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Jim Keyes
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Post by dp on Nov 5, 2016 22:02:55 GMT
Looking like a 2 horse race for the league title already. And surprise surprise it's the two teams who signed what looked like the best teams on paper.
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Chick Zamick
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Post by iginla on Nov 5, 2016 22:05:43 GMT
Do remember we were without Waugh, Schultz, Lawrence and Oakford's empty space. Not that it's an excuse for the loss as there is no excuse other than we got out ground by a severely depleted roster but when the team has no spark, don't expect the fire to get going. We need to re-assess our defence, how can Miika be conceding so many when he's consistently been a game winner for the past 15 or so months? It's poor quite frankly. I know Spang has had a lot of criticism recently but personally i think Sertich is the let down, came in with the experience of a quality offensive defenceman who was hoped to follow in the footsteps of Chris Murray a few years ago, he's done very little and though he goes un-noticed a lot, i don't feel that's down to not making mistakes. Give Pacl the start tomorrow, see how they react and if they tighten up. Giants will be without Higgins, recieved a Match Penalty in Coventry tonight for Butt-Ending. Sheffield went to Edinburgh tonight without Fitzgerald,Ratchuk and Valdix.....it didn't stop them winning !
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Jim Keyes
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Post by dp on Nov 5, 2016 22:07:37 GMT
Do remember we were without Waugh, Schultz, Lawrence and Oakford's empty space. Not that it's an excuse for the loss as there is no excuse other than we got out ground by a severely depleted roster but when the team has no spark, don't expect the fire to get going. We need to re-assess our defence, how can Miika be conceding so many when he's consistently been a game winner for the past 15 or so months? It's poor quite frankly. I know Spang has had a lot of criticism recently but personally i think Sertich is the let down, came in with the experience of a quality offensive defenceman who was hoped to follow in the footsteps of Chris Murray a few years ago, he's done very little and though he goes un-noticed a lot, i don't feel that's down to not making mistakes. Give Pacl the start tomorrow, see how they react and if they tighten up. Giants will be without Higgins, recieved a Match Penalty in Coventry tonight for Butt-Ending. Sheffield went to Edinburgh tonight without Fitzgerald,Ratchuk and Valdix.....it didn't stop them winning ! And let's not forget how short benched our opponents have been. Both Caps and Clan were missing more important players than we were last weekend.
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Post by dill1015 on Nov 5, 2016 22:15:14 GMT
If it was up to me i think i'd do something like this.
Push Linghagen up front and get rid of Macmillan. I just dont see what he brings atm. Bring in a big stay at home guy to balance out the back end. I was always concerned we didt have that type of player. Then bring in a playmaker. This is what we need not a sniper. I think unfortunatley it has to be Carter who makes way. Shame because i thought he was going to be a good find, but he just hasnt clicked.
Also (unpopular opinion time) id be looking for a replacement for Moran. I didnt think he was impactful enough last season and nothing so far has changed my mind. As ive said before not a bad player but just not a good enough first line centre. If you look at every other big teams first line centre i'd pretty much take all of them over Moran.
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Post by wasteoftime on Nov 5, 2016 22:18:21 GMT
Fireworks on the ice tomorrow, you've guessed it. DAMP SQIDS.
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Post by spik on Nov 5, 2016 22:27:43 GMT
At the 'Trust' meeting last night there was plenty of complaint about why we can't keep pace with clubs that have either less assumed money than us or can fill injury places quicker than us.
Making money as a business is ok but buying players in for the end of a season only to get those Cups or thinking you'll have a 'forever' fan base to fill the arena are not good examples against teams who have more desire and compete.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Nov 5, 2016 22:28:19 GMT
Well done Corey - the signs were there, the rot began to show and you've done nothing.
