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Post by harlan on Sept 1, 2015 13:09:09 GMT
So who wants to step up and face him on Saturday then, he is one big dude. Fair play to him though catching Batch and stopping his head hitting the ice. Salters really had it in for Noble. any idea what caused him to go nuts at their bench? (just checked on THF- Noble sticked him from the bench) So, I assume DOPS will want to make a point at the start of the season and suspend Noble and Salters from their opening fixtures on Saturday? Aye right - I wont hold my breath. It is unlikely as I think that friendlies are not league sanctioned so any penalties gained in them have no effect on league matches, that's why teams cannot arrange games during the season to count towards against a ban for one of their players
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Post by sparkymark75 on Sept 1, 2015 13:18:23 GMT
So, I assume DOPS will want to make a point at the start of the season and suspend Noble and Salters from their opening fixtures on Saturday? Aye right - I wont hold my breath. It is unlikely as I think that friendlies are not league sanctioned so any penalties gained in them have no effect on league matches, that's why teams cannot arrange games during the season to count towards against a ban for one of their players If that was the case, then Lloyd should also be looking at a ban for his slew foot on Kyle Haines on Saturday.
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Post by waterboy on Sept 1, 2015 16:06:24 GMT
It is unlikely as I think that friendlies are not league sanctioned so any penalties gained in them have no effect on league matches, that's why teams cannot arrange games during the season to count towards against a ban for one of their players If that was the case, then Lloyd should also be looking at a ban for his slew foot on Kyle Haines on Saturday. Can of worms time....but that's been my point around replacing Matt with another guy. I do fear teams will take advantage and plays like this will only get more regular. I just hope we don't lose guys to injury on a play like this. You could see it on Saturday Keefe Lloyd and Matt all taking cheapshots. Just hope our guys were holding back for the real thing because it looks like the Blaze clearly have guys playing a similar style.
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Post by harlan on Sept 1, 2015 16:10:40 GMT
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Post by coloradoflyer on Sept 1, 2015 16:41:00 GMT
Think some of us may need to rethink storm being last this year very good signing
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Sept 1, 2015 17:17:57 GMT
Think some of may need to rethink storm being last this year very good signing Nope a very average signing, just enforces they will finish last
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Post by perthfifeflyer on Sept 1, 2015 17:46:36 GMT
I thought his stats looked quite decent tbh
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Post by johndabomb on Sept 1, 2015 17:52:44 GMT
Looks alright to me. Adds some much needed size to their forwards too.
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Post by zamboni on Sept 1, 2015 19:04:37 GMT
If that was the case, then Lloyd should also be looking at a ban for his slew foot on Kyle Haines on Saturday. Can of worms time....but that's been my point around replacing Matt with another guy. I do fear teams will take advantage and plays like this will only get more regular. I just hope we don't lose guys to injury on a play like this. You could see it on Saturday Keefe Lloyd and Matt all taking cheapshots. Just hope our guys were holding back for the real thing because it looks like the Blaze clearly have guys playing a similar style. Giants and Devils have 13 imp skaters and a Brit Goalie they can afford having suspensions We cant Josh Batch isn't a recognised Enforcer but he got stuck in. Jeff Lee looks a hardy guy certainly gets stuck in the corners
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Post by redtussell44 on Sept 1, 2015 19:07:22 GMT
If that was the case, then Lloyd should also be looking at a ban for his slew foot on Kyle Haines on Saturday. Can of worms time....but that's been my point around replacing Matt with another guy. I do fear teams will take advantage and plays like this will only get more regular. I just hope we don't lose guys to injury on a play like this. You could see it on Saturday Keefe Lloyd and Matt all taking cheapshots. Just hope our guys were holding back for the real thing because it looks like the Blaze clearly have guys playing a similar style. You're 100% correct mate. I'm trying not to imagine if we still had Nicker and he seen someone slew foot our captain hard into the boards. Some of us keep beating on the same drum but we seen Keefe do pretty much what he wanted on Saturday. Punching Haines after only the first whistle for example. Also the amount of fights this weekend, especially in pre-season goes to show just how hard teams will be playing this year. Injuries have always plagued the flyers at bad times. I certainly don't want this to be the case this year. Early impressions suggest we have a really good forechecking team this year with, in my opinion, the best two forward lines we've had in the EIHL. If say we lose a couple through injury, the whole chemistry of the team could go south. Confidence will go too. That's why I think it's essential we have an enforcer in the team to protect these guys. Eradicate any cheap shots, punches after whistles and most importantly, keep the agitators on opposing teams quiet. Unfortunately, I foresee that we will get found out and teams will play rough against the Flyers with the knowing of zero repercussions. I really do hope I'm wrong. Because we have a team that could give this league a fright.
