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Post by The Flying Shirt on Apr 9, 2019 4:28:11 GMT
Pete Russell as our new coach. Really hope not. He’s bloody crap.
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Post by Joe on Apr 9, 2019 6:38:56 GMT
Pete Russell as our new coach. Really hope not. He’s bloody crap. he’s also going to be heavily focused on the world championships when he should be focused on recruitment
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Post by iginla on Apr 9, 2019 8:53:00 GMT
Pete Russell as our new coach. Urrgghhhh 😩
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Apr 9, 2019 10:02:38 GMT
Really hope not. He’s bloody crap. he’s also going to be heavily focused on the world championships when he should be focused on recruitment I agree. Being a full time EIHL coach with staff and a million different problems is a lot different to being GB coach with a handful of games with very highly motivated players to pick out as he wants. Let him do the job he is doing there and leave the cold January Wednesday night games after a long coach ride to someone who’s job should depend on it.
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Post by cooperphil156 on Apr 9, 2019 16:30:51 GMT
In a league where you MUST have British players on your roster getting Dowd in should be a no brainier, we’ve got the cash, we simple retain Perlini, Farmer, Ollie and Lee as our senior Brits and keep our U23’s as well and bring Dowd in alongside them, he’s certainly import standard and it hits the quota. Then bring back a selection of imports from this season (Stewart Pither Guptil Henderson Lepine Bolduc Hughes Olsen Rissling Munson) and bring in 5 other top end imports a Ling, Jade, DAB and Fox and Galbraith (goalie) one goalie dresses with same as back up or dress both and run a spare Import say and it’s party time! An expensive party I’ll admit but hey the club would make it back in ticket revenue, sponsorships and Merchandise. I think some see Guptil as something of a liability defensively - OK scoring goals, but too often has not tracked back - hence the fact that Rich wasn't impressed at times
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Post by EMB on Apr 10, 2019 11:01:49 GMT
Guppy wont be back (rumoured), brilliant when he's on his game and woeful when he cant be bothered.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 15:11:16 GMT
Guppy wont be back (rumoured), brilliant when he's on his game and woeful when he cant be bothered. Oh dear. Of the two I'd have back he's one of them. I don't care how lazy he appears/disinterested he looks, 40 goals a season will do for me, get others around him to do his 'donkey work'.
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Post by samjohnson345 on Apr 10, 2019 15:36:04 GMT
Ben Lake attracting plenty of attention from the arena teams (rumour)
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Post by wgray on Apr 10, 2019 16:24:38 GMT
Guppy wont be back (rumoured), brilliant when he's on his game and woeful when he cant be bothered. Oh dear. Of the two I'd have back he's one of them. I don't care how lazy he appears/disinterested he looks, 40 goals a season will do for me, get others around him to do his 'donkey work'. I understand what’s you’re saying, but I think it could be a blessing in disguise if he doesn’t return.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Apr 10, 2019 17:11:42 GMT
Guppy wont be back (rumoured), brilliant when he's on his game and woeful when he cant be bothered. Oh dear. Of the two I'd have back he's one of them. I don't care how lazy he appears/disinterested he looks, 40 goals a season will do for me, get others around him to do his 'donkey work'. It doesn’t matter really. He was scoring for fun so the numbskull on the bench put him on the 7 - 74 line so he dried up anyway. Makes you wonder if that was a clever reuse or just plain stupidity?
