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Post by kestrelsfan on Jan 28, 2023 14:08:46 GMT
To be fair the list of boys playing elsewhere that are top players snl, or NIHL from Fife is pretty decent. But with no doubt Dutes at the helm, who has he burned his bridges with. And unfortunately the next generation coming through to Kestrels at the moment are not good enough, hence why Tommy Muir was best defenceman still, and likes of young Bean is still one of best forwards, there is nothing coming close. But at least I hear the Flyers at moment are trying to forge links with likes of Solway to get likes of Henderson. Kestrels won the league last season and lost a few players. This season has been pretty up and down but I'm sure they have beaten every team apart from Kilmarnock who they have taken to OT on the 2 games to date. Tommy Muir has quit and results have got neither better nor worse. The pace of some games is painfully slow and wee Bean no longer stands out and sooner rather than later the same will probably be said of Scott Jamieson. Brodie Kay plays on defence and is probably the standout player due to his strong skating into the attacking zone but no end result is normally the outcome. Richard Krogh signed for them a while back but he misses a few games due to work, as do a lot of players in this league which probably explains the scores in many games. If Flyers joined this rumoured 4/6 import league it I reckon it would soon turn into 2 line hockey. Kestrels play Comets tonight in Scottish Cup 7.15 faceoff. Come along and see for yourselves. (£10 entry under 16s free. (I think!)) Still better than the telly!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2023 14:17:35 GMT
Have to agree with some of the comments on here...fans wanted import hockey and have tried the all brit approach which saw a downwards spiral in fans. The current elite team is woeful and tbh a reduction in imports along with a brit core ain't going to happen as the brits in fife aren't good enough. The Kestrels is terrible to watch, so slow and one dimensional. The biggest problem in fife, is they can't keep up with how the game is changing and this is evident from junior to senior level, with the coaches unable to keep up or understand the ever changing game, coaching like they are still in the 80's & 90's.
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Post by swarfiga on Feb 4, 2023 20:38:33 GMT
Let’s no kid ourselves here, what level of imports would want to play in Scotland with the level of brits available, I don’t mean this to sound harsh, but Chad Smith is dominating for the caps, clearly had some talent but couldn’t hold down a place on a 3rd or 4th line for either fife or glasgow, this isn’t like it was 25 years ago in the BNL, players like Stephen King, John Haig don’t exist anymore
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Post by domi28 on Feb 5, 2023 6:02:59 GMT
Let’s no kid ourselves here, what level of imports would want to play in Scotland with the level of brits available, I don’t mean this to sound harsh, but Chad Smith is dominating for the caps, clearly had some talent but couldn’t hold down a place on a 3rd or 4th line for either fife or glasgow, this isn’t like it was 25 years ago in the BNL, players like Stephen King, John Haig don’t exist anymore Imports don't decide to come here for the standard of British players. They come here for easy money.
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Post by swarfiga on Feb 5, 2023 18:39:48 GMT
Let’s no kid ourselves here, what level of imports would want to play in Scotland with the level of brits available, I don’t mean this to sound harsh, but Chad Smith is dominating for the caps, clearly had some talent but couldn’t hold down a place on a 3rd or 4th line for either fife or glasgow, this isn’t like it was 25 years ago in the BNL, players like Stephen King, John Haig don’t exist anymore Imports don't decide to come here for the standard of British players. They come here for easy money. And whose gonna pay their wages? They’ll get a gate off about 200 to watch the kestrels and a few imports
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Post by zamboni on Feb 5, 2023 18:48:41 GMT
Let’s no kid ourselves here, what level of imports would want to play in Scotland with the level of brits available, I don’t mean this to sound harsh, but Chad Smith is dominating for the caps, clearly had some talent but couldn’t hold down a place on a 3rd or 4th line for either fife or glasgow, this isn’t like it was 25 years ago in the BNL, players like Stephen King, John Haig don’t exist anymore Imports don't decide to come here for the standard of British players. They come here for easy money. That’s not the case Our team works hard to best of ability They are human
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