The Breakdowns vs The Story | Game 2 | Captains’ League 2: Slapball

[@WarehouseGames]

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[@johndonaldson5341]

Two games in and trading up to take Joez over Zo may be the worst draft decision in captains league history. Could be a relegation level mistake

[@lucasberg8181]

The crazy thing is he also traded down in every other sport when he might have even been able to get Joez at 8

[@geeyodude]

You draft a great goalie but have no arms and no athleticism.

[@1wasaasaw]

yeah it was a pretty bad move. and heres the thing, I know a lot of people are gonna clown on joez because they always do, but he proved last year he was a solid goalie in slapball. so picking him where he was picked is fine. the main problem is why pick joez when you already have d'versa. now jimmy has two goalies and a lackluster offense plus worse picks in every other sport.

[@cnymjetsc]

Joez is as slow and lifeless here as he is in literally every draft video

[@geeyodude]

@ you are my new best friend. He hurts every video he’s in.

[@oliverpage1033]

"Am I doing play by play or are you?" Answer: Jack and Shelf were both great on the call

[@ShelfyTV]

❤️

[@cameronshahrooz2851]

After the first two games, one point that sticks out to me with the new updates is the added importance of communication. On defense, both Jack and Jake’s teams were communicating in/out of the triangle which 1) helped their respective teams and 2) intimidated their opposing teams. New triangle/hallway/box areas also inherently spread out the game + add more movement which requires more communication. Sloppy passes/missed opportunities could be reduced with a few words. Even Jake had a fake-out pass to Dan with an audible “let it rip, Dan” to before passing the ball to someone else. Obviously, you don’t want the other team to hear your entire game plan, but it’s better to talk to each other than be quiet and assume your teammates can guess where you want them to go - unless you can read minds like the great and powerful Peter Moylan. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk on a made up sport originating from a warehouse in Jersey City, NJ!

[@BigBlack81]

If this game ever becomes confederated enough where people actually play it outside of the warehouse, posts like this are crucial in breaking down the metagame. Competition is competition, analysis is always relevant. Many thanks!

[@chadfookilroy2015]

​@@BigBlack81we got a start archive these breakdowns, how else will the next generations know?!

[@sdf8788]

gotta love that one play the ole "dalton scores a goal play" LOL

[@dfp_01]

It's a flawless strategy

[@jaketomas1234]

Lucas showing how valuable he is despite having to hard carry, but wow Jimmy's team is as bad as we thought it was going to be.

[@matthewwheeler3192]

And this is the draft he won. Breakdowns getting relegated. Deserve it for trash strategy

[@3PLMAG]

I prefer Captain’s League to Warehouse Cup, because it feels closer to just making up games with your friends.

[@edibleapeman]

I can totally imagine a Backdoor Baseball-style game called Warehouse Cup that features all these boys but in "shitty kid" form, playing up all their individual stats and features. Players could build teams for a whole bunch of custom-styled warehouse sports and versus each other or the computer.

[@rangerowneg]

Lucas D'aversa performing like we all expected, unfortunately so did Joez

[@SalusanTaurus]

You know when he starts by throwing the ball so hard he threw his whole body over the line too, that it's going to be a good Rourke video. Kid is nuts and I adore him for it.

[@BigBlack81]

Crazy Horse is going to be the sleeper pick for MVP once he gets dialed in, I think. Dalton probably still wins it due to excellence overall but if Rourke gets hot, watch out.

[@cablex17]

"It's not a strength thing Zo, it's a psychotic thing." -Dan Rourke (42:54) Kid is wild and I love him, lmao

[@johndonaldson5341]

Pregame thoughts : Jimmy botched this. Had 1st pick, traded up and i still think he has maybe 3rd best team. Could put him on back foot this whole captains league. Maybe he can prove us wrong tonight

[@charliewilliams6074]

Agreed don’t think your first pick can be a goalie

[@The_Abhy]

I think Jimmy played himself by trade and then picking Fly. First goalie pick is good move.