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Post by Pies on Apr 10, 2019 19:00:47 GMT
I think I speak for most when I say thank God it’s not Pete Russell for us next season
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Post by cooperphil156 on Apr 10, 2019 19:05:39 GMT
Lets kill this one off regarding Pete Russell SIGNING NEWS ✍🏻: The Glasgow Clan are delighted to confirm that Pete Russell will return as Head Coach & Director of Hockey for the 2019/20 season.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 20:18:01 GMT
Oh dear. Of the two I'd have back he's one of them. I don't care how lazy he appears/disinterested he looks, 40 goals a season will do for me, get others around him to do his 'donkey work'. It doesn’t matter really. He was scoring for fun so the numbskull on the bench put him on the 7 - 74 line so he dried up anyway. Makes you wonder if that was a clever reuse or just plain stupidity? I'll go for the latter. Quite what he (Guptill) did to deserve those two as his line mates frankly beggars belief!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2019 20:37:36 GMT
Oh dear. Of the two I'd have back he's one of them. I don't care how lazy he appears/disinterested he looks, 40 goals a season will do for me, get others around him to do his 'donkey work'. I understand what’s you’re saying, but I think it could be a blessing in disguise if he doesn’t return. If we find somebody else that can pop 40 odd in the onion bag fair enough. History says we won't. When did we last have a 'prolific' scorer?
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Post by John Casey on Apr 10, 2019 20:46:30 GMT
Ben Lake attracting plenty of attention from the arena teams (rumour) Can't say I'm suprised
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Post by ted logan on Apr 10, 2019 20:50:09 GMT
Of this seasons import forwards, Guptill has been the least of our problems. He has carried us offensively for games/weeks at a time.
Would be delighted to see him back next season. If we don’t sign him, I’d imagine most (if not all) the other teams in the league would be interested in him.
Flair forwards/goal scorers like him don’t fall into your lap too often, we should be thankful of what he brings to the team (rather than moaning about his shortcomings) and doing whatever it takes to sign him up for next season.
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Post by wgray on Apr 10, 2019 21:47:46 GMT
I understand what’s you’re saying, but I think it could be a blessing in disguise if he doesn’t return. If we find somebody else that can pop 40 odd in the onion bag fair enough. History says we won't. When did we last have a 'prolific' scorer? The last was Kolnik, the leagues top scorer across all competitions with 35 goals in 2015/16. I appreciate Guptill’s goals have been vital this season when the rest of our forwards have lost their way, I just feel his attitude limits him as a player and it also has an adverse effect on the team, and that is probably why he’s been put with Ollie and Lacho. When you compare Guptill to the likes Riley, Murphy, Connolly, Lake and Martin I know who I’d rather have to help us win a league title.
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Post by allingtonskates on Apr 10, 2019 22:39:20 GMT
If we find somebody else that can pop 40 odd in the onion bag fair enough. History says we won't. When did we last have a 'prolific' scorer? The last was Kolnik, the leagues top scorer across all competitions with 35 goals in 2015/16. I appreciate Guptill’s goals have been vital this season when the rest of our forwards have lost their way, I just feel his attitude limits him as a player and it also has an adverse effect on the team, and that is probably why he’s been put with Ollie and Lacho. When you compare Guptill to the likes Riley, Murphy, Connolly, Lake and Martin I know who I’d rather have to help us win a league title. the thing is guptill for the most part has done it all one his own. Look a graham without ling was completely different. Give guptill a proper play maker and he should in theory score more. I’d definitely have him back. The amount of times we have been begging for a goal scorer it would be stupid to let him go.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Apr 11, 2019 3:53:21 GMT
If we find somebody else that can pop 40 odd in the onion bag fair enough. History says we won't. When did we last have a 'prolific' scorer? The last was Kolnik, the leagues top scorer across all competitions with 35 goals in 2015/16. I appreciate Guptill’s goals have been vital this season when the rest of our forwards have lost their way, I just feel his attitude limits him as a player and it also has an adverse effect on the team, and that is probably why he’s been put with Ollie and Lacho. When you compare Guptill to the likes Riley, Murphy, Connolly, Lake and Martin I know who I’d rather have to help us win a league title. Those players there cost money and we basically lucked into Guptill. To let the only forward in years that has pretty much carried the goal scoring side single handed is bound to happen and is the Panthers thing to do. Perhaps we can replace him with another Buldoc or that other useless guy we let go just after.
