lefebvre interview

[tam]

just watched the interview after saturdays game even he says he couldnt believe we sat back on the two goal lead

[hockeylover]

But Dundee sat back when they had a one goal lead...

[Dirty Lyle]

Jan 18, 2016 9:59:25 GMT hockeylover said:

But Dundee sat back when they had a one goal lead...

Dundee did not still have 57 minutes still to play.

[finchy]

You'd think after losing so many leads this season we'd have learnt lessons about how to protect them.

Todd always says it's because forwards think it's 'points night' but it looks to me more like we become passive and allow teams to get a foothold back in.

That game on Saturday should have been done and dusted in the first period.

[waterboy]

One thing that gets me is if our guys are not doing what the coach expects them to why do you never see an import benched? I say import as we see it happening to our local guys from time to time.

Unless its happened and I have missed it. All the talk of guys doing their own thing or not sticking to the systems yet it never seems to be dealt with in game. I suppose when all our imports are fit that might change but I suspect we will cut one lose before the deadline.

[coloradoflyer]

that is my feeling waterboy if a player any player ios not doing what he is suppose to why is the coach not benching them don't care who it is get them benched if they ain't listening to what they are being told

[watcher]

Jan 18, 2016 13:03:01 GMT coloradoflyer said:

that is my feeling waterboy if a player any player ios not doing what he is suppose to why is the coach not benching them don't care who it is get them benched if they ain't listening to what they are being told

Maybe these players don't read the Fife Free Press and don't realise they are not doing what Todd is asking them to do!

[swarfiga]

It's funny how after 5 years he's still to find a team that doesn't "get off on their own agenda"... Real bad luck that Todd ya rocket

[grm]

We started the game fantastic with all lines playing good aggressive hockey but a crazy error with 20 seconds to go meant we only had a one goal lead and after that as Marc says we held back and then lost a nothing crazy goal with 4 seconds to go. His analysis us spit on and Todd said similar in his interview 
This was a game we lost through loss of energy and a couple of mistakes which happened at really bad times for us. We will all make mistakes only one guy born perfect and he was crucified so these things happen. What is disappointing is taking foot off the gas when u r on top stay on top till the fat lady sings. 
The first period IMO was as good as we have played since banking the blaze in game one and I was really optimistic 
our players are good enough and as good as Dundee / manchester / Coventry we just need to play hard for 60 minutes 
so let's get behind them and push them to play the first period way for 60 minutes cause playing like that we can compete with every other team home and away. 

[Billkmc]

Jan 18, 2016 16:57:12 GMT grm said:

We will all make mistakes only one guy born perfect and he was crucified

Spartacus??

[waterboy]

Jan 18, 2016 16:57:12 GMT grm said:

We started the game fantastic with all lines playing good aggressive hockey but a crazy error with 20 seconds to go meant we only had a one goal lead and after that as Marc says we held back and then lost a nothing crazy goal with 4 seconds to go. His analysis us spit on and Todd said similar in his interview 
This was a game we lost through loss of energy and a couple of mistakes which happened at really bad times for us. We will all make mistakes only one guy born perfect and he was crucified so these things happen. What is disappointing is taking foot off the gas when u r on top stay on top till the fat lady sings. 
The first period IMO was as good as we have played since banking the blaze in game one and I was really optimistic 
our players are good enough and as good as Dundee / manchester / Coventry we just need to play hard for 60 minutes 
so let's get behind them and push them to play the first period way for 60 minutes cause playing like that we can compete with every other team home and away. 

So if our players are good enough (not all of them are IMO)why are we sitting in 7th looking over our shoulders to see if we make the playoffs. Make no mistake we are in the fight for a playoff spot. Our 2 games against the blaze could define our season. Storm are getting bodies back and just wont go away.

Playing well for almost a full period doesn't mean we can compete with any other team, in fact this season shows just how little we have progressed as a club in the last 4 years. Still the same mistakes being made, and still using the same out dated system that every other team see's a mile off.
It all points to one thing our coaches, poor recruitment poor systems no development of home grown guys.

Its been said so many times but this club will never get better with our current set up.

[bobdee]

How can anyone disagree with this, but no one is or wants to listen. We apparently are happy to be in the league and just bumble along. Sad really.

[grm]

My views are
1. There are 4 Arena teams plus Cardiff so unless we start to get income at their level we will be like Everton, Spurs, a team that on any night can beat one of the big teams but over a season are unlikely to break into the top five
2. As fans we need to be realistic about that or do we spend like idiots and disappear into oblivion like Leeds united
3.Our imports are competitive against our nearest competitors, Dundee , manchester, Coventry and edinburgh
4.  Our Brits are not good enough, gunn and Muir are competitive but nobody else is
5. we are not balanced as a team and apart from when Jason Pitton played have had no power forward to win the puck and support our top line.
6. Our recruitment esp of Brits is shocking
7. We are too nice as a team  
so in conclusion unless things change significantly we will never be a top 5 team - we should be aiming to be an easy sixth - we need to balance our team better and we need to really think about our Brits 

[swarfiga]

I may be off the mark here but these big budget arena teams also have huge overheads that flyers simply don't for example housing in these cities, ice costs, arena rent for games etc. I wouldn't be that surprised if we aren't too far behind in terms of profit by the end of the year. I believe Simms (yes he's a complete tool) has said the same in the past.

[finchy]

Jan 19, 2016 23:02:33 GMT swarfiga said:

I may be off the mark here but these big budget arena teams also have huge overheads that flyers simply don't for example housing in these cities, ice costs, arena rent for games etc. I wouldn't be that surprised if we aren't too far behind in terms of profit by the end of the year. I believe Simms (yes he's a complete tool) has said the same in the past.

Simms has said in the past that non arena teams like Flyers pay £200,000 to £300,000 less for ice time alone compared to the arena teams. Obviously the bigger crowds compensate somewhat but it may not be quite the uneven playing field we think.

I believe that a club like Flyers, managed properly from top to bottom and getting the 2,500- 3,000 crowds we all know are there when we're punching our weight can compete with the big guns. I honestly believe that. Coventry dominated the game for several years on crowds similar to ours- Cardiff likewise. I really thought in years 2 and 3 we were making decent progress but we've not kicked on.