[@joyfullmask6343]

His strategy of stealing all the goalies only works if theres no chance of someone being able to fill the role

[@charliewilliams6074]

Yeah if you had rorke instead of joes the breakdowns would look better

[@jeremiahhernandez8692]

Not taking Dalt 1.1 is terrible

[@ThatBabyDuckSki]

Jack Shelfy is an elite booth

[@joshuastar77]

I agree, they work well together in the booth.

[@chrisslazak729]

Jack Shelfy is my daughter in law’s name

[@MNIceMan44]

13:04 "Dan throws hard" *Jack stares longingly*

[@fightfight6909]

Honestly, as an older person the thing I look forward to most with these warehouse games is when the boys finally make enough money to put some padded flooring down over that concrete. Every time one of them goes down on that hard floor I wince. Thankfully most of them are young and aren't quite feeling the true pain of these falls

[@Justb99xbox]

IDK why but Dan asking if he walked weird killed me. Just came out of nowhere

[@mouthofdasouth420]

Jimmy taking the mic from diversa was crazy

[@jacobleckart1699]

The Story building a slapball dynasty, how did the other captains let him basically get the same exact team (even better with dan being an upgrade over Joez especially if Lou is gonna be that solid in net)

[@art23hur]

Rippers have great teamwork though, I think they can take Story

[@aajamesbos]

Jack’s pregame hot take turned out to be quite accurate

[@alexpozniak4106]

Jack's captain hat needs a black outline.

[@GenoLewan]

Two saves right after each other like a paranoid Google Docs user was funny. I am one of those paranoid savers. LOL

[@dfp_01]

Especially funny because Google Docs autosaves

[@micawave6445]

can somebody please change the battery in that smoke detector

[@kingtrav]

Already been filmed so we'll see if it made it thru the whole thing. Pretty annoying once you notice it. Only question now is did they ever change the battery or just let it die and now there's no smoke detector in there.

[@DR.64A9]

So that's what that noise was.

[@Markmarky79]

I’m convinced they changed the smoke detector battery but add the sound to get comments

[@USOFYG62210]

I was confused by Jimmy’s draft and watching this further affirms that Joez was a huge reach and might be the worst player in captains league

[@kevinadams5592]

Rob is pretty awful as well

[@ohlookameme9917]

Joez was good in Goalie last captains league, Jimmy picked two goalies though, I guess to try and block the other teams from getting them but it seems like there is more than enough goalie skill to go around so far

[@ethanarnold6968]

@@kevinadams5592lol who scored the most for the breakdowns this match?

[@kevinadams5592]

@ethanarnold6968 did he really? I only noticed the turnovers and lack of understanding spacing.

[@kdog5333]

He may be the second worst player. Justin Penik still exists. Both have the same issues lack of mobility and spacial awareness on the floor.

[@chrisreaves8044]

Still can’t believe Jimmy traded up to get Joez. Literally anyone else would have been a better pick.

[@jbchesskid]

LITERALLY anyone

[@marimbaguy715]

Jimmy in the live comments talked about how during their practice games for this season, getting a good goalie seemed to be super important because the difference between D'Aversa/Joez in net and everyone else was apparently massive, but during the actual games there were others playing a competent/good goalie. I can see how he bamboozled himself into taking D'Aversa 1.1 and Joez 2.1 based on that information but it really seems like a risky decision that's not going to pay off. It'd be one thing if he took Dalton 1.1 and traded up to take Joez 2.1, but with D'Aversa already in net Joez really does not have enough value to justify that pick.

[@rangerowneg]

commenting for jack

[@mmgg2233]

Feely is a menace. Jimmy's squad let him go to the same spot over and over again, leading to multiple scores. Jake put some great defense on tape locking down half of the defensive zone himself, every other team should study his D... by that, I mean his defense... or not, no judgement.

[@bearsuitattack]

I've been studying Jake's D for years, brother!

[@Geney_s]

I think as the tournament goes on the overload into a top triangle slap will be developed. It’s usually 1 defender on the opposite side and the offense will overload that side and you either take away the low slop or give up the high triangle open shot.

