dp
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Post by dp on Oct 19, 2012 18:25:25 GMT
We've got a fighting thread, and I thought it'd be interesting to have a tactics thread as well.
Never having played the game I don't feel I understand the tactics too well and I'd be really interested to read what tactics teams are employing in games.
Is it worth having a sticky or something to post messages about tactics and systems?
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Post by pantherman66 on Oct 19, 2012 20:41:22 GMT
Could be an interesting thread, I am still waiting for someone to tell me what Corey's 'plan B' should have been for the last couple of years.
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Post by texpef on Oct 19, 2012 21:09:44 GMT
Do something our rivals who have won the league did...Win against the likes of hull and edinburgh instead of losing...
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abi
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Post by abi on Oct 20, 2012 9:12:14 GMT
Keep it simple/don't try to be a show pony, play as a unit and not as individuals, don't go chasing silly little vendettas and play the whole 60 minutes.
Not that difficult.
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Post by Panthers_44 on Oct 20, 2012 11:32:15 GMT
I am still waiting for someone to tell me what Corey's 'plan B' should have been for the last couple of years. Better than 'plan A'? |
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Jim Keyes
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Post by dp on Oct 20, 2012 11:43:50 GMT
Sorry, I meant this thread more as a post game analysis type of thing - for example, Coventry beat us by playing a strong forechecking game and keeping a man up high or whatever...
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Post by Stinchcombe on Oct 20, 2012 11:56:53 GMT
Two problems with this thread:
1. no one has mentioned any systems or tactics yet.
2. the lazy generalisation that we don't beat the poor teams and that's why we don't win the league.
I don't have time to go into great detail, but just looking at last season we finished 15 points behind the champions, Belfast.
Against the bottom 4 (Hull, Fife, Edinburgh and Dundee) we got 46 pts out of 48 (Belfast got 48 / 48), so those 2 points less than Belfast didn't cost us the league and having a 100% perfect record against a set set of teams is not realistically gonna happen very often.
Against the runners-up (Sheffield) we got 9 pts and Belfast got 10 - again not a massive deficit.
The two areas where we fell behind were the head to head games with the Giants (we got 4 pts they got 10) and our very average form against the mid-table clubs (Clan, Blaze and Devils).
Our record against those three was a mediocre 10-8-0 while Giants went 13-5-0 which combined with their dominance over the Panthers left them well ahead at the end of the season.
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Post by Stinchcombe on Oct 20, 2012 12:08:12 GMT
Just to add the previous season saw Sheffield and Cardiff tie on 87 pts and we were 15 pts behind.
Against the bottom 4 the top two both went 22-2-0 while Panthers were 20-4-0, those 4 points less didin't help but it was the other 11 points behind that made the big difference.
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iginla
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Post by iginla on Oct 20, 2012 20:09:01 GMT
First change would be forget double headers with Belfast,have we ever come out with the majority of the points from a weekend against the Giants ?
Forecheck hard with two men,when we do that we always look a different team.
Play Panthers attacking hockey on the road too,not just at home.
Quite why we try to play a different more defensive game on the road i don't know,attacking hockey and the way Panthers teams are built works at home so why change it just because you are playing away ?
Get the powerplay working properly,its very hard to win a championship without a good powerplay. Panthers powerplay is always far too static and slow and relies far too much on just trying to tee up the big shot from the blueline.
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