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Post by Baz on Jan 26, 2011 0:09:58 GMT
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Post by Baz on Jan 25, 2011 12:14:34 GMT
With due regard to pantherdman above...
The first press shot of the reformed Take That shows that time has not been kind.
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Post by Baz on Jan 23, 2011 0:37:25 GMT
From the Panthers match report: How nice that we are crediting Jade with the game winning goal, surely that credit goes to Bellamy in the third for wrapping it up? Or perhaps we just need to start pushing Jade up 'redemption hill' following last weekends debacle. The game winning goal is the one which takes the winning team one goal past the losers total score. If we had won 3-0 tonight the gwg would be Levers. If we had won 3-1 tonight the gwg would be Galbraith. If we had won 3-2 tonight the gwg would be Bellamy.
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Post by Baz on Jan 20, 2011 21:57:52 GMT
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Post by Baz on Jan 19, 2011 17:43:02 GMT
I think it was that incident, and the other guy (Mike someone?) Magliarditi for three points
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Post by Baz on Jan 16, 2011 17:48:47 GMT
There lies the reason - they have a team who have bonded and have chemistry and care about each other, rather than a bunch of all be it talented players, who play as individuals rather than a team. Maybe this is why Galbraith and McDonald were made to sit and watch the debacle that was last night's game. Watching your team mates suffer public humiliation would certainly make you think about your future conduct, more than a rollocking in the office, or a couple of weeks docked pay. It also makes it clear that such conduct is not acceptable, but if the perpetrators are accepted back into the fold, and it strengthens the team in the long run it maybe worth two points. It could alternatively be that an immovable wedge has been driven into the team because of it. Just my thoughts trying to attribute some reason to the things that may have happened.
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Post by Baz on Jan 16, 2011 17:32:09 GMT
Wish I had a pound for every time I'd been Justin Beaver then for it all to go horribly wrong.
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Post by Baz on Jan 8, 2011 11:30:43 GMT
After a long lie in (post lost point last night even though we played well) the tanle is updated and we await two more weekend set of results to inflict change? upon the league. NOTE .....for those still unaware.The final CUP group game that pits us v Cardiff away is now on the 19th January. Winners joing Sheffield from out group / a draw sees bioth teams through in place od the Steelers. Belfast and Newcastle are the other semi-final contenders. Bloody hell Spik I think you need a new keyboard/fingers/glasses/more sleep
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Post by Baz on Dec 30, 2010 16:12:32 GMT
Pre-season I was tumescent at the thought of DAB and Jade on a line. I'm starting to ache a bit now. Three months is something Sting would boast about. Perhaps I don't know as much as I'd like to think. They'd be devastating wouldn't they?
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Post by Baz on Dec 7, 2010 19:58:13 GMT
Enjoyed that gents. Nice one.
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Post by Baz on Dec 7, 2010 10:05:53 GMT
Do you think he is coming over out of love for the club and us fans? Do me a favour. I am glad that he is coming as he is a decent import netminder and should do a steady job. Do not be under any illusions as to why he is coming though. Have you ever tried American chocolate?
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Post by Baz on Dec 5, 2010 1:08:00 GMT
The highlight for me is Simmsy reading out the Hull v Sheffield score as the teams are leaving the ice, and then saying under his breath, "Oh dear God, how can you lose to Hull?"
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Post by Baz on Nov 24, 2010 14:27:46 GMT
London Kerniggets along with Rushforth, Jutras and Morrisette. Even the inclusion of the Robber couldn't stop me hating that team. No reason, just disliked them intensely. Well, perhaps McSorley's guaranteed illegal equipment call with a couple of minutes to go was a contribution.
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Post by Baz on Nov 24, 2010 10:28:39 GMT
It's the future.
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Post by Baz on Nov 23, 2010 17:10:16 GMT
Does anyone know what the song is called what plays when the panthers skate onto the ice? Gimme Some Loving by Thunder
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Post by Baz on Nov 18, 2010 21:54:39 GMT
Saguenay Marquis LNAH
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Post by Baz on Nov 15, 2010 14:09:27 GMT
You can see from the way Palmer's holding his arms/hands before the fight that he knows what's coming his way. He's only looking to stop himself getting hit and is not looking to throw a punch at all.
Kudos to young Brit and one-time Panther Harper as you say. In terms of a match-up it's a bit like Danny Meyers taking on McMorrow.
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Post by Baz on Nov 12, 2010 10:43:45 GMT
It's also a public vote of confidence in his coach.
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Post by Baz on Nov 10, 2010 0:07:53 GMT
About a week ago Simmsey posted something on FB about an EIHL player moving to the Netherlands. Incidentally, McMorrow has just posted photos of himself in Amsterdam. Coinsidence? Haha you'd think with the accusations made against him at the end of last season he'd stay away from places like Amsterdam!! You'd think with the accusations made against him at the end of last season he'd need a herd of wild horses to keep him away from places like Amsterdam!!
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Post by Baz on Nov 5, 2010 13:24:59 GMT
I know we had some dutch officials back in the early eighties (Stef could enlighten us) but I don't know how many games they did or of their standard. I'd need to look at my books, but I do remember one of the refs was called Aad Stuiver. I'm still waiting for my million points last time the question was posed! Jan 24, 2009, 9:31am, Baz wrote: Van Agtmael, Von Gool and Splinter Good grief Baz. You're even more anal than me. This was the Nico Toemen era and every now and then he would bring Dutch refs over to do a few games, and these are three of them: Chris van Agtmael, John van Gool and Jan Splinter. I seem to remember a guy called Ad Stuiver reffed a few games as well.