[@SteamWolf320]

As a soccer goalkeeper, I have some advice for the warehouse goalies. If you have to reach for the ball like Lucas did around 15:40 then try to extend your hand straight out to where you’re trying to make the save. If you swing your arm at the ball then it’s more likely to deflect off you and end up in the net. I get there’s a lot of spin on the ball and it’s hard to judge where it’s going exactly, but “shooting” your hands will get you closer to the ball faster.

[@matthewurbas8889]

The Story - 8/23 throws, 3/4 Self Slaps, 1/3 Assisted Slaps ... 12G 2A 14P .400 pct Jake - 1/2 throws, 1/2 Self Slaps, 0/0 Assisted Slaps ... 2G 0A 2P .500 pct. Dalton - 4/11 throws, 2/2 Self Slaps, 0/2 Assisted Slaps ... 6G 2A 8P .400 pct Rourke - 2/7 throws, 0/0 Self Slaps, 0/0 Assisted Slaps ... 2G 0A 2P .286 pct Lou - 1/3 throws, 0/0 Self Slaps, 1/1 Assisted Slaps ... 2G 0A 2P .500 pct. Breakdowns - 2/13 throws, 4/10 Self Slaps, 1/5 Assisted Slaps ... 7G 1A 8P .250 pct. Jimmy - 0/5 throws, 1/7 Self Slaps, 0/1 Assisted Slaps ... 1G 0A 1P .078 pct. Lucas - 1/5 throws, 0/0 Self Slaps, 0/0 Assisted Slaps ... 1G 0A 1P .200 pct Joez - 0/1 throws, 1/1 Self Slaps, 0/2 Assisted Slaps ... 1G 1A 2P .250 pct Rob - 1/2 throws, 2/2 Self Slaps, 1/2 Assisted Slaps ... 4G 0A 4P .667 pct. Leaguewide shooting percentages by shot type through 1 game of the Deuce: Throws: 17/70, .243 pct (43.6% of all goals) Self Slaps: 9/23, .391 pct (23.1% of all goals) Assisted Slaps: 13/23, .565 pct (33.3% of all goals) Season 1: Throws: 88/264, .333 pct (59.5% of all goals) Self Slaps: 24/111, .216 pct (17.2% of all goals) Assisted Slaps: 35/132, .265 pct (23.3% of all goals)

[@aubreyn688]

amazing

[@aubreyn688]

interesting throws account for the most goals but are the least effective, so far this season

[@dfp_01]

It looks like you're not counting the last pass before a throw as an assist?

[@ryankacirek7851]

Defensively your ability to stop a cross crease pass to the area opposite and next to the crease and beneath the hallway is super difficult (call it the BBD spot). 1) Your goalie has to be active and able to deflect passes across the crease making the cross crease pass difficult or rushed and thus making slapping the cross crease pass harder to convert 2) your defender on that opposite side of the triangle has to recognize early and drop to that area to defend the shot (so someone like Dalton can’t sit there for a second and then slap). The Rippers used hallway action to create openings in that area in the first game because Penik had to chase all the way around the triangle to get to BBD. The story had a plan to take that area away from the breakdowns today by Lou being active and by never having someone just stay in the triangle. It takes communicating on defense and using your triangle defenders interchangeably to guard from mid triangle down to the BBD corner. I think that will be a basic play like a pick and roll would be in which teams can run their offenses because it puts max pressure on those two defenders to communicate covering three guys. The breakdowns are screwed because they can’t throw or run besides Rob but for the other teams it will be getting your defensive schemes set to handle cross hallway action (on top of running a man on man coverage out top for a thrower). I bet on Jake and Dalton being the best at that two man triangle defense.

[@BigBlack81]

Joez and Jimmy gotta get that footwork and movement better so when Jimmy moves, Joez moves to give space and not magnetize to the ball. It's like that in rugby: move to create space while staying close enough to get good passing. Joez has to get better movement through the hallway for the Breakdowns to have any chance.

[@throwitoutthewindow]

Subscribing to this news article, very insightful and looking forward to more in the future. Could I get some predictions on the rest of the season?