Same every season ππΌππΌ
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Post by jdizpt8 on Nov 5, 2016 22:28:32 GMT
If it was up to me i think i'd do something like this. Push Linghagen up front and get rid of Macmillan. I just dont see what he brings atm. Bring in a big stay at home guy to balance out the back end. I was always concerned we didt have that type of player. Then bring in a playmaker. This is what we need not a sniper. I think unfortunatley it has to be Carter who makes way. Shame because i thought he was going to be a good find, but he just hasnt clicked. Also (unpopular opinion time) id be looking for a replacement for Moran. I didnt think he was impactful enough last season and nothing so far has changed my mind. As ive said before not a bad player but just not a good enough first line centre. If you look at every other big teams first line centre i'd pretty much take all of them over Moran. Lindhagen pushed up top I agree with Stay at home D man to come in (Lepine) I agree Macmillan and Carter out for Mosey and Ling type
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Post by PantherB on Nov 5, 2016 22:47:47 GMT
Do remember we were without Waugh, Schultz, Lawrence and Oakford's empty space. Not that it's an excuse for the loss as there is no excuse other than we got out ground by a severely depleted roster but when the team has no spark, don't expect the fire to get going. We need to re-assess our defence, how can Miika be conceding so many when he's consistently been a game winner for the past 15 or so months? It's poor quite frankly. I know Spang has had a lot of criticism recently but personally i think Sertich is the let down, came in with the experience of a quality offensive defenceman who was hoped to follow in the footsteps of Chris Murray a few years ago, he's done very little and though he goes un-noticed a lot, i don't feel that's down to not making mistakes. Give Pacl the start tomorrow, see how they react and if they tighten up. Giants will be without Higgins, recieved a Match Penalty in Coventry tonight for Butt-Ending. Sheffield went to Edinburgh tonight without Fitzgerald,Ratchuk and Valdix.....it didn't stop them winning ! I didn't say it was an excuse! Plus, Edinburgh came back from 5-1 down, got to respect that and Steelers won't be too pleased with it.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Nov 5, 2016 23:12:01 GMT
Do remember we were without Waugh, Schultz, Lawrence and Oakford's empty space. Not that it's an excuse for the loss as there is no excuse other than we got out ground by a severely depleted roster but when the team has no spark, don't expect the fire to get going. We need to re-assess our defence, how can Miika be conceding so many when he's consistently been a game winner for the past 15 or so months? It's poor quite frankly. I know Spang has had a lot of criticism recently but personally i think Sertich is the let down, came in with the experience of a quality offensive defenceman who was hoped to follow in the footsteps of Chris Murray a few years ago, he's done very little and though he goes un-noticed a lot, i don't feel that's down to not making mistakes. Give Pacl the start tomorrow, see how they react and if they tighten up. Giants will be without Higgins, recieved a Match Penalty in Coventry tonight for Butt-Ending. Defense are full of offensive-minded guys. Attack is full of too many defense-minded guys. Easy and obvious imbalance.
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Mark
Randall Weber
Experience has taught me that when it really matters the only person you can rely on is yourself.
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Post by Mark on Nov 5, 2016 23:19:37 GMT
Poor recruitment, lack of interest from the owner? I suspect the penny might finally drop when we are dumped out of the Euro competition. Nothing in this team makes me think we could go any further.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Nov 6, 2016 0:15:41 GMT
Do remember we were without Waugh, Schultz, Lawrence and Oakford's empty space. Not that it's an excuse for the loss as there is no excuse other than we got out ground by a severely depleted roster but when the team has no spark, don't expect the fire to get going. We need to re-assess our defence, how can Miika be conceding so many when he's consistently been a game winner for the past 15 or so months? It's poor quite frankly. I know Spang has had a lot of criticism recently but personally i think Sertich is the let down, came in with the experience of a quality offensive defenceman who was hoped to follow in the footsteps of Chris Murray a few years ago, he's done very little and though he goes un-noticed a lot, i don't feel that's down to not making mistakes. Give Pacl the start tomorrow, see how they react and if they tighten up. Giants will be without Higgins, recieved a Match Penalty in Coventry tonight for Butt-Ending. I'm not convinced about Wiikman this season. He let in two stinkers again tonight which killed the game even if we could score. We have had injuries constantly for the last few years now. Constantly. Personally I don't put that down to bad luck and Oakford was a donkey that no one would have noticed if he played for anyone else. Oh, and Sindlehurst had another excellent game tonight too.
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Post by wgray on Nov 6, 2016 0:24:51 GMT
Pretty fed up now, not looking forward to tomorrow's game at all. I think Pacl should start tomorrow, Wiikman doesn't look on the ball of late, hopefully the defence will tighten up with Pacl in, as for the forwards, god help us
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Post by dexter on Nov 6, 2016 9:26:38 GMT
Same old tripe on the website after the loss. I don't want an account of why we lost I want to know what we're going to do about it!
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Post by pantherdman on Nov 6, 2016 13:05:23 GMT
There's always the cup
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