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Post by iginla on Jun 23, 2016 18:11:41 GMT
Fife nab Matt Sisca from the Storm... Is it just me or does it seem a little naughty, this signing? Wasn't Sisca a high profile player at Manchester? I certainly heard his name a lot last season, could the big boys not at least give them a second season before poaching? Seems more of a Sheffield move to me Of course there's always the chance that he may have asked to leave beforehand and if this is the case, the above comment is naturally void. Fife......"Big boys" really ?
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jun 23, 2016 19:34:19 GMT
Fife nab Matt Sisca from the Storm... Is it just me or does it seem a little naughty, this signing? Wasn't Sisca a high profile player at Manchester? I certainly heard his name a lot last season, could the big boys not at least give them a second season before poaching? Seems more of a Sheffield move to me Of course there's always the chance that he may have asked to leave beforehand and if this is the case, the above comment is naturally void. Seriously?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 21:08:28 GMT
Are Fife not one of, if not the oldest team in the league? Compared to the current incarnation of Manchester who've been around for one season. Perhaps 'big boys' was the wrong term to use, what I was alluding to was their comparative ability to sign strong players, to my mind, a team that has been around as long as Fife would have better connections than one who has just completed their first season.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jun 23, 2016 21:16:23 GMT
Are Fife not one of, if not the oldest team in the league? Compared to the current incarnation of Manchester who've been around for one season. Perhaps 'big boys' was the wrong term to use, what I was alluding to was their comparative ability to sign strong players, to my mind, a team that has been around as long as Fife would have better connections than one who has just completed their first season. It's a free market pretty much as EIHL contracts are worthless in the off season. Players have the right to play for the team that wants them and who they want to play for.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Jun 23, 2016 22:09:22 GMT
Are Fife not one of, if not the oldest team in the league? Compared to the current incarnation of Manchester who've been around for one season. Perhaps 'big boys' was the wrong term to use, what I was alluding to was their comparative ability to sign strong players, to my mind, a team that has been around as long as Fife would have better connections than one who has just completed their first season. Manchester had some great connections in order to sign the perfect player who compares identically to Sisca's ability... I'll give you a clue, his initials are MS In all seriousness, they are 'free' agents for a reason! You should take a look at the CVs of Brandon Benedict, Matt Myers, Derek Campbell, Jeff Smith, Shaun Sutter (just thinking of names off the top of my head)!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2016 22:11:25 GMT
Are Fife not one of, if not the oldest team in the league? Compared to the current incarnation of Manchester who've been around for one season. Perhaps 'big boys' was the wrong term to use, what I was alluding to was their comparative ability to sign strong players, to my mind, a team that has been around as long as Fife would have better connections than one who has just completed their first season. It's a free market pretty much as EIHL contracts are worthless in the off season. Players have the right to play for the team that wants them and who they want to play for. Fair enough. I did touch upon whether or not the player in question wanted to leave in my original post, as I understand their right to choose which team to play for. I guess I was just reading a little too much into it.
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Post by Warren on Jun 24, 2016 7:16:12 GMT
When will people learn the rules? The Freedom of movement and import limits in the EIHL have nothing to do with each other. Go ask Coventry and Liam Stewart. By most markings he is a British player. has a British Passport, Can play for GB (When not injured) But he is classed as an import. The reason? his ITC Card is North American. Take Slava Koulikov, From the same markings he is a European import but was a Brit, as his ITC Card is British. The Basic Rules are: X players who have international ITC cards. Y Players who have International ITC Cards that don't require a work Permit Z Players who have British ITC Cards. I don't think anyone is confused about the rules. Just discussing that you might need different rights to work in the country post hypothetical Brexit (fingers crossed it stays a hypothetical). EU passport means you don't need a work permit at present, but in the brexit world, you might need to get permits for EU players. It makes bringing over Swedes as awkward as Canadians as you'd need to apply for visas/permits, whereas now the only hurdles are lodging paperwork with governing bodies. You mean like they do already for North Americans without dual citizanship? This will only be a bigger issue for mid-season when people are signed on shorter notices. What should happen is teams will sign extras at the start of the season instead of "cheap" euros mid way.
