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Post by wgray on Jan 16, 2022 13:12:41 GMT
Doucet really needs to bring in a solid right hand defenceman to cover Lee, playing with 5 dmen will catch up with us. I'm sure they would.. if they had the money and contacts mate They should have the money though, Doherty’s wage hasn’t vanished and the club also said we received a compensation package for letting him go. I think you might be right on the latter point though.
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Post by wgray on Jan 15, 2022 22:39:28 GMT
Note the D make up. 👍 Import Import Import Import TETLOW Doucet really needs to bring in a solid right hand defenceman to cover Lee, playing with 5 dmen will catch up with us.
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Post by wgray on Jan 15, 2022 22:10:27 GMT
Nice win that.. didn't hear Hedberg mentioned at all?? Played limited time on the 4th line with Kelsall, as you’d expect in his 1st game without having any practice. From the glimpses I saw I thought he looked ok, solid skater, fairly quick, as you’d expect considering where he’s played.
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Post by wgray on Jan 15, 2022 21:20:04 GMT
4-2 final, ENG for Tousignant. Very good win that, 5 wins a row, great stuff. Hopefully we can cap off a brilliant weekend in Dundee tomorrow.
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Post by wgray on Jan 15, 2022 19:45:46 GMT
We’re 3-0 up end of the 1st, lovely goal from Tetlow and another from Lane!!!!!
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Post by wgray on Jan 15, 2022 19:23:17 GMT
Laser from Lane! 1-0
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Post by wgray on Jan 15, 2022 12:49:49 GMT
Not quite the same without fans but what an introduction the EIHL for Hedberg, Fife away! Hopefully we see another good performance from the team like last night.
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Post by wgray on Jan 14, 2022 22:04:38 GMT
Carr was absolutely solid tonight, he played really well. Nice to see us score a mixture of goals, a couple scruffy and a couple well worked by the team. Great start to a tough weekend!
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Post by wgray on Jan 14, 2022 15:28:11 GMT
I had an inkling you both knew something I didn’t😂 Haha You’ll have to wait until later. We wouldn’t want to spoil Panthers last minute surprise. Another one? Spill the beans Iggy!
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Post by wgray on Jan 14, 2022 12:42:11 GMT
Glad Doucet’s managed to get somebody in finally.
Has some great experience, but we’ve seen this season that this doesn’t mean a player will definitely produce. His production this season and last season isn’t the most impressive but, to give benefit of the doubt, both have been played in strange circumstances.
Hopefully he still has his speed that is talked about on EP, I don’t expect him to come in and score a goal every other game but hopefully the quality of the team has gone up. It would be good to see him get involved in the rough stuff though😂
Welcome Edwin!
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Post by wgray on Jan 14, 2022 12:30:52 GMT
The vast majority of staff employed at the NIC are casual, for events. I suspect you're in the ball park with the "not really a business" mindset in the early years. Anything that's run by a Council almost automatically has that whiff. I share your concerns about the "attitude" of some staff, especially the casual staff. I suspect that the food and drink sales could be massively improved by a bit of urgency. You only get two lots of 18 minutes during the game to sell food and drink, you need to be rushed off your feet for all of that time. That doesn't seem to happen, in my experience. Good bar staff serve 3 people at a time. The person you're giving their drink to, the person you're pouring a drink for and the person whose order you're taking. I once counted it took 8 presses on the till to give me back my £1 for my pint glass. That scared me too. If the arena employed less staff and set some people on permanently then I think it would improve service drastically. Instead of employing a load of people on 0 hour contracts (I assume) who aren’t experienced, train people, speed it up and make more money.
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Post by wgray on Jan 14, 2022 12:16:49 GMT
Do you think we’re going to sign someone? I think Doucet is foolishly holding on until Carozza and Lee return Don’t tell him Pike ! 🤣 (Spence) I had an inkling you both knew something I didn’t😂
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Post by wgray on Jan 14, 2022 11:42:17 GMT
I’m getting pretty peeved off with the situation. No replacement for Doherty, still no replacement for Suoranta, none of the issues with the team that Wallace had have been addressed… … hopefully not too much longer to wait Do you think we’re going to sign someone? I think Doucet is foolishly holding on until Carozza and Lee return
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Post by wgray on Jan 14, 2022 1:11:32 GMT
This 'dry' excuse is utter nonsense.. it's because they won't pay the going rate for half decent players! I’m getting pretty peeved off with the situation. No replacement for Doherty, still no replacement for Suoranta, none of the issues with the team that Wallace had have been addressed…
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Post by wgray on Jan 13, 2022 18:36:17 GMT
I’d stick with Matheson for the time being, state he is coach for the remainder of the season and that might help to attract some players at this moment in time.
