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Post by wgray on Oct 24, 2015 22:47:59 GMT
Cracking performance from the lads, offensively we were blistering tonight, I expect big things! The intro really needs to be changed, it's appalling
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 23:22:51 GMT
What can I say. Everyone was great tonight. Only player I felt looked a little shaky was Lee but then he got a goal and that sorted him out. Even Dan Green made a cracking glove catch.
Wiikman is solid. What a save that was in the third period. Bryan Schmidt was probably my man of the match tonight. He look solid throughout the game and his goal was a fantastic finish. Dimmen attacked very well. Swindlehurst had probably his best game tonight, physical and his assist on that last goal was brilliant.
Ling, Schultz, Bohmbach, Moran, Kolnik. All super. Janssen just keeps doing what he does best and it's great to see.
Word for MacMillan. I was gutted when we lost Benny but my word does Logan play similarly. He's not amongst the goals as much as he'd probably expect to be but together him and Janssen paired with Myers/Ollie are a terror line for the opposition. Just hit hit hit.
It's amazing how last weekend all hope was lost and tonight, everyone's on cloud 9 again haha
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Post by PantherG on Oct 24, 2015 23:45:36 GMT
Cracking performance offensively, wonder what we will look like going forward when we have Farmer and Lacho back in the ranks.
My only criticism is that Lee and Swindlehurst are a bit shaky at the back, they spend a lot of time trying to get the puck out of the defensive zone and were caught out a few times tonight. I think when Waugh is back it will help but I still maintain we need one more D in, get Waugh and another D in and pair Lee and Swindlehurst with them and I think this team would be pretty much on for a clean sweep, we are really not that far off... Just those final few tweaks and we would be there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 9:55:23 GMT
Nice to see Ling back. He's lost none of his play making skills & apparently the daft penalties are still there as well. That slash was beyond stupid.
A good performance but we'll play better sides than Dundee who I thought, on the night, were pretty poor.
Let's not get too carried away with this just yet.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Oct 25, 2015 11:05:15 GMT
Nice to see Ling back. He's lost none of his play making skills & apparently the daft penalties are still there as well. That slash was beyond stupid. A good performance but we'll play better sides than Dundee who I thought, on the night, were pretty poor. Let's not get too carried away with this just yet. The D is definitely still a worry especially with being caught out of position. On the other hand I think that Schmidt is excellent this year.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 11:37:28 GMT
Nice to see Ling back. He's lost none of his play making skills & apparently the daft penalties are still there as well. That slash was beyond stupid. A good performance but we'll play better sides than Dundee who I thought, on the night, were pretty poor. Let's not get too carried away with this just yet. I wouldn't want Ling to stop doing that. He'll get away with plenty this season to that's his game. It was only a tap anyway lol. Dundee Wrentham poor at all. We blew them away in the 3rd. For 40 mins they were no worse than the first meeting.
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Post by ted logan on Oct 25, 2015 12:01:46 GMT
I thought our forwards were superb last night. Especially in the 3rd period.
The Ling/Bohmbach/Schultz line was quality and will get even better. Ling definitely hasn't lost it! He and Moran have great vision. Kolnik deserved his MOM, not only for getting 2+2 but his workrate was superb, especially on the PK. On the subject of workrate, the likes of McMillan, Janssen and Myers leave it all on the ice, every shift. Even Clarke worked well defensively last night and in the process clocked up 1000 career points. Young Ollie is also putting in a consistent level of performance too. All in all, offensively, we're looking very good.
Still think the D needs at least one more body though. Still haven't replaced Peckham and Waugh is a big miss too. At 2-1 we looked shaky at the back and rode our luck at times. Having said that, I thought Schmidt had a superb game. Blocked a ton of shots, made some great interceptions and took his goal well too.
Thankfully, behind the D we have Miika! Seriously, this guy is so good! Credit where it's due on recruitment here, K-wall left huge skates to fill but Wiikman has filled them and more. Quality.
Finally, the off ice product was embarrassing last night. Awful sound quality, lights on during the player intros and still got the dreadful intro video complete with orange shirts!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 12:05:54 GMT
Finally, the off ice product was embarrassing last night. Awful sound quality, lights on during the player intros and still got the dreadful intro video complete with orange shirts! They were trying to sort the sound issue out for an hour before the game and the technicians needed the lights on to sort out the problem. One of those things that happens sadly.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Oct 25, 2015 12:25:14 GMT
Finally, the off ice product was embarrassing last night. Awful sound quality, lights on during the player intros and still got the dreadful intro video complete with orange shirts! They were trying to sort the sound issue out for an hour before the game and the technicians needed the lights on to sort out the problem. One of those things that happens sadly. I actually think that's pretty poor for the 'National Ice Centre' and not the first time it's happened. Even when the sound works it sounds like a 1970's Cortina with a Binitone club-book stereo and distorts at anything like loud enough to make an impact. The only place worse is Manchester where the guy sounds like Vic Reeves doing the drunk singer at a wedding.
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Post by nate24 on Oct 25, 2015 13:19:48 GMT
Wins get a lot less attention than losses. It's pretty sad.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 13:37:12 GMT
The arena is 16 years old. The sound and lighting needs upgrading it's pretty shocking at the best of times. Surly thy can afford proper tv screens to go inside the scoreboard! The graphics is like some 1980s computer. This is the 21st century .
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Post by flyerpanther on Oct 25, 2015 14:08:05 GMT
The arena is 16 years old. The sound and lighting needs upgrading it's pretty shocking at the best of times. Surly thy can afford proper tv screens to go inside the scoreboard! The graphics is like some 1980s computer. This is the 21st century . 'Surly thy' may be happy that thou hath got tv screens in thees scoreboard.
