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Post by ted logan on Feb 21, 2014 9:06:48 GMT
Anyone would think they were a bitter bunch....... They are a bitter bunch. Have a gander over at KOTG, someone has started a thread claiming that Salters shirt from the fight last saturday was almost 'on purposely set up to rip that easily' A very bitter bunch indeed. Obviously that's the only way anybody could beat Keefe - by cheating  You just couldn't make this crap up. So, you win a double header away at the reigning champions. In the process, you win the league. Still got to have a whinge/ridiculous dig in the direction of Nottingham:- www.kingdomofthegiants.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25075Those pesky Panthers eh - always finding ways of bending and breaking the rules  |
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Post by Pies on Feb 21, 2014 9:38:37 GMT
Dates announced.
The two-legged Challenge Cup Final will be held on the following dates:
Belfast v Nottingham Friday March 21st
Nottingham v Belfast Tuesday March 25th
To accommodate the fixture in Belfast the Nottingham Panthers will also travel to Belfast on Wednesday March 12th for a game which replaces the league game between the sides originally scheduled for Friday March 21st
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Tickets for the second leg in Nottingham will go on sale from 9am this Saturday February 22nd
The game is NOT on the season ticket but season ticket holders will have until close of business on Tuesday March 4th to claim their locations and a one pound discount.
From 9am on Wednesday March 5th any unsold season ticket locations will join the other seats on general sale at normal home match prices.
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Post by Rob Scott on Feb 21, 2014 9:46:26 GMT
Awesome. I book a week away from 24 to 28 March and now we have 2nd leg of the Cup Final and Playoff Quarter final.
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Post by ted logan on Feb 21, 2014 10:53:48 GMT
The latest batch of whine coming from over the Irish Sea www.kingdomofthegiants.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25081Imagine having the best qualifying record (from a much tougher group as usual  ) which entitles us to have the 2nd leg at home then actually expecting the 2nd leg to be at home. How dare we?  |
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Post by Rob Scott on Feb 21, 2014 10:59:21 GMT
The latest batch of whine coming from over the Irish Sea www.kingdomofthegiants.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25081Imagine having the best qualifying record (from a much tougher group as usual ) which entitles us to have the 2nd leg at home then actually expecting the 2nd leg to be at home. How dare we? Mardy mardy Giants..... |
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Post by KimThePanther on Feb 21, 2014 11:03:17 GMT
I genuinely love Giants fans.
As to the finals date, that makes perfect sense. I wasn't planning on going to the double header this year, but now there is something riding on the Friday game I'll at least look into it.
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Post by Caesar on Feb 21, 2014 12:07:42 GMT
Now normally im not a fan of doubling up league and cup games but, putting in an extra pointless league game on the 12th makes no sense whatsoever.This is one situation where the doubling up of things would make sense.Do we really need another pointless match at the back end of a really tiring season?
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Post by Yotes on Feb 21, 2014 12:58:46 GMT
Doubling up the cup final though Caesar? Wouldn't we be getting to the stage of why are we bothering at all?
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Post by Caesar on Feb 21, 2014 13:12:48 GMT
When it comes to the way the cup is organized and handled I think most people think like that anyway. I just think doubling up that particular Friday night wouldn't do any harm at all. League wise there is nothing to be gained by either us or Belfast, they've won it and we are just jockeying for position. All that putting in an extra league fixture does is create the ability for more tiredness and injures to occur
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Feb 21, 2014 13:29:35 GMT
if Belfast had doubled up the CC Final with one of the doubleheader then they would have lost one home game revenue. They get their revenue, and those fans travelling from Nottingham for the double header get one meaningful game out of the two. Not a bad result really, the only downside is that we play the 2nd leg on Tuesday and our home QF on Thursday.
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Post by Shaggy on Feb 21, 2014 20:01:06 GMT
Well, I suppose that the KOTG crew have got to find something else to have a go at us for... after all, they must be rather bitter about us taking their favorite taunt away from them - that we'd never won the league.
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Post by Pies on Feb 21, 2014 20:10:31 GMT
We've booked to go to the cup final date in Belfast now it's a more meaningful event! Can't wait!
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Post by Dunk B on Feb 21, 2014 20:30:13 GMT
The latest batch of whine coming from over the Irish Sea www.kingdomofthegiants.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25081Imagine having the best qualifying record (from a much tougher group as usual ) which entitles us to have the 2nd leg at home then actually expecting the 2nd leg to be at home. How dare we? I thought I would of never find a more bitter set of fans towards the Panthers than the Steelers, but reading that thread has proved me wrong. |
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Post by EMB on Feb 21, 2014 22:26:00 GMT
Everyone hates us we don't care,
Doo Dah Doo Dah
Everyone hates us we don't care,
Dah doo dah day...
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Post by pantherdman on Feb 23, 2014 14:20:46 GMT
Big test for Corey this.
I still have major doubts about his tactics in the league, but he always pulls if off in the cups.
If we come and win this after being dominated to a whimper last weekend it will be amazing.
In Corey we trust.
