Billkmc
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EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
NHL Team: Calgary Flames
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Post by Billkmc on Jun 9, 2016 10:55:16 GMT
Latest from the club regarding pre season games: Considering the Season starts a week later I assume they are planning on other games the following weekend, or they might be planning to not play that weekend and give the team 2 weeks between playing pre season and the first game!!! Have they changed the normal start dates to the season? I've not seen any news saying the seasons starting later but if I'm honest I've not paid as much attention to the EIHL news this season as it's normally other teams news and not ours  |
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Post by waterboy on Jun 9, 2016 12:56:26 GMT
Dave Simms has mentioned it a few times and I know Coventry have this pre season planned:
Season starts 10th 11th September (steeelers play one challenge cup game during the weekend of the 3rd/4th Sept to fit in around their CHL campaign).
Sounds crazy that we would play 2 pre season games then not play the following weekend, at least then the team would have a 2 week training camp.
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tam
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Post by tam on Jun 9, 2016 13:16:12 GMT
but we need two weeks to get used to todds systems.
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Post by waterboy on Jun 9, 2016 13:34:01 GMT
but we need two minutes to get used to todds systems. Saw you made a wee mistake so fixed it for you! |
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Post by jaymac on Jun 10, 2016 16:56:45 GMT
It’s almost like taking a time machine back to the 80’s every time you player there, and that can be pretty cool. On the other hand, I was not a fan of the plexi-glass situation. In my opinion, there definitely should be plexi-glass around the whole rink, as not having it really affects the game. That said, the glass and the boards behind the net are far too hard and probably caused a few injuries that could have been avoided. I wouldn't say in the article he slates the professionalism, but definitely had issue with the rink |
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Post by happydaysdancer on Jun 11, 2016 6:00:42 GMT
Yeah reading it he looks back fondly, only issue was with the boards
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Post by flyersfan on Jun 11, 2016 9:40:51 GMT
Even Clare Freeman (Does Manchester Storms podcasts) has commented how bizarre it is for Flyers to be tweeting about season tickets when we only have 3 players announced.
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Post by zamboni on Jun 11, 2016 11:15:12 GMT
Even Clare Freeman (Does Manchester Storms podcasts) has commented how bizarre it is for Flyers to be tweeting about season tickets when we only have 3 players announced. Buying your season ticket saves you standing queuing at that front door waiting to get a ticket and a seat That alone saves you anxiety attack Fans are frustrated and understandable as they want to be reading about the Fife Flyers team rather than the other 9 teams The club has issued a few holding responses could be for a number of reasons maybe the spokesperson is on holiday and don't want to put anything out that will be criticized for sounding unprofessional, there is no signings to announce, perhaps Todd has not got around to looking for a new team yet as there is still 10 weeks till season starts. Who knows but we should have the bones of a team come end of August pay your money and take a chance its the Fife Way The Euros have started with all the home nation teams participating bar one, only 51 games left to watch......... |
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Post by waterboy on Jun 11, 2016 11:23:45 GMT
Even Clare Freeman (Does Manchester Storms podcasts) has commented how bizarre it is for Flyers to be tweeting about season tickets when we only have 3 players announced. Buying your season ticket saves you standing queuing at that front door waiting to get a ticket and a seat That alone saves you anxiety attack Fans are frustrated and understandable as they want to be reading about the Fife Flyers team rather than the other 9 teams The club has issued a few holding responses could be for a number of reasons maybe the spokesperson is on holiday and don't want to put anything out that will be criticized for sounding unprofessional, there is no signings to announce, perhaps Todd has not got around to looking for a new team yet as there is still 10 weeks till season starts. Who knows but we should have the bones of a team come end of August pay your money and take a chance its the Fife Way The Euros have started with all the home nation teams participating bar one, only 51 games left to watch......... Only ten weeks to go and we should have the bones of a team by end of August. Sorry Zamboni but your in dream world. The teams in this league are finally realising that a good pre season is key to the season and league success. Steelers and Clan proved it early in last season. We are seeing other teams organise 6 pre season games and holding 2/3 week training camps. These will run during August, when you say we should have part of a team signed??? Visa's work permits etc take a number of weeks to go through so the timetable to get imports organised/signed up is very short. This league is becoming more and more professional unfortunately Flyers are making themselves look bad in this regard. Pumping out tweets about "buy your season ticket now" with little o interaction with their fan base and no signing news. 9 other teams get it our one is stuck in the past . |
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Post by coloradoflyer on Jun 11, 2016 12:04:27 GMT
from the Manchester website.
SEASON TICKETS: The Go Goodwin’s Coaches sponsored Manchester Storm are pleased to announce that season tickets for the 2016/17 Elite Ice Hockey League season are now available to purchase. Season Tickets can be ordered online or by calling the box office on 0161 926 8782, or in person at the box office.
This evening (Thursday the 9th of June) at 7pm, Manchester Storm’s General Manager, Neil Russell, will be taking over the official Storm’s Twitter account to answer all your questions! So if you ever wondered who his favourite Power Ranger was, or why he loves Veda bread so much… now’s your chance!
Be sure to follow the Storm’s Twitter account by clicking HERE, and to ask questions use the hashtag #AskTheGM!!
