The Montreal Alouettes get this week off, before returning to work on Saturday in preparation for the East Final on Sunday November 21st at the Big O.
The Als will be able to sit back and watch The Hamilton Ti-cats host The Toronto Argonauts, hopefully for them in a tight, hard-fought, Gruelling affair.
However, The Als will have to look back at the 2010 with mixed feelings
-a 12-6 record (losing 2 of the 3 meaningless ga,mes at season's end).
-475 points against only 5th best in a league of 8, Both Toronto and Hamilton gave up less.
-A 5-4 road record which has only one convincing road win in Winnipeg.
These are numbers sure, but the fact is the Alouettes were not playing convincing football for the past month. To look on the opposite side of that, the Alouettes are veteran group with veteran leaders which means two things: 1- they know how to win
2-they know they don't have much time left to win again.
So I do believe that the mentality of the 2010 edition of the Als means alot in their off week. They need to realise they are in the driver's seat, be it Toronto or Hamilton that comes to Olympic Stadium in a couple of weeks. They are favored, they haven't lost at home with AC under centre since 2008.
With all the negative that has been flyign around, there is some positive. I'm sure Head Coach Marc trestman is aware of that when he gets things ready for a thourough week of practice
Sean what happened to "The Als this Week" this week??? I tuned in both at 7 and at 8 but at 7 I got the pre-game show and at 8 I got Race-Line. Has the time slot been moved again?
ReplyDeleteHey Eric,
ReplyDeletefor the next couple of weeks we are at 8pm on Wed, so we dont go head to head with the Habs
Sean