spudeeelad
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Post by spudeeelad on Feb 13, 2013 11:28:39 GMT
You've obviously never posted on the Stars forum ;D Dundee Stars fans are one big family- literally LOL! I think the same goes for Edinburgh and their 5 fans. On a serious note, I love the Edinburgh fans, or at least the one that there was. I will always remember one mid-week game we had against them and there was this Caps fan who was stood in the middle of the away block, completely alone, banging his drum, wearing his kilt and chanting at the top of this voice. The guy was hilarious and he definitely got bought a few beers after the game for his efforts. In fact, this story is the exact mirror of my above story, but only football www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20700529
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Post by coloradoflyer on Feb 13, 2013 11:29:33 GMT
5 fans your being generous buddy
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spudeeelad
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Post by spudeeelad on Feb 13, 2013 11:31:11 GMT
5 fans your being generous buddy See above post
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Post by coloradoflyer on Feb 13, 2013 11:32:40 GMT
yeah i see lol
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Post by shouldknowbetter on Feb 13, 2013 17:49:14 GMT
Don't hold your breath waiting for young local talent breaking into the flyers as was the flyers way,not because there isn't any because there definately is. There are some excellent players in snl that could step in and do the same job as the Brits already there,with age on their side and still the potential to develop. But they're not even training with flyers.There are two young lads who do train with them but they are not the best the club has,there are far better players not getting the chance and they'll be gone next season. No,I'm afraid there will be no Haigs,Smiths,Edmistons or Robertsons while the current coach still has all his buddies filling shirts cause that's all they're really doing. There are perhaps 2 who could get slot on another eihl team,the rest,well they're just not up to it, and its not their fault. I truly believe they had the talent but were let down by the club when they dropped into snl and the next wave of talent is either going to go the same way or they'll move away and eventually come back playing for the visitors.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2013 18:07:52 GMT
Do you know why the other players are not getting the chance
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Post by Ironjaw on Feb 13, 2013 18:08:52 GMT
Because they don't drink in bogarts with Dutes
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Post by justafan on Feb 13, 2013 18:27:00 GMT
The Kestrels record this season does not suggest that there are many standout players pushing for a slot in the Flyers roster.... Perhaps we should sign some from the Paisley Pirates SNL
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Post by ckbell63 on Feb 13, 2013 22:52:50 GMT
I went to watch Kestrels against Dundee a few weeks ago. There were two small players with great skill but at a guess they will be 2 or 3 year away. Daryl Venters looked another one that stood out. Great experience shown and superb passes, however I would suggest he does not have the pace needed. The others all worked hard but did not appear ready to make the jump..
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Post by coloradoflyer on Feb 14, 2013 8:08:39 GMT
Don't hold your breath waiting for young local talent breaking into the flyers as was the flyers way,not because there isn't any because there definately is. There are some excellent players in snl that could step in and do the same job as the Brits already there,with age on their side and still the potential to develop. But they're not even training with flyers.There are two young lads who do train with them but they are not the best the club has,there are far better players not getting the chance and they'll be gone next season. No,I'm afraid there will be no Haigs,Smiths,Edmistons or Robertsons while the current coach still has all his buddies filling shirts cause that's all they're really doing. There are perhaps 2 who could get slot on another eihl team,the rest,well they're just not up to it, and its not their fault. I truly believe they had the talent but were let down by the club when they dropped into snl and the next wave of talent is either going to go the same way or they'll move away and eventually come back playing for the visitors. that's a shame to hear that we have the local talent to come through and there not being trained, is that not what the development programme is for, come up through the juniors to the under 18's and then it's SNL, only place left after that is flyers unless they are willing to take a shot at an EPL team, at the nend of the day how are these guys gonna get any better and be prepared for the league if there not getting to train with the big boys, i am taking it they think douglas in better than nicol as he is the one that stands in when either blair or bryan are not playing
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spudeeelad
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Post by spudeeelad on Feb 14, 2013 10:10:03 GMT
The Kestrels record this season does not suggest that there are many standout players pushing for a slot in the Flyers roster.... Perhaps we should sign some from the Paisley Pirates SNL If you're going to look elsewhere, surely Solway Sharks is the best place to be looking?
