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Post by John Casey on Mar 24, 2016 12:51:06 GMT
Why do they announce who is the starting Net Minder so early on and also according to the OS, there are changes to the forward lines. WHY?
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Post by Yotes on Mar 24, 2016 13:02:08 GMT
Why? "I like to tinker, it's what I do".
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Post by ted logan on Mar 24, 2016 13:11:32 GMT
That's the Mosey/Moran/Kolnik line gone then!
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Post by Shorty on Mar 24, 2016 13:11:51 GMT
Perhaps it's because we lost five of the last nine and our forward lines have not been producing.
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Post by ted logan on Mar 24, 2016 13:15:56 GMT
I think he just needs to find a working combination from the following players:-
Lachowicz Clarke Myers Bohmbach Schultz Macmillan
The other 2 lines (Mosey/Moran/Kolink and Janssen/Lawrence/Farmer) he will probably retain won't he? One has been our most productive line goals/points wise and the other is a great energy/physical line.
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Post by iginla on Mar 24, 2016 13:21:22 GMT
Why do they announce who is the starting Net Minder so early on and also according to the OS, there are changes to the forward lines. WHY? That would be purely just to create another news item John.....so that GM can get yet another plug in about bloody tickets tagged on the end of it ! Honestly,tickets,tickets,tickets,it's like being constantly bombarded again and again with something you don't want to hear !!
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Mar 24, 2016 13:57:35 GMT
Why do they announce who is the starting Net Minder so early on and also according to the OS, there are changes to the forward lines. WHY? That would be purely just to create another news item John.....so that GM can get yet another plug in about bloody tickets tagged on the end of it ! Honestly,tickets,tickets,tickets,it's like being constantly bombarded again and again with something you don't want to hear !! The thing is that if you go over the course of a year all of those 1970's style marketing plugs will generate about 5 tickets sold. Who the hell is ever going to read that and think "oh well then I will go".
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Post by Bagheera on Mar 24, 2016 18:16:32 GMT
As far as the ticket sales I think there are a multitude of factors involved. Firstly I think the play off QF has traditionally seen a slightly lower attendance than regular season games(dependant on opponent). Some Season Ticket holders won't bother for various reasons. You also tend to see a higher % of hockey fans at this game which helps the atmosphere. I also think there will be a spike in ticket sales from today as it's the end of the month and many will not have been paid until today(plenty of them early because of the bank holiday). As its easter bank holiday a number of people may have booked to go away and significantly a lot of people move the night out to a Sunday on bank holiday weekends so you wont get many of the pre town punters. There will still be a decent crowd and almost guatenteed the best atmosphere of the season.
With the lines this is exactly the time you would expect a coach to look at making changes. And I'm one who wants Corey to leave primeraly because of his line tinkering. There is a difference between changing lines when playing badly and tinkering for tinkerings sake when playing well. Aswell as pick amd mix lines within a game. It's the correct time because we are on a poor run of form, lots of players are playing poorly individually and we only have 1 line scoring points(with another doing its job well). That means we have 2 lines contributing very little.
The top line should stay the same. I would then look at swapping Lawerence for either Myers or MacMillan. I think either of those 2 could be just as affective on that line whilst freeing Lawerence up to help on the scoring front.
I'd go something like.
Kolnik Moran Mosey
Farmer Myers Janssen
Schultz Lawerence Ollie/Lacho
MacMillan Bohmbach Clarke.
The problem is there arn't too many players on the 2 currently performing lines playing well so it is a tough task to work it out.
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Post by John Casey on Mar 25, 2016 23:26:07 GMT
This is a game where winning isn't enough. Players and fans need to make Belfast feel as uncomfortable as possible. They need to put Murphy under as much pressure as they can.
I also hope that the Officials are consistent throughout the tie (Mind you Panther fans should get on their backs however) I also have a feeling that the Giants will try and get Janssen in the Penalty Box, so I'm hoping that if Cam is offered, that he refuses and stays on the ice (Got to be smart about it)
COME ON
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Post by Rob Scott on Mar 26, 2016 8:17:26 GMT
I don't care about the coach, the lines, who plays in net, who scores or what the atmosphere is like. Just win.
No team at the POFW for a 3rd straight year would be horrific.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2016 9:00:10 GMT
I don't care about the coach, the lines, who plays in net, who scores or what the atmosphere is like. Just win. No team at the POFW for a 3rd straight year would be horrific. Would it wreck your weekend if panthers weren't there. It wouldn't me. Last year had a brill time with no panthers. In the early NIC days panthers went years and didn't make the finals weekend. It happens. Ain't there tonight basically don't have a clue which panthers team will turn up
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Post by Bagheera on Mar 26, 2016 9:36:42 GMT
I don't care about the coach, the lines, who plays in net, who scores or what the atmosphere is like. Just win. No team at the POFW for a 3rd straight year would be horrific. Would it wreck your weekend if panthers weren't there. It wouldn't me. Last year had a brill time with no panthers. In the early NIC days panthers went years and didn't make the finals weekend. It happens. Ain't there tonight basically don't have a clue which panthers team will turn up Like anything in sport it's all about the result. We can all have our opinions, We can all see what does and doesn't work tacticly but if it works for 1 tie then non of it matters at this time of the season. Game time is about getting behind the team and hoping for the win by any means necessary. I enjoy play off weekend no matter what but there is a big difference when your team isn't there. Yeah you can be more relaxed and have a laugh if they arn't, but you can't beat the nerves and excitment of you team at play off weekend. I'm allways there Panthers or no Panthers. This is the personal downside of play offs in Nottingham for me. I'd enjoy it a whole lot more if Panthers didn't make it if it were still a weekend away.
