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Post by PantherB on Sept 2, 2016 18:39:27 GMT
Pacl should be backup for this one.
I was very impressed with the depleated and shorthanded team we iced throughout the Amiens trip, looked a lot better than against Coventry the Wednesday before. Coventry are big, strong and have a few deadly forwards. Marquardt is their key man for me, and Peitrus. Moran and Nikiforuk's debut will come as a big help, they should be in reasonable shape. Schultz is incredible this season, looks 10x more confident than last season.
If Wiikman can keep himself fit and in good shape, i feel we should win this one. It'll be a tough, rough game for sure but we've got a very good team.
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Post by Mark on Sept 2, 2016 19:50:54 GMT
Nothing like a bit of new season optimism. And that's nothing like... Never been less enthused at the start of a season. Club continually repeat the same mistakes again and again. Same regime, nothing changes.
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Post by wgray on Sept 2, 2016 19:59:40 GMT
Panthers win, tough place to play but we've got more class than Coventry I feel plus we can mix it up if needed as well. Can't wait to see what Nikiforuk has to offer and hopefully we can keep the lines consistent
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Post by Zukiwskyfan on Sept 2, 2016 20:05:27 GMT
Panthers win, tough place to play but we've got more class than Coventry I feel plus we can mix it up if needed as well. Can't wait to see what Nikiforuk has to offer and hopefully we can keep the lines consistent Who do we have who can mix it up if Klotz and Noble start running around which will happen because they will be fired up first real home game of the season? The best we can hope for from this game is leave without anybody getting hurt.
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Post by Shaggy on Sept 2, 2016 20:07:35 GMT
Nothing like a bit of new season optimism. And that's nothing like... Never been less enthused at the start of a season. Club continually repeat the same mistakes again and again. Same regime, nothing changes. Whether that's true or not - and let's be honest, we haven't got a clue either way as yet - I remember the same things being said in the season when we won the lot.
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Post by wgray on Sept 2, 2016 20:36:20 GMT
Panthers win, tough place to play but we've got more class than Coventry I feel plus we can mix it up if needed as well. Can't wait to see what Nikiforuk has to offer and hopefully we can keep the lines consistent Who do we have who can mix it up if Klotz and Noble start running around which will happen because they will be fired up first real home game of the season? The best we can hope for from this game is leave without anybody getting hurt. Macmillan, Lawrence, Farmer, Brown, Lee. We're talking about grown men here who play the toughest sport in the world, I'm pretty sure each player can look after themselves and look out for others. If you are implying that they are going to run around and intentionally injure our skilled players then so be it, but what goes around comes around.
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Post by Pies on Sept 2, 2016 21:12:03 GMT
I watched this team play in France and they were a joy to watch. They worked hard, worked for each other and stuck together. It's a blue collar team by all accounts but sometimes that's what you need.
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Post by iginla on Sept 2, 2016 21:57:34 GMT
I watched this team play in France and they were a joy to watch. They worked hard, worked for each other and stuck together. It's a blue collar team by all accounts but sometimes that's what you need. They will work hard,they will win games because of it and they will win games that typically a Panthers team would maybe lose. But the two main worries are,will they have the skill to unlock the door in the really tight big team games and will Wiikman stay fit ?
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Post by PantherB on Sept 2, 2016 23:01:02 GMT
As people have mentioned Brown, he's a superb player.. Al over the ice and fairly quick, throws a lot of hits and is definitely not afraid to get into confrontations. Saw a few times in France where he reacted to a hit from the opposition with either a hit of his own or a lot of words, potentially offering a fight.
Noble is a punching bag, like Tanaka, he's a rat but can't fight. Klotz will be the main one to deal with but Coventry always have a fairly dirty team so you could add about 6 other players to the list of potential combatants. We have more skill and speed, it'll be a game won at the back.
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Post by Pies on Sept 2, 2016 23:23:33 GMT
I watched this team play in France and they were a joy to watch. They worked hard, worked for each other and stuck together. It's a blue collar team by all accounts but sometimes that's what you need. They will work hard,they will win games because of it and they will win games that typically a Panthers team would maybe lose. But the two main worries are,will they have the skill to unlock the door in the really tight big team games and will Wiikman stay fit ? I think Carter has the pure skill to unlock defendes and Lacho and Farmer look like better versions of themselves than last year. Time will tell. You get rewarded for hard work and that's what I hope happens for us
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 23:42:19 GMT
Unbelievable... panthers will be at almost full strength excluding the yet unsigned player yet being wrote off already... I didn't realise Coventry were that good...people saying we ll lose but fail to give a reason why to back it up...
Panthers win 4-2 Our defence will be key all season
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Post by iginla on Sept 3, 2016 0:10:08 GMT
Unbelievable... panthers will be at almost full strength excluding the yet unsigned player yet being wrote off already... I didn't realise Coventry were that good...people saying we ll lose but fail to give a reason why to back it up... Panthers win 4-2 Our defence will be key all season It's not Coventry we need to worry about in general though Pidge,they will finish bottom of our conference......its Sheffield,Cardiff and Belfast !
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Post by Ghost on Sept 3, 2016 8:11:49 GMT
Unbelievable... panthers will be at almost full strength excluding the yet unsigned player yet being wrote off already... I didn't realise Coventry were that good...people saying we ll lose but fail to give a reason why to back it up... Panthers win 4-2 Our defence will be key all season Negativity for no reason.. If there was ever a tag line for this forum!
