Dennis really mixing things up with a starting lineup of

Norton
Pace
Crawford
Holmes
Conklin

I missed the game against wollongong, is this the first time he's trotted this one out?

good game so far 36-40

nice comeback! Go Crocs!

WTF happened in that last quarter!?!

Massive opportunity for the Sixers to step up on Sunday and put pressure on those cats

I'm getting a bit tired of the cats bullshit consistency. Ennis needs to stop dribbling the ball and do more work offensively and defensively off the ball. Redhage needs to step up his d too. We are missing knight so much.

As a cats supporter I confess to being a little arrogant and expecting an easy win tonight. Credit to the crocs they played well and this year the league is very even. For us we need to find our form in a hurry I can't see us winning the title right now. We are missing Knight but we also have key players out of form especially Redhage.

I prefer this starting 5 until knight is back. It's not just the starters, the whole team needs to lift. Also look at the foul count.

Credit to the Crocs. They played their best game this season.

In the presser, Damian Martin said "I was terrible in the first half. I think it was the worst half of basketball, defensively, I've played in a long time."

See, tonight's game got me thinking... Ennis is the team's star player no two ways about it, and he doesn't really give a shit about defense. Do the personal philosophies of the star player on a team in sports permeate through the group and affect their way of thinking? Because Perth are not the same defensive team they were in years past. Is it the coach, rule interpretations, I don't know. But maybe it's a case of follow the leader, and that leader is taking them down the wrong path.

I don't know, but maybe Gleeson needs to establish/reestablish the team's alpha dog on court, who should be Damian Martin.

Just the midnight ramblings of a guy utterly perplexed as to what he saw go on in front of him tonight.

The game at PA vs cairns, I saw the defensive intensity on every cats player on court for about the first quarter. After that it didn't return to players like Ennis, redhage and others until OT. Not good enough. I hate players that don't play D. If Ennis thinks he gonna get to the nba playing like this, then he is fooled.

Cheers for that crocs. Great game. Now for Breakers to take out Sydney again. We're in for a great run to the finals NBL fans... What an outstanding turnaround this season.... Watching all the games now instead of just my homies.....

Perth were poor, especially in the last quarter, but don't forget this is a team that still leads the league, only a few days ago belted Melbourne away and knocked off Sydney by almost 50. Have a feeling they'll be ok.

Who was the clown in a read shirt and black shiny shoes on the wildcats bench? He managed to help crocs score 2 extra points without touching the ball.

The cats are on the top of the ladder in spite of him not because of him. His lack of court vision, understanding of the game and absence of common sense is glaringly appalling. His game plan is about as useful as tits on a bull.

Any similarity between him and a real coach is purely coincidental.

I challenge anyone to show me one good coaching move that he made this season. This guy couldn't run a bath, let alone a basketball team.

I get that many wildcats fans a dirty about losing a game they thought was going to be an easy win, but credit where credit is due the crocs were great last night.

Of the last string of losses the crocs have found a way to fight back into a game after being down by 10 or more, then losing it in the last couple of minutes. The consistency of implementing Dennis's systems is starting to come for the crocs on both ends.

Proud of the way they hung tough when Perth got hot in the third and pushed out to a ten point lead and again 8 point lead in the fourth, before turning it around on the defensive end. Blanchfield was huge for mine, alley oop spoil on Ennis, tip dunk, tip in and one in the last, key defensive rebounds all effort stuff.

Just disgraceful, Wildcats. 26 to 9 last quarter, this team has no excuses for going to pieces like that.

Sorry, that was me, didn't realise I was posting anon.

With all the stupid calls Ennis gets his way every time he attacks the basket, he should be putting up 40+ every night.

Ironically last night the one time he was actually fouled, he got called for a charge.

Gotta love NBL refs...

I need to get this straight. The Gleeson haters would rather have the coach at the bottom of the ladder in Perth and get rid of the coach at the top? Credit to Dennis for last night, no doubt. However one good coached game doesn't make a good season.

Seems more logical than your theory 'Dennis is the best coach in the NBL because he beat Perth, once'.

Don't forget Gleeson coached Townsville to playoffs 5 years in a row with teams no more talented than what they have now. Clearly he's a good coach. I can't understand the negativity about his coaching.

His teams in townsville and melbourne were poor defensively. That's the knock on him from watching him for 5 years in townsville. His rotations are a bit suspect at times as well. Always seemed to be subbing out John Rillie or Brad Newley or whoever when they were getting hot. Having said that you could do a whole lot worse than Trevor Gleeson.

Townsville have the least talented team in the comp, Gleeson never had that in his time up north. I think some of the recent Gleeson bashing is well over the top though. Some people were fooled by Perth's fast start, but they were never a mile ahead of the comp.

Personally, I think the reason for Perth's hot start was the lack of scout on Ennis and motivation. I think it's a case of the novelty wearing off in a couple of areas -- Gleeson's ability to motivate and the reverence of a guy as talented as Ennis in the league.

Obviously the Christmas break did nothing but hurt them, maybe it's Gleeson's fault for not getting them up to play in the new year, maybe he let them get out of shape.

Also the Ennis factor was a real thing -- opposing players saw him as an NBA Player who's way better than them and would run and hide; I could see it in guys' body language. Also, players like Blanchfield know how to play him properly because the scout is getting easier by the game.

Also, individual form of Redhage is down.

Interesting. The last time Townsville beat Perth, Gleeson was the coach. The last time Townsville beat Cairns in Cairns (before tonight), Gleeson was coach. Just an interesting stat for those that love to hate on him.