Either, either or either

Expecting more from Cooke this time.
Perth should win comfortably

Hawks will be hungry for their first win, but Perth hasn't been a happy hunting ground for them.

Great test for Conger getting to battle it out in Perth Arena- very interested seeing how he goes.

Wildcats in a close ish game. Hawks will keep within striking distance but Cats are tough to beat in Perth.

Cats by 6.

New drinking game - drink every time Homicide mentions Conger played streetball in new york.

Disclaimer: you'll be very very drunk.

Hawks were down by 8 until some phantom calls started getting called. Some very very soft calls going against the cats. Hawks are playing well but margin should be tighter in my opinion

Liked some of the Homicide/Redhage banter actually.

Yeah i agree angus.

Has had a couple of good momenrs

Flop then a magical hold. I think the hawks and refs have this

Conger just murdered Cotton. Wow.

That block was even nastier live....

Homicide killing it yet again. He makes telecasts more fun. It's as simple as that. Am I having fun watching this guy or not? Yes I am.

Not sure I've said this before, but f**k Perth

AJ squandering some decent opportunities.

Im liking the 2 'game plans' if you like, of the wildcats.

Its almost as if its two seperate teams between the starting 5 which is the 'new team' so to speak filled with new offensive and defensive options. And when that doesn't work or gets shut down.

They bring on the bench of the core team of the last basically 10 years and play cats defensive ball that won them championships.

Its a great backup plan to screw with many many coaches

Tokoto is the GOAT inbounds defender.

Conger Who got block of the century.

I'll wait to see how Perth do on the road before I lump them in the Adelaide/Melbourne category, but if Knight stays healthy and Brandt keeps playing as he is they should be top 3.

Your all idiots...


It's sydney then daylight

Ogilvy just cannot play in Perth. He dominated last week and tonight he just looked like he did not want to be there. Get him a psychologist and a new shooting style

Perth? Don't like em

Ogilvy is the most overrated player in NBL history

Tokoto is a beast. Think he's filling Prathers spot perfectly.

Cotton went missing tonight. Credit Hawks D.

Wildcats second unit came up big tonight.

Tokoto is more than I expected. He is pretty much where Prather was at the same point starting in his NBL career, will only get better.

Agree with your comments on Perths second unit, they looked really sharp especially in defence and I credit that to a lot of playing time during the ore season. Once the first unit start clicking this team is going to look very solid.

Gee is it ore season already in WA?

The Cats run like a well oiled machine.

Walker and Tokoto have added some athleticism to this team and Cooke has too. I suspect they're going to suffocate a lot of teams and win many games with their opponent scoring sub 70.

Great to see Walker enjoying his new lease on life - with Redhage out and Walker in, it's just not the same watching Perth play. I don't immensely dislike them anymore!

Definite championship favs.

But Conger and Johnson have shown enough that Hawks fans should be upbeat about the season despite being 0-2.

When Tokoto jumps up and down defending inbounds passes, all guys need to do is take a couple steps to the side when he's in the air. Isn't the rule three steps maximum inbounding from an out-of-bounds situation and unlimited steps after a score?

Oh and - how scary is that, 3 points from Cotton and still won by 10!

If I was Gleeson I'd keep either Cotton or Tokoto on at all times.

The 'Cats are good but it's frankly stupid to say they're 'the one to beat'. Like don't even go there. Melbourne have showed in one NBL and one NBLxNBA game that they should be

Manu no way

Talent wise If both teams are healthy it's fairly even. United with a better starting 5 and Perth the better bench.

But we're talking about a proven team vs an unproven one. United were 10-8 after Casper arrived last yr.yes, had 10 of 18 in road, plus CG and DA had injuries but...compare to Perth - swept their way to championship.same coach and same formula that's won 3 of last 4 titles

Proven vs unproven- the proven group is favourite for mine.

Melbourne are a great team on paper.

But wildcats are the team to beat. They are the reigning, defending world champions.

Melbourne didn't make the playoffs last season.

At the very least, you can't say any team is the one to beat considering it's Round 2 and Perth has played both games at home

That's just semantics Manu

Someone can be 'favourite'. If I was going to pick a team right now for winners, I go Perth. United's talent - and performance in OKC- puts them 2nd. But Perth definite #1.

Great signs for Perth that we can still win if Cotton hits one bucket. I wouldn't be too concerned as a Hawks fan after that though. They did a lot right, and Ogilvy for some reason just turns to shit against us (which kinda made me chuckle when I watched the telecast, and Homicide asked "How are you going to stop Ogilvy?") Against the rest of the league he's usually more than solid.

That Conger swat though! :O

It's good to see the mocking you endured with your Sydney and daylight prediction from early last season hasn't stopped you from making early season favourite predictions this season.

At the very least, you can't say any team is the one to beat considering it's Round 2 and Perth has played both games at home

Look, he finally understands his ability to jinx a team with a #1 prediction, and is using it for 'good' (trying to deny the Cats another title) rather than for actual prediction purposes, so you non wildcats fans should all be grateful ;)

Manu Fieldel
A couple of hours ago
08:20 14 Oct 17

Reply #650374
re: Wildcats v Hawks Friday October 13th
When Tokoto jumps up and down defending inbounds passes, all guys need to do is take a couple steps to the side when he's in the air. Isn't the rule three steps maximum inbounding from an out-of-bounds situation and unlimited steps after a score?



Mate. check the rules on this. From a dead ball you are allowed 1 step only. From a score you can run the baseline as much as you want.

Always with the Perth v the rest of the world agenda! ;-)

Haha, Little H coming in hot. That's why I asked a question, rather than blatantly say what the rule was.

One step should still be enough to find a safe angle

Zodiac I said Perth were favourites

Never said 'one to beat'.

I don't really care what you call it though. Right now they look like the team who is most likely to win it. I think now that we've all had a look at Tokoto most here would agree

But really Luuuc is right. I'm just trying to put the moz on them :-)

Bigads fyi I was wrong on Sydney but right about many things last season, which is why I finished ahead on $$$.

But betting takes too much time. I've literally got 6 bets pending on my sportsbet account right now and plan on leaving it there for this season

I'm happy with the way the Wildcats are looking, but I think we've yet to face a top-4 team, and yet to travel which we know is a big issue.

JP looks very good so far, subject to the above, could develop into a very exciting player.

I am a little worried that our 3rd import is stuggling to get game time behind Waxy, Brandt, Knight, and Wagstaff.
That doesn't mean he's a writeoff, but it does mean he's not of the calibre to have an immediate impact.
When we see how Perth go in the coming month, we'll know whether we have a problem.