Mission Accomplished! My, how the worm turns. Go back approximately two weeks and there was much consternation in Winnipeg about head coach Tim Burke not playing his starters enough during the preseason and getting embarrassingly outscored in the two contests "a lot to a little." Follow that up with a disappointing home-opening and stadium-opening loss featuring a sputtering offence that insisted on giving the ball away, and questions continued to pour in about the faltering Blue Bombers. Fast forward to the present and the Bombers are sitting at 1-1 after a bone-crunching performance by their defence on the road at Percival Molson Stadium; a defence that swarmed all over what appeared to be a shell-shocked and ill-prepared Alouettes team. Seven times the "Bomb Squad" got to their target, Anthony Calvillo, bringing their total number of kills to 11 on the season (all on Calvillo.) Heres a statistic that may help bring things into perspective on how stifling the "Blue Swarm" was on Thursday evening: the Als only ran 47 offensive plays through 60 minutes of football; seven of which resulted in a total loss of 37 yards. Thats less than 12 plays a quarter, which is typically one good drive for the once dangerous offence; just 122 yards net offence; and only 2.6 average yards per play. But wait a minute; it gets even scarier on (20) second down plays: the "Black and Blue Bunch" held Montreal to 28 yards TOTAL! Thats 1.2 yards per play. Ouch! No wonder AC was so upset! He was frustrated and taken off his game in rare fashion. In fact, thats the most hes been sacked in one game in the last five seasons. Its not often you see the record-setting, even-keeled, stoic, legendary quarterback so discombobulated. But when you do see it happen, its the same song and dance, same tune being sung and same blue print applied: relentless pressure and a constant attack on where AC sets up shop, seven yards straight behind the center! The mission was planned, the assault was flawless and the target was terminated. While the "Blue Storm Defence" was on its game, showing you how destructive and effective a defensive unit can be when working together, the offence still has some work to do! Too many times the ball was given to the opposition, making the performance of the "Flying Muambas" even more impressive. Four turnovers on offence and another on special teams and the "Terminators" had to deal with what defenses call "sudden change;" when the ball is turned over and suddenly they find themselves back in action! They were up to the challenge however, holding AC and company to only four points. Two weeks in a row the Bombers have lost the turnover battle (5-1 in Week 1 and 5-3 in Week 2). Winning the turnover battle is usually a telltale sign how a team is performing. Often its the one stat that decides who wins and loses, but it may not matter with the kind of defensive performance we saw against Montreal the other night.If the Bombers can clean up their act offensively and limit the turnovers, watch out. Why? Ill tell you why. I can say this with extreme confidence: defences CAN determine the outcome of a football game by cranking up their intensity and bringing wave after wave of relentless pressure. I remember being sacked 10 times in the 86 Grey Cup by a vicious Hamilton Tiger-Cats defence that dominated the line of scrimmage en route to a Grey Cup Championship. After the game I basically went straight to the hospital and had both my knee and elbow operated on, all from the bombardment of an overpowering defence. 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Mark Sampsons Lionesses have won their first two qualifiers for next years tournament in the Netherlands and host Belgium at Rotherhams New York Stadium on Friday, before an away trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina next Tuesday.England scored 52 goals in 10 qualifiers for last summers Womens World Cup in Canada, but have scored five in their seven last games after facing the worlds top three sides at last months SheBelieves Cup in America. Scott celebrates her goal against Bosnia with team-mate Eni Aluko I think weve really tightened up defensively and we are now a very tough team to beat but creating more chances is an area that has been highlighted, Scott told Sky Sports.It wasnt easy to do that in the SheBelieves Cup playing against the likes of Germany, USA and France because they are very tough teams to beat.I think it is about being a little more clinical. We know we are not going to get as many chances against those sorts of teams so its about taking those chances when they come. 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Skipper Steph Houghton anchors a defence yet to concede in Euro qualifying Scott performed the teapot after netting the winner against the Bosnians at Ashton Gate last November but says she is unable to reveal the true meaning behind her memorable goal celebration.That was a bit of a private joke between me and Eni [Aluko] and I dont think I can ever reveal what that was about, Scott added.My goals dont come around that often so whenever they do I do tend to think about doing a celebration because I have so long to plan one! Also See: SportsWomen Latest Show News Latest News SportsWomen Video Youth NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NFL Gear Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale NFL Gear Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Store Cheap Jerseys 2019 ' ' '