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Post by jeeves on Feb 16, 2019 22:43:30 GMT
Not only the title of one of New Orders finest albums....but describes the EIHL. Time to bale out after this season? I would be happy to join a lower tier better administrated BNL type set up. Am completely disenchanted with whole EIHL affair. Any thoughts?
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finchy
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EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
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Post by finchy on Feb 17, 2019 1:01:52 GMT
There’s not a viable alternative as much as this league stinks.
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Post by tackleberry on Feb 17, 2019 1:25:27 GMT
Not only the title of one of New Orders finest albums....but describes the EIHL. Time to bale out after this season? I would be happy to join a lower tier better administrated BNL type set up. Am completely disenchanted with whole EIHL affair. Any thoughts? I can see where you’re coming from, the EIHL has pished all over the Flyers, firstly the Neilson affair, now the Storm debacle.....if only there was a viable alternative!
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Post by jeeves on Feb 17, 2019 1:28:48 GMT
I believe there could be...I think the EIHL is rotten to the core and it's possible to create a league without the Arena teams. They can go rot. The EIHL is self perpetuating and self sering. .doing nothing for national development or Juniors. It's laces the pockets of individuals and frustrates and defeats fan bases. .let's get out!
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Post by jeeves on Feb 17, 2019 1:32:06 GMT
I believe there could be...I think the EIHL is rotten to the core and it's possible to create a league without the Arena teams. They can go rot. The EIHL is self perpetuating and self serving. .doing nothing for national development or Juniors. It laces the pockets of individuals and frustrates and defeats fan bases. .let's get out!
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Post by tackleberry on Feb 17, 2019 1:47:56 GMT
I couldn’t agree more, they threw the Caps out not long after throwing money at the Storm...go figure. The same fate awaits the Flyers and Stars once they can get their London team up and running....and any other team that might be interested in joining south of the border.
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Post by boschman76 on Feb 17, 2019 8:20:35 GMT
In any sport you want to compete against the best ice hockey is no different the eihl is the best at this moment in time and as a professional league isn't set up to develop junior players as In any professional sport it is all about results rightly or wrongly. Going back to the the debacle of last Sunday as some people are calling it the biggest surprise to me is that people are actually surprised anyone who has watched a finnerty coached team over the years know how they are going to play they go out to intimidate and if you let them you will get beat the sad part for me was that not one team mate challenged any of the cheap shot artists who put crowder and aarensen out the game as I'm sure if the shoe had been on the other foot and we had put 2 off there players out the game there would have been swift retribution sought and its no good saying they all stood together at the end of the game this should have been taken care of during the game
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Post by joestoyanovich on Feb 17, 2019 10:38:51 GMT
I hate the EIHL and all it stands for. Elite ice hockey league, don't make me laugh, 10th rate washed up import holiday beer league more like, one in which any thought of progressing british talent is lost, Todd Dutaime takes care of that part at Kirkcaldy.
I'd jump ship tomorrow if there were an alternative.
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grm
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Post by grm on Feb 17, 2019 17:43:05 GMT
Gents let’s get real do we want to go back to the SNL days of winning 15-0 and players like scoonie and Jamie thought they were superstars The eihl is the top league in uk and personally really enjoy watching players like - joey martin , Gleason Fournier , Jim Vandermeer , pither etc And also think our brits like Buesa, cochrane and Smith will learns playing against these guys but also playing with schaber, bulmer, pinkston , aarsen etc
I agree we need to look at team toughness as a philosophy as our team do not hold others to account - don’t need a Matt but need to hold ourselves and others to account
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Post by chasingthepuck on Feb 17, 2019 18:19:15 GMT
I think if Fife, racers, whitley, billingham, Blackburn and solway and some of the former epl team wanted to make a new epl style league I bet they could do it
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Post by jeeves on Feb 17, 2019 18:24:33 GMT
In any sport you want to compete against the best ice hockey is no different the eihl is the best at this moment in time and as a professional league isn't set up to develop junior players as In any professional sport it is all about results rightly or wrongly. Going back to the the debacle of last Sunday as some people are calling it the biggest surprise to me is that people are actually surprised anyone who has watched a finnerty coached team over the years know how they are going to play they go out to intimidate and if you let them you will get beat the sad part for me was that not one team mate challenged any of the cheap shot artists who put crowder and aarensen out the game as I'm sure if the shoe had been on the other foot and we had put 2 off there players out the game there would have been swift retribution sought and its no good saying they all stood together at the end of the game this should have been taken care of during the game jings do you know what a comma or a full stop is..couldnt care what you are saying it's unreadable. ...dfrsfhdsusgh
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Post by swarfiga on Feb 17, 2019 19:33:52 GMT
In any sport you want to compete against the best ice hockey is no different the eihl is the best at this moment in time and as a professional league isn't set up to develop junior players as In any professional sport it is all about results rightly or wrongly. Going back to the the debacle of last Sunday as some people are calling it the biggest surprise to me is that people are actually surprised anyone who has watched a finnerty coached team over the years know how they are going to play they go out to intimidate and if you let them you will get beat the sad part for me was that not one team mate challenged any of the cheap shot artists who put crowder and aarensen out the game as I'm sure if the shoe had been on the other foot and we had put 2 off there players out the game there would have been swift retribution sought and its no good saying they all stood together at the end of the game this should have been taken care of during the game jings do you know what a comma or a full stop is..couldnt care what you are saying it's unreadable. ...dfrsfhdsusgh How about replying to his point instead of some smart **** comment as usual
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Post by waterboy on Feb 17, 2019 22:01:28 GMT
Well look no further than Guildford for how to do this league the right way, second season (finished higher than us last year),won their conference tonight. Well done to them for that and already in a cup final.
Not even finished season 2 and already way ahead of what we have done in all our time in the EIHL.
Amazing what a club can do that is basically the same size as us. gate numbers almost identical (ours have dropped on average another 100 so far this season).
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ronniemac
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Post by ronniemac on Feb 17, 2019 22:24:05 GMT
Fife Flyers must be in the top league in the UK and if that's the EIHL then so be it, personally I preferred the BNL better but unfortunately those days have passed and we must move on, who knows what the future will bring.
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Post by boschman76 on Feb 17, 2019 22:51:15 GMT
If Fife went into another league they would have to much financial muscle and to big a fan base it would be like the old northern league and would the other teams in the league be able to sustain a full league season
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