Sheffield Away 30/09 & Home 01/10

[takina]

So points predictions 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4?

Hoping for something but fearing a zero point haul.

[takina]

Wasn't at the game but 2-2 at end P2 was better than I was expecting. Wonder if it was a depth issue that lead to conceding 3 in the third without answer, shame really as 5-2 doesn't seem a fair reflection somehow. We conceded 2 ppg so need to be smarter tomorrow if we want to get anything this weekend. Tough game tomorrow I think

[jen]

Sept 30, 2017 20:55:50 GMT takina said:

Wasn't at the game but 2-2 at end P2 was better than I was expecting. Wonder if it was a depth issue that lead to conceding 3 in the third without answer, shame really as 5-2 doesn't seem a fair reflection somehow. We conceded 2 ppg so need to be smarter tomorrow if we want to get anything this weekend. Tough game tomorrow I think

Didn't see the game either but when I checked score at end of 2nd was impressed. Not sure what happened in 3rd but sounds like penalties played a part again.

[jen]

Wow, that's what I call a response, I didn't expect us to get anything from tonight's game but we outplayed and out classed Steelers and Thommo had no answer! Paquette had a superb game and was my man of match, but every player gave his all tonight.

[wooly]

I’m beginning to think I’m a bad penny, I attend....we lose, I can’t make it.... we win!

[takina]

Probably the most dominant I've seen the Blaze in many years. Steelers didn't win any part of that match and apart from a few minutes of pressure here or there it was all Coventry. Sheffield looked uninspired and way too easily rattled I thought and a usually calm and confident Mustokovs looked decidedly jittery. Maybe an off night for them but as one of the "big four" to get so easily dismantled might ring an alarmm bell or two, even an early TO didn't help them settle.

Not my favourite player by any means but I thought Davy Philips played well tonight. For us it was good to see scoring spread throughout, Dingle's SH goal was lovely, you just saw the whole Sheffield team deflate when it went in. Thought Kloz was brilliant. Major minutes and calm and self assured on the puck

We need to maintain that sense of urgency and hunger, combine that with a tight D and we're no pushover for anyone

Not normally one to sing but "I'd rather have Ferrara than Marquardt" how cool was that

[chunk]

Oct 1, 2017 20:50:13 GMT wooly said:

I’m beginning to think I’m a bad penny, I attend....we lose, I can’t make it.... we win!

Weirdly I've been the opposite! I've only been to two home games so far, and only seen one on the webcast - all three we've won comfortably.

The chemistry of our lines has looked excellent in the games I've seen. I was worried to see that Dingle and Vallerand had been separated, but if anything the chemistry was even better. I haven't seen anything to complain about, but obviously our results haven't been great, which makes me wonder if we've got a Jekyll and Hyde situation going on? Beating Sheffield is great, but losing at home to Manchester and MK is very concerning, assuming our minimum target is to win the conference.

I thought Paquette looked a yard or two off the pace, which could be because he's recovering from injury. He had a one on one with the netty and another opportunity when he picked up the puck on the blue line, but couldn't really get any speed up. I'm being really picky there though.

Courchaine did brilliantly to open the scoring - hitting the post to start with and then getting the tip in a few moments later. Kloz has looked really good whenever I've seen him. Vallerand and Dingle have been excellent - I could go on.

[breezerblaze]

Great to see the 'I could go on' in a positive comment today.

Yesterday we kept going after the first goal pressing for more, we did not do this to MK last week and paid the price.

Loks like my £150M lottery win money is safe and i won't have to buy the blaze after all.