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Post by redtussell44 on Aug 16, 2016 14:23:38 GMT
Also just watched Todd's interview. Stunned by his arrogance to suggest a correlation between Having an enforcer and the fact we were 9th in the league. Like it was Nickers fault we were so low in the standings. Nothing to do with players going missing for games ie Ned etc. If there was ever a time to have an enforcer its THIS SEASON. The Clan have 3 guys that can go at anytime, Caps have a solid enforcer and the Stars also have a couple guys who can mix it up. The level of Ego from Todd is frightening in this interview.
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Post by bleubrazil on Aug 16, 2016 14:29:10 GMT
Just watched Todds interview part 2 today, firstly fair play to Ali for asking a couple decent questions.... He's pretty much said the last D man won't be the tough guy most want, and also which I find f#%*ing staggering that not all the team will be here by Monday 22nd. Most teams are already here starting camp, a couple have already played a game or 2, well done Todd and Tam, bloody fantastic. I dont think it matters that much when the players arrive. The whole squad looks as if they ae the kind of players who look afte themslves and we really could have the making of a good sde here. Of course, the failure to sign an enforcer is inexplicable, even from the cash point of view as our sttendances would have been consierably higher. But, as I said, we have the making of a team of fast forwards and we wuld be better getting some new songs ready for our scorers as t here will be plenty of opportunities to sing them. Cant wait until the lights go out and the flyers come out on to the ice. COYF
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Post by redtussell44 on Aug 16, 2016 14:37:23 GMT
Just watched Todds interview part 2 today, firstly fair play to Ali for asking a couple decent questions.... He's pretty much said the last D man won't be the tough guy most want, and also which I find f#%*ing staggering that not all the team will be here by Monday 22nd. Most teams are already here starting camp, a couple have already played a game or 2, well done Todd and Tam, bloody fantastic. I dont think it matters that much when the players arrive. The whole squad looks as if they ae the kind of players who look afte themslves and we really could have the making of a good sde here. Of course, the failure to sign an enforcer is inexplicable, even from the cash point of view as our sttendances would have been consierably higher. But, as I said, we have the making of a team of fast forwards and we wuld be better getting some new songs ready for our scorers as t here will be plenty of opportunities to sing them. Cant wait until the lights go out and the flyers come out on to the ice. COYF Of course it matters when the team arrives, get to know your new team-mates, build relationships with your new line-mates, build up team fitness together. Most teams have started there pre season this week. Flyers are an amateur club run by amateurs. That gets more apparent as every season passes.
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Post by bobdee on Aug 16, 2016 14:39:24 GMT
Just watched Todds interview part 2 today, firstly fair play to Ali for asking a couple decent questions.... He's pretty much said the last D man won't be the tough guy most want, and also which I find f#%*ing staggering that not all the team will be here by Monday 22nd. Most teams are already here starting camp, a couple have already played a game or 2, well done Todd and Tam, bloody fantastic. The rush for visas now seems to blow a hole in the nonsense spouted earlier that we had a team signed but not announced. We still waiting for the last signing. Will that happen before the season starts I ask ironically.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Aug 16, 2016 15:15:49 GMT
start date 22nd august same week we play the German team in pre season, jesus wept there may be troubles ahead
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Post by waterboy on Aug 16, 2016 15:20:30 GMT
Also just watched Todd's interview. Stunned by his arrogance to suggest a correlation between Having an enforcer and the fact we were 9th in the league. Like it was Nickers fault we were so low in the standings. Nothing to do with players going missing for games ie Ned etc. If there was ever a time to have an enforcer its THIS SEASON. The Clan have 3 guys that can go at anytime, Caps have a solid enforcer and the Stars also have a couple guys who can mix it up. The level of Ego from Todd is frightening in this interview. Just watched it myself, you can see the arrogance of the man in full effect. Players most likely not in on time that's just yet another b/s excuse for how this club operates. Matt being given the blame for the team being 9th in the league at one point unbelievable statement to make. Apparently we are all baying for blood and want to watch our team beat somebody up and win games.......yeah Todd its called Hockey maybe you should try to remember what this game is meant to be about. Fast and skillful without doubt, hard and physical just as much. Has the game moved on off course but to suggest that tough physical players are not needed in this league for this season is beyond a joke. Our top scoring defenceman Rioux had to stand up for himself against Hottham last year and could easily have gotten hurt. Players like him shouldn't be having to deal with that. Can you see fitzy letting that go if he was on our team. Steelers won the league with the toughest guy in the league in their line up last season. Clan have openly stated that they went to far the opposite way last year and boy have they fixed it for this season. Nice that he brings up Ryan Dingle as not being afraid to go out onto the ice, kinda missing the point there Todd. Sorry folks but watching that just makes me expect another c*** season with Todd driving fans away with **** boring hockey. Does he really not remember fans walking out of games because it was that terrible to watch last year.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Aug 16, 2016 15:25:02 GMT