[@bobbalooo]

It’s pretty much impossible to stop that shot. I get not wanting to clog the front of the net but there really isn’t a solution on D for just camping an offensive player on the weak side post. I feel like they need to have an outer crease that a defender is allowed in. Illustration below net [_|__|_]

[@ryankacirek7851]

@@bobbalooo I agree that spot is really hard to defend because of the structure of the court. I wonder if we see someone spam that spot in a game. It would be interesting to get enough data to understand how efficient that spot can be. The next game will be big because we get rippers vs story which are the two teams best set up to utilize the BBD spot and probably the two best to set up to defend that spot. This whole theory could crumble away in the next game or it turns into a corner 3 type play in the NBA where all teams run hallways action to a weak side slap.

[@cgood5035]

Jake’s team left the triangle open for most of the game. Jimmy needs to take advantage of that

[@rdub202]

They definitely covered it better in the 2nd, but it was gaping in the 1st

[@PlyrJM25]

They did, but that could be intentional. Jake knows who he's playing against. A team that doesn't really have an arm, and there aren't a lot of slap opportunities from directly in front of goal. Defend the corners near goal, and you've effectively shut the Breakdowns (break)down. The Story communicates better than any team I've seen, too. I think that is aided by Dalton, as much as it is Jake. But, make no mistake, Jake probably communicates the best, with the best balance of encouragement and strategy out of all the captains.

[@PhiNickGaming]

Is it just me or is Jack kinda cracked at play-by-play? That call at 25:33 was *fantastic*

[@Shark-xj2yz]

Please make slapball part of the warehouse cup! This is the best of the games you play!

[@SB5v]

If Jimmy keeps drafting like this a shock relegation beckons

[@ohlookameme9917]

Another good game, but it really feels like Jimmy could have assembled a better team with the picks he had. There's still time for him to get his team into shape though so I think he'll come up with a new plan if needed for play offs.

[@aubreyn688]

yep for sure, even just dalt instead of Lucas would make his team so much better (joez is a decent goalie) athought I still think trading up to get him was a mistake. but the ultimate mistake is 2 goalies lol. they were so slow and Jimmy is not a young guy

[@TaylorG88]

Jimmy with the #1 pick and has the worst team. The Joez pick has the be the worst in all of Captain's League.

[@bryanflynn2855]

I think you should look into sporting masks like they wear in softball. In the first 2 games, I noticed a lot of players turn their head to protect their face, taking their eye off of the ball. Perhaps the mask would allow for players to keep their head in the play a little longer.

[@bradlystrong410]

High self bounce to an overhand slap at the top of the triangle would be deadly if they can figure that out. Like a volleyball serve

[@kaieastwood3373]

I don't think you would be able to generate enough force to spike it high enough and yet keep it under control so that it remains close enough so you can slap plus getting your arm into the position to slap downwards. But I hope I'm wrong cause that would be cool.

[@bradlystrong410]

@ could also get a higher set up pass up top instead of self bounce

[@kaieastwood3373]

@bradlystrong410 that I can see similar to both Penik and Rob's 2nd goals where they were overhand slaps but just closer to the net so they could get the pass for further away. Who can turn the top of the triangle into a scoring zone may be the difference in this tournament

[@johnr.seydel3821]

“Power on Power. Lank on Lank. put one in the bank and here that CLANK.” Jack with the rhymes and fire commentary. My lord

[@jcrazy9008]

40:02 shut out to the team for the funny description lines. also feed the ceiling bird 😂

[@herzogsbuick]

i had so much fun watching this last year. a year later, i still love this game. going to be interesting to see how the rule changes play out in the rest of the season, as people adjust, but so far so good.

[@EpiDot52]

I suspect taking on an offensive and defense liability to deny the other teams a good goalie was not a great strategic decision.

[@joshuastar77]

Especially when one of the teams has Jake, Dalton, and Rourke, and another team with Jack and Zo. Breakdowns has almost no offensive threat besides Rob, and Daversia is legit playing hero ball at goalie EVERY time the story had the ball.

