Title winning game

[ashfieldpanther]

www.panthers.co.uk/home/200806-strachan
The game is on this weekend !

[Jord v4]

Galivan top left corner, nice.

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Aug 7, 2020 7:48:37 GMT Jord v4 said:

Galivan top left corner, nice.

Very underrated player

[Jord v4]

Aug 7, 2020 10:31:57 GMT @pidge said:

Aug 7, 2020 7:48:37 GMT Jord v4 said:

Galivan top left corner, nice.

Very underrated player

I thought we was poo poo to be honest. That was a lovely snipe though no doubt. 

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He went about his business quietly never got tne headlines others did but proved throughout the season of being a big game player

[Jord v4]

Aug 7, 2020 11:13:37 GMT @pidge said:

He went about his business quietly never got tne headlines others did but proved throughout the season of being a big game player

I'd argue without the star names around him he would have been a passenger. 

Just an average Panthers import whose stats were massaged a tad by the incredible Mr Ling. 

[bobness]

Aug 7, 2020 11:32:37 GMT Jord v4 said:

Aug 7, 2020 11:13:37 GMT @pidge said:

He went about his business quietly never got tne headlines others did but proved throughout the season of being a big game player

I'd argue without the star names around him he would have been a passenger. 

Just an average Panthers import whose stats were massaged a tad by the incredible Mr Ling. 

Strange view, he was a point-per-game player for Panthers. If he was Ling dependant, how many of Galivan's points featured a point for Ling too, then? I'd wager not that many.
IIRC, they played on largely different lines all season.
I'd argue Bruce Graham was the main benefactor of Ling, his stats in spell 2 (sans Ling) were nowhere near as good as spell 1 (with Ling). He looked half the player to me.

[Jord v4]

Aug 7, 2020 15:15:25 GMT bobness said:

Aug 7, 2020 11:32:37 GMT Jord v4 said:

I'd argue without the star names around him he would have been a passenger. 

Just an average Panthers import whose stats were massaged a tad by the incredible Mr Ling. 

Strange view, he was a point-per-game player for Panthers. If he was Ling dependant, how many of Galivan's points featured a point for Ling too, then? I'd wager not that many.
IIRC, they played on largely different lines all season.
I'd argue Bruce Graham was the main benefactor of Ling, his stats in spell 2 (sans Ling) were nowhere near as good as spell 1 (with Ling). He looked half the player to me.

Graham was definitely the main benefactor of course. Galivan never struck me as anything special on a very special team. 

[bobness]

Aug 7, 2020 15:42:54 GMT Jord v4 said:

Aug 7, 2020 15:15:25 GMT bobness said:

Strange view, he was a point-per-game player for Panthers. If he was Ling dependant, how many of Galivan's points featured a point for Ling too, then? I'd wager not that many.
IIRC, they played on largely different lines all season.
I'd argue Bruce Graham was the main benefactor of Ling, his stats in spell 2 (sans Ling) were nowhere near as good as spell 1 (with Ling). He looked half the player to me.

Graham was definitely the main benefactor of course. Galivan never struck me as anything special on a very special team. 

But, as you say, even on a very special team, you still have to have your solid, quiet but effective, do it all under the radar, not flashy, second liners. Was Johnny on the spot to win the league title (a proper sniper's goal too) so I can forgive him a lot.

[Jord v4]

Aug 7, 2020 16:47:53 GMT bobness said:

Aug 7, 2020 15:42:54 GMT Jord v4 said:

Graham was definitely the main benefactor of course. Galivan never struck me as anything special on a very special team. 

But, as you say, even on a very special team, you still have to have your solid, quiet but effective, do it all under the radar, not flashy, second liners. Was Johnny on the spot to win the league title (a proper sniper's goal too) so I can forgive him a lot.

On any of our teams since he wouldn't of put up many numbers I bet. Another of the forwards we would have long forgotten. 

Nice snipe though, lovely goal that meant rather a lot. 

[spik]

Watched this one from the NIC upstairs room. It would have been better if it were an 'I was there' game of course but by then I was reducing my travels, Northern Ireland especially.

[ashfieldpanther]

Galivan's points were 24+35=59.
Of those, Linger assisted two of Gally's goals, Pat assisted on 1 goal of Ling's.
They both had assists on 4 goals scored by other. Doesn't prove much. Says to me that he was a good line player, could fit in anywhere, had a decent turn of speed and knew where the net was. I was glad we had him and disappointed he didnt return,choosing to retire. I believe he works as a performance coach in the Chicago area.

