Chargers Thread

Justin10

The line is only 5.5, more then likely less in Vegas.

Shocking about Hardwick was he expected a stinger every game in his neck.
Crazy to think one of my favourite players is a centre.

OAOB

Sounds like he has had consistent trouble with his neck for the last while, scary for anyone to have that nevermind someone who is taking so many hits every week.

Anyone read about jon Abraham, has taken a break from the game as he has been suffering from memory loss for the last year. He should never have been passed medically fit to play with that condition

Shane.C

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OAOB

Delighted with that result, offense looked really controlled and methodical. Gates was immense, that 3rd td catch was gorgeous. Allen won his match up with Sherman, Royal made some great yards after the catch. Rivers made some great runs to pick up yardage, absolutely love watching him and how competitive he is.

Mathews injury looked bad and if we lose him we are definitely going to be a lot more one dimensional.

The defence was fantastic last night with the exception of the drive at the end of the 1st half. Pagano kept blitzing and wilson was under constant pressure, was beautiful to see. They got a lot of bull**** calls against them last night. Getting Addae, Flowers and JJ back can only improve us. T

RuggieBear

Yeah, I thought there were a lot of bs calls but probably the worst one was a pass interference against the sea hawks thy kept a stalled drive alive.

I thought that Matthew's was a liability again. Two fumbles is not good enough. Not always going to recover the fumbles...and turnovers lose games.just look at harvins.

OAOB

The most bs call by the refs was definitely Harvins td, how the hell was that not overturned?

Mathews fumbling was annoying but they weren't like his old fumbles where he would lose it in the trenches trying to do too much. Not sure how the first one came out but the second was careless byhim. He was running incredibly hard at the start of the 4th and I don't think we have anyone else who can do that for us

Leslie91

Great great win. Found it real hard to enjoy it as much as I should though. The officiating was a disgrace and almost ruined a magnificent day in Bolts history. One cannot say enough about how good a Charger Gates has been. Philip wearing 61 on his helmet, Keenan Allen beating Sherman, Conner and Mel causing fumbles, Woodhead being Woodhead, it was a joy to see.

Having said all that we were v fortunate to recover #24's fumbles... if he is hobbled for a while I'd like to see Grice brought up to the 53 (over Oliver) and be given a real shot at being the bell cow. While he wouldn't have Mathew's downhill power, he seems far more sure handed and he knows there the EZ is.

All in all we looked so much better than we did against the Cards.. if we can figure out how to cover a RB/scrambling QB out of the backfield we will be a good D. Flowers and JJ to come back in too.

Justin10

Fantastic win, great all round display really.

The Harvin call was a joke but the intentional grounding by Wilson in the 4th, he was still inside the two tackles.

I thought the second fumble was on Rivers, that ball was no where near Mathews chest.

Gates really was fantastic, a healthy gates can carry us a long way. Ingram and Freeney make a huge difference too with the pass rush.

Their two tds where very well designed plays.

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

Fantastic win, great all round display really.

The Harvin call was a joke but the intentional grounding by Wilson in the 4th, he was still inside the two tackles.

I thought the second fumble was on Rivers, that ball was no where near Mathews chest.

Gates really was fantastic, a healthy gates can carry us a long way. Ingram and Freeney make a huge difference too with the pass rush.

Their two tds where very well designed plays.

I had forgotten about the intentional grounding thanks for reminding me!!. The officials were a disgrace yesterday. Even the hold on Phillips was ticky tack.

OAOB

I saw a few tweets mention it but even before that I thought the crowd at the Q sounded brilliant yesterday, huge noise every time the seahawks offense were on the field and its even more impressive considering the heat

setanta74

It was a great result. Gameballs to the offense as a whole and our pass rush.

I did think the Seahawks scored 21 points very easily though. We should have been out of sight and it should never have been even close going into the 4th quarter. The bogus Harvin TD aside the other TD's were carbon copies of each other and made Pagano look clueless and nearly undid all the great work Rivers and Gates were doing.

Thats the only negative with Ryan's injury I would take out of the game. So many positives. It was so enjoyable seeing all those converted 3rd downs.

Shutdown corner my arse!!!!!!

OAOB

The more times I look at the touch down at the end of the 1st half the more annoyed with Gilchrist I get. As the rb moves into space he doesn't even look at him, just stands in the same position, he reacts incredibly late

setanta74

Yeah to be fair to Pagano...what can you do when a player does that. It was a pretty lame effort.

