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51percentcorn wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:50 pm please stop - i have zero idea what the hell any of you are talking about. Cats, Hopkins professors, HA80 going off the rails, Doc's nonsensical proclamations bring them all back before this

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:42 am The Jays don’t do well at Ridley. I love the complex there but I stopped going to the games because the Jays aren’t even competitive there anymore. Hop couldn’t beat Ohio State at Homewood last year despite taking a lead into the fourth quarter. What chance will they have in Buckeye country? 7-6 is more likely. The Jays made the tournament last year only because they beat UMD twice. I don’t see that happening again.

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:42 am The Jays don’t do well at Ridley. I love the complex there but I stopped going to the games because the Jays aren’t even competitive there anymore.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:39 am

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:42 am The Jays don’t do well at Ridley. I love the complex there but I stopped going to the games because the Jays aren’t even competitive there anymore.

I am certainly not forecasting a victory at Ridley this year but this strikes me as a bit of a weird statement.

You're going off a three-game sample size, only one of which was truly noncompetitive. One of those losses was by a goal. No one on the current roster was even on the team for the first two losses, except Concannon (who was injured). The two games before that were both wins. I get that the second-half debacle at Ridley in 2018 left a bad taste in everyone's mouths, as it should have, but the evidence that the Jays "don't do well at Ridley" or "aren't competitive" there is pretty thin, IMO. Current players have played there precisely one time—many of them never—and that was in the snow. They literally couldn't throw and catch. It was a weird game. I think that had a lot more to do with the weather and early-season rustiness than the location of the contest. As we know, the team went on to have a good season, at least by recent standards. In any case, 11 of Loyola's 12 goals that day have since graduated. As has Stover. Again—not necessarily predicting a victory this time around, but there is actually very little to this "not playing well at Ridley" theory, and my strong hunch is that 2020 will be competitive.

runrussellrun wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 9:11 pm

51percentcorn wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:50 pm please stop - i have zero idea what the hell any of you are talking about. Cats, Hopkins professors, HA80 going off the rails, Doc's nonsensical proclamations bring them all back before this

sorry, but my nonsense "prose" is an attempt to serve it's usual opposite, in this instance.
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I was trying to STOP a fight.............instead of starting one.......as per

houndace1 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:19 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:39 am

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:42 am The Jays don’t do well at Ridley. I love the complex there but I stopped going to the games because the Jays aren’t even competitive there anymore.

I am certainly not forecasting a victory at Ridley this year but this strikes me as a bit of a weird statement.

You're going off a three-game sample size, only one of which was truly noncompetitive. One of those losses was by a goal. No one on the current roster was even on the team for the first two losses, except Concannon (who was injured). The two games before that were both wins. I get that the second-half debacle at Ridley in 2018 left a bad taste in everyone's mouths, as it should have, but the evidence that the Jays "don't do well at Ridley" or "aren't competitive" there is pretty thin, IMO. Current players have played there precisely one time—many of them never—and that was in the snow. They literally couldn't throw and catch. It was a weird game. I think that had a lot more to do with the weather and early-season rustiness than the location of the contest. As we know, the team went on to have a good season, at least by recent standards. In any case, 11 of Loyola's 12 goals that day have since graduated. As has Stover. Again—not necessarily predicting a victory this time around, but there is actually very little to this "not playing well at Ridley" theory, and my strong hunch is that 2020 will be competitive.

Agreed, in the 6 games this decade at Ridley, Hopkins has gone
2-4. One of those losses was by one goal in an extremely tight affair during Spencer’s freshman year. Many of the contributors to the wins in the last two Ridley games (2016, 2018) have graduated. The record easily could’ve been 3-3 if one or two little plays in that 2016 game went Hopkins’s way.

IMO, loyola plays very tight in the first couple minutes every time they play hopkins at Ridley over the past 2 meetings. Spencer would then take over. We don’t have that luxury anymore- 2020 will be an extremely close game with Hopkins most likely taking a win

10stone5 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:53 am Is Hop 80 here ?
I don’t believe I have seen him here on FL.