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Post by PantherB on Jun 24, 2016 9:12:17 GMT
Alex Leavitt seems to be reconsidering his future after this mornings results. Sounds as though it's going to cause catastrophic trouble in imports comitting for the coming season(s) with the pound falling so much they'll be at the brunt of a sizeable pay cut
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jun 24, 2016 10:04:30 GMT
Alex Leavitt seems to be reconsidering his future after this mornings results. Sounds as though it's going to cause catastrophic trouble in imports comitting for the coming season(s) with the pound falling so much they'll be at the brunt of a sizeable pay cut Anyone basing their decisions on the fall in the short term value of the pound today is possibly too stupid to find the plane to fly over here in the first place.
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Post by shmyrohdear on Jun 24, 2016 10:51:18 GMT
Alex Leavitt seems to be reconsidering his future after this mornings results. Sounds as though it's going to cause catastrophic trouble in imports comitting for the coming season(s) with the pound falling so much they'll be at the brunt of a sizeable pay cut Anyone basing their decisions on the fall in the short term value of the pound today is possibly too stupid to find the plane to fly over here in the first place. Post of the year. Quality haha!
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Post by iginla on Jun 24, 2016 14:13:29 GMT
Alex Leavitt seems to be reconsidering his future after this mornings results. Sounds as though it's going to cause catastrophic trouble in imports comitting for the coming season(s) with the pound falling so much they'll be at the brunt of a sizeable pay cut Anyone basing their decisions on the fall in the short term value of the pound today is possibly too stupid to find the plane to fly over here in the first place. Hahaha nice one FS......funniest post ever. And true !
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Post by allingtonskates on Jun 24, 2016 15:36:51 GMT
Alex Leavitt seems to be reconsidering his future after this mornings results. Sounds as though it's going to cause catastrophic trouble in imports comitting for the coming season(s) with the pound falling so much they'll be at the brunt of a sizeable pay cut Anyone basing their decisions on the fall in the short term value of the pound today is possibly too stupid to find the plane to fly over here in the first place.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2016 17:05:56 GMT
Alex Leavitt seems to be reconsidering his future after this mornings results. Sounds as though it's going to cause catastrophic trouble in imports comitting for the coming season(s) with the pound falling so much they'll be at the brunt of a sizeable pay cut Anyone basing their decisions on the fall in the short term value of the pound today is possibly too stupid to find the plane to fly over here in the first place. Also too stupid to pass the immigration/work permit rules when they kick in in two years time.
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Post by gump on Jun 24, 2016 18:32:42 GMT
Seems as if the league may have some concerns with the vote and how it will impact sponsorship,recruitment, contracts, visas,salaries etc
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Post by Shorty on Jun 25, 2016 10:42:53 GMT
Alex Leavitt seems to be reconsidering his future after this mornings results. Sounds as though it's going to cause catastrophic trouble in imports comitting for the coming season(s) with the pound falling so much they'll be at the brunt of a sizeable pay cut Anyone basing their decisions on the fall in the short term value of the pound today is possibly too stupid to find the plane to fly over here in the first place. Just out of interest, what would you consider to be short term?
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jun 25, 2016 12:34:35 GMT
Anyone basing their decisions on the fall in the short term value of the pound today is possibly too stupid to find the plane to fly over here in the first place. Just out of interest, what would you consider to be short term? As in like the stock market drop, not very long.
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Post by iginla on Jun 25, 2016 19:30:12 GMT
Just out of interest, what would you consider to be short term? As in like the stock market drop, not very long. It will soon go back up......especially if we can get rid of the Scots too. So if the Scots have a referendum whether to stay in the EU,do we English get to vote in it. Seeing as they voted in ours and did their best to scupper the result......i think we should be able to !