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Post by Carnell on Apr 11, 2019 8:55:31 GMT
Guppy wont be back (rumoured), brilliant when he's on his game and woeful when he cant be bothered. Oh dear. Of the two I'd have back he's one of them. I don't care how lazy he appears/disinterested he looks, 40 goals a season will do for me, get others around him to do his 'donkey work'. Ling was one of the laziest players I've ever seen back checking, i'm sure he didn't even know there was a defensive zone! In the championship season, this didn't matter as he was paired with Benny who was a workhorse and covered this alongside Graham. Guptill can get away with being lazy (on occasion)and playing as a high man to create counter opportunities if you have the work horse on your line, get someone that can dish the puck to him and have someone like Ollie on the line to back check and you can afford to have a guy who doesn't like crossing the second blue line much.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 17:58:30 GMT
Oh dear. Of the two I'd have back he's one of them. I don't care how lazy he appears/disinterested he looks, 40 goals a season will do for me, get others around him to do his 'donkey work'. Ling was one of the laziest players I've ever seen back checking, i'm sure he didn't even know there was a defensive zone! In the championship season, this didn't matter as he was paired with Benny who was a workhorse and covered this alongside Graham. Guptill can get away with being lazy (on occasion)and playing as a high man to create counter opportunities if you have the work horse on your line, get someone that can dish the puck to him and have someone like Ollie on the line to back check and you can afford to have a guy who doesn't like crossing the second blue line much. Why would you need to be two way when one of your line mates was Benedict! He did all the work and defensive stuff. That line was as balanced as you ll ever see at this level including the lines the recent Cardiff teams have had .
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Post by DonClaneone on Apr 11, 2019 22:28:59 GMT
I'm liking the names being tossed around by the Clan fans
One of them used to play for Coventry and the other player is following Clan fans and the League on Twitter, he was last playing in the SHL.
If those players come in then I'd be happy.
As for who I'd want, well a goalie with European league experience and preferably on the older, more experienced side.
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Post by PantherB on Apr 12, 2019 8:52:55 GMT
I'm liking the names being tossed around by the Clan fans One of them used to play for Coventry and the other player is following Clan fans and the League on Twitter, he was last playing in the SHL. If those players come in then I'd be happy. As for who I'd want, well a goalie with European league experience and preferably on the older, more experienced side. Vallerand and Reddox I assume? Reddox has Scottish heritage I believe so he’s always had the assumption of playing in Scotland before retiring.
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Post by Carnell on Apr 12, 2019 9:51:51 GMT
Ling was one of the laziest players I've ever seen back checking, i'm sure he didn't even know there was a defensive zone! In the championship season, this didn't matter as he was paired with Benny who was a workhorse and covered this alongside Graham. Guptill can get away with being lazy (on occasion)and playing as a high man to create counter opportunities if you have the work horse on your line, get someone that can dish the puck to him and have someone like Ollie on the line to back check and you can afford to have a guy who doesn't like crossing the second blue line much. Why would you need to be two way when one of your line mates was Benedict! He did all the work and defensive stuff. That line was as balanced as you ll ever see at this level including the lines the recent Cardiff teams have had . That's what I was getting at, read my post again, it says it didn't matter that Ling was lazy! I was saying that if you stick Guptill on a line with someone with Bennys work ethic then you can get away with being lazy!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 9:54:21 GMT
Why would you need to be two way when one of your line mates was Benedict! He did all the work and defensive stuff. That line was as balanced as you ll ever see at this level including the lines the recent Cardiff teams have had . That's what I was getting at, read my post again, it says it didn't matter that Ling was lazy! I was saying that if you stick Guptill on a line with someone with Bennys work ethic then you can get away with being lazy! Oh yes totally agree but Guptil isn't going to get that on his current line. No way is #7 a workhorse. #74 tries is best but doesn't have the skills required to be a regular playmaker to Guptil
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