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Post by allingtonskates on Oct 25, 2015 14:32:00 GMT
I just hope the Schultz, Bohmbach and Ling line will keep up the great work and hopefully they can be our Roy, Forney and Fretter line this year.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 14:54:53 GMT
The arena is 16 years old. The sound and lighting needs upgrading it's pretty shocking at the best of times. Surly thy can afford proper tv screens to go inside the scoreboard! The graphics is like some 1980s computer. This is the 21st century . 'Surly thy' may be happy that thou hath got tv screens in thees scoreboard. Sheffield and Belfast (the other two arenas in the league) have better screens. Therefore we should be doing everything to try and improve ourselves to get ahead of the game. Sadly the arena are unwilling to play ball.
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Post by Shaggy on Oct 25, 2015 15:32:18 GMT
'Surly thy' may be happy that thou hath got tv screens in thees scoreboard. Sheffield and Belfast (the other two arenas in the league) have better screens. Therefore we should be doing everything to try and improve ourselves to get ahead of the game. Sadly the arena are unwilling to play ball. Whilst I also happen to think that the screens on the NIC's score cube are naff and that the sound system could really do with upgrading, I don't hold with the idea that just because X, Y or Z might have something better than us it automatically means we should get something better. 'Beat the neighbour' is a mug's game.
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Post by nate24 on Oct 25, 2015 16:48:27 GMT
Sound and screens, yeah... That was the important event last night. Well worth hijacking the thread of one of the biggest wins of the seasons for.
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Post by Shaggy on Oct 25, 2015 17:49:43 GMT
Sound and screens, yeah... That was the important event last night. Well worth hijacking the thread of one of the biggest wins of the seasons for. Hijacking? Hardly... it might not be directly about the game itself, but the subject is relevant to the game night given the delays etc. We're not going to go all 'on-topic nazi' on the Cage... rein things in a bit if they go too far, but there has to be some leeway. And might I suggest that you might want to post your opinions on the game yourself if you're going to criticise the posts of others... which you haven't done so far. What did YOU think of the game? You want it back on topic? - go ahead...
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Post by thebestpanthers on Oct 25, 2015 17:59:02 GMT
Sound and screens, yeah... That was the important event last night. Well worth hijacking the thread of one of the biggest wins of the seasons for. Hijacking? Hardly... it might not be directly about the game itself, but the subject is relevant to the game night given the delays etc. We're not going to go all 'on-topic nazi' on the Cage... rein things in a bit if they go too far, but there has to be some leeway. And might I suggest that you might want to post your opinions on the game yourself if you're going to criticise the posts of others... which you haven't done so far. What did YOU think of the game? You want it back on topic? - go ahead... Off topic on the game - but very much a comment on the content of your post - I would not expect or accept the highlighted phrase from any participant and even less from a forum moderator - please amend - then as agreed "back on topic"
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Post by Dan on Oct 25, 2015 20:46:40 GMT
We were good last night, but there was no real opposition. Hard to believe Dundee were top of their conference, they were quite awful all over the ice.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 21:13:32 GMT
We were good last night, but there was no real opposition. Hard to believe Dundee were top of their conference, they were quite awful all over the ice. Hardly ! Don't get clouded by the result. Perhaps you will give credit to the winning team now and again!
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Post by Dan on Oct 25, 2015 21:32:50 GMT
Sorry, let me rephrase Pidge.
We're going to win the league! We lost against Sheffield, Coventry and Cardiff around it but because we put 7 past Dundee Stars we're going for another grand slam.[/sarcasm]
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Post by nate24 on Oct 25, 2015 23:18:09 GMT
Sound and screens, yeah... That was the important event last night. Well worth hijacking the thread of one of the biggest wins of the seasons for. Hijacking? Hardly... it might not be directly about the game itself, but the subject is relevant to the game night given the delays etc. We're not going to go all 'on-topic nazi' on the Cage... rein things in a bit if they go too far, but there has to be some leeway. And might I suggest that you might want to post your opinions on the game yourself if you're going to criticise the posts of others... which you haven't done so far. What did YOU think of the game? You want it back on topic? - go ahead... I was not there which is why I am so frustrated that little is being written. If we had lost there would be six pages of analysis! I want to hear from you guys rather than a clinical description offered through official sources.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Oct 26, 2015 1:18:09 GMT
Hijacking? Hardly... it might not be directly about the game itself, but the subject is relevant to the game night given the delays etc. We're not going to go all 'on-topic nazi' on the Cage... rein things in a bit if they go too far, but there has to be some leeway. And might I suggest that you might want to post your opinions on the game yourself if you're going to criticise the posts of others... which you haven't done so far. What did YOU think of the game? You want it back on topic? - go ahead... I was not there which is why I am so frustrated that little is being written. If we had lost there would be six pages of analysis! I want to hear from you guys rather than a clinical description offered through official sources. The music problems had a HUGE impact and ruined the entire game night build up but I understand your frustration as you really needed to be there to understand what happened.
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Post by nate24 on Oct 26, 2015 8:05:50 GMT
I was not there which is why I am so frustrated that little is being written. If we had lost there would be six pages of analysis! I want to hear from you guys rather than a clinical description offered through official sources. The music problems had a HUGE impact and ruined the entire game night build up but I understand your frustration as you really needed to be there to understand what happened. That's fair enough bud. I work funny so I miss a lot of games as a result so my main point is whatever the result you only get any in depth idea if we lose. I understand the music issue though. I did underestimate it I apologize for that.
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Post by Dan on Oct 26, 2015 9:56:31 GMT
It sounded like someone was playing the music through their mobile phone and a loudspeaker.
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