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Post by nate24 on Jun 27, 2016 20:45:30 GMT
Maybe people won't come because of the racist Neanderthals harassing foreign people in our streets these past few days.
It's embarrassing.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jun 27, 2016 22:01:32 GMT
Maybe people won't come because of the racist Neanderthals harassing foreign people in our streets these past few days. It's embarrassing. Yes that might swing it for them...
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Post by PantherB on Jul 3, 2016 11:24:31 GMT
According to GM whilst interviewing Clarke, we have 4 players to sign.. 2 may be returnee's but Corey has 2 'Studs' he's negotiating with which will determine who gets the green light (one returnee + one 'stud'/ 2 returnee's + no 'studs'/ 0 returnee's + 2 'studs')
But, it was also being noted that the negotiations are taking a lot longer due to the fluctuating value of the pound. The club don't want to lowball players but don't want to agree a contract which could turn out to be a vast overpayment.
Sounds interesting and hopefully that's enough for the time being, to keep people and their overexpectations quiet.
Other points from the interview;
First league game is 10th Sept. classed as a 'long road trip' Cardiff/Scotland? First home league game is 17th Sept.
Brad Moran is bringing his family over again, kids will be schooled here. They're living in the same house as last season (Pointless piece of information, good for stalkers though)
We were dumped into the second round of the Continental Cup due to International Team Rankings. GB are below the French, meaning Angers were favoured for being put straight into the 3rd Round.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Jul 3, 2016 17:30:57 GMT
According to GM whilst interviewing Clarke, we have 4 players to sign.. 2 may be returnee's but Corey has 2 'Studs' he's negotiating with which will determine who gets the green light (one returnee + one 'stud'/ 2 returnee's + no 'studs'/ 0 returnee's + 2 'studs') But, it was also being noted that the negotiations are taking a lot longer due to the fluctuating value of the pound. The club don't want to lowball players but don't want to agree a contract which could turn out to be a vast overpayment. Sounds interesting and hopefully that's enough for the time being, to keep people and their overexpectations quiet. Other points from the interview; First league game is 10th Sept. classed as a 'long road trip' Cardiff/Scotland? First home league game is 17th Sept. Brad Moran is bringing his family over again, kids will be schooled here. They're living in the same house as last season (Pointless piece of information, good for stalkers though) We were dumped into the second round of the Continental Cup due to International Team Rankings. GB are below the French, meaning Angers were favoured for being put straight into the 3rd Round. The whole business about us losing out on places in the Continental Cup (and I think we've lost a place again in the CHL) due to the national team ranking just highlights how uncooperative and downright stupid Tony Smith & his EIHL pals are!.. All that nonsense about it not being their 'responsibility' to develop British players just shows how short sighted they are. Sorry to dig up thoughts previously expressed but it just shows again what a bunch of morons run the league.
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Post by PantherB on Jul 3, 2016 17:38:29 GMT
According to GM whilst interviewing Clarke, we have 4 players to sign.. 2 may be returnee's but Corey has 2 'Studs' he's negotiating with which will determine who gets the green light (one returnee + one 'stud'/ 2 returnee's + no 'studs'/ 0 returnee's + 2 'studs') But, it was also being noted that the negotiations are taking a lot longer due to the fluctuating value of the pound. The club don't want to lowball players but don't want to agree a contract which could turn out to be a vast overpayment. Sounds interesting and hopefully that's enough for the time being, to keep people and their overexpectations quiet. Other points from the interview; First league game is 10th Sept. classed as a 'long road trip' Cardiff/Scotland? First home league game is 17th Sept. Brad Moran is bringing his family over again, kids will be schooled here. They're living in the same house as last season (Pointless piece of information, good for stalkers though) We were dumped into the second round of the Continental Cup due to International Team Rankings. GB are below the French, meaning Angers were favoured for being put straight into the 3rd Round. The whole business about us losing out on places in the Continental Cup (and I think we've lost a place again in the CHL) due to the national team ranking just highlights how uncooperative and downright stupid Tony Smith & his EIHL pals are!.. All that nonsense about it not being their 'responsibility' to develop British players just shows how short sighted they are. Sorry to dig up thoughts previously expressed but it just shows again what a bunch of morons run the league. I agree with that, a lot lot more needs to be done in regards to developing youngsters. Playing 16 or however many games juniors play in their small leagues isn't enough, they need to get past the border between South, Midlands, North too.. Mix up the opposition. I'd love to see a 'Junior All Stars' type game held at either the Playoffs in place of the 3rd/4th Game or on the same day as the Challenge Cup Final. It'd give the fans watching an idea of what our system is developing whilst offering Coaches/GM's the opportunity to watch players.
