IX2T311
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Post by IX2T311 on Oct 15, 2016 23:13:33 GMT
On a +ve note - I've saved some money - I don't have to buy IX2T311 any Chinese food Sadly that's the only +ve I've got tonight As for tomorrow, I'm not placing a bet and I very much doubt I'll be purchasing the webcast either You're still more than welcome to buy me some Chinese, just not before game day! I can agree with you on both terms there, no betting and no hockey for me tomorrow, though I might consider the Sheffield webcast, that could be a game and a half to watch.
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Post by breezerblaze on Oct 16, 2016 8:19:30 GMT
One of the things i noticed was that there didn't seem to be any presure on/in the goal area when we had a shot, either off the boards or goalie. The giants defenders were hardly ever put under any presure to clear their lines. Our sog count seemed high maybe they were counting the clearences that went near the goal. It looks good passing the puck around, I think maybe a shoot at every opportunity on some shifts should be adopted just to mix things up a bit. The play seems a bit better than 3 to 4 years ago, we aren't constantly clearing and icing the puck at least. If thats a positive. Do like the block 8 drums. I think this is the 4th season in a row where we look as if we actually won't start playing and winning until christmas/new year. (hopefully) Though if I knew what the fix was I would be coach.
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fanta
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Post by fanta on Oct 16, 2016 9:13:34 GMT
The 'performance' as a whole was utterly woeful. Liam Stewart aside all players need to hang their heads in shame. Then to top it all the coach interview after the game was an embarrassment. He clearly is not watching the game I am. If he genuinely believes what he says then severe changes need to made from top to bottom.
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Post by breezerblaze on Oct 16, 2016 11:06:39 GMT
The 'performance' as a whole was utterly woeful. Liam Stewart aside all players need to hang their heads in shame. Then to top it all the coach interview after the game was an embarrassment. He clearly is not watching the game I am. If he genuinely believes what he says then severe changes need to made from top to bottom. Fanta, I hear what you are saying. playing well for 8 mins !! what about the other 52. Luck doesn't win games. I think that the first three goals were defensive errors, 2+3 definatly so. They players should be getting anoyed with themselves and each other. I'm no hockey player but I would be. Belfast had done the job so the pickup in the last 10 or so mins doesn't really mean much. Now if #41 had been pulled at 4-1 even with 2 mins to go a 4-3 score would have been a confidence boost. I could go on...
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Post by jen on Oct 16, 2016 11:20:27 GMT
We left as the buzzer went last night, you only had to see how many others left at the same time or earlier to know that we as fans didn't feel the effort was there, I would like to ask Danny Stewart who exactly he thought put effort in? I can say Klotz and Selby on their limited ice time showed the most passion.
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hidehi
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Post by hidehi on Oct 16, 2016 11:46:22 GMT
I count the shots and Blaze had a fair few but mostly from well out and the goalie was not screened so could see them coming.
The forwards were pretty woeful. I didn't even realise Bombis was playing until they announced his assist on the goal!
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Post by jen on Oct 16, 2016 19:42:38 GMT
Consistent then!!
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neil
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Post by neil on Oct 16, 2016 19:43:18 GMT
For sale 6 donkeys (sorry 2 x top line forwards). Just watched the Edinburgh game having sat through the Belfast match. They should hand their heads in shame if they had any moral compass. No effort ( apart from Liam Stewart), no skill, no idea. This is not even an EPL side.
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Post by jen on Oct 16, 2016 19:45:22 GMT
For sale 6 donkeys (sorry 2 x top line forwards). Just watched the Edinburgh game having sat through the Belfast match. They should hand their heads in shame if they had any moral compass. No effort ( apart from Liam Stewart), no skill, no idea. This is not even an EPL side. So long as coach thinks they're trying! They're trying fans alright our patience!
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Post by breezerblaze on Oct 16, 2016 19:47:35 GMT
Oh joy
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bsp
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Post by bsp on Oct 16, 2016 19:50:50 GMT
Marquardt is stealing his wages, no effort or desire, get rid now.
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takina
Top 6 Forward
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Post by takina on Oct 16, 2016 20:37:36 GMT
On a plus note, as a season ticket holder, at least I can save the price of two admissions by not buying tickets foe next Sunday (and I won't be) and how sad is that, we are that poor.