Leslie91

OAOB wrote: »

The more times I look at the touch down at the end of the 1st half the more annoyed with Gilchrist I get. As the rb moves into space he doesn't even look at him, just stands in the same position, he reacts incredibly late

I must look at that again... we can't afford dodos. Did u see some of the whiffs on blocks by Troutman. Jaysus the sooner we get Watt in there the better.

Leslie91

Is there no Bills fan group on here?, would be good to chat with some Bills fans before Sunday. On paper I see us winning this but this is the NFL and any given Sunday etc. We make EJ beat us and we win. Hope the weather is ok i.e. no wind/rain.

setanta74

I have a good mate down my way who is a Bills fan..been over for a game in Buffalo..has family there. I am debating on whether to let him come to my house to watch the game. I just dont trust our Chargers...I would hate to let him into my house, drink my beer and then leave with a victory!!

Leslie91

setanta74 wrote: »

I have a good mate down my way who is a Bills fan..been over for a game in Buffalo..has family there. I am debating on whether to let him come to my house to watch the game. I just dont trust our Chargers...I would hate to let him into my house, drink my beer and then leave with a victory!!

Nice one D... tell him loser pays for the beer!!.

OAOB

Ok I'll admit it, I am supremely confident this weekend. I think the bills being 2-0 and us inly 1-1 means it's an easy game for the coaches to get the players focused. I also don't think very highly of the bills, EJ is a good leader but I think as a QB he's inconsistent and limited. They have a great D-line but we're a playoff caliber team, win this by 10

Justin10

After last week we all should be confident. Huge 5 games all very winnable before we meet denver. Be an absolute dream going into the denver game 6-1.

Leslie91

I reckon we will win too... but I thought we'd be 0 and 2 at this stage... so what do I know!?

;-)

Molly

I will be attending in person :-)

Leslie91

Molly wrote: »

I will be attending in person :-)

V cool... will u be part of a meet up beforehand etc? I know another guy traveling up from NYC for it. I can find out where he might be sat night, should be a good one.

OAOB

Molly wrote: »

I will be attending in person :-)

Make sure to get a few photos from the game and post them up

Molly

Been to a raiders game in Oakland, a giants game in the old giants stadium and a pats game in Gillette so pretty excited to actually see chargers in the flesh. Will get a bunch of pics, hopefully won't be sad faces in them!

setanta74

Cool. Well done on emerging alive from the Pit in Oakland. Enjoy our game in Buffalo. Very jealous!!!

..oh and as for the Bills fan??..he text me to say he is going to some small shindig in Germany called Oktoberfest..never heard of it..screw him..my beer is better and more for me. Go Bolts!

Leslie91

Good win on the road against an average team. I don't believe Buffalo have much of a future with EJ at QB. Must be tough to go all out for your franchise QB of the future to end up with him. Just goes to show what a great pick (even if it was after trade) #17 was.

Devastating the injury to Woody. He is such a great player and so valuable to the O, he is a massive loss. It will be v interesting to see what TT does now. Do we bring Grice up or go get someone like LaMichael James?, what do we do about Super Mel?, bring Law up or go get another ringer?

There will be many changes in Chargerville next week. At least this Sunday is a bye (at home to Jax), even if I like Bortles alot.

Love how the secondary is playing. But hating the way Donald Butler is not playing, he does not seem to be trying too hard.

OAOB

A good win yesterday if not a good performance. Tackling and finishing plays was awful again.
We're dealing with a huge number of injuries, way more than at any stage last year so to be picking up wins is a big thing.
D. Brown is honest and hard working but just doesn't seem to have much of a burst from him.
Thought Butler was poor by his standards, he may be affected by not being voted a captain this year.
Reggie walkers flexibility was very useful and was pleasantly surprised by him as I previously hadn't been a big fan.
Gutted for woodhead, he offered us a huge Xfactor on offense. I like the idea of lamichael James on a 1 year deal if we could afford him.

OAOB

Molly I hope you're voice is ruined from all your screaming and cheering yesterday

setanta74

Good win. Got the job done essentially early 3rd quarter. Rivers the man again! Terrible news about Woodhead..a real blow. Liked the look of Flowers at CB. Nice to see M80 bring in some big plays.

Didnt like the way we took the foot off their throats. We basically cruised in for the last quarter and a bit. Would have liked to have seen us kill them off completely. Good job Manual wasn't up to the task.

Very happy to be at 2-1 (should have been 3-0 against an impressive Cards team at this stage)

OAOB

I think its actually good that we're not 3-0 from a media point of view, less attention on us is a good thing as far as I'm concerned