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Post by swarfiga on Aug 18, 2017 13:17:34 GMT
Agree with flyer007 even though I do think a couple won't be up to it but still once again it's going to come down to 3/4 positions that stop us kicking on, even if it's true that the budget has been cut it doesn't mean you can't get some size and power in the line up, looks to me like we've once again signed a group of ok players but all will be fairly similar and we have not signed a team, we have signed 1 maybe 2 bloody well balanced lines in 6 going on 7 years! That's absolutely shocking
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Post by swarfiga on Aug 18, 2017 13:18:22 GMT
And by the way if the budget has been cut why on earth do we have 2 bench coaches
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Post by tackleberry on Aug 18, 2017 13:19:05 GMT
Very frustrating because we have the basis of a very good team but some signings are just plain lazy and bizarre. Really! I honestly can't see where we have the basis of a very good team. Out of the import signings so far only Iles, Moyer, Young, Schaber, Le blanc and Gautier are doing it for me, the rest look average at best and in a few cases mediocre. I know that's only on paper and I may be proved wrong for better or worse by a few of the players but I can't see anything other than a long, hard, boring season of hockey as well as being battered, bruised and bullied again ( thanks TD and JH ). If you thought Shane Owen was overworked last season I predict Andy Iles will be seeing an unprecedented amount of rubber this season.
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Post by stewartgibson on Aug 18, 2017 13:28:44 GMT
Very frustrating because we have the basis of a very good team but some signings are just plain lazy and bizarre. Really! I honestly can't see where we have the basis of a very good team. Out of the import signings so far only Iles, Moyer, Young, Schaber, Le blanc and Gautier are doing it for me, the rest look average at best and in a few cases mediocre. I know that's only on paper and I may be proved wrong for better or worse by a few of the players but I can't see anything other than a long, hard, boring season of hockey as well as being battered, bruised and bullied again ( thanks TD and JH ). If you thought Shane Owen was overworked last season I predict Andy Iles will be seeing an unprecedented amount of rubber this season. mate youve literally just listed a good core of a team.
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Post by waterboy on Aug 18, 2017 13:48:12 GMT
He has listed one line going against teams with 4 very good lines.
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Post by johndabomb on Aug 18, 2017 14:05:53 GMT
I genuinly think that out of all our import forwards there isn't a single one which taken by itself I'd be unhappy with.
A couple (Stockton and Heelis) are gambles due to injuries but this is expected with our budget.
Finucci isn't a world beater but he's good enough for our third line and scores points.
Mosey on a try out looks like a pretty good grinder with at 91kg decent size who can chip in with points in my opinion.
Problem is that whilst LeBlanc, Stockton, Bloodoff, Schaber, Gauthier and possibly Heelis could be top 6 quality forwards, at least two of them will need to play where they wouldn't normally because we haven't signed a single right sided winger other than a guy on a try out!
Similarily the D so far looks Ok but there are real issues over size, toughness and speed when you look at it as a whole.
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Post by johnmcg41 on Aug 18, 2017 14:25:38 GMT
Mitch Nylen is our final D man after today's announcement Kevin Quick I reckon thats why Stocks has moved his number
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Post by tackleberry on Aug 18, 2017 14:28:36 GMT
Really! I honestly can't see where we have the basis of a very good team. Out of the import signings so far only Iles, Moyer, Young, Schaber, Le blanc and Gautier are doing it for me, the rest look average at best and in a few cases mediocre. I know that's only on paper and I may be proved wrong for better or worse by a few of the players but I can't see anything other than a long, hard, boring season of hockey as well as being battered, bruised and bullied again ( thanks TD and JH ). If you thought Shane Owen was overworked last season I predict Andy Iles will be seeing an unprecedented amount of rubber this season. mate youve literally just listed a good core of a team. Get what you're saying mate but that's only enough players for one good line, now if they had backed up these guys with players of a similar ilk and added 1 or 2 budget signings we might have been on to something, but for me the poor signings far outweigh the good ones so quite a long way off having a good team.
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Post by perthfifeflyer on Aug 18, 2017 14:56:27 GMT
To me it's clear these are panic signings. Your not telling me Carlo wasn't interested in signing again at the end of last season. He would have bitten Todds hand off after last season finished at a return. Carlo is back cause they're panicking.
No disrespect to Carlo. He's good enough to have a position here on our third line with the right team mates. But once again, he's exactly the opposite of what we need.
On paper this side looks weaker than last years and I have zero interest in traveling from Perth to any games.
Gone are the days in the Nickerson era where 2 full car loads of us went to every home game in the season.
Last year I went to a handful of games at the start of the year by myself. This year won't be much different.
What a crazy world our club live in.
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Post by waterboy on Aug 18, 2017 15:01:13 GMT
What was it someone said a few days back " let's wait for the final signings before writing off our chances" we'll consider them well and truly written off!
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Post by swarfiga on Aug 18, 2017 15:05:02 GMT
Aye we're done, id be astonished if we get anywhere near the play offs
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Post by stewartgibson on Aug 18, 2017 15:05:49 GMT
Todd doesnt even like european players!!
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Post by flyer007 on Aug 18, 2017 15:06:30 GMT
The panic has set in. I mean our 3 right handed D. Isaacs or Birzins I could accept but one of them is going to be on the first line.
Hutchys interview a few weeks back has turned out to be a cokplete PR disaster,
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Post by flyer007 on Aug 18, 2017 15:07:59 GMT
Our final signing will need to be someone like Gui Lepine a big marquee name. If it's Nylan we are screwed who is going to protect our tendy
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Post by swarfiga on Aug 18, 2017 15:08:45 GMT
Even if it's Lepine now he's not enough with the rest
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