Wildcats to lose.

UP THE BUZZAS

Bullets slight underdogs with bookmakers. #moneytrain

Gravy. May put a lousy thousy down

Chortle

The Bullets played us very well even before our form turned to crap, so a 3rd loss in a row wouldn't surprise me at all.

Gut check time for Perth. The Melbourne game was an embarrassment. This one will show what we're made of.

Cats need to go back to their defensive roots and build from there. Can't leave guys like Te Rangi open outside the 3pt arc like last time. Bump up Damo's minutes to lead by example. Not sure if Brandt was playing or at full health last time these teams met?

If we drop another one and Terrico has a stinker, I think I'll have to join the section of the army that thinks he needs replacing. :(

Bullets in a close one, with this thread to hit 150+ posts.

Screw Flanders screw Flanders screw Flanders

"Gravy. May put a lousy thousy down"

Nice. One unit for me personally is a thou too. None of this $100 crap.

My Breakers winnings are going on the BUZZAS tonight

Anyone know if mika playing? Can't watch it live this evening.

Mika is back according to the commentators

Mika looks a lot more mobile than he did last season.

wait, what??

Wow our flops are getting called now. Refs finally some up. Norton teched twice and out of the game.

LOL. Wow.

Refs finally woke up*

Brutal yes but also a statement to cut that shit out of the game.

Wow home cooking big time here

Agree it wasn't the best play to call it on but the law has been paid out and the tone set. A new era?

I'm in two minds about it, but I'll bet there's a lot fewer cats hitting the deck for the rest of the game.

laid out*

F**k this tablet's auto correct is atrocious.

It was his second tech hence the ejection?

Why wasnt vukoma teched up for flopping on brisbanes last play? Really inconsistent when u just threw a guy out. Personally im happy letting tje bigs go at it, little flail here amd there is ok. But after the Norton call...

Not 100% sure actually. What the dude above said.

#772 I was referring to.

He had an unsportsmanlike for the shirt hold, t was his second tjerefore goodbye

If it wasnt a flop, how can he have no one to blame but himself? It was a terrible call, contextually knowing it was an ejection it was shocking, there was clear contact to the centre of his chest. Cats managed to play avg d, foul a heap and increase their lead.

Wasn't playing, i don't know what you mean. Its clearly a bad call, you can argue he shouldn't have given up the 1st, but he still disnt give up tje 2nd.

I don't think Paige knew who the Tall Blacks were during her interview. lol

See how pumped Terrico White is to have hit those shots!!!

A few threes by White and it's a blowout.

Haha.... after all of that how did White end up wide open on the perimeter?

"Uhhh yessum ya know we wuz playn well I just keep shootn yurr"

Or not.

Bit early to put the cue in the rack cats.

Beginning to think this Patterson guy might be good.

Yea apologies, i just take each anon post on its own.

"Send all the men. Send them all. Goddamnit please send them all" -me when Cotton gets the ball late in the shot clock

"Beginning to think this Patterson guy might be good."

Meh, he's no Terrico.

Terrico Uhhhhhhhh White

Damian Wayne Martin-Kerr

Ok. I now have an account.

I will now be known as...

Flop warning


Carn the cats

Quality game. Expect Patterson to deliver in Q4. Perth playing well. Brisbane did well to get back into it!

1 point game, time to unleash Hiejima.

No idea why Bairstow is surprised there

I think I stopped all flop warnings once I chose this username.

Consider yourself lucky cadee

What a game.

This is bullshit

"choke warning" as a user name has been removed as an option given this is a SA based forum.

36ers have priority access to that user name

Having him take a three ranks only marginally higher

Imagine how good a second-rower Damian Martin would be

Fuck me, imagine this as a first-round playoff series

This would be an epic finals matchup

Norton was ejected from the game early...

In unfortunate circumstances

YOOOOOOOOO PAT

Not sure Damo should be the one checking PAtterson.

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.

Can we get that 3rd import now?

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.

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

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

Is this what happens when the referees dont have there heads up the a$$es of the Wildcats?

Wildcats better get themselves a third import

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!

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

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

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

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)

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

I dunno. The refs have had some good games.

I doubt this one ranked in the top10 for ref influence

"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.

Throw Hodgson in for motivated too

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

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

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

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.

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.

Fk Perth

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.

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.

"Fk Perth"

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

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

Wagstaff providing fuck all as usual

on*

I'm about to break this device.

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.

@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

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

10am*

I'm on a tablet too

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.

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

Manu my man I'll see you then.

MID season. Argh

@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.

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

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.

Perth fans better get used to the idea of running with only two imports. Cotton is on massive dollars so no room in the budget for a third import and Gleeson has said they wont be. White has been okay most of the season but i think they should be upgrading to a swingman type that can hit the boards and lock down on D as well as shoot well from the perimeter.

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.

Seems to be a worrying trend lately fading late in games. Started with blowing the big lead against sydney last week. Some signs have been encouraging of how good they can be to get that far in front to begin with. But perhaps it is the ageing group that is fading late in games.

Im backing wagstaff to come good again. Theres been other seasons where hes struggled for periods but he finds a way to get back into form for finals. Dont forget how many massive clutch buckets hes hit at important times for this club.

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

Your shout, P-dub

Don't tell me you counted them you prick?

Trev's throat feeling the effects of all that work tonight

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

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

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.

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

Well FMD, There's your "Christmas Miracle" I'm going to agree with Kobe.

White was supposed to improve our outside shooting but he is way too inconsistent. Only gets decent scores by throwing up a lot of shots, and only against 2nd rate teams. Goes MIA against the top two.

And I'm not even convinced its the Right type of player. Trev said we wanted a Prather/Ennis Hybrid. Instead we got a 2nd rate shooting guard.