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Post by wgray on Mar 31, 2024 14:21:05 GMT
Exactly. If booing a marginal decision means they think twice on the next one then I'm in. 100% agree with this. If it’s a clean hit, like the one that was laid on Henbrant last night, then I don’t make a murmur. Missed or potential infractions, you have to make the refs think twice, that’s part of being a supporter
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Post by wgray on Mar 31, 2024 0:31:42 GMT
We were terrific tonight, came out the blocks flying and the Blaze couldn’t cope. We seem to have found some settled lines now and the PP units especially are looking a lot crisper and more effective. Hazeldine is right at home playing point on that 1st unit. I know I sound like a broken record, but he’s really impressed me of late.
Pleased that we got passed the Blaze, but I do feel for them with what they’ve also had to go through this season. So sad and it does look like it’s had an impact on them unfortunately.
Another massive game for us now on Monday, despite Clan’s poor form of late it will not be easy. They will come in and play as desperate as us, we have to be ready for that
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Post by wgray on Mar 29, 2024 21:55:52 GMT
Stars 3-1 up in Glasgow, into the third. The thing is now that if we make it in to the play offs we could finish as high as 6th. It's certainly feesable to make the play offs and avoid Steelers in the QFs. Got to turn up for our games, no more flat performances or collapses here on out
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Post by wgray on Mar 29, 2024 8:37:09 GMT
Top result. Did Pare get benched or something else? Only played 6:10? I wouldn’t say 6:10 was right, he featured quite a bit as we ran 4 lines throughout the entirety of the game
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Post by wgray on Mar 28, 2024 22:03:56 GMT
Hopefully the shut out boosts Rok for the remaining games. Huge 2 points tonight. What works best for us tomorrow? Stars win to keep everyone close or let Glasgow pull ahead and concentrate on Blaze. I've just been looking to try work that out. I guess in terms of just scraping in it's a Glasgow win. Making Dundee easier to chase down and 2 others to chase for 8th. If Dundee win it keeps four in the mix for us to chase though. 4 teams will be on 47 points. Fixtures Saturday go our way and it would be incredibly tight. Panthers beat Blaze Dundee lose to Storm Fife lose to Flames Glasgow lose to Belfast. Blaze G50 P47 W10 Stars G51 P47 W14 Fife G51 P47 W12 Clan G51 P47 W10 PTRS G51 P45 W14 Clan only have 10 regulation wins at the minute. That means we probably already have them on that should we get the points needed. Obviously that's all guess work, but it's perhaps a case of just keeping as many teams in the chase as possible. Still not worked out what Id prefer. 😂 The worst situation would be for the Clan v Stars game to go to OT, let’s hope that doesn’t happen😂
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Post by wgray on Mar 28, 2024 22:02:19 GMT
Wow, who would have thought it’d end 1-0 tonight😂So, so pleased it did though. Team showed great resilience and battled all night. Rok solid, Nieminen putting the team on his back again to get us a goal. I was extremely impressed with Hazeldine tonight though, he’s turning into some player for us. On to Saturday, up the Black and Gold Forget Fife they’ll get through,they’ve got 3 more at home plus Dundee away. It’s Clan or Blaze to catch. I agree with you, Fife will most likely make it. I think Clan, Blaze and Stars are catchable
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Post by wgray on Mar 28, 2024 21:54:39 GMT
Wow, who would have thought it’d end 1-0 tonight😂So, so pleased it did though. Team showed great resilience and battled all night. Rok solid, Nieminen putting the team on his back again to get us a goal. I was extremely impressed with Hazeldine tonight though, he’s turning into some player for us.
On to Saturday, up the Black and Gold
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Post by wgray on Mar 28, 2024 21:50:34 GMT
Hopefully the shut out boosts Rok for the remaining games. Huge 2 points tonight. What works best for us tomorrow? Stars win to keep everyone close or let Glasgow pull ahead and concentrate on Blaze. Dundee and Coventry are our targets now. Clan need to win in regulation against Dundee for me
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Post by wgray on Mar 27, 2024 18:07:28 GMT
I might get a bit of stick here, but I haven’t been overly impressed with Kelsall personally. I was hoping that we were going to see major improvements in his overall play this season but I don’t feel he’s been that great.
I’ll give him his credit, he has helped out and filled in on defence to support the team, he’s stood up for teammates and that takes a lot of guts, he’s even scored a few nice goals this season.
Overall though, I think he lacks size and physicality and he’s quite a slow skater. Even if he’s playing 4th line I feel he should be bringing more energy and making more of a nuisance of himself. I notice regularly he’ll lay a hit without any real impact and their defence will break out easily or he’ll often chip a puck in and not pursue it or put the opposition under pressure.
