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Post by isthaturinal on Oct 26, 2023 21:31:38 GMT
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Post by spacejammer on Oct 26, 2023 22:36:32 GMT
Call me crazy but I'm going to predict Eagles to win by 5.
My reason for this is it seems so far it seems whatever the result in the first game against a team. It somehow is always the opposite 2nd time round.
We beat Sheffield first time then lost 2nd time.
We beat Bristol first time and then lost 2nd time.
We lost to Leicester first time and then won the 2nd time.
So with that logic and how we lost to Lions first time I believe tommorow night could potentially be our night.
And given how much we push London in the first game with 2 players missing then I think we've proven we can certainly test the Lions. And with home court as well then just like last week hopefully our crowd will prove to be effective at being the 6th man.
That being said we're going to need to seriously shutdown Matt Morgan and not let him rain 3's this time and keep our discipline. Hopefully this time we will avoid any unnecessary ejections and the officials will do a better job calling and controlling the game too.
And if it is anything like the first game I expect it could be another hail Mary shoot out with little defence being played at either end.
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Post by massiveridersfan on Oct 26, 2023 22:41:05 GMT
Flyers & Lions to win.
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Post by keithkr on Oct 27, 2023 5:06:13 GMT
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Post by bigdunk on Oct 27, 2023 6:14:10 GMT
Dekker was limping badly in European game so I reckon he might miss this and not sure Matt Morgan is fully fit either. If these 2 aren’t playing then eagles will have as good a shot as they are likely to get at getting the W
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Post by spacejammer on Oct 27, 2023 7:41:18 GMT
Dekker was limping badly in European game so I reckon he might miss this and not sure Matt Morgan is fully fit either. If these 2 aren’t playing then eagles will have as good a shot as they are likely to get at getting the W Whilst I don't wish to see anyone injured. This would give us a huge opportunity to steal one if that is the case. That being said every player on the Lions team can play dangerously so I still expect hard game. Especially since Lions have been consistently playing without Dekker during the season so far as well.
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Post by LTfan on Oct 27, 2023 11:37:18 GMT
For those interested, the Newcastle/London game has been selected for live NESN broadcast in the US.
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Post by D44 on Oct 27, 2023 13:10:38 GMT
The last Eagles Lions game was a cracker and I'm hoping for similar tonight. It's a shame Eagles seem a bit beaten up after the Bristol double header game, but hopefully sorted during the week. I couldn't care less about Lions playing midweek as an excuse, they have more than enough players albeit Matt Morgan head and shoulders above the rest in the last Eagles game.
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Post by reallyoldfeenixfan2 on Oct 27, 2023 13:37:32 GMT
Call me crazy but I'm going to predict Eagles to win by 5. Yep, you're crazy!
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Post by voise on Oct 27, 2023 19:24:55 GMT
Tahir and Rob give great commentary - worth watching just for their contribution
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Post by voise on Oct 27, 2023 19:28:54 GMT
Giving up 60 points in a half at home is not a great start!
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Post by tony on Oct 27, 2023 19:30:31 GMT
First half was no contest lions just strolling to a easy win
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Post by baldereagle on Oct 27, 2023 20:54:44 GMT
All over in Q2, but at least Taj put in a shift this time.
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Post by LTfan on Oct 27, 2023 21:03:17 GMT
It’s the first time I’ve properly studied Newcastle this season… I know some will argue London are in a league of their own, but Newcastle really should be a lot, lot better than they are with their roster of players. Something is very wrong there.
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Post by spacejammer on Oct 27, 2023 21:17:28 GMT
It’s the first time I’ve properly studied Newcastle this season… I know some will argue London are in a league of their own, but Newcastle really should be a lot, lot better than they are with their roster of players. Something is very wrong there. Tonight Eagles vs Lions game felt like when I went to Watch Indianna Jones 5 at the cinema during the summer. The movie was terrible and it was tempting to leave however because I wanted to get my moneys worth I stayed and saw the game through. But it was difficult to get excited and just wanted it over by the end. Compared to last week it was sort of nice to have a calm game instead of the adrenaline fire match up with Leicester. But similar to some of the Lions games I seen on Sky it was boring to watch after a while when you could tell one team was in control no matter what. Overall for the Eagles in the 1st Quarter we started of strong but it was downhill from there. We missed some easy baskets at times tonight particularly in the 2nd Quarter and the 2nd half you could see the lads tried but only to keep in respectable. I have a feeling in the 2nd half we were just playing for training and looking ahead to our game in the ENBL on Tuesday at home which would be more achievable at winning compared to what we faced tonight. I think the only positives I will take from this game was it was great to see Scott Spencer make his club debut even if it was just for a brief spell and now we finally have a full team at last and no one picked up any injuries. Plus if this is what London at home will be like I'm glad we got it out of the way. Roll on Tuesday I say!
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Post by erj14 on Oct 27, 2023 23:03:01 GMT
It’s the first time I’ve properly studied Newcastle this season… I know some will argue London are in a league of their own, but Newcastle really should be a lot, lot better than they are with their roster of players. Something is very wrong there. Every player that's played in the BBL recently is doing worse with Eagles, maybe apart from JJ. Eagles quite simply have one of the worst coaches in the league. He's doing the least with one of the biggest budgets. There has been no progression at all from the first game to now. It's a complete waste. This is in no way a reaction to tonight, London are just a very good basketball team.
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Post by mac on Oct 29, 2023 1:42:29 GMT
How on earth did I miss this thread, that's the only reason I posted the other one. Maybe SWMBO is right and I need to get checked out. I seem to be losing the plot. 😵💫
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