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Post by Pies on Sept 20, 2021 4:48:11 GMT
The real games behind now. One game weekend playing at home. Should be a Home win.
4-1 Panthers!
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Post by kievthegreat on Sept 20, 2021 9:43:57 GMT
Bread and butter time. Just get a solid 2 points.
The first 5 league games are all at home so need to be making them count and getting on the board early.
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Post by iginla on Sept 20, 2021 10:02:29 GMT
Bread and butter time. Just get a solid 2 points. The first 5 league games are all at home so need to be making them count and getting on the board early. Need to be making the first two months count. The game schedule is very unbalanced with about 12 at home from the first 17 games. A bit bonkers that !
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Post by kievthegreat on Sept 20, 2021 10:08:07 GMT
Bread and butter time. Just get a solid 2 points. The first 5 league games are all at home so need to be making them count and getting on the board early. Need to be making the first two months count. The game schedule is very unbalanced with about 12 at home from the first 17 games. A bit bonkers that ! I'm guessing that the Motorpoint Arena (and every venue up and down the country) are dealing with a potentially hectic schedule combining all the delayed shows and performances from Covid cancellations with new tours and shows for the end of 2021 and 2022. I know I've got tickets to shows that were spread out over an entire year occurring now all happening just a couple of months.
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Post by iginla on Sept 20, 2021 10:29:46 GMT
Need to be making the first two months count. The game schedule is very unbalanced with about 12 at home from the first 17 games. A bit bonkers that ! I'm guessing that the Motorpoint Arena (and every venue up and down the country) are dealing with a potentially hectic schedule combining all the delayed shows and performances from Covid cancellations with new tours and shows for the end of 2021 and 2022. I know I've got tickets to shows that were spread out over an entire year occurring now all happening just a couple of months. Indeed yes. You would have hoped though that as the anchor tenant Panthers could have pressed for a somewhat better balanced schedule than they’ve got. Then again Panthers would probably not care about the schedule and just be happy to get the big bucks from loads of early home games in the bank early.
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Post by kievthegreat on Sept 20, 2021 10:36:51 GMT
I'm guessing that the Motorpoint Arena (and every venue up and down the country) are dealing with a potentially hectic schedule combining all the delayed shows and performances from Covid cancellations with new tours and shows for the end of 2021 and 2022. I know I've got tickets to shows that were spread out over an entire year occurring now all happening just a couple of months. Indeed yes. You would have hoped though that as the anchor tenant Panthers could have pressed for a somewhat better balanced schedule than they’ve got. Then again Panthers would probably not care about the schedule and just be happy to get the big bucks from loads of early home games in the bank early. A concert will always trump Panthers. We may be an anchor tenant, but that just means the arena have 30 guaranteed bookings. It doesn't mean the arena will give use 30 good dates. There are only 3 saturday home games in all of 2022 (potentially 4 depending on the playoff quarter final). 1 Saturday every 4 weeks. Only reason I imagine them doing that is because they can't physically get more. They'll know that a Saturday game will always get a bigger crowd and I think they'll try and secure everyone that they can.
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Post by wgray on Sept 20, 2021 18:40:01 GMT
This won’t be an easy game, but hopefully the boys have found some offensive confidence after the win yesterday. I expect Dundee to let us have the majority of puck possession and then try and hit us on the break with and odd man rush, we need to be clinical and take our chances when they come. It will also be interesting to see what the lines look like if Domingue returns, will Wallace stick with the lines we had on Sunday?
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Post by iginla on Sept 20, 2021 19:37:04 GMT
This should be an easy win,all over after 30 minutes,Dundee play Saturday night then travel 400 miles whilst Panthers rest up. There are no excuses,this is a game you’ve got to win if you’re going to challenge for a league title.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 13:33:08 GMT
This should be an easy win,all over after 30 minutes,Dundee play Saturday night then travel 400 miles whilst Panthers rest up. There are no excuses,this is a game you’ve got to win if you’re going to challenge for a league title. And how many times over the years as that gone against the grain! .. don't take owt for granted
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Post by bobness on Sept 21, 2021 13:55:52 GMT
This should be an easy win,all over after 30 minutes,Dundee play Saturday night then travel 400 miles whilst Panthers rest up. There are no excuses,this is a game you’ve got to win if you’re going to challenge for a league title. No excuses, if you don't win game 1 of a 54 game season, your season is over right there and then... I'd argue the opposite. Assuming that you take the lion's share of points off the "lower" teams (which is in itself a little hubristic), if follows that so (we must assume) will your supposed title challenge rivals. So the games you need to win are the games against them, your rivals. The 4 point games. They are the ones that will make the difference in the end. But that does assume you take the points when needed from the other teams. Don't forget that they're all trying to win too, they're professional sports teams too.. The Flames roster of mainly college kids (with their "average" goalie) made one of the best goalies in the league, by several accounts (Pidge's and mine included), look a bit daft over the weekend. Turkey shoot stuff. That's the great thing. The game's not played on paper.