Maybe I’m being harsh, and there’s obviously tactics and instructions we aren’t privy to, but I just feel we need to see more from him. He needs to flourish and develop, in a similar way that Ollie did, if he’s going to be the player we need him to be
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Post by wgray on Mar 25, 2024 18:13:21 GMT
Until it's mathematically impossible, there is still some hope. Million to one shots come in once in a while Not that I'm confident at all that we can actually do it, and it's a hell of a long shot, but as it stands, hope springs eternal. As the great poet L. Kravitz opined, it ain't over 'til... Doesn't make me a happy clapper, but 3.4 seconds was enough time once upon a time. 8 points could be enough. Looking at run in’s it’s certainly possible that Clan and/or Blaze might struggle to get more than 2 more points,which would leave all three teams on 49 points and Panthers squeaking through on regulation wins. I think Dundee, and like you’ve pointed out a few times, Coventry, are the ones to aim for. We have to win our remaining games though, which means pressure, especially when we’re short. The fans will be behind them all the way I’m sure
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Post by wgray on Mar 24, 2024 20:35:01 GMT
We'd have to win 5 on the bounce with half a d-core and a goalie shipping goals. We have to win our remaining 5 and hope results go our way else where. Bearing in mind we’re on a 5 game losing streak now, it’s looking very bleak unfortunately. Really hoped we could pull it out the bag
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Post by wgray on Mar 24, 2024 19:35:17 GMT
Fife have got a point, 3-3 in OT And win the game in OT, unbelievable.
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Post by wgray on Mar 24, 2024 19:31:12 GMT
Otto is a terrific player, we have to be doing our all to bring him back. He’s probably had his time in Finland and he’s played at similar levels to the EIHL in the last couple of seasons, plus we’ve managed to tempt him to Nottingham so I don’t see why he wouldn’t contemplate a return.
Give him a pay rise and see if an MBA is attractive to him
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Post by wgray on Mar 24, 2024 17:37:55 GMT
Considering we're a 1 import D at the moment to be just a goal down is a great effort. Agreed, the boys have really picked it up, huge credit to them
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Post by wgray on Mar 24, 2024 16:37:59 GMT
Pietroniro thrown out for boarding McGurty, 5 min pp, Panthers reduce deficit before end of 1st, 3-1 now
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Post by wgray on Mar 24, 2024 16:07:14 GMT
2-0 devils, 2:48 played. Dreadful
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Post by wgray on Mar 24, 2024 0:23:48 GMT
Didn’t manage to get back to my seat for the start of the 2nd period but just watched the goals back and my god how poor was Rok on Sheffield’s 1st goal. Huge point in the season Robinson leaving, if we would have brought someone else into the club after that it might have changed our fortunes…
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Post by wgray on Mar 24, 2024 0:10:10 GMT
Might be over reacting a bit, just don’t see the need for the p*as taking. Especially after they’ve been quiet for 50 mins and they’ve suddenly gone 2 goals in front. 13 league defeats in a row against them, quite fed up tbh It’s September 2022 since Panthers last beat the Steelers according to the EIHL pre game report. (League only presumably) That’s an utterly pathetic record from Panthers ! That was in the cup I believe, I reckon it was March 2022 when we last beat them in the league. It’s a pivotal off season for the club, as DMS has talked about, we have to be ruthless
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Post by wgray on Mar 23, 2024 23:22:18 GMT
Not an ounce of respect in their bones How come? Might be over reacting a bit, just don’t see the need for the p*ss taking. Especially after they’ve been quiet for 50 mins and they’ve suddenly gone 2 goals in front. 13 league defeats in a row against them, quite fed up tbh
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Post by wgray on Mar 23, 2024 21:16:28 GMT
Not an ounce of respect in their bones
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Post by wgray on Mar 23, 2024 9:43:59 GMT
Injured / missing tonight. Neill, Caruso, Ryczek or Neilson That’s not what we needed
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Post by wgray on Mar 20, 2024 19:54:49 GMT
God we’re in a desperate position aren’t we
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Post by wgray on Mar 19, 2024 21:34:32 GMT
I think this design, and the one last season, work with the current sublimated style we have. I do wish we’d go back to a stitched style, or at least a style where the badge can be sewn on, in the future.
I do like this one though. Good choice by the club.
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Post by wgray on Mar 17, 2024 20:02:12 GMT
Did anyone else think that Roy looked like he was skating through treacle last night? Is he carrying a knock, or a cold or something? I don’t think he looked slow but I can’t recall him attacking Sheffield’s defence with speed, like he would normally, and he was hardly ever passed Sheffield’s goal line battling for the puck. I wondered whether it was tactical, protect the defence as much as we can, tell the centre’s not to go to deep so we don’t get picked off from turnovers that lead to odd man rushes. This week of rest SHOULD do the players some good. Hopefully Otto can keep his hot hand, he’s been immense lately. Him and Roy would slot into any team in this league
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Post by wgray on Mar 17, 2024 18:39:23 GMT
If Sheffield win tonight, and they get a regulation win in Cardiff on Wednesday, they will be league champions based on the regulation wins they have and Cardiff being unable to match them. Is that correct?
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