Laxrat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:11 am 3rd attack needs to be a threat, not solely an “off-ball” player. Teams will have to decide how to match their top two poles on Epstein and Williams. Maybe Murphy takes the spot? Never seen him play, but hear he’s got the flash, meat farms product. I like Forry at midfield, think he plays smart and maximizes on his skill set. I think he can be better this year growing in that role.

Even with all the unknowns, I have a feeling a good year is coming. We have not had a player like Epstein in a long time.

Sagittarius A* wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:03 pm I still think you move Forry to attack. It's his natural position and would utilize more of his skill set. Plus with Forry parked on the crease, you couldn't slide to Epstein coming around the goal. You'd be yielding a wide open look to either Forry in front or DeSimone off the wing. Zinn is more of a traditional midfielder who would thrive on the first line as well as open things up for DeSimone and Concannon. You could put Murphy and Angelus on the second midfield line.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:12 am

Laxrat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:11 am 3rd attack needs to be a threat, not solely an “off-ball” player. Teams will have to decide how to match their top two poles on Epstein and Williams. Maybe Murphy takes the spot? Never seen him play, but hear he’s got the flash, meat farms product. I like Forry at midfield, think he plays smart and maximizes on his skill set. I think he can be better this year growing in that role.

Even with all the unknowns, I have a feeling a good year is coming. We have not had a player like Epstein in a long time.

If we're talking dodging threat I think Angelus would be a very interesting option there—he set scoring records at Paul VI. Very productive player who can do a little bit of everything.

flalax22 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:04 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:12 am

Laxrat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:11 am 3rd attack needs to be a threat, not solely an “off-ball” player. Teams will have to decide how to match their top two poles on Epstein and Williams. Maybe Murphy takes the spot? Never seen him play, but hear he’s got the flash, meat farms product. I like Forry at midfield, think he plays smart and maximizes on his skill set. I think he can be better this year growing in that role.

Even with all the unknowns, I have a feeling a good year is coming. We have not had a player like Epstein in a long time.

If we're talking dodging threat I think Angelus would be a very interesting option there—he set scoring records at Paul VI. Very productive player who can do a little bit of everything.

Henry Grass set a bunch of high school scoring records too if I remember correctly. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.

flalax22 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:04 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:12 am

Laxrat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:11 am 3rd attack needs to be a threat, not solely an “off-ball” player. Teams will have to decide how to match their top two poles on Epstein and Williams. Maybe Murphy takes the spot? Never seen him play, but hear he’s got the flash, meat farms product. I like Forry at midfield, think he plays smart and maximizes on his skill set. I think he can be better this year growing in that role.

Even with all the unknowns, I have a feeling a good year is coming. We have not had a player like Epstein in a long time.

If we're talking dodging threat I think Angelus would be a very interesting option there—he set scoring records at Paul VI. Very productive player who can do a little bit of everything.

Henry Grass set a bunch of high school scoring records too if I remember correctly. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.

ABV 8.3% wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:08 pm

flalax22 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:04 am

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:12 am

Laxrat wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:11 am 3rd attack needs to be a threat, not solely an “off-ball” player. Teams will have to decide how to match their top two poles on Epstein and Williams. Maybe Murphy takes the spot? Never seen him play, but hear he’s got the flash, meat farms product. I like Forry at midfield, think he plays smart and maximizes on his skill set. I think he can be better this year growing in that role.

Even with all the unknowns, I have a feeling a good year is coming. We have not had a player like Epstein in a long time.

If we're talking dodging threat I think Angelus would be a very interesting option there—he set scoring records at Paul VI. Very productive player who can do a little bit of everything.

Henry Grass set a bunch of high school scoring records too if I remember correctly. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.

Benson won't play players better than him..........