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Post by iginla on Sept 21, 2021 14:05:42 GMT
This should be an easy win,all over after 30 minutes,Dundee play Saturday night then travel 400 miles whilst Panthers rest up. There are no excuses,this is a game you’ve got to win if you’re going to challenge for a league title. And how many times over the years as that gone against the grain! .. don't take owt for granted A team of Panthers resources v a team of Dundee’s when the minnows have played the night before then travelled all the way down. Panthers should be winning hands down.
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Post by bobness on Sept 21, 2021 16:15:49 GMT
And how many times over the years as that gone against the grain! .. don't take owt for granted A team of Panthers resources v a team of Dundee’s when the minnows have played the night before then travelled all the way down. Panthers should be winning hands down. Not just about resources and travel though, is it? Desire, an off day for Carr and the "bounce" can easily play into "the minnows'" hands. Minnows they may be financially, but never discount your opposition. Dundee regularly approach 0.500 hockey. They may "never" challenge for the league, but to ever write them off as an "easy" 2 points is foolish.
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Post by Jord v4 on Sept 21, 2021 17:57:27 GMT
This should be an easy win,all over after 30 minutes,Dundee play Saturday night then travel 400 miles whilst Panthers rest up. There are no excuses,this is a game you’ve got to win if you’re going to challenge for a league title. So you do care about the team winning... Just a little bit perhaps.
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Post by wannabe2 on Sept 21, 2021 18:03:40 GMT
Teeny Weeny maybe.
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Post by iginla on Sept 21, 2021 19:19:00 GMT
This should be an easy win,all over after 30 minutes,Dundee play Saturday night then travel 400 miles whilst Panthers rest up. There are no excuses,this is a game you’ve got to win if you’re going to challenge for a league title. So you do care about the team winning... Just a little bit perhaps. No not a jot. I just like winding Pidge up. 🤣
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Post by Jord v4 on Sept 21, 2021 19:58:34 GMT
So you do care about the team winning... Just a little bit perhaps. No not a jot. I just like winding Pidge up. 🤣 Hmm... You're an interesting fella you know.
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Post by iginla on Sept 21, 2021 20:42:31 GMT
No not a jot. I just like winding Pidge up. 🤣 Hmm... You're an interesting fella you know. I know I can’t help it. 😆
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Post by kievthegreat on Sept 21, 2021 20:47:28 GMT
Hmm... You're an interesting fella you know. I know I can’t help it. 😆 Me thinks the lady doth protest too much!
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Sept 21, 2021 22:07:52 GMT
How long has it been since we had a good start in the league?
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Sept 23, 2021 11:42:59 GMT
two days before the start of the season, and there have been no posts on The Cage for over 24 hours. is there nothing to talk about ? I think that there may well be a few surprises this season, Guilford seem to have done their usual trick of signing good College kids plus a nucleus of Brits, Dundee look solid, Coventry always win their share. Is the middle of the league, below Cardiff/Belfast as one and two, going to be a lot closer ?
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Post by Yotes on Sept 23, 2021 13:37:04 GMT
We should win this quite comfortably. I think Pies will be spot on with 4-1. I know it's not their fault, and I realise this is hugely disrespectful to Dundee, but it's a shame that game one is a Scottish Sunday effort. Not going to get too many pulses racing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 14:34:54 GMT
I bet it ain't 4-1
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Post by bobness on Sept 23, 2021 14:59:09 GMT
What are you going for then, Mystic Pidge?
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Post by messier1851 on Sept 23, 2021 15:52:09 GMT
two days before the start of the season, and there have been no posts on The Cage for over 24 hours. is there nothing to talk about ? Very quiet on the final import front isn't it..
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