we were cack in October and November we got pummelled on our own ice by Manchester in November it was horrible to watch
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Post by waterboy on Aug 16, 2016 15:52:14 GMT
To be fair to Todd should any of us really expect anything else from him, his track record shows us this is exactly what to expect. Hell when he cant even scout an opposition team that are playing games on TV why should we expect him to step up and organise the team to be in place for the start of the season.
2 words come to mind "Gong Show". For anyone wondering what that means.
Or in our case pretty much 24/7.
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Post by amazepux on Aug 16, 2016 16:08:47 GMT
I know this is an unpopular opinion with most on here but I don't believe Sheffield won the league because of having an enforcer..it was skill Accountability on the ice to fend off cheap shotters (cheats) is what's needed..players who will stand up...maybe that's what we have... fighting isn't what the sport of hockey is about...it maybe 'satisfies' the baying crowd for a few minutes though...that maybe says more about the baying crowd...give me fast skill hockey with controlled aggression any day of the week...
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Post by mavor1987 on Aug 16, 2016 16:29:14 GMT
I know this is an unpopular opinion with most on here but I don't believe Sheffield won the league because of having an enforcer..it was skill Accountability on the ice to fend off cheap shotters (cheats) is what's needed..players who will stand up...maybe that's what we have... fighting isn't what the sport of hockey is about...it maybe 'satisfies' the baying crowd for a few minutes though...that maybe says more about the baying crowd...give me fast skill hockey with controlled aggression any day of the week... +1
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Post by mtsparky69 on Aug 16, 2016 18:00:01 GMT
Proving ourselves to be top fans in the league again guys. Never heard so much whinging about a tough guy. I'm happy that the goons will fight it out and take the suspensions. We had no more injuries than anyone else last season. Guess time will tell but for crying out loud get behind the team and stop being so negative before a puck is even dropped.
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Post by bobdee on Aug 16, 2016 18:08:27 GMT
Also just watched Todd's interview. Stunned by his arrogance to suggest a correlation between Having an enforcer and the fact we were 9th in the league. Like it was Nickers fault we were so low in the standings. Nothing to do with players going missing for games ie Ned etc. If there was ever a time to have an enforcer its THIS SEASON. The Clan have 3 guys that can go at anytime, Caps have a solid enforcer and the Stars also have a couple guys who can mix it up. The level of Ego from Todd is frightening in this interview. Just watched it myself, you can see the arrogance of the man in full effect. Players most likely not in on time that's just yet another b/s excuse for how this club operates. Matt being given the blame for the team being 9th in the league at one point unbelievable statement to make. Apparently we are all baying for blood and want to watch our team beat somebody up and win games.......yeah Todd its called Hockey maybe you should try to remember what this game is meant to be about. Fast and skillful without doubt, hard and physical just as much. Has the game moved on off course but to suggest that tough physical players are not needed in this league for this season is beyond a joke. Our top scoring defenceman Rioux had to stand up for himself against Hottham last year and could easily have gotten hurt. Players like him shouldn't be having to deal with that. Can you see fitzy letting that go if he was on our team. Steelers won the league with the toughest guy in the league in their line up last season. Clan have openly stated that they went to far the opposite way last year and boy have they fixed it for this season. Nice that he brings up Ryan Dingle as not being afraid to go out onto the ice, kinda missing the point there Todd. Sorry folks but watching that just makes me expect another c*** season with Todd driving fans away with **** boring hockey. Does he really not remember fans walking out of games because it was that terrible to watch last year. It is quite frightening that a coach. who I think is second rate, has such arrogance. We saw rubbish for much of last season and it is overlooked and ignored. I truly hope that this poor arrogant coach doesn't bring the Flyers to their knees. We need support coming through the gates and should we get the same c*** as last season will the support keep wasting their money?
