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Post by jd on Sept 14, 2019 20:46:06 GMT
Interesting that Lepine sits another game. Wallace and Doucet have recruited well
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Post by jd on Aug 24, 2019 20:45:04 GMT
Played well, but my concern is toughness. Not fighting but general toughness, Blaze 15 and 28 threw hits on Kelsall and Hazeldine and we did nothing.
Lepine, Fick and Loiseau weren’t great but I thought the rest of the team started well and got better.
Quist and Herr looked good
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Post by jd on Aug 5, 2019 22:09:56 GMT
Yet you don’t mention panthers at all in your original reply. You say Smith has it wrong, or you could say you’re querying it. Don’t worry though, TS has it wrong and you know exactly how much money Panthers spend too. Maybe you could enlighten us at to how much GD and TW are on? And the make and model of the washing machine they’re using? I didn’t mention Panthers no,I can see where you’re coming from there,I should have mentioned them yes,but I’m surprised you’re actually not amazed that I’m suggesting it costs more to run Panthers and therefore Blacks profit reduces. Normally when I suggest Black makes silly money half the cage tells me he doesn’t. So if Smith admits his £1 million costs to run,then why wouldn’t Panthers costs not be pretty similar,hence my £1.25 million. So do the maths just on game tickets alone 5700 fans average x say £14 average per ticket x say 32 games = £2.5 million Add on all the other stuff and I’d say £3million turnover is easily attainable. So rather than criticise my maths why don’t you tell me what other costs there are that would wipe out anywhere near around £2million. I didn’t criticise your maths, I criticised the fact that you think you know how much it costs to run a hockey club when the owner tells people it’s a different amount. You must see how daft that makes you seem? We all know Black is in it to make money that’s not news Iginla, show me a business man that doesn’t run a business to make money. At the end of the day you don’t know how much it costs to run panthers, none of us do. Bit like we don’t know how good or bad Panthers will play this season. You may think we look poor, truth is you don’t know, its all guess work using stats off EP and articles on players online. What I get a bit bored of is the constant panthers bashing. We sign an experienced coach and he fails, so this season we go for something different and you’re still criticising even before they’ve stepped onto the ice. Can you see how that might wind a few people on here?
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Post by jd on Aug 5, 2019 20:48:52 GMT
So you’re saying a man who runs businesses, has all the figures himself, knows his ingoings and outgoings, sees the accounts knows less about the cost to run his club than you because you’ve worked with figures that you’ve pulled from what you think you know? I’m stunned. Genuinely don’t even know where to go from here. Nope I’m not querying Smiths figure I’m actually suggesting it costs a bit more more to run Panthers than it does Steelers. They haven’t got a DOH or the amount of office bodies that Panthers have and as i understand it the NIC costs a bit more than the House of tin. I’m saying it costs more like £1.25 million to run Panthers not Steelers. Yet you don’t mention panthers at all in your original reply. You say Smith has it wrong, or you could say you’re querying it. Don’t worry though, TS has it wrong and you know exactly how much money Panthers spend too. Maybe you could enlighten us at to how much GD and TW are on? And the make and model of the washing machine they’re using?
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Post by jd on Jul 27, 2019 21:13:24 GMT
Well one of the names I have heard is interesting to say the least. Spill the beans
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Post by jd on Jul 22, 2019 6:55:40 GMT
No? That's not what you said when we re-signed him at the beginning of last season... <link to thread> “As a dman” I said. As a tough guy and for the effect he previously had on the dressing room yes,but he came back a different player and hadn’t improved as a dman after his AHL stint,in fact he seemed to have even got worse, Tell you what Shaggy,you like to sit there and criticise others often,niggle people and pick flies with peoples thoughts and opinions just because what they’re saying isn’t FACT. Other than GB crap it’s just about all you do. How about you actually give us your opinion of who’s going to be good and who’s a poor signing in you’re opinion. We can then log them away and see how your predictions stack up at the end of the season. A) most ironic post ever B) Pretty rude as well C) Think you touched a nerve Shaggy
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Post by jd on Jul 17, 2019 20:12:43 GMT
He was injured for most of the season (18th Sept injured) and then back to a team changing lines every game. Not surprising his points were poor. He needs a good preseason and to stay injury free. Stop making excuses for him,he wasn’t injured for 33 games and every other player was in the same boat with the line changes. He underperformed badly,quality players don’t rely on others to score them points and make them look good. Not making excuses and not being funny Iginla, but you don’t come to games so how can you comment on him? How many of those games was he fully fit? If you’re playing with new guys on your line every few games that’s hard. You need chemistry and I’m not sure RS tactics were the best
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Post by jd on Jul 16, 2019 14:22:36 GMT
Says the bloke who doesn't come to watch panthers. Rheault had some good chemistry with Pither at the start of the season and then was injured. Stay free of injuries and he should be a good contributor. 17 points in 33 games is abysmal from the guy who CV wise was potentially Panthers no1 go to forward. He was injured for most of the season (18th Sept injured) and then back to a team changing lines every game. Not surprising his points were poor. He needs a good preseason and to stay injury free.
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Post by jd on Jul 16, 2019 13:09:13 GMT
I personally would have been really angry if we signed him. Yup Evan McGrath was basically Jon Rheault in an orange jersey. 😫 Says the bloke who doesn't come to watch panthers. Rheault had some good chemistry with Pither at the start of the season and then was injured. Stay free of injuries and he should be a good contributor.
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Post by jd on Jul 15, 2019 11:33:25 GMT
Another wait and see
Could be a gem, interesting to see that he's chosen us over the Wild?!