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Post by deke on Sept 3, 2016 9:02:17 GMT
Think we will win but at a cost klotz will want to make a statement and we can expect him to throw himself into his hits and almost certainly try and instigate a fight. Also expecting a lot of dirty shots from Coventry
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Post by texpef on Sept 3, 2016 10:00:55 GMT
Never been less enthused at the start of a season. Club continually repeat the same mistakes again and again. Same regime, nothing changes. Whether that's true or not - and let's be honest, we haven't got a clue either way as yet - I remember the same things being said in the season when we won the lot. And every season since and an awful lot before...who is right the most if you want to play that game...
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Post by Shorty on Sept 3, 2016 10:02:49 GMT
Statistically there is a far higher chance of us not winning the league than winning it, irrespective of how good the team is.
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Post by PantherB on Sept 3, 2016 10:08:37 GMT
Statistically there is a far higher chance of us not winning the league than winning it, irrespective of how good the team is. How can that be?! The wisdom of some forum users would suggest all other teams are inferior and we should walk it each and every year! In all seriousness though very good point!
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Post by Rob Scott on Sept 3, 2016 10:10:37 GMT
Statistically there is a far higher chance of us not winning the league than winning it, irrespective of how good the team is. How can that be?! The wisdom of some forum users would suggest all other teams are inferior and we should walk it each and every year! In all seriousness though very good point! We should put ourselves in a position to challenge for the league every year. We don't.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 10:22:03 GMT
Unbelievable... panthers will be at almost full strength excluding the yet unsigned player yet being wrote off already... I didn't realise Coventry were that good...people saying we ll lose but fail to give a reason why to back it up... Panthers win 4-2 Our defence will be key all season It's not Coventry we need to worry about in general though Pidge,they will finish bottom of our conference......its Sheffield,Cardiff and Belfast ! I ain't worried about Belfast. Period. Cardiff you can count on to choke/self implode at some point. And Sheffield I've seen them live twice already. There won't be much in it between us and them. They have their weakness live all teams. Standouts for them will be Moose, Bjorkland, Valdix and Armstrong an of course Roy. Schultz won't see Xmas unless he bucks his ideas up. Very unimpressed. So far from watching Panthers there's no 'passengers' always a good sign
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Post by PantherB on Sept 3, 2016 10:42:01 GMT
How can that be?! The wisdom of some forum users would suggest all other teams are inferior and we should walk it each and every year! In all seriousness though very good point! We should put ourselves in a position to challenge for the league every year. We don't. I think you'll find we do, just because we don't win it.. it doesn't mean we aren't challenging for it. Last season's team was the best since we won the league, Wiikman's injury killed us.. If he didn't get injured then chances are we could be sat here going into the season with 3 stars on our jersey again. Seasons before that, they've just been savaged by injury and a mixture of the wrong players and players who haven't managed to connect with teammates despite their good looking stats. Corey's/Panthers' fault? In some aspects, but definitely not completely.
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Post by Pies on Sept 3, 2016 11:39:22 GMT
I have to say this years team in paper and in CVs doesn't stand out but in practice I was impressed. People need to give them a chance. Brown is a bigger version of Bruce Richardson. Carter looks like he could carry on the tradition of good players wearing the number 17 jersey. Sertich oozes quality. I don't think there will be nights where this team takes a night off.
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Post by Shaggy on Sept 3, 2016 12:02:46 GMT
Whether that's true or not - and let's be honest, we haven't got a clue either way as yet - I remember the same things being said in the season when we won the lot. And every season since and an awful lot before...who is right the most if you want to play that game... Nope... not playing that game. Simply pointing out that we hear the same old criticisms being said by the same people at the same time every year... regardless of what happened the previous year and how good or not the team is looking. It's just as ridiculous to constantly denigrate the team as it is to constantly praise them... any hint of the latter gets slammed as being 'happy clappy' (or some other derogatory term) so why should the former be tolerated any more? A bit of balance is what is required IMO... that and actually giving them a chance to show us what they can do before they get tried, convicted and executed!
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Post by kievthegreat on Sept 3, 2016 12:09:37 GMT
We should put ourselves in a position to challenge for the league every year. We don't. I think you'll find we do, just because we don't win it.. it doesn't mean we aren't challenging for it. Last season's team was the best since we won the league, Wiikman's injury killed us.. If he didn't get injured then chances are we could be sat here going into the season with 3 stars on our jersey again. Seasons before that, they've just been savaged by injury and a mixture of the wrong players and players who haven't managed to connect with teammates despite their good looking stats. Corey's/Panthers' fault? In some aspects, but definitely not completely. Wiikman's injury didn't kill us, not replacing him did. Steelers had worse goalie troubles than us, but they did something about it straight away.
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Post by Rob Scott on Sept 3, 2016 12:11:36 GMT
We should put ourselves in a position to challenge for the league every year. We don't. I think you'll find we do, just because we don't win it.. it doesn't mean we aren't challenging for it. Last season's team was the best since we won the league, Wiikman's injury killed us.. If he didn't get injured then chances are we could be sat here going into the season with 3 stars on our jersey again. Seasons before that, they've just been savaged by injury and a mixture of the wrong players and players who haven't managed to connect with teammates despite their good looking stats. Corey's/Panthers' fault? In some aspects, but definitely not completely. Thanks for proving my point. Last season we didn't give ourselves a chance to win the league. If you really believe we put ourselves in the best position to challenge for the league title every year we must be the most unlucky team in the history of sport.
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Post by mmmbop on Sept 3, 2016 12:23:54 GMT
Trying to buy the webcast but only getting the game on the 31st coming up. Am I clicking the wrong link??
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