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Post by Baz on Nov 4, 2010 17:45:23 GMT
Are we all agreed that Baz has now redeemed himself for his premature goal light incident on Tuesday? You didn't think we'd forgotten did you Baz? At least it wasn't on Sky Sports Live like the Braehead one. Those new lights/switches are a bloody nightmare. Once they're on they lock on and you can't switch them off quick enough. Even though the lights themselves seem to take an age to flash and you would expect to be able to flick them on and off before any visible sign, I can confirm that this is not possible. I thought I might have gotten away with it, but then I heard the beginnings of a cheer from down the far end which then suddenly cut short, and I knew I hadn't. This was matched by a quick reflected red flash in the plexi above me, and some seconds later my phone went.. The other usual goal judge at Block 9 end had to work on Tuesday night. You'll be delighted to know that he managed to text me before the period end to rip it out of me. How quickly news travels eh Grant? When my phone light went (coincidentally a red flashing light) I knew who and what it was before I got to read it on the way round to the timekeepers bench. Even more amusingly the DJ said he'd got Roxanne, You Don't Have To Put On the Red Light cued up for the next break in play, but fortunately for me it was a goal some seconds later and he didn't get the chance to use it. No doubt it will happen again before the end of the season.
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Post by Baz on Nov 4, 2010 12:35:31 GMT
I don't get the purpose of this. I thought I'd try and get another Lepine thread going while Shaggy's at work. What better than to discuss the merits of the other Lepine threads previously posted. Perhaps my sense of humour is even stranger than I thought.
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Post by Baz on Nov 4, 2010 12:26:01 GMT
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Post by Baz on Oct 28, 2010 19:54:46 GMT
Look at this argument from a league perspective.
If every team was run the way the Panthers is run, we could have maybe 30 rinks around the country packed out every weekend. Money would be coming in, and the quality of the players would increase as we could pay more. Better TV, better sponsorship opportunities, more money, better players etc. etc. Some European leagues for example, which are brought to our attention several times a season.
Yes, Nottingham has the best arena in use today maybe, but what about 18,000 in the MEN? What happened to change capacity gates in Manchester to a number considerably less than that in a tent in Altrincham? Was it success in Manchester that killed it or maybe overspending? By overspending here, I am not in any way suggesting any wage cap infringements, I mean with respect to spending against money coming in. What happened in Ayr? What's nearly happened in Sheffield more than once? What's the story with Belfast? All successful teams in their time.
Unfortunately for Panthers fans, we'll have a team in years to come, but no opposition to play. If the individual teams were built and run in the same way as Nottingham, then the long term future would be secure and profitable. If not, we'll be down to a four league team within a couple of years. The Elite League will roll over, and then some entrepeneur type wll come in and we'll reinvent the Super League, and so the cycle will start again. Eventually the number of people prepared to invest will fall to unsustainable levels and the sport will die.
If what we are lead to believe is true, we should be able to buy the league/play-off/cup titles over and over and over. How long do you think other teams would survive if we did that? Sheffield have a trophy laden history. They don't look a bad team this year, and they're struggling to quarter fill the place. If they were to cut their cloth accordingly do you think they'd be around for very much longer?
How do the Basingstokes, Hulls, Edinburghs, Dundees survive? Yes, Basingstoke threw the towel in. Hull are only here because someone chucked some money, and hopefully some financial management at them. And these latter teams are not the ones who we are lead to believe are those who are throwing cash about. They can't survive at the level they're at. Quite simply they need more paying punters through the gate on a regular basis to stay at the level they're at, never mind Hull siging a 6 ex-AHL roster defence.
If every team spent every bean, and then a few more besides on winning, within a few seasons there would be no league as there would be no teams.
The financial model has been proven in Nottingham. It's a long and arduous process for everyone, the fans particularly, but if every team followed suit, then we'd be on a level playing field, at a much higher level. A financially stable and secure club doesn't need to win. It's profits outweigh it's costs. A club run with a little less commercial acumen has to win to try and recoup it's investment. Alternatively you don't spend what you ain't got to start with. The issue here is that the fans of some of these clubs demand success, so there is only one option for the club. At Nottingham for some reason, and I don't know what it is, we don't seem to be overly bothered. A dozen or so people are quite vocal on here about it, but there's another 4500+ at the game every week who it would appear aren't that fussed.
So, do Nottingham chuck everything at it and do a clean sweep for two or three years on the trot, and then last one turns the lights out; or do the rest of the league all start to run their clubs to the same business model, and then in two or three years things really begin to happen in UK hockey?
In the medium term, Nottingham don't need to win to be a successful business, some of the other teams in the league do, because their history means it's demanded of them. If there's no other teams, there's no league, and then there's no Panthers.
And that's where my conspiracy theory really starts to gather some momentum......
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Post by Baz on Oct 25, 2010 22:25:41 GMT
Glynn thinks Scott Allison won this fight You have to give kudos to Allison for answering yes to Barry's question, "Are we going to settle this like men?" in the game after he'd climbed over the plexi to get him in the bench clearance game. Another great quote linked to the episode, next time Allson was in the box, was Fats telling Allison he wouldn't open the door for him as he knew his own way out.
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