shinobi
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Post by shinobi on Jan 17, 2024 18:44:18 GMT
Not necessarily. Two of my wife’s friends have been introduced to hockey this season & they now attend regularly. Both women have two children. We are all disposable & easily replaced. So is ice hockey unfortunately 100% accurate. |
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Post by Higgy on Jan 18, 2024 10:26:48 GMT
From my perspective having watched all home league games this season,It's been a long time since we have had such a hard working team, I don't see how they can work any harder.
We all know we needed some more physical players and we struggle to score but that isn't due to lack of effort.
It's strange for me as in the cold light of day this season is the worst by results I can ever remember but I'm weirdly really enjoying the games and I think this is just down to the intensity and speed we play most games at.
The past 2 seasons before this I was bored most games but not this season even though we aren't winning.
I'll be back next season regardless but if others don't then fine I get that,since the Covid return results haven't been good enough.
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Post by iginla on Jan 18, 2024 10:40:58 GMT
From my perspective having watched all home league games this season,It's been a long time since we have had such a hard working team, I don't see how they can work any harder. We all know we needed some more physical players and we struggle to score but that isn't due to lack of effort. It's strange for me as in the cold light of day this season is the worst by results I can ever remember but I'm weirdly really enjoying the games and I think this is just down to the intensity and speed we play most games at. The past 2 seasons before this I was bored most games but not this season even though we aren't winning. I'll be back next season regardless but if others don't then fine I get that,since the Covid return results haven't been good enough. Results haven’t been good enough since well before Covid,many years before. Seven years since they last won a proper trophy and pretty much seven years since they were even actually close to winning a trophy. If a team works their balls off every single night and still keeps losing then whilst some people may be happy with that there is only one reason results are so bad….I’m afraid the team just aren’t good enough ! People will argue and make excuses for them this season but it isn’t a “one off” it happens every year ! |
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Post by wgray on Jan 18, 2024 11:24:55 GMT
From my perspective having watched all home league games this season,It's been a long time since we have had such a hard working team, I don't see how they can work any harder. We all know we needed some more physical players and we struggle to score but that isn't due to lack of effort. It's strange for me as in the cold light of day this season is the worst by results I can ever remember but I'm weirdly really enjoying the games and I think this is just down to the intensity and speed we play most games at. The past 2 seasons before this I was bored most games but not this season even though we aren't winning. I'll be back next season regardless but if others don't then fine I get that,since the Covid return results haven't been good enough. Results haven’t been good enough since well before Covid,many years before. Seven years since they last won a proper trophy and pretty much seven years since they were even actually close to winning a trophy. If a team works their balls off every single night and still keeps losing then whilst some people may be happy with that there is only one reason results are so bad….I’m afraid the team just aren’t good enough ! People will argue and make excuses for them this season but it isn’t a “one off” it happens every year ! I understand you had a lot of involvement with the club and committed a lot of money to it in the past, so it must be hard to let go. However, if you’re not a fan anymore like you say, why waste your time commenting on here? |
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Post by awooga on Jan 18, 2024 11:58:26 GMT
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Post by iginla on Jan 18, 2024 12:42:47 GMT
Well fancy that,colour me shocked. Now I wonder where that came from ! 🤣🤣 |
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Post by iginla on Jan 18, 2024 13:02:18 GMT
Results haven’t been good enough since well before Covid,many years before. Seven years since they last won a proper trophy and pretty much seven years since they were even actually close to winning a trophy. If a team works their balls off every single night and still keeps losing then whilst some people may be happy with that there is only one reason results are so bad….I’m afraid the team just aren’t good enough ! People will argue and make excuses for them this season but it isn’t a “one off” it happens every year ! I understand you had a lot of involvement with the club and committed a lot of money to it in the past, so it must be hard to let go. However, if you’re not a fan anymore like you say, why waste your time commenting on here? You are indeed correct I did and I was a mug ! Now this might come as a shock to you,but I’d actually like to one day see Panthers be successful but they don’t seem capable of that under current strategy. Even after various changes of coaches and leadership they are still grossly underachieving. That is unlikely to change unless people speak up,call them out and show dissatisfaction which is what i do. I gave up spending my money on them because of both what I knew,what I was told and what I saw myself which confirmed that whilst wanting people like me to go the extra mile the club were not prepared to do so themselves. They just took the money and took to peee and they still do it even now. One day maybe,if the club ever show the desire to do the right thing and become the club they should be then I will likely come back,but until that happens I will continue to call out their many failings and spend my money elsewhere. |