[@EnrageD420]

Replace the battery in your god damn fire alarm LOL

[@Ice.640]

Loved that ending and Jimmy's comment after missing a goal 😂

[@matthewxramirez]

The spread offense at 34:15 has to be the playbook moving forward. Guys that can throw positioned behind the halfcourt line and in the side triangles is Curry/Durant/Klay-esque

[@Boombayadda]

I love that you talked through the draft history, thank you.

[@braves_fan2752]

Get these boys a 9V battery for that smoke detector

[@Michael-b7vd]

My dog hates it. I have to watch with headphones. Hopefully they fix for day 2 of filming.

[@simmyjuan481]

Jack is the greatest announcer

[@aaronnelsonpkp]

Feed the ceiling bird

[@cgood5035]

Jack v Jake is gonna be a good matchup

[@graceg6945]

Jack I thought your google docs joke was funny

[@aajamesbos]

Agreed

[@art23hur]

I also agree, it was sneaky good!

[@elle.mack.wednesday]

Personally I think it would have been better if he’d said Word cause google docs autosave. Great concept though.

[@mttttt12345]

Recapping my post-game thoughts: -Jimmy drafted two goalies and the breakdowns still managed to let in 12 goals. That decision is looking very foolish, especially when Lou Dab looked just fine in net on the other side. -The Story kicked into another gear in the second half once they figured out the rules. This team might cake walk to another slapball championship - Everyone on that team is an asset. -Dan has an absolute canon - would like to see him get more shots as the tournament progresses. -This is no surprise, but Dalton is an absolute Warehouse beast. He can do everything in slapball: throw, pass, defend, slap. He's a shoe-in for leading the league in goals. -Joez looked a little lost as a forward. I feel like we did not see Jimmy's vision in action this game. Felt like Joez was a non-factor. -Deversa might keep the Breakdowns in games, but he is going to have to play flawlessly if they want to really compete because that offense is putrid. There's not a single above average arm on the Breakdowns, and it feels like every other team has at least two.

[@dfp_01]

You know what's funny? In floorball, every member of Jake's team is a goalie. None of them are as good in net as D'Aversa, but it makes them all competent defenders.

[@The_Abhy]

I really love the star on Jakes jersey. Its looks really awesome.❤❤

[@surfingowl9646]

Ranking up each star. Going for general

[@AzariahWolf]

Do we need to raise money to get the Warehouse a 9V battery?

[@austynmartinich7619]

my favorite thing about this year of the Warehouse so far is the smoke detector ping

[@PrairieDawg1]

Dan Rourke comparing himself to Prime Godzilla, may be the most Dan Rourke

[@discopotato675]

Not only is taking Joez with your 2nd pick questionable... But trading UP for him is INSANE. And it's showing that not drafting Dalton 1.1 was a mistake. But atleast Dvaersa is producing and playing well Need to just keep Joez in goal. He's not very useful on offense

[@BigBlack81]

Teams that figure out how to utilize the opportunities afforded to them by the hallway rule will dominate this game, I think. Joez is showing in the negative why good movement is key and why Penik, once he figured it out a bit in game 1, became a beast late game. Also, Dalton may not want the MVP but the MVP might just want him again. It's like an obsessive love affair, those two.

[@halfbloodcarney951]

Jomboy to Jomboy when he missed that slap in the 4 minutes second half was amazing 30:27

[@jklm011]

totally disagree with jimmy at the end there, their offense was not working. Story was leaving the top of the triangle unmarked, and they only used that once.

[@carlfeibusch9308]

Yeah agreed, Joez was playing the role of a guy who moves around gets open, and he did that well, but then he refused to shoot until like the last minute. Sure he may not be the best slapper but he’s gotta take at least some of those and put some attention on himself, story basically ignored him at the top and it worked fine for them

[@art23hur]

Yup, it was 3 on 3 instead of 4 on 3. Actually with daversa hanging back, Joez lost, the breakdowns were 2 on 3, no wonder they couldn't get any open looks.

[@bradenhopkins1798]

I will never understand Joez not being the last pick

[@elle.mack.wednesday]

26:24 unfortunately, Jack, Google Docs auto saves so you don’t have to manually save. If you had said “word” or “excel” or any of the other Microsoft office products the joke would have landed better.

