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[Macca 16,173]

13 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Cracking game! 
Showtime lived up to his name. Gratz to Andy Reid. And I got a few bets come up in my fav so all around good day for me.

Commis to the niners fans here, I know what you are feeling right now. 

Chiefs win in a grand comeback (again)

Had to work so audio only ... really happy for Andy Reid.  It was his turn

What went wrong for San Francisco Gorg?

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

7 minutes ago, Macca said:

Chiefs win in a grand comeback (again)

Had to work so audio only ... really happy for Andy Reid.  It was his turn

What went wrong for San Francisco Gorg?

TBH Macca, not a lot. KC just hit the turbo button on the offensive side of the ball and their D did great. Jones with two batters and a finger tip to help deflect the ball enough and the niners couldn’t run the ball as they needed big yards quickly. 
sure the D gave u0 a few big plays but to me it was more what KC did than what the niners didn’t.

[Go the Biff 3,124]

Bugger

Credit to KC. Thought their defence was huge in Q4

[JV7 2,339]

Shanahan abandoning the run game again with a double digit lead in the last quarter of superbowl ?

Edited February 3, 2020 by JV7

[Macca 16,173]

And we have 3 joint winners in the post season tipping comp ... DemonDave,  Dee Zephyr and a fast finishing JV7.

Well done fellas!

All 3 finished with 9 points ... Gorg was just a smidgen off winning outright but just missed with KC's winning score being 3 points outside of Gorg's nominated score.

I'll post up the hall of fame results later on but here is the final tally board.

9 - DemonDave,  Dee Zephyr,  JV7

8 - Go the Biff,  Gorgoroth

7 - Macca

5 - Clintosaurus

4 - Dappa Dan

2 - DeeSpencer

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

4 hours ago, Macca said:

And we have 3 joint winners in the post season tipping comp ... DemonDave,  Dee Zephyr and a fast finishing JV7.

Well done fellas!

All 3 finished with 9 points ... Gorg was just a smidgen off winning outright but just missed with KC's winning score being 3 points outside of Gorg's nominated score.

I'll post up the hall of fame results later on but here is the final tally board.

9 - DemonDave,  Dee Zephyr,  JV7

8 - Go the Biff,  Gorgoroth

7 - Macca

5 - Clintosaurus

4 - Dappa Dan

2 - DeeSpencer

Stupid KC not scorin* enough ?

Gratz to the winners.

 

Thanks again Macca. Now to wait til September and what’s in store for the NFC West again. 

[layzie 28,520]

24 hrs have passed and I suffice to say I haven’t been in a great mood today. Not feeling like facing it but if you ride high with the successes you gotta front up in the down times (Much like MFC). 

Been listening to a lot of San Fran talkback radio today and it seems the general consensus is to find 1 single thing to place the blame on. All I can really say is that it doesn’t exist, there’s a few reasons collectively but if fans want a bottom line to justify their misery they are barking up the wrong tree. 

Kyle Shanahan - Generally good play calling as he has done all year. The doubt seemed to creep in an was caught in two minds before the half. I think if you want to go with an attitude towards a game it has to be consistent. You either decide the points you have are not enough and that you need before especially considering the opposition or you protect what you have and keep running the ball. Kyle trusts Jimmy G but did he trust him 100% with every fibre of his being to go and win it like Reid would with Mahomes? I’m not sure. Deebo Samuel was hot in the first half, he needs to touch the ball more than twice in the second. Mostert could have touched it more at 20-10 up as well but hindsight always wins. We lost our dare a bit but for people to blame Kyle solely and call him an idiot play caller is pretty stupid considering this idiot was a massive part in us getting to a Super bowl. Partial blame.

Jimmy G - I’ve heard about 5 completely different assessments on his game ranging from sh*thouse to played his heart out to if he hits Sanders and we win he gets MVP. My assessment is he played reasonably well and for the most part did what we wanted but went to pieces in the 4th. Speaking of the ball thrown to Sanders it was a disappointing overthrow as it really gave him no chance to even get a potential PI call. Jimmy actually outplayed Mahomes in the first 3 quarters but here is the kicker: He struggles with blitzes, he has this terrible habit of watching the receiver off the line and subsequently telegraphing his throw and the one that really hurts is the number of open receivers he missed on the night. The Kittle one was the most obvious but I counted at least 5 open men on underneath routes that he simply didn’t see. This is why I can’t totally blame Kyle and these things just have to be rectified if he is the guy for the future. I’ve heard some dumb things this morning about wanting to trade him, is he a top 5 QB in the league? No. But he is absolutely a top 10 QB in the league and anyone who thinks otherwise and says something stupid like we should trade him and get a certain 43 y.o native to the area should just remove their head from their rear end immediately. Partial blame

The defense and that 3rd and 15 play -  Once again this sport seems to get two completely different opinions on whether someone or a unit is playing well or not. My mate thought our defense had under performed considering the hype. The contrary in my opinion, we played our game plan the exact way we needed to against a generation talent at QB and some serious weapons including a literal track sprinter. The secondary kept these receivers in front of them, Buckner and Bosa totally balled out. But THAT play I can’t get my head around. Mosley went to pick up Watkins when really he just needed to stand his ground, this led to Jimmy Ward needing to turn and the rest was history, the momentum swung and we couldn’t get it back. It’s a play you just need to make to be champions, we didn’t. But you can’t fault the defense as a whole on the day. Mosley will be kicking himself but there is a very small amount of blame there and I imagine he would learn from it big time.