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Post by wgray on Jul 3, 2016 19:56:15 GMT
According to GM whilst interviewing Clarke, we have 4 players to sign.. 2 may be returnee's but Corey has 2 'Studs' he's negotiating with which will determine who gets the green light (one returnee + one 'stud'/ 2 returnee's + no 'studs'/ 0 returnee's + 2 'studs') But, it was also being noted that the negotiations are taking a lot longer due to the fluctuating value of the pound. The club don't want to lowball players but don't want to agree a contract which could turn out to be a vast overpayment. Sounds interesting and hopefully that's enough for the time being, to keep people and their overexpectations quiet. Other points from the interview; First league game is 10th Sept. classed as a 'long road trip' Cardiff/Scotland? First home league game is 17th Sept. Brad Moran is bringing his family over again, kids will be schooled here. They're living in the same house as last season (Pointless piece of information, good for stalkers though) We were dumped into the second round of the Continental Cup due to International Team Rankings. GB are below the French, meaning Angers were favoured for being put straight into the 3rd Round. Interesting stuff indeed, I think that Corey has Betteridge penned in as a regular on the fourth line, bringing energy and laying the body, possibly as C to. The possible returnees I think are Kolnik and Quick, leaving us two D men to sign, one of which needs to be a player to run the powerplay
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Post by dill1015 on Jul 3, 2016 20:35:06 GMT
According to GM whilst interviewing Clarke, we have 4 players to sign.. 2 may be returnee's but Corey has 2 'Studs' he's negotiating with which will determine who gets the green light (one returnee + one 'stud'/ 2 returnee's + no 'studs'/ 0 returnee's + 2 'studs') But, it was also being noted that the negotiations are taking a lot longer due to the fluctuating value of the pound. The club don't want to lowball players but don't want to agree a contract which could turn out to be a vast overpayment. Sounds interesting and hopefully that's enough for the time being, to keep people and their overexpectations quiet. Other points from the interview; First league game is 10th Sept. classed as a 'long road trip' Cardiff/Scotland? First home league game is 17th Sept. Brad Moran is bringing his family over again, kids will be schooled here. They're living in the same house as last season (Pointless piece of information, good for stalkers though) We were dumped into the second round of the Continental Cup due to International Team Rankings. GB are below the French, meaning Angers were favoured for being put straight into the 3rd Round. Interesting stuff indeed, I think that Corey has Betteridge penned in as a regular on the fourth line, bringing energy and laying the body, possibly as C to. The possible returnees I think are Kolnik and Quick, leaving us two D men to sign, one of which needs to be a player to run the powerplay Reading between the lines i think we're not getting anymore brits. I reckon kolnik is one returnee and either Quick or Schmit. Our key positions now are the next 2 dmen. They will make or break our season.
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Post by jdizpt8 on Jul 4, 2016 8:40:31 GMT
Jared Staal to Edinburgh. Can't see him sticking the whole season if I'm honest, think if he has a good start to the season either a bigger EIHL team will come calling or Europe.
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