[@mjb3190]

The joke is you have to be paranoid to save (twice), which still makes sense cuz it auto saves

[@TheatreKiller]

The Breakdowns are done. Rob is great as a slap option, but they’re just leaving Lucas to get killed. Jimmy is not an efficient player and Joez is a non factor. Absolutely last place this year

[@art23hur]

Your breakdown is 💯 spot on

[@murphyc15]

I think The Breakdown needs to consider putting Joez in net and bringing Daversa into the field

[@noahdruckrey1288]

"you look like a modern... Boat person." Jake is the poet laureate of the warehouse

[@alicesauter8231]

This sport is really fun to watch. Would love more, maybe a main season game?

[@surfingowl9646]

Lou even with some magic cant stop Dan and Dalton Wow. Great work. Bets on Story all day.. thru the whole thing!

[@GenoLewan]

Can we get a GoFundMe for batteries in the smoke detector that keeps beeping?

[@Kalbuir66]

In the long run it didn't matter BUT....those last 2 Breakdown goals WERE NOT goals. I have no idea why Jimmy drafted Joez. The dude never takes anything serious enough and you can see when he gets the ball that he doesn't really know what to do with it because he probably never pays attention to what's going on. As for this game compared to the first, there were so many more throws this game and I'd prefer more slaps considering it's "Slapball"

[@_MjG_]

Yeah. I don't like how they are so nonchalant about giving late goal calls for trailing teams. You can bet though, if the leading team did the exact same shots, they wouldn't get any benefit of doubt. They always try to manipulate games to be as close as possible. They also seem to intentionally use bad camera angles for those late wrongly called goals for trailing teams.

[@michaelleykum6989]

It seems like Joez plays every game loaded up on kushy dreamz from Playin' Guts

[@bradlystrong410]

Whatever team finally figures out how to consistently capitalize on these 3v2 matchups near the crease wins the tournament. Only way to defend that is to leave the throws open and there’s too many live arms and not enough goalie talent to do that

[@FluffyDawg987]

A lot of people hating on this Breakdowns team, but I see the vision for this team. However, I think to succeed, Rob has to be the guy. He was awesome today and so energetic, if they unleash him to be a floater on defense and basically just give him the triangle to be his domain he can lock it down. Especially with Lucas doing his thing in net

[@DJ-on3gc]

Hard to believe Jimmy drafted anyone on that team with the intent to win

[@Polarbear_2335]

I think the P-shot should have an option of taking it at the tip of the triangle for a bounce shot, or a throw from the mid line. Seems a little more one sided in favor of the throwing team

[@grantreill1966]

Dalton Feely might be the best guy wearing 2 on the jersey to play for a squad in the tri-state area

[@micahgeurts9233]

At this point I believe they keep the smoke detector beeping so people like me comment more lol. Loving the content!

[@TheTennesseeTornado]

The Story are amazing at covering the defensive zone nips.

[@hayesherren6205]

i honestly don't think jimmy's team is as bad as other commenters are making it out to be. they just needed to take more self-slaps when the opportunities arose. and like he said they were sloppy with some violations and bad turnovers as well. if they get more shot-happy and sure up defensively they'll be just fine, they could beat anybody. i believe they just had a slow start against the best team out there

[@matthewwheeler3192]

That’s cool. He picked first in all three rounds so far. And so far the players he’s picked have all looked like third rounders, with Rob maybe looking like the last second rounder. In all seriousness only Penik has looked worse than any of Jimmy’s picks. And he seemed to start figuring something out and the end of the first game

[@ObamaBeenBoolin]

I think they should have implemented a step limit. Maybe 3-5 steps. Watching Jimmy and Jolly just run back and forth with the ball is incredibly boring. It would encourage more ball movement and I think make the game more exciting. Anytime the breakdowns got the ball on offense my brain just shut off.

[@sam-saf]

Story are winning

[@ItsKaii-n4n]

Laughed out loud at the paranoid Docs user line. Jack for president.

[@JamesStephens-qk9xo]

The Story is my favorite to take this tournament after tonight. Dalton is still Warehouse MVP, Lou was a wall and Rourke has a cannon if the defense plays wide. Jake is great at keeping the vibes high and giving his guys the nudge they need. Can't wait for Game 3!

