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Post by johndabomb on Dec 28, 2015 10:33:57 GMT
Anyone know what happened to Steven McAlpine, Darren Ward and Adam Walker?
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spudeeelad
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Post by spudeeelad on Dec 28, 2015 10:48:36 GMT
Anyone know what happened to Steven McAlpine, Darren Ward and Adam Walker? Adam Walker retired.
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Post by spudeeelad on Dec 28, 2015 10:58:05 GMT
Put Brits on full time contracts and pay them properly, then Flyers will be able to attract a large number of decent Brits. Butare a Flyers prepared to pay what is required? I think we all know the answer! There is a lot more to it than just pay. IIRC, Fife have never had a Brit in Elite who wasn't from the area, which whilst honourable, isn't necessarily the best approach. I've said this before, but in the Brits department, with the possible exception of Braehead because they have money, the lack of any EPL teams or equivalent level in Scotland really hurts the Scottish teams I feel. I can't really think of any current top Brits who didn't have to do time in the EPL to get where they are now. Only exception that comes to mind is Ben O'Connor
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Post by coloradoflyer on Dec 28, 2015 11:07:40 GMT
Anyone know what happened to Steven McAlpine, Darren Ward and Adam Walker? Adam Walker retired. mcalpine took a job overseas think he plays over there
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Post by johndabomb on Dec 28, 2015 11:30:49 GMT
Lee Mitchell, Craig Mitchell, Adam Walker, Steven McAlpine, Tom Muir, Steven Gunn, Steven Chalmers and Craig Moore.
That would be a useful Kirkcaldy born Brit core with Plews and Marr coming through. It's a sad state that only two are on the books and even of the others and those who have left the game only McAlpine had any real EIHL hockey at the Flyers.
Get Leslie, Greger, Greig, Floyd and Cochrane on two ways now and don't lose the next generation too. Get them practicing with the squad and bleed them slowly in or in a few seasons we'll be left with Scoon and a few thirty plus has beens who never had it anyway.
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Post by spudeeelad on Dec 28, 2015 11:51:45 GMT
Get Leslie, Greger, Greig, Floyd and Cochrane on two ways now and don't lose the next generation too Easier said than done. Get them on 2 ways with who? It's pointless to put them in SNL or even ENL unless it was Invicta or Chelmsford, but then the players have 1000 mile round trips for training and games which isn't practical. Sheffield in EPL pretty much only employ local Brits, Hull aren't too stable but are looking better every week and Manchester can barely ice a team of 10 atm because of money issues. So, if you're talking about proposals that have to practical, there basically isn't any.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Dec 28, 2015 14:22:53 GMT
got wonder would the british game be a better state if we had 2 top british leagues with say 6-8 imports max rather than EIHL with almsot as many imports as you want and the epl then all the other ammy leagues
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Post by johndabomb on Dec 28, 2015 14:24:49 GMT
Get them two way between the Kestrels and the Flyers. Yes it's not ideal but it's better than nothing, Dundee bring through lads from the Comets and Edinburgh do it through their SNL side. If we can get guys to the Muir and Gunn standard then at least we can tick by. Keeping hold of the odd better standard player would see us sorted for Brits.
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Post by spudeeelad on Dec 28, 2015 22:38:13 GMT
got wonder would the british game be a better state if we had 2 top british leagues with say 6-8 imports max rather than EIHL with almsot as many imports as you want and the epl then all the other ammy leagues Yep. It would be best as Paul Thompson suggested couple years ago. Gradually reduce imports over 3-5 seasons
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Post by finchy on Dec 29, 2015 0:39:31 GMT
got wonder would the british game be a better state if we had 2 top british leagues with say 6-8 imports max rather than EIHL with almsot as many imports as you want and the epl then all the other ammy leagues Yep. It would be best as Paul Thompson suggested couple years ago. Gradually reduce imports over 3-5 seasons Good old Thommo. What's he done for British players since he came back to the league? Another hypocrite.
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Post by spudeeelad on Dec 29, 2015 11:53:28 GMT
Good old Thommo. What's he done for British players since he came back to the league? Another hypocrite. I think you have to look at it in context. The money and the shared vision is not there, Thommo already said that. Steelers are a club who demand success, they're not interested in juniors, they never have been. If someone offered him a job where he could influence the training of British players and offered the same money and then he didn't take it, then perhaps you could call him a hypocrite, but we don't have any evidence of that having happened yet.
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Post by flyers4eva on Dec 29, 2015 13:05:39 GMT
Isn't he supposed to be involved in an under 20s side as well?
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Post by spudeeelad on Dec 29, 2015 14:36:04 GMT
Isn't he supposed to be involved in an under 20s side as well? He said he wanted an Elite U20 side, but no idea if he's supposed to be involved with any as of this moment.
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