[iginla]

Aug 8, 2020 10:44:59 GMT ashfieldpanther said:

Galivan's points were 24+35=59.
Of those, Linger assisted two of Gally's goals, Pat assisted on 1 goal of Ling's.
They both had assists on 4 goals scored by other. Doesn't prove much. Says to me that he was a good line player, could fit in anywhere, had a decent turn of speed and knew where the net was. I was glad we had him and disappointed he didnt return,choosing to retire. I believe he works as a performance coach in the Chicago area.

Well,if you had six import forwards who all had Galivan’s stats plus a couple of studs then you’d have a pretty damn good team !
He did his job very nicely.

[Jord v4]

Aug 8, 2020 10:44:59 GMT ashfieldpanther said:

Galivan's points were 24+35=59.
Of those, Linger assisted two of Gally's goals, Pat assisted on 1 goal of Ling's.
They both had assists on 4 goals scored by other. Doesn't prove much. Says to me that he was a good line player, could fit in anywhere, had a decent turn of speed and knew where the net was. I was glad we had him and disappointed he didnt return,choosing to retire. I believe he works as a performance coach in the Chicago area.

Great analysis, knew I was right...

[ashfieldpanther]

Good to watch the game again, seen the goals many times but not the actual game. We had the upper hand for the most part but kept letting them back in to the game. Belfast didnt have a strong side that year.

[Jord v4]

Aug 9, 2020 7:53:47 GMT ashfieldpanther said:

Good to watch the game again, seen the goals many times but not the actual game. We had the upper hand for the most part but kept letting them back in to the game. Belfast didnt have a strong side that year.

Belfast won our conference & came second didn't they...!? 

It was Cardiff who were pretty dire that season from memory. 

[Caesar]

Aug 9, 2020 16:05:25 GMT Jord v4 said:

Aug 9, 2020 7:53:47 GMT ashfieldpanther said:

Good to watch the game again, seen the goals many times but not the actual game. We had the upper hand for the most part but kept letting them back in to the game. Belfast didnt have a strong side that year.

Belfast won our conference & came second didn't they...!? 

It was Cardiff who were pretty dire that season from memory. 

Correct. Going into that weekend Belfast were still very much in the title hunt. It was basically a 2 horse race and 2 victories for them would have made it a whole lot tougher for us. Dont forget we only beat them in OT in the playoff final too

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They may have been our closest rivals but there really was a big gulf between the two teams !

[Jord v4]

Aug 11, 2020 15:27:41 GMT @pidge said:

They may have been our closest rivals but there really was a big gulf between the two teams !

How big? 

League table, conf. table, play off finals & the 4-4 split in league games suggests they were rather good to me. 

I don't recall much about them tbh, but then again I was drunk on love/lust for the Fox family at the time. 

[ashfieldpanther]

Aug 11, 2020 15:27:41 GMT @pidge said:

They may have been our closest rivals but there really was a big gulf between the two teams !

Even the commentators on the webcast were saying that it had been a poor season for the Giants. Having said that, the two guys didnt provide the most accurate commentary !

[iginla]

There were only two teams in it that year,it was a two team league.
Steelers and Cardiff were both still recovering from the Regan/Phillips debacle years and all the other teams were just the usual no chance also rans.
Good job it was only a two horse race really or we’d still be hearing those zero league title taunts.

[shinobi]

Poignant night for me. Lost my Dad, Panthers won the league.

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Aug 11, 2020 21:43:04 GMT iginla said:

There were only two teams in it that year,it was a two team league.
Steelers and Cardiff were both still recovering from the Regan/Phillips debacle years and all the other teams were just the usual no chance also rans.
Good job it was only a two horse race really or we’d still be hearing those zero league title taunts.

Even if it was a 8 horse race we'd still have won it all such was the gulf between panthers and everyone else

[BigLad]

Here's a link to the game for anyone who didn't watch "live".

[Jord v4]

Aug 16, 2020 11:11:46 GMT @pidge said:

Aug 11, 2020 21:43:04 GMT iginla said:

There were only two teams in it that year,it was a two team league.
Steelers and Cardiff were both still recovering from the Regan/Phillips debacle years and all the other teams were just the usual no chance also rans.
Good job it was only a two horse race really or we’d still be hearing those zero league title taunts.

Even if it was a 8 horse race we'd still have won it all such was the gulf between panthers and everyone else

Apart from Belfast, as already indicated by many.