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Post by ashfieldpanther on Jan 13, 2022 7:14:15 GMT
When was the last time they did that then, if it's typical? Saves 2 games, I guess, every little helps. Reference the fact that Elite have changed things mid season before which is very unprofessional. Unusual times though. They couldn't have anticipated the Omicron virus and the strain it would place on completing the season. It's a positive move. |
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Post by iginla on Jan 13, 2022 8:25:42 GMT
It's a shame none of them considered the need for a little leeway in the schedule before the season started. Could've saved us the torturous group stage. But that would mean taking sensible suggestions of fans regarding the Covid threat and we can’t possibly have that could we ! Fans saw the need for caution,why couldn’t the EIHL ? Blind greed took over that’s why. |
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Post by iginla on Jan 13, 2022 8:28:38 GMT
Reference the fact that Elite have changed things mid season before which is very unprofessional. Unusual times though. They couldn't have anticipated the Omicron virus and the strain it would place on completing the season. It's a positive move. I can’t quite believe I just read that. Didn’t just about everybody in the world know there could potentially be more trouble ? Certainly plenty mentioned it on here. |
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Post by spik on Jan 13, 2022 12:03:53 GMT
Reference the fact that Elite have changed things mid season before which is very unprofessional. Unusual times though. They couldn't have anticipated the Omicron virus and the strain it would place on completing the season. It's a positive move. Maybe, but just agreeing with Iginla, that there have been instances of 'changes' to the 'rules' after the start of the season. More positive I believe is a sensible format altogether. The first stage of the Cup was over boring. There are ways to arrange a tournament to give all clubs fair 'crack of the whip' in playing a number of games for income. But the league tend to avoid good 'change' when it comes to that. Very lazy. |
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Jan 13, 2022 12:13:42 GMT
Unusual times though. They couldn't have anticipated the Omicron virus and the strain it would place on completing the season. It's a positive move. I can’t quite believe I just read that. Didn’t just about everybody in the world know there could potentially be more trouble ? Certainly plenty mentioned it on here. not when the league started back up and not when the fixtures were formulated. People were already looking forward to getting 'back to normal'. |
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jan 13, 2022 12:31:03 GMT
The EIHL KNEW that there was going to be disruption this season unless they were too stupid to walk and chew chewing gum at the same time. Fact
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jan 13, 2022 12:33:36 GMT
Reference the fact that Elite have changed things mid season before which is very unprofessional. Unusual times though. They couldn't have anticipated the Omicron virus and the strain it would place on completing the season. It's a positive move. They did anticipate it. That's why they took season ticket money then put on weeks of non-season ticket pointless games to get maximum revenue quickly |
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Post by bobness on Jan 13, 2022 12:34:35 GMT
The EIHL KNEW that there was going to be disruption this season unless they were too stupid to walk and chew chewing gum at the same time. Fact The disruption in the last three weeks has been caused by Omicron, though, hasn't it? Everything else has... Without that, I suspect we may be nearly back to normal by now? There was always a risk, yes, but no-one could foresee Omicron in the summer? |
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jan 13, 2022 12:43:25 GMT
The EIHL KNEW that there was going to be disruption this season unless they were too stupid to walk and chew chewing gum at the same time. Fact The disruption in the last three weeks has been caused by Omicron, though, hasn't it? Everything else has... Without that, I suspect we may be nearly back to normal by now? There was always a risk, yes, but no-one could foresee Omicron in the summer? The risk was always there and it's going to be with us for a long time yet. |
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Post by bobness on Jan 13, 2022 13:58:29 GMT
I've just been on a call with someone who told me that they've heard that our illustrious PM is considering scrapping all restrictions from the end of January.
That might stop everyone talking about how many parties he's been to...