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Post by tackleberry on Aug 16, 2016 18:34:34 GMT
I know this is an unpopular opinion with most on here but I don't believe Sheffield won the league because of having an enforcer..it was skill Accountability on the ice to fend off cheap shotters (cheats) is what's needed..players who will stand up...maybe that's what we have... fighting isn't what the sport of hockey is about...it maybe 'satisfies' the baying crowd for a few minutes though...that maybe says more about the baying crowd...give me fast skill hockey with controlled aggression any day of the week... Ah but Sheffield actually also had a gritty team, a real gritty team, not Todds idea of a gritty team. Fitzgerald apart, they also had Desbiens throwing his size about, Roy willing to stand in front of the goals, Eddy would stand up to anyone, It's called team balance, something that all the other coaches have mentioned when assembling their squads for this season. Players took liberties against us last season, Didiomete, Faryna, Rutherford, Valabik etc etc, don't see that changing this season, and it's not pretty to watch. What do you think Finnerty's tactics are going to be this season against us? He would be doing his team a disservice if he doesn't tell them to get physical against us, and I for one would have liked to see us be able to stand up to this element of the game. Other teams have every base covered, Todd has left us vulnerable to the physical side of the game again
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Post by redtussell44 on Aug 16, 2016 18:53:03 GMT
Proving ourselves to be top fans in the league again guys. Never heard so much whinging about a tough guy. I'm happy that the goons will fight it out and take the suspensions. We had no more injuries than anyone else last season. Guess time will tell but for crying out loud get behind the team and stop being so negative before a puck is even dropped. How many suspensions did Nicker get last season?
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Post by thebear on Aug 16, 2016 18:59:43 GMT
The main gripe here is Todds ignorance to what is going on around the league with other teams. Everyone else has at least one big guy who will be their main guy who will stick up for their team mates and deal with players taking cheap shots etc, they also all have atleast another "gritty" hard hitting guy who again will stick up for their team and deal with thugs. Who on our team do we have that fits that bill? there is a huge difference between "not afraid to go on the ice" to actually being able to defend yourself & team. I havent watched any of Todd's interviews and dont intend to as I stopped watching him last season due to being able to predict what was gonna come out of his mouth. The fact that he is blaming Nickerson for being 9th just sums up Todd, If it wasn't for Matt I recon we would have been a lot worse off, possibility of guys getting hurt etc, yeah he may have been a bit of a liability at times but guys thought twice after he skated up towards them. Todd has made it clear since Matts departure he doesnt want a fighter/tough guy. We don't have a team that looks capable of defending itself it was the same as last year, the one that sticks in my mind was a game against Sheffield were Lee was winding up Fitzy and he basically grabbed him and started Rag Dolling him and he and others did NOTHING! Matt would have put him on his backside if he was still in the team, what was to stop Fitzy starting to Leather him like what Valabik done to Sachetti and could have seriously injured him and whats to stop any other big goon doing the same this season to injure our speedy skilled players? Right now I can't see anyone standing up to Fitzy, Rosehill or Neilson this season from our squad. I'm not asking for a 6'5 Goon who can only swing his fists, I wanted a team full of Fast, Hard Hitting, Gritty, Tough Players which we have none, by the looks of things. I'm not denying we have some great players signed but what good are they when the injuries start to appear due to the Goonery and it will happen
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