Officiating - Nope, nothing to see here. The game was reffed very well in my opinion. Kittle at the end of the half, yes it was OPI. Couple of no calls in the game that might have helped either side and maybe a 50-50 that didn’t go our way but there’s never been a game called perfectly. Not accepting anyone saying that the refs cost us, sorry. No blame

And then there’s the age old line which is pretty much correct in every big NFL game. The other team made the plays when they counted, we didn’t. Such is life. 

Edited February 4, 2020 by layzie

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

@layzie

great summary. I agree with pretty much all of it, Jimmy G to me is a Belichick QB. He is a system QB, not going to run around and make Rodgers like plays but also not going to try things that aren’t there. He is a very decent and safe QB. 

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

Def worth watching this.

 

[Macca 16,173]

 

 

 

                                     Regular Season Tipping Competition

 

Year               Winner                           Runners up                     3rd place

2019             JV7                                 Go the Biff,                     Gorgoroth,

                                                              Macca                              Dee Zephyr,

                                                                                                        Clintosaurus

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2018              DeeSpencer                 Clintosaurus,                  Gorgoroth,

                                                              Dappa Dan                       Dee Zephyr,

                                                                                                         Macca                        

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2017              Clintosaurus                 Go the Biff                      Dappa Dan

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2016              Gorgoroth                     cowboy_from_hell          Clintosaurus,

                                                                                                         DeeSpencer

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2015              Gorgoroth                      cowboy_from_hell,        Macca

                                                               JV7,

                                                               DeeSpencer

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2014              Dappa Dan                     DeeSpencer                  Gorgoroth

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2013              cowboy_from_hell       pantaloons                    Gorgoroth

                       Strafford                         Macca

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                                       Post Season Tipping Competition

 

 

Year              Winner                           Runners up                     3rd place

 

2019             DemonDave,                Go the Biff,                      Macca

                      Dee Zephyr,                  Gorgoroth

                     JV7                  

 

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2018            Gorgoroth                      Go the Biff                      DeeSpencer

                                                                                                       

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2017             Macca                           Clintosaurus                    Go the Biff,

                                                                                                        JV7,

                                                                                                        Gorgoroth

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2016             Gorgoroth,                     JV7                                  Clintosaurus

                      Macca  

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2015             JV7,                                cowboy_from_hell         Gorgoroth,

                      Macca                                                                      DeeSpencer

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2014              JV7,                                pantaloons                    Gorgoroth,

                       Go the Biff                                                              Macca

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2013             titan_uranus                  DemonDave                   cowboy_from_hell,

                                                                                                        Macca

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                                                            Overall Medal Tally

                                                       Gold        Silver     Bronze

                   JV7                                4              2              1

                   Gorgoroth                     4              1              6                        

                   Macca                           3              2              5

                   ----------------------------------------------------

                   Go the Biff                    1              4             1

                   cowboy_from_hell       1              3             1

                   DeeSpencer                  1              2              3

                   Clintosaurus                 1              2              3

                   Dappa Dan                    1              1              1

                   DemonDave                  1              1              0

                   Dee Zephyr                    1             0              2 

                   Strafford                        1              0              0

                   titan_uranus                  1              0              0

                   pantaloons                    0              2              0

                  

Edited February 10, 2020 by Macca

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

I got me a mutha****en silver!!! Woooooooot!

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

Big news if it happens!

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2877125-report-nfl-playoff-structure-could-change-to-7-teams-per-conference-in-new-cba

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

There is a leaked New Rams logo...

it’s putrid.

 

[JV7 2,339]

If the world wasn't so strange at the minute is got a whole lot stranger... Brady to Tampa wth ?

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

Rams releasing everyone and signing no one. And still paying Goff 160mil more than he deserves.

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

Gurley to the Falcons.

 

The Rams are [censored]. We have goff earning 36mil this year and we have lost 7 of our 11 starting defenders... and our 5x pro bowl RB

What a calamity.

[JV7 2,339]

51 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Gurley to the Falcons.

 

The Rams are [censored]. We have goff earning 36mil this year and we have lost 7 of our 11 starting defenders... and our 5x pro bowl RB

What a calamity.

Was shocked when I saw he was released yesterday than heard talk he may be headed home to Atlanta...

Wrapt this morning to wake up to that news however there are big question marks over his body

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

2 hours ago, JV7 said:

Was shocked when I saw he was released yesterday than heard talk he may be headed home to Atlanta...

Wrapt this morning to wake up to that news however there are big question marks over his body

I think he will be fine. We will no longer be a every diwn player but what I saw last year he was still productive behind a oline that struggled and a play caller who would stop using him for big periods of the game. You have got a gem and I’m gutted.

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

Gronk to Tampa with Brady...

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

Any one watching hard knocks?

[layzie 28,520]

On 8/23/2020 at 8:41 PM, Gorgoroth said:

Any one watching hard knocks?

I'll get into it soon Gorg, not sure how the two teams format will go but definitely willing to see how it goes. 

[Clintosaurus 6,411]

Jags traded Ngakoue and released Fournette. Not sure what to think. May be lucky to win a game this season.

Only 10 days until kickoff.

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

1 hour ago, Clintosaurus said:

Jags traded Ngakoue and released Fournette. Not sure what to think. May be lucky to win a game this season.

Only 10 days until kickoff.

Talking about that today. They are nigh on rock bottom. It’s crazy.

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

1 hour ago, layzie said:

I'll get into it soon Gorg, not sure how the two teams format will go but definitely willing to see how it goes. 

I’ve enjoyed it a lot, due to covid etc it’s certainly different and then flipping between the two squads means you get less fill. 

[Macca 16,173]

10 days to go!

That came up quick ... tipping comp again?  I'll post up some more details later but same format .. 3 road winners gains points