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Post by iginla on Jan 13, 2022 14:12:14 GMT
The EIHL KNEW that there was going to be disruption this season unless they were too stupid to walk and chew chewing gum at the same time. Fact The disruption in the last three weeks has been caused by Omicron, though, hasn't it? Everything else has... Without that, I suspect we may be nearly back to normal by now? There was always a risk, yes, but no-one could foresee Omicron in the summer? First there was Covid and then Delta and we were never completely free of it so surely there was a pretty high known risk and the EIHL knew the season would be impacted even before Omicron arrived. And when Omicron does disappear there will probably be another variant along to replace it. If the EIHL didn’t foresee problems then frankly they must have been living under a rock. |
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Post by Yotes on Jan 14, 2022 0:18:53 GMT
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Post by iginla on Jan 14, 2022 9:09:52 GMT
Nice work if you can get it. These little teams are probably hoping that restrictions continue,it’s perhaps more profitable ! |
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Post by Yotes on Jan 14, 2022 10:56:18 GMT
The longer they continue, the less 'profitable' that money becomes.
By this evening, Glasgow will already have played 3 to 200 people, so from their average of 2700 this year they've lost/have to refund 2500 ticket sales per game, which with a £13/ticket estimate is already close to 100k.
By the 24th which was the reported date for reviewing these restrictions they'll have had a further 2 played to 200, another estimated £65k. I'd imagine, at the very best, this money will just about cover what they've lost.
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Post by iginla on Jan 14, 2022 12:03:29 GMT
The longer they continue, the less 'profitable' that money becomes. By this evening, Glasgow will already have played 3 to 200 people, so from their average of 2700 this year they've lost/have to refund 2500 ticket sales per game, which with a £13/ticket estimate is already close to 100k. By the 24th which was the reported date for reviewing these restrictions they'll have had a further 2 played to 200, another estimated £65k. I'd imagine, at the very best, this money will just about cover what they've lost. Minus the cost of any webcasts they sell of course at £15 a pop and the extra/over additional ticket money because the 200 tickets were sold at £20 each. And you forget,of those 2500 missing fans a large chunk will be season tickets where the money has already been paid and has been sitting in Clans bank for months. |
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Post by Yotes on Jan 14, 2022 12:22:17 GMT
ST holders just equate to another refund owed.
Dundee look like they will play 6 league games to 200 people before restrictions are reviewed (not necessarily ended).
I'd bet this ends up as a loss for all 3.
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Post by iginla on Jan 14, 2022 14:13:55 GMT
ST holders just equate to another refund owed. Dundee look like they will play 6 league games to 200 people before restrictions are reviewed (not necessarily ended). I'd bet this ends up as a loss for all 3. Mmmm we’ll see on that ST refund issue. And they could claim further money yet. Bet there’s some very creative and weighted accounting on the compo claim forms. Yes we lost 2500 fans each game, but we’ve omitted to tell you that on the flip side we sold some webcasts that we wouldn’t normally sell so we won’t mention that. Oh and because there was hardly any crowd there we didn’t need as many arena staff as usual so we saved some more money there. Etc etc |
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jan 14, 2022 22:08:45 GMT
Really good win for Belfast this evening. Excellent game
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Post by Jord v4 on Jan 14, 2022 22:37:23 GMT
Really good win for Belfast this evening. Excellent game Lesson for Cardiff as well, don't go signing invisible players & you won't get perfectly good goals disallowed. Mickey Mouse league strikes again. |
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Post by iginla on Jan 14, 2022 23:11:57 GMT
Really good win for Belfast this evening. Excellent game Yep And missing Goodwin and Murphy too. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2022 0:04:07 GMT
My tip for the title!
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Jan 15, 2022 0:21:28 GMT
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Post by iginla on Jan 15, 2022 0:26:21 GMT
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Post by bobness on Jan 15, 2022 9:27:40 GMT
I’m going Steelers.
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Post by iginla on Jan 15, 2022 9:37:08 GMT
Really good win for Belfast this evening. Excellent game Lesson for Cardiff as well, don't go signing invisible players & you won't get perfectly good goals disallowed. Mickey Mouse league strikes again. Why what happened there ? |
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