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Post by awooga on Jan 18, 2024 13:22:38 GMT
Well fancy that,colour me shocked. Now I wonder where that came from ! 🤣🤣 Reckon it came from this? 😂😂 If they give as little regard to the fans as you say they do, I doubt a bit of moaning on this forum will have brought them to the table. |
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Post by iginla on Jan 18, 2024 13:33:31 GMT
Well fancy that,colour me shocked. Now I wonder where that came from ! 🤣🤣 Reckon it came from this? 😂😂 If they give as little regard to the fans as you say they do, I doubt a bit of moaning on this forum will have brought them to the table. Oh it will have,and it’s happened numerous times before too. Once could be classed a coincidence but there are far too many of them. Lol |
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Post by jd on Jan 18, 2024 16:18:22 GMT
Well fancy that,colour me shocked. Now I wonder where that came from ! 🤣🤣 OP asked what Iginla was saying on the cage, saw you said he should chat to the fans and thought better keep you happy. Yep, exactly what happened |
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Post by iginla on Jan 18, 2024 16:35:42 GMT
Well fancy that,colour me shocked. Now I wonder where that came from ! 🤣🤣 OP asked what Iginla was saying on the cage, saw you said he should chat to the fans and thought better keep you happy. Yep, exactly what happened Something like that yes. And exactly the same thing happened last year when I panned him about disappearing. And Doucet before that. And Black before that. Like I said….there’s a lot of coincidences. 🤣 |
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Post by jd on Jan 18, 2024 16:41:19 GMT
OP asked what Iginla was saying on the cage, saw you said he should chat to the fans and thought better keep you happy. Yep, exactly what happened Something like that yes. And exactly the same thing happened last year when I panned him about disappearing. And Doucet before that. And Black before that. Like I said….there’s a lot of coincidences. 🤣 At least I’ve removed the ex fan bit off your Twitter! Did OP ask you to do that? |
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Post by messier1851 on Jan 18, 2024 16:43:53 GMT
OP asked what Iginla was saying on the cage, saw you said he should chat to the fans and thought better keep you happy. Yep, exactly what happened Something like that yes. And exactly the same thing happened last year when I panned him about disappearing. And Doucet before that. And Black before that. Like I said….there’s a lot of coincidences. 🤣 I can't speak definitively for Panthers but I know that other sports clubs regularly monitor fans forums for everything from unofficial feedback on events or offers to trying to watch for and plug leaks. |
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Post by jd on Jan 18, 2024 16:44:45 GMT
Something like that yes. And exactly the same thing happened last year when I panned him about disappearing. And Doucet before that. And Black before that. Like I said….there’s a lot of coincidences. 🤣 I can't speak definitively for Panthers but I know that other sports clubs regularly monitor fans forums for everything from unofficial feedback on events or offers to trying to watch for and plug leaks. Shhh, it’s all down to Iginla don’t you know, don’t burst his bubble, he’s the main man to make NB and OP sit up and speak to us. I don’t know how we’d cope without you |
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Post by iginla on Jan 18, 2024 17:10:42 GMT
Something like that yes. And exactly the same thing happened last year when I panned him about disappearing. And Doucet before that. And Black before that. Like I said….there’s a lot of coincidences. 🤣 At least I’ve removed the ex fan bit off your Twitter! Did OP ask you to do that? No it just got a bit embarrassing with people thinking I was a Panthers fan 🙈…..so I ditched it. |
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Post by iginla on Jan 18, 2024 17:25:35 GMT
Something like that yes. And exactly the same thing happened last year when I panned him about disappearing. And Doucet before that. And Black before that. Like I said….there’s a lot of coincidences. 🤣 I can't speak definitively for Panthers but I know that other sports clubs regularly monitor fans forums for everything from unofficial feedback on events or offers to trying to watch for and plug leaks. They read it Mike make no mistake about that. Even back in the days when Panthers always claimed they didn’t and viewed The Cage as the devil,I knew they did because one day they asked who Iggy was ! Haha I did laugh at that one. 🤣🤣 |
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Post by bobness on Jan 18, 2024 17:52:51 GMT
Did you know, though? 🤣
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Post by iginla on Jan 18, 2024 20:29:07 GMT