Weber made a mess of signings last season and we took too long to fix it, we ended up 8th in the league. I think we've made similar mistakes this season (no go to clutch guy) and our malaise is more than just psychological - just 2 goals in 180 mins of hockey is nowhere close to acceptable. I mean, that's risible, absolutely and totally risible, any EPL team that could put 2 past us would win, we're that far off the pace. Heading towards 10th place and I don't see any coach fixing this, changes are needed and Blaze have to decide pretty damn quickly now who and how many.
For me, we're carrying 3 of our top line forwards but you could equally argue it's more. Hope we have slightly deeper pockets than I fear we have and a slightly more concerned mgmt team than I fear we have.
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takina
Top 6 Forward
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Post by takina on Oct 16, 2016 21:55:08 GMT
Absolute kudos to Danny Stewart in holding himself accountable (something that I thought Weber always managed to kind of distance himself from slightly - with him it was always player execution, never structure) I'd absolutely love him to turn this team around, it's not that I doubt his capability as coach, more that I think we have the wrong team balance and we do need to make some changes in order for this squad to deliver
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takina
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Post by takina on Oct 16, 2016 22:37:22 GMT
Final grrr of the night. I have bought two season tickets for Blaze this year and here we are. pretty much as low as a badgers backside and Coventry Blaze, in their wisdom, release a trivial soundbite interview between a youngster and Mike Quesnele. It's all very twee and cute and yada yada yada but I have forked out £000's to follow the Blaze this season and I want to see something slightly more interesting and relevant as to what we are doing as opposed to watching a 5 year old give an interview
Fair enough, I'm happy to be misanthrope of the year, not happy that Blaze think an "agadoo do do" soundbite is where Blaze fans are at right now. Leastways, not this one.
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chunk
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Post by chunk on Oct 17, 2016 9:37:23 GMT
I'm going to start by saying that "off-ice", I have no issues with the way things are being run and I can see plenty of improvements that have been made over recent years. The media side of things has been exceptional this season. The webcast has always been pretty good, but I think that's improved even further over the last couple of seasons. Moving the away fans from block 8 is something the fan base has been asking for, as is four line hockey and an extended pre-season. We've added specialist fitness coaches in recent years too. We seem to have more sponsors every season and we sold over 2,000 seats to home fans for a Saturday game when the teams isn't playing well, which is something we used to struggle with. These are all things that lead me to believe we have the right people in the right jobs and an ownership group who know what their doing in these areas.
The "on-ice" aspects of the club are where all the problems lie. I don't think the ownership group has any particular expertise in this area and why should they? They provide the budget and the environment for the team, both of which seem to have been done as well as we could hope. The recruitment looked good, as did pre-season, but since then our problems have gone from too many turnovers and penalties at the start of the season to an inability to score goals and a defence that's been bordering on abysmal, which we're told is down to bad luck (seriously?!). We're not improving - if anything we're getting worse. The issues are affecting every player on the team, even the ones we had last season, so it's hard to see how a change or two in the line up is going to turn us into a winning team.
Ultimately the responsibility for our on-ice performances lie with the head coach and the director of hockey operations - they need to turn things around, so we can see an improvement each week and it needs to happen quickly.
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chunk
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Post by chunk on Oct 18, 2016 13:06:23 GMT
Looks like Belfast have asked DOPS to take a look at an incident involving Zajac. eliteleague.co.uk/this-weeks-dops-reviews/Presumably they must be pretty confident to have made the appeal and obviously if it's correct then it will benefit them this weekend. Anyone know what it specifically refers to or how a suspension would be enforced now that Zajac's been released? Who would pick the import to miss out?
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takina
Top 6 Forward
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Post by takina on Oct 18, 2016 18:10:37 GMT
Two excellent questions and I know the answer to either. The only incident I recall was an elbow followed by a tussle with Boxhill but I find it hard to believe it will be that
As for who sits should DOPS impose anything, I don't know what the rule is. I think there should be precedent - a few years ago I recall Campbell at Hull getting a significant ban (something like 50+ games) and he immediately retired whereupon the league "reduced" the ban to requiring Hull to play an import down for something like 30 games. Maybe it's something as simple as coach choice?
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Post by Stuart Coles on Oct 19, 2016 13:10:53 GMT
I believe it is that simple. Should Zajac be banned, we will play an import short for the length of that ban. Which import is up to us.
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Post by Stuart Coles on Oct 19, 2016 13:37:10 GMT
Zajac did not get a ban - so there is no issue.
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