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Post by mtsparky69 on Jun 11, 2016 12:49:15 GMT
Why would Todd or Tam Muir go on twitter to answer questions? Would be okay if it was sensible questions but it would be a platform for all the abuse and negativity judging by this forum. I rekon if flyers announced signings early and had a squad by now they would get hammered by fans if they struggled for not taking more time so dammed if you do dammed if you dont.
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flyersforlife01
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EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
NHL Team: Pittsburgh Penguins
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Post by flyersforlife01 on Jun 11, 2016 13:50:57 GMT
Why would Todd or Tam Muir go on twitter to answer questions? Would be okay if it was sensible questions but it would be a platform for all the abuse and negativity judging by this forum. I rekon if flyers announced signings early and had a squad by now they would get hammered by fans if they struggled for not taking more time so dammed if you do dammed if you dont. Time to criticise is if we don't have a full team when preseason starts, just don't understand what is the urgency to have a team 10 weeks prior. I would rather we take our time and make sure we are getting team players so we don't have a bad changing room. |
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Post by waterboy on Jun 11, 2016 16:18:57 GMT
Why would Todd or Tam Muir go on twitter to answer questions? Would be okay if it was sensible questions but it would be a platform for all the abuse and negativity judging by this forum. I rekon if flyers announced signings early and had a squad by now they would get hammered by fans if they struggled for not taking more time so dammed if you do dammed if you dont. Time to criticise is if we don't have a full team when preseason starts, just don't understand what is the urgency to have a team 10 weeks prior. I would rather we take our time and make sure we are getting team players so we don't have a bad changing room. We are at the halfway point of the off season, 10 weeks gone and 10 weeks until players will be coming to the country. Exactly how much time needs to pass before any urgency is required. We are not at the panic stage yet, but when you look around the league and see what every single other team is doing its hard not to be slightly concerned by Flyers lack of progress on the signing front. We are miles behind other clubs, I have said it before but the Steelers are in full flow with strength and conditioning programmes with their players, they have control in what these guys are doing because the club have invested in a full-time strength and conditioning coach. That work will pay of massively during the season. Our local guys are lifting some weights and are left to get on with it, our imports are well obviously we have no clue what they are doing. I wonder which club is likely to have more success this season. Paul Thompson said it 2 years ago when he came across for the pre season friendlies with Aalborg his players were athletes first then hockey players it clearly stuck with him as he brought it to sheffield by bringing in Danny Mawer. He has gone and brought in a terrific assistant coach in Jerry Andersson a guy with over 20 years experience in Sweden. We have Todd!! At least in previous years he had Danny to share the workload with (some might say Danny actually did more than Todd) Todd has only recruited once himself for this league and that was back in the first season were he by his own admission got it drastically wrong. So forgive me if halfway through the off season I hear words like "challenging" and "hold ups that are in his control" and it makes me wonder just what the hell is going on with our team. Look the club might have 15 imports signed and 2 new full-time brits and everything is all smelling of roses, BUT as it stands we know we have 3 guys returning and offers out to guys but in Todds own words he is finding it very challenging getting these upgrades. |
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Jun 11, 2016 17:28:59 GMT
Pretty sure we have 2 if not 3 others signed, why Tommy is not wanting it released yet I do not know.
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Post by bobdee on Jun 11, 2016 18:14:32 GMT
Time to criticise is if we don't have a full team when preseason starts, just don't understand what is the urgency to have a team 10 weeks prior. I would rather we take our time and make sure we are getting team players so we don't have a bad changing room. We are at the halfway point of the off season, 10 weeks gone and 10 weeks until players will be coming to the country. Exactly how much time needs to pass before any urgency is required. We are not at the panic stage yet, but when you look around the league and see what every single other team is doing its hard not to be slightly concerned by Flyers lack of progress on the signing front. We are miles behind other clubs, I have said it before but the Steelers are in full flow with strength and conditioning programmes with their players, they have control in what these guys are doing because the club have invested in a full-time strength and conditioning coach. That work will pay of massively during the season. Our local guys are lifting some weights and are left to get on with it, our imports are well obviously we have no clue what they are doing. I wonder which club is likely to have more success this season. Paul Thompson said it 2 years ago when he came across for the pre season friendlies with Aalborg his players were athletes first then hockey players it clearly stuck with him as he brought it to sheffield by bringing in Danny Mawer. He has gone and brought in a terrific assistant coach in Jerry Andersson a guy with over 20 years experience in Sweden. We have Todd!! At least in previous years he had Danny to share the workload with (some might say Danny actually did more than Todd) Todd has only recruited once himself for this league and that was back in the first season were he by his own admission got it drastically wrong. So forgive me if halfway through the off season I hear words like "challenging" and "hold ups that are in his control" and it makes me wonder just what the hell is going on with our team. Look the club might have 15 imports signed and 2 new full-time brits and everything is all smelling of roses, BUT as it stands we know we have 3 guys returning and offers out to guys but in Todds own words he is finding it very challenging getting these upgrades. Couldn't agree more. It is almost like we have surrendered to the fact, by keeping Todd, that we cannot really compete. Truly sad. Professionalism seems to be lacking. |
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