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Post by wgray on Jan 12, 2022 20:46:32 GMT
A view from someone there. On the whole they played well, Richards and Baillargeon particually, Boivin has the skills but his size is against him unless he can use his speed. Well taken goals, but still the lapse in concentration that allows the opposition to score, it's as if the D and Carr takwe a time out for a shift or two and then concede a couple of goals and they are back in the room. Can they keep it up? If they play like they did last night then I think they will progress. Baillargeon continues (to me) to be a pleasing enigma. I'm not sure he's the hardest worker out there, and not the best skillset all told, but he's racking up points whilst being (statistically at least) defensively responsible. (29GP, 12 goals (team leading) + 14 assists (joint second), team leading +8, in all games.) Just shows what I know. Long may it continue. He certainly is a strange player. Doesn’t play with the energy that we’d all like but, as you say, he’s picking up the points. Lovely finish for his 1st yesterday though. I’m glad you’re on the ball with the stats Bob, he’s gained a goal that should be credited to Matheson, but, from viewing highlights this season he’s owed 5 assists in the league! He should be recorded as 20GP - 7G + 12A in the league! Not sure what’s going off with the EIHL statisticians this season.
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Post by wgray on Jan 12, 2022 19:42:54 GMT
There should be a draw to see who gets the home advantage I feel.
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Post by wgray on Jan 11, 2022 23:43:03 GMT
I’d say there was probably about 2,500 in attendance tonight, which is understandable, Tuesday after playing Sunday plus I don’t think the club did a good job of advertising that it was an owed game from 19/20.
In regards to the game, good to get another win, you can only beat what’s in front of you and I thought we deserved it. It would have been nice to get a 5th goal on the powerplay at the end but we just couldn’t clinch it. Richards seems to be improving with each game that goes by, pleased he picked up 2 goals tonight, really like what he brings. I think him, Lane and Baillargeon look to have found a bit of chemistry which is good.
We’ve been fortunate to have had these 3 games since sacking Wallace. We are still missing some quality though, if Lee is going to be out for the remainder of the season then I think it’s vital we get a solid dman in and we still need something extra up front as well I believe.
Pleased to get the victory tonight, hopefully we can see it through in Guildford. The three wins in a row should give the team some confidence into the Scottish triple header this weekend.
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Post by wgray on Jan 11, 2022 11:29:37 GMT
Well they win and make it a four point weekend and the thread barely makes two pages. Is that because there is nothing for the non attending detractors to complain about? My view was that, in some respects, they were lucky to get a win. Fife were playing their third game in 3 days and still had some in the tank for the first part of the game but had a game plan and it was working. Considering the 'coaches' are both Dmen, our defence is still iffy, but then both can / could be found being deep in the offensive zone so getting caught on a breakaway is a high possiblity. Apart from that I thought we played better and having Domingue back was a boost. Still a win is a win. Dont get the love in for Tousignant, he scored an empty netter and was cheered like an all conquoring hero, apart from that he did very little. in his defence, while he's not the most skilled, fastest or toughest player to ever grace our team, he gets an awful lot of attention from opposing d-men, he's never afraid to 'take a hit to make a play' (thanks Aaron), and always drives hard to the net. The pass to Ollie for the first goal was perfect as well. He's probably one of the few players this season to perform to expectations. Agreed, he’s not a top 6 forward but he’s been asked to play that role for the majority of the season. He’s an agitator, put him on the 3rd or 4th line and he’s effective, he’s also our joint top goal scorer in the league so far. Like you say, that pass for Ollie’s goal was lovely.
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Post by wgray on Jan 10, 2022 18:14:48 GMT
We’re still waiting on some signing announcements then. With the league being so far out of reach already I thought it would have been a major priority to have somebody in for the cup 1/4 final, that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen though. Doucet isn’t covering himself in glory right now.
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Post by wgray on Jan 8, 2022 17:34:08 GMT
Two teams in fairly dreadful form. Theirs is even worse than ours actually. I didn’t realise they were doing so poorly, 5 losses in a row and 1 win in 9.
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Post by wgray on Jan 8, 2022 16:53:07 GMT
I wonder if we’ll see a rejuvenated team today then. Hopefully Domingue hits the ground running.
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Post by wgray on Jan 7, 2022 14:02:22 GMT
Gracel's numbers look ok, he appears to be another diminutive forward though, perhaps not what we need? Difficult to tell with Sturm. Again not much of a unit. Obviously that they both exist makes them an improvement on the holes in our roster. Fair point, I’d like to think we’re trying to recruit at least 3 players, at least one of them needs to be a physical presence. I don’t mind bringing in 2 other less physical players as long as they bring better quality to the team.
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Post by wgray on Jan 7, 2022 12:58:44 GMT
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Post by wgray on Jan 7, 2022 0:06:12 GMT
I suspect Welch will be a good bet. Would have thought he's the least likely to leave as I thought he was on the uni deal? It's a while since he was announced but could have sworn he was on the uni deal He is, he’s on a 2-year deal, which is good imo.
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