2017-2018 Signings Thread

[nm1]

Relying on 2 players week in week out, and they are first to confirm they are off, not good.

At least Dingle can do his thing in Coventry, and he will be protected, none of this team toughness ****, got to be a factor.

[zamboni]

We can't keep Dings forever
I am sure the club are just looking to freshen things up
But missing a handful of games and still finishing second top points scorer will be hard to replace
Maybe it's Dings choice to try something new a team with Brits that can contribute and 4 line hockey
With the new format of 3x4 Coventry could do very well
The guy is a class act and will be sorely missed
The club sure know how to get fans onside
Diffrent if Pr saying Dings has gone but we have signed this guy as a replacement

[waterboy]

I'm reading to much into this but in the playoff home game he was chasing down a puck in the last five minutes he gets upended and driven into the boards, not a single flyers player had his back they all simply skated away.
After 2 seasons of that I don't blame the guy, he was a target for rough play all year and nobody had his back. He wont have that problem in Coventry. You could sense his frustration in interviews through the season.

Flyers PR machine (more like a tonka truck) needs to step up a few gears and or they face more fans walking away completely.

[waterboy]

Listened to Danny's interview about signing Dingle and he admitted that they jumped in while Tam and co were debating about being in the league or not.

[zamboni]

www.spreaker.com/episode/11861400?utm_medium=widget&utm_term=episode_title&utm_source=user%3A9281330

Here it is

[waterboy]

Thanks Zamboni.

[zamboni]

The Club needs to come out and tell us why we let Ryan Dingle go
The close out meetings at end of last season surely Ryan Dingle was asked if he was interested in coming back for a third season
Or was Todd unable to offer anything on the basis that the ownership said no 7th season in EIHL or doubtful.
The Club knew it was happening as they announced Dingle was leaving then Coventry announced they had signed him.
Could be Dingle just wanted to know where he and his family were going to be based and took the job so he could enjoy the summer knowing he had secured a job, in a different place in an easier conference with Brits and Enforcers behind him.
Danny's interview easy to sell Coventry to Dingle, Fife not taking part next season Dings come play for me, no brainer for Dingle.
Right now we only have FFP article and a tweet from Alan Crow saying Dutes is the coach but no conformation from the club on any of their social media platforms which is very strange, latest buzz word is Fake News.
No news on Season tickets either all a bit strange but par for the course for Fife Flyers
Last seasons injuries was a disaster for the club paying for extra imports getting no return you can see why the club is trying to get the numbers reduced.
But we are either in or out and the Ownership has said we are in so why are we giving our best player away to a rival?

[zamboni]

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Maybe Dutes is not going to be the Coach why would he have let Dingle go doesn't make sense

[waterboy]

Allan Crow was asked how he knew it was true about Dutes returning his response was he wouldn't run the story if they weren't confident of their sources.

Dont think we ever made any offer to Ryan or any player infact.

Looks like we will have a very different team for the coming season, should be really good to watch for the first few weeks until the systems are in place!!

[reeceflyer1]

As much as I am upset about the loss of dingle I feel this is defiantly the best move for him other than returning to us
Coventry will be playing Guildford ,MK and Manchester in there conference and I feel Coventry will blow through that conference no bother and I could imagine Ryan acctually wants to win trophies with his kind of skill level he poseses
I feel maybe the return of schaber or brooks would defiantly revive the fife fans and give them some hope

[waterboy]

May 14, 2017 18:37:33 GMT reeceflyer1 said:

As much as I am upset about the loss of dingle I feel this is defiantly the best move for him other than returning to us
Coventry will be playing Guildford ,MK and Manchester in there conference and I feel Coventry will blow through that conference no bother and I could imagine Ryan acctually wants to win trophies with his kind of skill level he poseses
I feel maybe the return of schaber or brooks would defiantly revive the fife fans and give them some hope

Both Guildford and MK wont be an easy touch for the blaze, Guildford will be top half of the league I would bet.

Schaber and Brooks are good players and I would like to see both back but for me neither signing makes up for losing Dingle. We need to pull a big name out the hat to appease the fans for that loss. Someone along the lines of Chad Costello from the ECHL would be better to give fans hope.

[reeceflyer1]

personally to replace dingle it will take a lot but players like
Darien dzuirzynski and Justin faryna would defiantly become fan favourite just like dingle was

[waterboy]

I wasnt actually meaning from a fans favourite point of view more about the quality of player required to replace him. Faryna etc yeah we need guys like that. Dingle though a true top line centre and one of the top forwards in the league, That takes something special.

[swarfiga]

He's had no contact with the club since the end of season meeting where he left thinking he would be back, that's why he will have signed elsewhere, leaving the 6th placed team in the league to a team that didn't make the playoffs, think that tell us where this clubs headed

[coloradoflyer]

I was on the main website this morning and nothing about him leaving or anything not a jot wtf