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Post by mournelass on Feb 24, 2014 0:47:20 GMT
I'm seeing,what, 4 or maybe 5 posters, in a two page thread having a pop at a rival team and suddenly all Giants fans are 'bitter' and 'mardy'! Just ignore all the reasonable posts in there why don't you. I suppose the Panthers don't have any numpties or wind-up merchants in their fan base! I don't care what order the games are played in, and neither I suspect do the players. All I hope for is to watch the Giants win both games ( hopefully entertaining ones) and lift the Challenge Cup afterwards. You, obviously, will hope differently  |
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Post by 5+game on Feb 24, 2014 11:35:35 GMT
The latest batch of whine coming from over the Irish Sea www.kingdomofthegiants.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25081Imagine having the best qualifying record (from a much tougher group as usual ) which entitles us to have the 2nd leg at home then actually expecting the 2nd leg to be at home. How dare we? I thought I would of never find a more bitter set of fans towards the Panthers than the Steelers, but reading that thread has proved me wrong. This is why I will never congratulate the Giants on winning anything, the vitriol aimed at the Panthers from a big portion of there fan base and their official podcast team A view from the bridge is pathetic. They seem to have taken more joy in the Panthers not wining the league than they have that there team has won it. |
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Post by Shorty on Feb 24, 2014 11:41:15 GMT
Does the Giants live game coverage work on Ipads? We cannot go to the away leg, but hoping to be able to catch it streamed.
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Post by snrn10 on Feb 25, 2014 14:37:57 GMT
Does the Giants live game coverage work on Ipads? We cannot go to the away leg, but hoping to be able to catch it streamed. the stream works on iPod Touch therfore should work on iPads |
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Post by Shorty on Feb 25, 2014 15:21:39 GMT
cheers
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Feb 25, 2014 22:24:06 GMT
'This is why I will never congratulate the Giants on winning anything, the vitriol aimed at the Panthers from a big portion of there fan base and their official podcast team A view from the bridge is pathetic'.
When they (all but) won the league at Nott'm t'other week I applauded the GIANTS off the ice, my congratulations being aimed at the team and coach, not at any-one sat in blocks 2/3.
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Post by gisland126 on Feb 25, 2014 22:46:40 GMT
I thought I would of never find a more bitter set of fans towards the Panthers than the Steelers, but reading that thread has proved me wrong. This is why I will never congratulate the Giants on winning anything, the vitriol aimed at the Panthers from a big portion of there fan base and their official podcast team A view from the bridge is pathetic. They seem to have taken more joy in the Panthers not wining the league than they have that there team has won it. Come on 5+ game, show the figures that back up your claim. What are the numbers for this "big portion of there(their) fan base".Giants average 4000+ per game to date. Big portion implies a large number, so what is this number and from where did you obtain your figures. ? |
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Post by spik on Feb 26, 2014 12:44:07 GMT
This is why I will never congratulate the Giants on winning anything, the vitriol aimed at the Panthers from a big portion of there fan base and their official podcast team A view from the bridge is pathetic. They seem to have taken more joy in the Panthers not wining the league than they have that there team has won it. Come on 5+ game, show the figures that back up your claim. What are the numbers for this "big portion of there(their) fan base".Giants average 4000+ per game to date. Big portion implies a large number, so what is this number and from where did you obtain your figures. ? Simply....there isn't a number. Maybe, reference is from the percentage quotes in forum/news item comments more likely. |
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Post by BigLad on Feb 26, 2014 13:51:59 GMT
This is why I will never congratulate the Giants on winning anything, the vitriol aimed at the Panthers from a big portion of there fan base and their official podcast team A view from the bridge is pathetic. They seem to have taken more joy in the Panthers not wining the league than they have that there team has won it. Come on 5+ game, show the figures that back up your claim. What are the numbers for this "big portion of there(their) fan base".Giants average 4000+ per game to date. Big portion implies a large number, so what is this number and from where did you obtain your figures. ? Spot on. Every team has their share of pissants. Why tarnish the majority because of the minority. Some of our lot are just as bad. |
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Post by ted logan on Feb 26, 2014 15:11:02 GMT
A quick look back to last season and when we won the title. Here is the gracious thread (even if it was through gritted Yarkshire teeth) from Steeltalk:- www.steeltalk.hockeytweets.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3281Here is the 'Classless Chumps' thread form KOTG:- www.kingdomofthegiants.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24524&start=40And the game thread from the league title clinching game:- www.kingdomofthegiants.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24524&start=40'If we're lucky Corey will do a Jock Stein' 'Hope they choke on their Champagne' 'Cheap Shots' 'Dirty Panthers' 'Scum' 'Wouldn't take Ling on our team if he was free' This plus the crap from more recent times (Salters shirt; 2nd leg nonsense etc) and it's difficult to say any other than they are a very bitter bunch when it comes to Panthers. Not all of them but if this is the majority view form their 'forum fans' it's no wonder 5+G has taken his viewpoint. I hear more songs/chants from them at games and especially POFW aimed at Panthers than I do at actually geting behind their own team. Quite sad really. |
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