Of course,I think the answer was something like “yes he’s the best thing on there”. 🤣🤣 |
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shinobi
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Post by shinobi on Jan 20, 2024 20:44:09 GMT
I can't speak definitively for Panthers but I know that other sports clubs regularly monitor fans forums for everything from unofficial feedback on events or offers to trying to watch for and plug leaks. They read it Mike make no mistake about that. Even back in the days when Panthers always claimed they didn’t and viewed The Cage as the devil,I knew they did because one day they asked who Iggy was ! Haha I did laugh at that one. 🤣🤣 I recall at Coventry road game (lived in Coventry at the time, so was a home game in essence for me) I was talking to some folks on this site & was called by my username. Panthers’ employee said “Oh so YOU’re Shinobi …” They deffo read this “little forum.” 😂 |
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Post by Bagheera on Jan 20, 2024 22:35:16 GMT
They read it Mike make no mistake about that. Even back in the days when Panthers always claimed they didn’t and viewed The Cage as the devil,I knew they did because one day they asked who Iggy was ! Haha I did laugh at that one. 🤣🤣 I recall at Coventry road game (lived in Coventry at the time, so was a home game in essence for me) I was talking to some folks on this site & was called by my username. Panthers’ employee said “Oh so YOU’re Shinobi …” They deffo read this “little forum.” 😂 Iggy may be Iggy, but he is correct on this. Maybe not always, but there have been way to many things happen very close to a cage post for it to be coincidence. I know it's seen as the more negative place and it's group of users is getting smaller, but it's still fans voices that they should be looking in at. They dont have to always agree but they should always listen. |
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Post by shinobi on Jan 20, 2024 22:38:34 GMT
I recall at Coventry road game (lived in Coventry at the time, so was a home game in essence for me) I was talking to some folks on this site & was called by my username. Panthers’ employee said “Oh so YOU’re Shinobi …” They deffo read this “little forum.” 😂 Iggy may be Iggy, but he is correct on this. Maybe not always, but there have been way to many things happen very close to a cage post for it to be coincidence. I know it's seen as the more negative place and it's group of users is getting smaller, but it's still fans voices that they should be looking in at. They dont have to always agree but they should always listen. Oh it was well known during the halcyon period of the Cage that Panthers HQ regularly paid attention to it. I had no end of arguments with the then Panthers photographer. Poor old Mitya (ex - owner) often had to placate angry Milkman & I. As for the shrinking user base, it’s a massive shame. |
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Post by Bagheera on Jan 20, 2024 22:45:26 GMT
Iggy may be Iggy, but he is correct on this. Maybe not always, but there have been way to many things happen very close to a cage post for it to be coincidence. I know it's seen as the more negative place and it's group of users is getting smaller, but it's still fans voices that they should be looking in at. They dont have to always agree but they should always listen. Oh it was well known during the halcyon period of the Cage that Panthers HQ regularly paid attention to it. I had no end of arguments with the then Panthers photographer. Poor old Mitya (ex - owner) often had to placate angry Milkman & I. As for the shrinking user base, it’s a massive shame. It is indeed. I've not been on here as long as yourself but I rekon it's now pushing 15/20 years. I remember game threads of double digit pages every week. The reality is social media has had a huge impact of which this forum will never recover. Regardless of how they perceive those that have stepped away from the cage the likes of Iggy have also contributed to driving people away. On top of that there are the countless long term fans that have walked away from the sport through apathy and frustration of the club. |
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Post by shinobi on Jan 20, 2024 22:53:14 GMT
Oh it was well known during the halcyon period of the Cage that Panthers HQ regularly paid attention to it. I had no end of arguments with the then Panthers photographer. Poor old Mitya (ex - owner) often had to placate angry Milkman & I. As for the shrinking user base, it’s a massive shame. It is indeed. I've not been on here as long as yourself but I rekon it's now pushing 15/20 years. I remember game threads of double digit pages every week. The reality is social media has had a huge impact of which this forum will never recover. Regardless of how they perceive those that have stepped away from the cage the likes of Iggy have also contributed to driving people away. On top of that there are the countless long term fans that have walked away from the sport through apathy and frustration of the club. You’re correct regarding how long this site has been running; it started up when The Pantherslair closed down & I started posting on that during the 01/02 season. Everyone migrated to Mitya’s site & it was a great forum. Lots of Panthers fans, yet more importantly, opposition fans like Doom, Scuff, Hitchy, Glynn etc etc. Curse you social media 😂 |
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