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Mike O’Shea despises the word “desperation.”

Almost every year someone asks him if his team, or its opponent, needs to play with some desperation, given its situation in the CFL standings, and his answer is always similar.

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“Neither team is desperate,” O’Shea said this week, talking specifically about his Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Toronto Argonauts.

“I don’t believe that and we don’t ever talk like that.

“Both teams want to win, both teams are preparing to win and they’re going to compete extremely hard to get a win. I don’t think desperation creeps into it at all.”

OK, let’s try a different word then.

How about urgency?

Yes, it’s early in the season, but this is supposed to be a very good Winnipeg Blue Bombers team that can contend for a Grey Cup.

Instead, the Bombers are 2-3 through five games, haven’t been able to put together two strong games in a row and are currently last in the tight CFL West Division standings.