[@torontokid2727]

A stuff and score! A scoop and snipe!

[@MattHonsberger]

Great game - feel for the Breakdowns. Qn' - why do penalty shots at the top of the triangle not have to be either slaps or bounce shots? If the square bounce rule was for player safety - doesn't make sense. Dalt could have easily taken Lucas' head off.

[@johnr.seydel3821]

Love this sport. Keep it up!

[@herzogsbuick]

people either love shady rays, or hate shady rays. they really are polarizing.

[@LoadingGodMode_]

Dalton is the best athlete in the warehouse. Dude is carrying that momentum from BB5.

[@Calwins]

There's gotta be someone else that can be in the player pool other than Joez man.. It's brutal to watch..

[@Bigfanmandan]

Have you seen Justin Penik?

[@Calwins]

@@Bigfanmandan Yeah the lack of effort is annoying but at least I find him more entertaining

[@aureumursa1833]

Thumbs up if you're in the Bobby Sirachi fan club

[@maxwellkuerschner2754]

For Jack!! 32:11

[@chasemass1710]

Lucas once again left on an island in net

[@chasemass1710]

WHERE IS HIS HELP DALTON WAS JUST STANDING THERE AND HAD AN EON TO SLAP IT

[@chasemass1710]

TWICE????? They're just giving it to him man

[@Clarkscollectibles412]

Came for the mathchup. Stayed for the play by play and Jack

[@jekanyika]

I can always hear a bassline coming from next door

[@jimmyjoeman]

Great game! Spoilers below, Honestly, The Breakdowns just need to execute a bit better. They played better than the scoreline suggests. Just miscommunication errors and soft passes were their downfall. They were a bit diorganised both offensively and defensively towards the end but that was probably due to scoreboard pressure. The Story just played a clean clinical game and took advantage of every opportunity. I'm excited to see the teams progress

[@FrostedClarinet]

The whole running out of the slap rule is such a hard call. They almost called Joez 7th goal back. I get they can’t run through their slap, but if them walking after the slap doesn’t involve momentum into their slap, it should be fine. Couple questionable calls in that first game for sure

[@skipyou2870]

The breakdowns will be fine if Jimmy sacrifices. Jimmy loves to run point which makes sense cause he’s the strategist but I feel like joez is best used as a facilitator. Rob is a slapper jimmy does have an arm I think he needs to hunt his throws early and often. Lucas is tricky cause they want him to be able to get back quick but he’s really a Swiss Army knife I believe like the perfect role player I think they need to have Lucas and joez rotate goalie through out the games. If joez is running point in the offensive zone have Lucas behind the line if jimmy is running point then have joez behind the line I don’t think he’s much of a thrower but if your running a play for Lucas then someone needs to be back. I also think Jake and the story have a great thing with active defense and turning defense to offense . Unfortunately due to how jimmy drafted he can’t mimick that the breakdowns best defender is Lucas whose in net and second best is rob who just doesn’t have the length or size

[@GrooDeeAussieroo]

Something that might need looking into, but when the goalie takes the rebound throw from the turnover, should it be disallowed if their foot gets into the hallway? The rules did say the hallway is only for the offensive players. However, could the interpretation be that the hallway is only active when the offensive team has possession and thus the goalie footing after the throw being irrelevant during a turnover?

[@scuffguardian]

dalt with the natural hatty as well! (throw, slap, penalty)

[@peterharris6409]

So the two teams that looked the best both won, which is nice because last season there were way too many games where the better team lost. It happens. It happened too much last season. Guys just gotta stay focused

[@mattybchow671]

Was that Taskys ad debut? Should she make here own shady rays or draft kings ad? Heck yeahhh! Lmk

[@cynicalcb]

Trading up for Joez in anything sports related is a wild decision.

[@aubreyn688]

we'll see... wouldn't be surprised if that happens again in ball in play

[@herzogsbuick]

i dunno if it was funny, but it was clever. 8 points for the back to back save google docs quip