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Post by jd on Jul 9, 2019 14:04:11 GMT
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know the majority of panthere top 6 forwards haven't yet been announced! But dont moan when they ain't over 35 years old with nhl/ahl/khl littered and that's your definition of top quality. This doesn't mean they ain't good players. I prefer the route Doucet is going and getting players close to their prime. Then you say it's good night Vienna. How can you possible tell. If the players have the right attitude and work hard that counts for a lot more than impressive CVs when they think they just have to turn up I haven’t said I want 35 year old ex NHLers in fact only a couple of days ago I said completely the opposite. Who’s the guy Steelers signed yesterday,what was he 28 ish straight out of the DEL. That’s what Panthers should be signing for the last few players,quality 28-32 year olds from the DEL/AHL/EBEL etc. Cardiff and Sheffield are finding them,Panthers have got one so far....Connelly. A bunch of workhorses,Rheault,Lepine,Lacho and a couple of young Brits is gonna win you nothing without some top end skill. Iginla - do you know who Panthers have signed to complete the roster?
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Post by jd on Jul 9, 2019 10:44:52 GMT
Or maybe we wait till the whole team has been announced and we're 10/15 games into the season? Then we can start pulling them apart?
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Post by jd on Jul 6, 2019 17:37:50 GMT
Ya know what I’m sure i read somewhere that Doucet was doing the recruiting for this years team. Strangely It’s looking more and more like a Wallace lead team to me ! 🤔🤣 Oh well, won’t affect you will it!
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Post by jd on Jul 3, 2019 10:41:30 GMT
Shift of focus, let’s stack the top two line with quality imports and get in Brits who are blue collar players like Ollie. End of the day your paying for output and you can get much better output from a higher end import than you can from a British player. Been saying this for years. Hopefully the likes of Wallace,Doucet and Fox at Sheffield will look at what these Brits are getting paid and say sod this I’m not wasting a big chunk of my budget on these guys. I bet they were shocked when they found out what the Brits are earning,certainly seems that way with Fox’s comment about Stevie Lee.....”when I found out the price that was the end of that” ! Lol Cant imagine that the Brits the steelers have are on cheap money though?
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Post by jd on Jul 3, 2019 10:40:22 GMT
Out of interest, if you could have any of the Brits, who would you go for?
I'd have:
Dowd O'Connor Bowns
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Post by jd on Jun 28, 2019 9:19:40 GMT
Really? Out of interest who were the other two? I also trust someone has told the Panthers organisation about these offers as well...!? I thought you were ITK ? Stewart, Olsen & Hughes You think any of them will return?
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Post by jd on Jun 28, 2019 8:24:47 GMT
Really Interesting graph that Hughes kept it together whilst everyone else was out at sea, then jumped overboard just as everyone clambered back on! Just to add, did his nosedive in form start to plummet after Cherno left...? Good question. Hughes was +18 in 36 games under Cherno (injured for 2, scratched for 3 straight) -2 from 19 under Strachan. +6 in his first 8 games under RS, -8 in the last 11. So it was really only those last dozen or so games that it went pear shaped. Last 8 games of the season, he was mostly paired with Lepine and the pair of them went -11 combined in that stretch. (Hughes -7, Lepine -4) Interesting stats - would still have him back, but dont pair him Lepine. Wish GL wasnt coming back
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Post by jd on Jun 22, 2019 15:30:12 GMT
Mr Kerry’s explanation for it seems to extend to “I thought it was funny”. So funny that his response has been deleted
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Post by jd on Jun 17, 2019 14:00:37 GMT
Might need to narrow it down? Strachan They've taken that down - or i cant see it
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Post by jd on Jun 17, 2019 12:14:18 GMT
I notice on the rostas thread, the wage thief is back behind the bench again😩 Might need to narrow it down?
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Post by jd on Jun 15, 2019 13:47:21 GMT
A thought occurred to me this morning. Mark Matheson played with Tim Wallace at Steelers in 17/18. Now this is pure supposition on my part but I conclude that Wallace had a big say in this decision, therefore being allowed to choose his own backroom staff. Has the appointment of Gui Doucet facilitated the beginnings of a change of culture at the Panthers? I, for one, really hope so. Or it could be that Strach’s didn’t want the asst coach job and the pair of them are finding it a lot harder to recruit at Panthers than they thought it would be. So it ends up being another mate brought in because nobody else wanted it. All seems like a very matey,matey jobs for the old boys club to me. 🤔 Jeez - how bitter are you? Panthers don’t make changes and you moan Panthers make changes and you moan I wonder what would actually make you give panthers something positive
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Matheson
Jun 15, 2019 7:16:53 GMT
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Post by jd on Jun 15, 2019 7:16:53 GMT
Not hard, Olsen was so overrated it was embarrassing Got to disagree there, our best d man in my view,ok he wasn't Werner level but far from embarrassing. Never said he was embarrassing- just found the love in with him weird. Our d last season were poor. MM has a lot to live up to and I hope he does it.
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Matheson
Jun 14, 2019 18:18:29 GMT
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Post by jd on Jun 14, 2019 18:18:29 GMT
MM got more goals than Olsen last year lol Not hard, Olsen was so overrated it was embarrassing
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Post by jd on Jun 12, 2019 11:41:06 GMT
But Shaggy as you’re very very fond of pointing out to other people.....you’re guessing that things may change and you have no concrete proof anything will come good. They may not,the new coach may turn out to be a dud,the new DOH may not make one iota of difference and Moran may still be here meddling in five years time. Will Calum even be here ! Past experience with Panthers tells us all to either expect nowt or wait and see,it just depends how cynical we each are. So why don't we wait and see what happens eh.
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Post by jd on May 30, 2019 11:16:31 GMT
Wont bother you as you dont come! Indeed and that sort of Panthers announcement is EXACTLY why !!! 🙈🙄 Great!
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