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Post by swarfiga on Sept 1, 2015 20:39:17 GMT
Can of worms time....but that's been my point around replacing Matt with another guy. I do fear teams will take advantage and plays like this will only get more regular. I just hope we don't lose guys to injury on a play like this. You could see it on Saturday Keefe Lloyd and Matt all taking cheapshots. Just hope our guys were holding back for the real thing because it looks like the Blaze clearly have guys playing a similar style. You're 100% correct mate. I'm trying not to imagine if we still had Nicker and he seen someone slew foot our captain hard into the boards. Some of us keep beating on the same drum but we seen Keefe do pretty much what he wanted on Saturday. Punching Haines after only the first whistle for example. Also the amount of fights this weekend, especially in pre-season goes to show just how hard teams will be playing this year. Injuries have always plagued the flyers at bad times. I certainly don't want this to be the case this year. Early impressions suggest we have a really good forechecking team this year with, in my opinion, the best two forward lines we've had in the EIHL. If say we lose a couple through injury, the whole chemistry of the team could go south. Confidence will go too. That's why I think it's essential we have an enforcer in the team to protect these guys. Eradicate any cheap shots, punches after whistles and most importantly, keep the agitators on opposing teams quiet. Unfortunately, I foresee that we will get found out and teams will play rough against the Flyers with the knowing of zero repercussions. I really do hope I'm wrong. Because we have a team that could give this league a fright. You're right about forechecking and that could be our downfall, if we've got guys skating hard into every corner and driving the net that's when the fitzys and nickers will step in and starting throwing. A fast physical team like we appear to have will attract it more.
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Post by finchy on Sept 1, 2015 21:21:55 GMT
You're 100% correct mate. I'm trying not to imagine if we still had Nicker and he seen someone slew foot our captain hard into the boards. Some of us keep beating on the same drum but we seen Keefe do pretty much what he wanted on Saturday. Punching Haines after only the first whistle for example. Also the amount of fights this weekend, especially in pre-season goes to show just how hard teams will be playing this year. Injuries have always plagued the flyers at bad times. I certainly don't want this to be the case this year. Early impressions suggest we have a really good forechecking team this year with, in my opinion, the best two forward lines we've had in the EIHL. If say we lose a couple through injury, the whole chemistry of the team could go south. Confidence will go too. That's why I think it's essential we have an enforcer in the team to protect these guys. Eradicate any cheap shots, punches after whistles and most importantly, keep the agitators on opposing teams quiet. Unfortunately, I foresee that we will get found out and teams will play rough against the Flyers with the knowing of zero repercussions. I really do hope I'm wrong. Because we have a team that could give this league a fright. You're right about forechecking and that could be our downfall, if we've got guys skating hard into every corner and driving the net that's when the fitzys and nickers will step in and starting throwing. A fast physical team like we appear to have will attract it more. I really don't think it's the enforcers we need to worry about-most of them will only fight willing combatants and I don't think our boys will play scared like some of our previous guys. Totally agree with others on here that it's the cheap-shot artists that will be the bug-bear. I said this on the locked enforcer debate thread and named Lloyd specifically as the kind of player we'll need to find ways of countering. I was surprised when someone defended Lloyd ;-) but unfortunately that prediction has been spot on- that slew foot on Haines, our captain, was the filthiest play you will ever see and there was no retribution which Lloyd knew anyway. Flyers were playing Giants at their own game so they simply tried to bring something else into the mix.
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Post by jaymac on Sept 2, 2015 17:22:35 GMT
So who wants to step up and face him on Saturday then, he is one big dude. Fair play to him though catching Batch and stopping his head hitting the ice. Salters really had it in for Noble. any idea what caused him to go nuts at their bench? (just checked on THF- Noble sticked him from the bench) So, I assume DOPS will want to make a point at the start of the season and suspend Noble and Salters from their opening fixtures on Saturday? Aye right - I wont hold my breath. Dops hands salters a 1 game ban www.eliteleague.co.uk/ban-for-salters--p199319
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Post by amazepux on Sept 2, 2015 18:09:18 GMT
So, I assume DOPS will want to make a point at the start of the season and suspend Noble and Salters from their opening fixtures on Saturday? Aye right - I wont hold my breath. Dops hands salters a 1 game ban www.eliteleague.co.uk/ban-for-salters--p199319Yeah I think he'll be a repeat offender...bit of a 'pink mushroom short in a pick n mix' that lad.
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Post by langtouner on Sept 2, 2015 19:14:18 GMT
Can of worms time....but that's been my point around replacing Matt with another guy. I do fear teams will take advantage and plays like this will only get more regular. I just hope we don't lose guys to injury on a play like this. You could see it on Saturday Keefe Lloyd and Matt all taking cheapshots. Just hope our guys were holding back for the real thing because it looks like the Blaze clearly have guys playing a similar style. You're 100% correct mate. I'm trying not to imagine if we still had Nicker and he seen someone slew foot our captain hard into the boards. Some of us keep beating on the same drum but we seen Keefe do pretty much what he wanted on Saturday. Punching Haines after only the first whistle for example. Also the amount of fights this weekend, especially in pre-season goes to show just how hard teams will be playing this year. Injuries have always plagued the flyers at bad times. I certainly don't want this to be the case this year. Early impressions suggest we have a really good forechecking team this year with, in my opinion, the best two forward lines we've had in the EIHL. If say we lose a couple through injury, the whole chemistry of the team could go south. Confidence will go too. That's why I think it's essential we have an enforcer in the team to protect these guys. Eradicate any cheap shots, punches after whistles and most importantly, keep the agitators on opposing teams quiet. Unfortunately, I foresee that we will get found out and teams will play rough against the Flyers with the knowing of zero repercussions. I really do hope I'm wrong. Because we have a team that could give this league a fright. Couldn't agree more. I said a while ago that Todd doesn't really seem to like having an enforcer and I was shot down. Sure he said the right sort of things when Nicker was banned, but what else could he say. I think he is hoping that not having an enforcer will mean no bans, which is fair enough, but it will come at a potentially much higher cost. We have the makings of a good looking team, (Brown still to prove himself) but we could be seriously derailed in games if the goons in other teams take liberties. The the only missing component IMO is an enforcer.
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