going by what has happened so far this season there are still many unpredictable twists and turns to come.

I have always thought the key to stopping Perth is to keep Wagstaff quiet and Hawks didn't do that.Prather will always get his 20pts and Gleeson is starting to realise Kernich-Drew is a good player and with a good import on the way i'm changing my top 4 by putting Perth in and having Sydney missing.I wasn't impressed with Sydney in there game v Breakers who were severely depleted.

I only saw the game on replay today.
After burying some Wildcat players recently, I must confess Knight, Redhage and Wagstaff in particular just showed yours truly they are still very good players at the nbl level. Now how do we get those performances consistently? Great to see!

Against the hawks the team looked very sharp, in particular at the defensive end. Their rotations were crisp, sharp, early and aggressive throughout. Obviously credit to the coaching staff for a great defensive game plan (can't believe I have Gleeson a compliment) but the players played with a lot more energy in implementing th game plan.

Offensively they have improved their reads of the defense and have subsequently got more easy scores higher percEntage shots and more open looks. Great to see them shooting the open shot rather than turning it down and forcing a drive into a crowd of defenders. They forced the hawks into defensive rotations much more than the previous game and attacked those rotations.

Bravo!

Perf then daylight

Depends on Bryce Cotton.

If he's another JJ, Perth miss the 4.

If he makes an impact like Casper has, we're probably looking at a United vs Perth Grand Final.

It will be solely a question of chemistry once Bryce Cotton joins and has had 2-3 games to build his familiarity.
I think they will be just dandy as indicated by observing their offensive passing and shot selection in the most recent game. More "ice hockey" assists as some coaches call them.
The open man is getting the ball now.
This is the number one sign of an unselfish team and your don't win championships by being selfish. These guys do know what it takes to win the big one and I'm sure will embrace Cotton like did Ennis.
The time is now

Is that better, Petal?

Perth may have a really good shot at the championship.....if they make the top 4.

The league is so close this year and the final couple of spots are likely to be decided with series wins.


Vs Cairns +10 points Perth lead series 1-0
Vs NZ - NZ has won the series
Vs Hawks - Perth won the series
Vs United - Perth + 6 Perth lead the series 2-0
Vs 36ers - 36ers +7 36ers lead the series 2-1
Vs Kings - Perth +2 Series tied 1-1
Vs Bullets - Bullets have won the series

Perth really need to beat 36ers by 8 points, beat United once more and beat the Kings by a decent margin to give themselves the Series against those teams. They will also have to hope that Bullets and NZ don't finish level on the ladder with Perth or they will bump them down.

There was no such quote in the paper. These anons making up more and more stuff as the year goes on.

Can I request for the article to be re-scanned so that we can read the last column? Or if it's easier, if the text can be typed out in this thread?

Has he arrived yet?

LOL

No.

Adelaide beat us. Cairns beat us. So yep, right now we're the team to beat.