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Post by bobness on Mar 8, 2023 22:21:35 GMT
Of course I understand economics and that there are many other costs, I ran my own company for 28 years ! In the Steelers case they will turnover well in excess of £3million a season, so even if players cost them £600k which I very much doubt at present,you show me where the other £2.5million plus goes because they sure as heck don’t spend that amount on arena rent,flights,housing, travel, equipment, staff wages and insurance etc even after factoring in for vat. And if the costs of hockey are so high how come there are several other clubs who exist on crowds of only a quarter to a third of the Steelers crowds ? No I don’t know the name of the Steelers company it’s run through,but even if you found it I’ll bet that just like with Panthers the real figures will be hidden to hide the true picture from the fans. Exactly they make huge profits So show us all some. Otherwise it’s all conjecture, isn’t it?
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Post by bobness on Mar 8, 2023 21:32:47 GMT
One flash goal doesn't make him worth keeping, for me. Still at around 0.5PPG, and Kelsall has more goals than him, although he (Levin) is assist leader, and +/- leader of current players. There's just something about him I haven't taken to. The puck stays on his stick far too long most of the time. he is head and shoulders above the rest of the team. Much better than Hammond who loads of fans seem to still like. Levin looks two steps ahead of the rest of the team and I think that holds him back. Levin is our only player who gets into Belfast's or Sheffields team. So he’s head and shoulders the best player in the team but he’s so good he’s only scoring at half a point a game, yet he gets into two far better teams? Not sure I get the logic, but ok.
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Post by bobness on Mar 8, 2023 13:53:27 GMT
Levin is our only import worth keeping and I highly doubt he will be back. One flash goal doesn't make him worth keeping, for me. Still at around 0.5PPG, and Kelsall has more goals than him, although he (Levin) is assist leader, and +/- leader of current players. There's just something about him I haven't taken to. The puck stays on his stick far too long most of the time.
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Post by bobness on Mar 8, 2023 10:57:17 GMT
You think Smith only spends 12.5k a week on players 🤣🤣 Who knows,but the EIHL must have some cap checks in place you’d assume, but even if he spent £20k a week on players Smith would still be making a massive profit. The Steelers must be turning over well in excess of £3million a season and £20k a week on players would only be £600k. They’re having the fans pants down royally with such a paltry cap figure,all because they have to cow down to the little clubs. The quality of top flight UK hockey these days is absolute garbage compared to 20 years ago. I love your take on the economics of hockey in the UK, especially Sheffield. You seriously think they have no other costs than players? And get to keep £100k of ticket sales every game, 30 times a season? Do you know the actual name of the company the Steelers is run through?
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Post by bobness on Mar 7, 2023 10:39:48 GMT
Brits - Hazeldine and Hopkins need retaining and given regular roles to develop. Kelsall has had a decent season for me, and has handled being put onto D pretty well. He's not had a dis-similar season than Ollie had when he was 23. He looks like he needs some heft, though. Ferrara needs a re-boot, he's had a poor season somehow. But he can score you goals, he's proved that.
Imports, Jones very much so, Caruso looks like he'll be back and I'm OK with that, he's been the best of a fairly average bunch. Hammond is the kind of player you commit to and build him a line where he will achieve on. He's the dictionary definition of "mercurial, but flaky, genius". He can do things most players can't. If he's in, commit.
The rest have done little to persuade me. I don't think they're "bad" players, but they've had objectively poor seasons.
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Post by bobness on Mar 6, 2023 17:39:17 GMT
It might just about be a 4 horse race but the quality of hockey overall is still crap! I guess it's the best you can hope for eh Genuine question, what do you really genuinely expect? I know you go all misty-eyed at the mention, as do I, but the UK didn't and still can't sustain an ISL-style league? What do you suggest to improve the quality of the hockey?
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Post by bobness on Mar 6, 2023 12:59:23 GMT
84 face offs in the game? Blimey, not very flowing...
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Post by bobness on Mar 6, 2023 11:32:13 GMT
Cardiff won in OT. 4 point weekends for them and Sheffield, 3 for Flames and 2 for Giants. It's going to be an incredible run in. Plenty of games between them all. Still a 4 horse race. Need to get these games played evened out asap. Not sure if it happens any time before the last weekend. As of 22 March, all teams have played 50.
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Post by bobness on Mar 5, 2023 13:44:54 GMT
Was part of the retro thing extended to include giving players nicknames as they were introduced, like Steelers used to do with everybody? Just get them on the ice and get on with it. The whole intro still doesn't work for me. 7 nation army is just to slow to skate out to and player call outs to much per player. It's not really bad. Just needs to be quicker and more energy. Yes. Far too slow paced. There’s no momentum built up, just ponderous plodding.
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Post by bobness on Mar 5, 2023 11:24:36 GMT
“…when Cole Sanford deked himself free and scored through the Brython Preece's five-hole …”
I find there are so many Brython Preece impersonators around these days… 😂
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Post by bobness on Mar 5, 2023 8:11:37 GMT
Devils 30 seconds away from 0 points and manage 2.
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Post by bobness on Mar 4, 2023 23:11:03 GMT
Good grief. I’d not even noticed Lindgren wasn’t playing and it took me until half way through to miss Ferrara… Official reasons?
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Post by bobness on Mar 4, 2023 22:54:28 GMT
It was pretty terrible from us. Just the sort of game Sheffield needed. They hit the pipe work 3 times too. I was raising eyebrows at Hammond getting MotM, but then couldn't think who else you'd give it to. Jones maybe, he was ok as usual. Think I had 4 but let’s not split hairs. Men vs boys, I’m afraid. Steelers were at least a level above Panthers on every level.
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Post by bobness on Mar 4, 2023 22:48:51 GMT
Positives.
