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Post by Touche on Nov 23, 2015 19:56:51 GMT
Ned isn't the type to turn a game, that's the type of player we need. Yeah he's got the moves etc but they only come out when the team is in top of a game.
In this Flyers team, Ned would be posted missing every game. The same reason that Coventry let him go and the countless other clubs he's been with.
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watcher
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EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
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Post by watcher on Nov 23, 2015 20:04:29 GMT
Give me a break - the season has gone badly enough already without bringing back a selfish part timer who showed up when he felt like it. Talk about rose tinted specs!
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Post by joestoyanovich on Nov 23, 2015 20:50:58 GMT
Given how uninventive and boring we are, someone like Ned wouldn't do us any harm.
Could he make us worse?
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Post by zamboni on Nov 23, 2015 21:17:49 GMT
Certainly a fan favourite Got a good reception from the fans the last time Blaze were in town
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knucklepuck
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NHL Team: Philadelphia Flyers
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Post by knucklepuck on Nov 24, 2015 8:09:26 GMT
Whilst I agree he annoyed me more than any other player last year when he didn't turn up he did make a game interesting when he showed up. It's a question of do we want boring hockey with little wins or sometimes exciting hockey with little wins? I'm not saying he alone will make it exciting but maybe he'll inspire some of the free thinking we saw at the start of the season with this team. Y'know before "systems" took over *yawn*
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Post by flyer31 on Nov 24, 2015 8:34:02 GMT
Nearly all of the posters have been calling for an enforcer type d-man along with a power forward so why would we even consider bringing back Ned.
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ronniemac
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Post by ronniemac on Nov 24, 2015 10:21:30 GMT
Flyers already have Caig doing the job Ned done, getting him back is the last thing that should happen, he was getting pelters from the crowd before he left and it was entirely predictable he would be found out quick in the other Conference so no surprise he has been released. Flyers are needing another Nickerson and Jason Pitton type for sure, most fans know they are a must have in this league but the cardboard cut-out has returned to year1 and underestimated yet again.
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Post by waterboy on Nov 24, 2015 10:34:10 GMT
Nearly all of the posters have been calling for an enforcer type d-man along with a power forward so why would we even consider bringing back Ned. Couldn't agree more, lack of skill is not our issue. Being intimidated and bullied out of games is (Todd's system's and c*** coaching aside). Ned is an amazing player and probably one of the top 3 skill guys in the league, but we all know he doesn't bring that to the table anything like enough. Look at it another way, we fell to 9th place over the weekend and we are only 2 points ahead of the blaze (they have 2 games in hand on us). A Blaze side who are having a shocker of a season and we are one win better of than them!! They gas an import so we should pick him up! That makes absolutely no sense to me. Folk on here said it before we played the Blaze earlier in the season hit Ned early on and hard and he won't be a factor in the game. Sounds like we would only compound our own issues by bringing him back in. We need to remember the issues in the dressing room from last season, we cleaned house this year because of that.
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Post by daviejojo on Nov 24, 2015 11:09:21 GMT
I guess my only comment above would be, we don't really know what the dressing room issues were. We seem to be continually having them, year after year. Maybe there's a common thread somewhere. I think Ned could still do be a huge player for Fife if he returned, however, I do agree, that under Todd, it would be pointless. In a team of 14 imports, you should be able to carry that luxury player, the guy who can express themselves, however, there needs to be a system in place that allows that, and dump and chase, certainly isn't it.
So I guess I have 2 answers. Under Todd, it would be pointless being Ned back. Under new direction, he'd definitely be on my target list
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Post by swarfiga on Nov 24, 2015 11:26:35 GMT
It's pointless being in the elite league under Todd
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Post by graz94 on Nov 24, 2015 12:02:59 GMT
Under Chuck Weber, a highly respected coach and Elite League Playoff winner, Ned couldn't cut it or change his ways.
What makes everyone think that any other coach (including Todd) could get any more out of this guy.
In fact lets give Todd a bit of credit here, he actually managed to get more production out of Ned than Chuck Weber or any other coach in his career could manage, so make of that what you will.
For what its worth Ned is not the answer, if we are going to continue to play dump and chase, we need 6 foot plus wingers that can actually hold a puck in the corner!
Tin hat on!
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Post by shutout on Nov 25, 2015 1:13:46 GMT
I would definitely welcome Ned back as currently we have no or little creativity in the team, not any players who can take the puck from one end of the ice to the other and keep the fans on the edge of their seat. Many players in this flyers team are boring to watch ie Stockton, Fox who don't offer much spark to the team, Even if Ned went missing in games, he won't be any different to the majority of the players and he is exciting to watch.
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Post by waterboy on Nov 25, 2015 10:04:19 GMT
I would definitely welcome Ned back as currently we have no or little creativity in the team, not any players who can take the puck from one end of the ice to the other and keep the fans on the edge of their seat. No that's not what we need IMO, our issue over the EIHL has been having players who try and skate the length of the ice with the puck and end up doing nothing with it or giving a turnover. Watch other teams they have set breakouts and smart passing to gain entry to our zone, there aren't many if any players that can skate through entire teams like they did in the Heineken days. How often did Ned try that or Reber (Danny still does and it costs us a goal on Saturday when he wouldn't pass the puck)yet end up skating around doing nothing. Our systems are poor hence why we have tried to reply on individual guys having great games, our team play has been woeful. The 8-3 win over the caps was how we should be playing, the guys played terrific and had some brilliant passing plays to break into the caps end and set up chances.
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ronniemac
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Post by ronniemac on Nov 25, 2015 10:16:06 GMT
There were a few times last year Ned got pelters from section B for being lazy and in effect a part time player who never turned up for every game, he has been chased out of a few teams for the same thing, i even saw photos of his own teams fans holding up messages on the plexi during warm ups telling him where to go. Neds first 3 shifts in a game told you where he was at and if they didn't go too well he was never in the game, it would very much be a backward step having him back, personally i would have fired him the first time round but it's the usual story at Kirkcaldy mind the purse.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Nov 27, 2015 16:08:52 GMT
esders leaves the clan with immediate effect
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