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Post by texpef on Mar 26, 2016 9:57:10 GMT
I guess that's the rub Bagheera, IF this was a weekend away in say Wembley, where you have to book your hotel/B&B with other like minded fans, pre buy your tickets, plan where you are going to have a drink and eat and what you will do away from hockey it becomes a lot more than wanting to just see your team play.
I guess this is the downside to having the POFW in Nottingham, because for me I really don't enjoy watching other teams win (even in a drunken stupor) and with the finals being in Nottingham it gives me a choice to just buy a ticket if/when the team make it. If say the finals were in Wembley there wouldn't be a choice same as other teams fans make and the anticipation of just going would kick in, when the finals are in your own rink you don't get this, its more a feeling of another home game, especially in Nottingham where you take down the banner at the end and there's pretty much nothing to say the panthers play out of the NIC on show (another topic altogether).
I really hope panthers make the finals (although would the team turn up for that I wonder) and I really hope the panthers fans who are attending enjoy it even if the panthers don't make the final 3 years running but I really cant justify to myself the expense and my mood without a panthers presence. As stated I am sure if it was away and I had pre bought a ticket it would make it more enjoyable obviously with panthers but also (just not quite as much though) without their presence too..
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Mar 26, 2016 10:23:43 GMT
We hear a lot of excuses, can't win the league every year (we don't, we have one it once), but for the Panthers not to be a the playoffs three years in a row would be tragic no matter what type of spin we try to save face by putting on it. Over two legs we WILL beat the Giants and I think we WILL be there.
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Post by EMB on Mar 26, 2016 12:02:54 GMT
That's the Mosey/Moran/Kolnik line gone then! If you listen to Coreys interview he says the only line firing is the Kolnik,Moran,Miosey one and the Farmer line is fine also, he's moved the other two around (God help us) as they have only scored 7 goals in the last 15 games between them. We tinkered with the lines in Coventry and went 4-0 or something down before reverting back in the third. Just dont know which way this one is going depends which panthers team turn up.
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Post by Peacock on Mar 26, 2016 12:05:21 GMT
Why do they announce who is the starting Net Minder so early on and also according to the OS, there are changes to the forward lines. WHY? One of the major criticisms of Panthers is that they don't keep the fans informed. When they do, this is the response. Damned if they do etc etc
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Post by thebestpanthers on Mar 26, 2016 12:27:42 GMT
If the Challenge Cup team turn up we may win - league team, we may lose
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Post by PantherB on Mar 26, 2016 13:03:42 GMT
If Miika is fully fit and ready to go that'll be a huge boost, the defence need to step their game up a bit still though. I don't see the issue with Corey tinkering with a couple lines again, if they aren't playing as well as they should.. you can't just leave them and have to rely on the two firing lines.
Mosey is heading into the game on a 9 game point streak, hopefully tonight he'll extend that streak tonight.
Giants are similar to us but with a little more consistency, they aren't amazing and on their off night, will get demolished. They have Nickerson back so that'll be a boost to their toughness, perhaps see Lloyd and Keefe being a bit more agitatory tonight to draw Cam or Farms into taking penalties. Very tough one to call, going to be a tense match and really, we need no less than a 2 goal lead if possible.
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Post by Shorty on Mar 26, 2016 15:44:45 GMT
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Post by jdizpt8 on Mar 26, 2016 16:23:06 GMT
This tie will be decided tonight. Panthers to blow the Giants out the water with a huge victory! LETS DO THIS PANTHERS!!
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Post by panthers_nyr on Mar 26, 2016 16:46:47 GMT
We NEED to go to Belfast with a 2/3 goal lead minimum imo, a good lead and the momentum would help us take the 2nd leg easy. This team seem to be brilliant at showing up over 2 legs so hopefully they come out like they did for the CC semis and either blow them out the water or just show consistency and keep a lead.
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Post by dodyfan13 on Mar 26, 2016 16:59:12 GMT
Belfast win 4-1
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Post by Mark on Mar 26, 2016 19:43:12 GMT
Apparently MaCmillan was out on the pop last night. Taking it seriously then.
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Post by wgray on Mar 26, 2016 19:50:26 GMT
Apparently MaCmillan was out on the pop last night. Taking it seriously then. did you see him?
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Post by Bagheera on Mar 26, 2016 20:30:47 GMT
Unfortunatly this team has a switch. When it's switched there is an air on inevitabilty about what happens next. You could just see the 2nd & 3rd coming a mile off.
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