GARY LAWLESS THINKS YOU SHOULD KNOW…

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This article was published 17/08/2009 (6194 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

SOME will suggest it’s too early to panic, but for Barrin Simpson, the time to get worried about the 2-5 Bombers is now.

“The danger is here. Right now. Two-and-five is danger zone. There’s a hole in the ship and we need to fix it. It’s not getting near the danger zone, we’re in the danger zone. We have to find a way to get it done,” said Simpson.

The veteran linebacker doesn’t curse, but he came as close as we’ve heard him to crossing that line Saturday night after the Bombers lost 39-12 to the Montreal Alouettes.

“We’re not finding a way to get it done. It’s freaking disgusting but we’re not finding a way to get it done. We have to look at the film and figure out what the crap is the problem and get it fixed,” said Simpson. “But that’s frustrating. Especially at home.”

It was suggested to Simpson that the Bombers were in the game and that the statistics would bear out that Winnipeg was close. Moral victories were not what the defender was interested in discussing.

“Points count. Points are what win and lose a game. Yardage don’t mean nothing when you got 39 points on the board,” sniffed Simpson. “It’s not an accomplishment to say we kept their yardage low. We have to keep points off the board. And we have to score points. That’s the name of the game. Whoever has the most points wins. Yardage don’t mean anything. We have to have enough points to win the football game. We gave them too many and we didn’t score enough.”

Bombers coach Mike Kelly was a little more positive when asked if he was worried about his team’s record and last-place standing.

“Not overly. This is a big week for us. Three and five wouldn’t scare me as much as 2-6. I do think there’s a good football team here,” said the coach. “We just have to continue to work to bring it out. We need to work hard to try and go into B.C. and beat the Lions.”

gary.lawless@freepress.mb.ca

Butterfingers

Yvenson Bernard fumbled and lost the ball on consecutive kickoffs Saturday night. “It’s a rough night. Awful. Terrible. You just have to try and come back from it,” said Bernard. “I have to prove myself again. Coming off the field after you do that, you feel awful.”

Quotable

Coach Mike Kelly on fumbled kickoffs: “They’re awful. That changed the game…. Until that point, I know it was early, but we were slugging it out with them a bit. You can’t afford to do that against a team like Montreal.”

Bouncing back

“It’s crazy, but one of my best friends, he did it three times in a game when he was playing at UCLA. I remember how hard it was for him. He bounced back and now he’s playing for the Cleveland Browns. Hopefully I can bounce back and show these guys it was just a fluke.” — Bernard.