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Post by spudeeelad on Feb 14, 2013 10:21:48 GMT
Don't hold your breath waiting for young local talent breaking into the flyers as was the flyers way,not because there isn't any because there definately is. There are some excellent players in snl that could step in and do the same job as the Brits already there,with age on their side and still the potential to develop. But they're not even training with flyers.There are two young lads who do train with them but they are not the best the club has,there are far better players not getting the chance and they'll be gone next season. No,I'm afraid there will be no Haigs,Smiths,Edmistons or Robertsons while the current coach still has all his buddies filling shirts cause that's all they're really doing. There are perhaps 2 who could get slot on another eihl team,the rest,well they're just not up to it, and its not their fault. I truly believe they had the talent but were let down by the club when they dropped into snl and the next wave of talent is either going to go the same way or they'll move away and eventually come back playing for the visitors. Are you 100% that they are not being given the chance? If you're juniors are anything like our own, they turn down the chance to train, play and sometimes even sign full time for Phoenix because the money they would be paid (if at all) doesn't justify giving up their day job. Not always. Apart from the best of the best like the Weaver's, Longstaff's, Shields' etc of the land who earn top $$$, the majority of players actually prefer to stay as close to home as possible and have a normal job at the same time. But that's not always possible in EIHL due to it's full time nature and this is where the EPL benefits from. There are some good talents in the EPL that do not make the step-up to EIHL, or have in fact stepped down to the EPL, because they can merge both a career in Ice Hockey and a normal career. So they just play for less money for their local club, or another local club. The best examples are probably Joe Greener (born in Basingstoke, now playing in Basingstoke) www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=30847 and Aaron Nell (born in Swindon, now playing in Swindon) www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=35866
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Post by Kev on Feb 14, 2013 12:10:11 GMT
Don't hold your breath waiting for young local talent breaking into the flyers as was the flyers way,not because there isn't any because there definately is. There are some excellent players in snl that could step in and do the same job as the Brits already there,with age on their side and still the potential to develop. But they're not even training with flyers.There are two young lads who do train with them but they are not the best the club has,there are far better players not getting the chance and they'll be gone next season. No,I'm afraid there will be no Haigs,Smiths,Edmistons or Robertsons while the current coach still has all his buddies filling shirts cause that's all they're really doing. There are perhaps 2 who could get slot on another eihl team,the rest,well they're just not up to it, and its not their fault. I truly believe they had the talent but were let down by the club when they dropped into snl and the next wave of talent is either going to go the same way or they'll move away and eventually come back playing for the visitors. that's a shame to hear that we have the local talent to come through and there not being trained, is that not what the development programme is for, come up through the juniors to the under 18's and then it's SNL, only place left after that is flyers unless they are willing to take a shot at an EPL team, at the nend of the day how are these guys gonna get any better and be prepared for the league if there not getting to train with the big boys, i am taking it they think douglas in better than nicol as he is the one that stands in when either blair or bryan are not playing Nicols injured and the time before that he was playing for the tigers.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Feb 14, 2013 12:12:29 GMT
aye i knew he played there last year, thought he had signed for the entire season with kestrels this year, any ways there both good solid goalies
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Post by kdd on Feb 14, 2013 12:17:20 GMT
Are you 100% that they are not being given the chance? If you're juniors are anything like our own, they turn down the chance to train, play and sometimes even sign full time for Phoenix because the money they would be paid (if at all) doesn't justify giving up their day job. None of the Flyers British players are full time hockey players - they all have day jobs. So if our younger guys are not being given the chance to progress, it's nothing to do their work situation.
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