Thought Summers had a good game. Anderson took his goal nicely. That is I believe the first SHG Steelers have conceded all year. At least it wasn’t an embarrassing score in the end.
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Post by bobness on Mar 2, 2023 17:32:54 GMT
I'd assumed it was a weekend thing. Strange way to do it. I quite like seeing the old logo etc, but the amount of jerseys they churn out over a season is crazy these days. I quite like the ones I've seen so far, but the Giants one? Did Belfast ever have a jersey that looked like that?
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Post by bobness on Mar 1, 2023 14:15:11 GMT
February's nuggets. From 6 games 3-2-1 record, 16 GF, 19 GA. Shot were 168 F vs 227 A Leader in shots indiviually was Hammond, 17, then Levin, 16, Lindgren, 15 then Anderson 13. (Anderson has only had 57 shots all season).
Team-wise, total -18, Brassard, Izacky and Anderson the only 3 + players, +1, +2 and +2 respectively. Myers at -4 is the other end.
Top points scorer was Levin, 3+4, then Hammond, 2+3, Ricci 1+3 (though one of the assists is an error), Gagnon 4 assists. No-one scored points in more than 4 of the 6 games, and only Levin scored 4 (excepting the erroneous Ricci assist vs Giants) Jones has played all 6, 208 saves from 226 shots, 92.04%. Take out the game vs Giants and it's 182, 194 and 93.81%.
PP 2 for 10, 20%. 978 seconds on the PP. PK 14 for 16, 87.5%. 1686 seconds on the PK.
Myers was 76/126 in the dot in February, 60.32%.
Of the 20 periods played, Panthers won 6 and lost 9, with 5 draws. Panthers conceded 5 in a period for the second time this year in game 40, both vs Belfast.
Panthers comfortably have the least amount of PPGs scored of any EIHL team this season, with 20. 4 teams have scored 36 or more. Dundee have scored an incredible NINE 5 on 3 PPGs. That said, Panthers have conceded the second least PPGs, with 24 and have second least PKOpps with 122 (Flames least with 18 from 109 PKOpps, Storm most with 40/172) and are joint league leaders with 6 SHGs. Steelers are still the only EIHL team yet to concede a SHG this season.
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Post by bobness on Mar 1, 2023 9:10:38 GMT
Probably be a damp squid with Steelers taking the points with a dodging reffing decision helping them out. Same old same old. We will be told that Panthers are ready for it, but clearly won't play as if they are. It will be just the same as the other recent home games against Steelers. That's the spirit.
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Post by bobness on Feb 28, 2023 19:34:40 GMT
Might be the highlight of the season. They’re desperate for 2 points, could be fruity.
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Post by bobness on Feb 28, 2023 19:33:31 GMT
sheffieldsteelers.co.uk/4-3otloss/Sorry to mention Tony’s Tin Shed T… (complete this in your own alliterative fashion), but the same guy who does their reports must do the EIHL. There’s loads of quality bloopers in here.
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Post by bobness on Feb 28, 2023 17:29:39 GMT
On my computer at least, Marcel Marceau is doing the commentary for week 25's Top Goals...
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Post by bobness on Feb 27, 2023 16:14:02 GMT
In case anyone needs depressing any more... Welsh is as cold as cold can be just now (apart from in Cardiff). He has (recent Cardiff game excluded) 1 PPA in 2023 (13 games), and is -14 in those games. He is goal-less in his last 16 games, last one on Boxing Day, game 25. Sorenson is also struggling, no points, -3, in his last 6 games. Ferrara has one goal (no assists) and -5 in his last 12. The D aren't much help to our struggling forwards either. Last goal (prior to Lindgren’s OT winner in Cardiff) from a “full time” D man was 23 December in Glasgow, from Brassard. It's a wonder we can score none just now. Sorenson gets two assists and Brassard gets a goal vs Stars. Just Ferrara to work my magic on...
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Post by bobness on Feb 27, 2023 13:40:19 GMT
Steelers are going to lose again, 2 in the last minute and they've lost 5-3 at home to Blaze. 2 horse race now? Yes definitely! Fox is a poor coach who's been backed heavily every year by 2 point! How many times this year have they thrown games away in the last minute 😂 In the last minute? In the league, including this one, twice. 14 Jan was the other one. They also conceded the GWG at 57.54 on 21 Jan to make it 3-1, but the final score was 4-2 with an ENG. So not the same.
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Post by bobness on Feb 27, 2023 11:03:08 GMT
I think the face off thing must be in the rules somewhere. Seen it a few times. A second penalty on the opposing team after the initial call sees the face off moved the other end. I'm struggling to see it if it is. Rule 76.2 "When an infringement of a rule has been committed by Players of both Teams in the play resulting in the stoppage, the ensuing “faceoff" will be conducted at the nearest Face-off Spot in that zone." Any help gratefully received.
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Post by bobness on Feb 27, 2023 10:55:09 GMT
I’d probably have the same problem. My age and depends on the style of number on a jersey sometimes. Was watching a few games on YouTube and Gold on White sounds a poor blend but looked really good. But that was TV viewing and live could be worse. Perhaps sis can drive yourselves into town for that eye test....,,,then again. Lol Thanks for your concern. Meanwhile, just watched Levin's goal again. While Jonno rightly goes ape on the commentary, Dan Green didn't exactly get carried a way. 'Nice piece of skill there' Goalies union. That kind of show-ponying is frowned upon by all goalies. Wee-wee taking.
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Post by bobness on Feb 26, 2023 14:29:06 GMT
Was it me or did Cardiff appear to have 3 players wearing #88, Martin, Sanford and Coughler I know what you mean. It's a nightmare on comms! Tucking your shirt into your shorts should be a minor for illegal equipment. 😂 But we’d never see Levin again…
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