Blaze v Devils - 23/10 @ 17:15 - CCup - Chat/Updates
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He spots Martin wide open, and kicks the net off on purpose IMO!!
Anyway, we won! So it doesn't matter
I personally really enjoyed the game last night. I was watching the webcast as usual, and I found it entertaining, end to end stuff. Our guys were playing great hockey, it was amazing. Stewart kept them in the game, another netminder on another night would have been humiliated. Andrew Lord has changed our laclustre first periods into hardcore, hardhitting and business-like , just what was needed!! Saturday's home win spells danger to all the other teams, our weak link has been dealt with. This fantastic team is starting to perform to their true potential.
Other netminders have complained about this, Chris Holt was particularly vocal about it. The nets at Altrincham have training pegs, the left hand image in this: http://www.gagoalpegs.com/images/slider/home/GAGOALPEGS_vs_home.jpg . The same in Coventry I think, and they basically come out very easily. They also don't require any drilling in to the ice to install, unlike proper pegs. It's something that really annoys me about the game in this country, this is supposed to be a professional league.
I think the problem with our pegs has to do with the pad not being designed for hockey, the whole building was designed to be a public skate in winter and the ice removed for the rest of the year and have concerts etc, then the team moved from Solihull and the building was adapted to accommodate them. This is why we have fog at the start of the season as the plant isn't designed to cope with the weather conditions....... or so I'm told!
I doubt he planned it.
Looking back at the highlights, at the face off one of the Blaze players tries to take Lords skate away. Then Noble gives him a cross-check to the back and another to the front.
Both players then go for it but two Blaze players come in and hinder Lord. It's no wonder then that Lord loses once he is free and doesn't stop until the linesmen come in.
Looking back at the highlights, at the face off one of the Blaze players tries to take Lords skate away. Then Noble gives him a cross-check to the back and another to the front.
Both players then go for it but two Blaze players come in and hinder Lord. It's no wonder then that Lord loses once he is free and doesn't stop until the linesmen come in.
But as your coach he seems to need to fill every role himself, against a better team who could rejig the lines change the plan etc while the man who should be doing this gets so emotionally charged (and I don't knock him for this) that he lets the red mist take over and ends up in the dressing room, or is it that the rest of the team are not taking these roles?
Don't think that was Lords plan to be honest, I think he just took exception to noble pushing and punching him twice in the face!!. I cant see why Lord received 5+game for it to be honest and I would say the same if it was a Blaze player, they were both on their knees and still throwing then noble tries to turtle and Lord does throw another, You would think after that bettering noble would have learnt but he tries the same thing again but with Hotham, fortunately nothing came of it but as your commentator said noble is the most hated player in the league!!
He also likes to push his hands into player's faces occasionally. I think 90% of the time he's a good asset to have, a D man that reads the game well which makes up for his size, and he's always winding up opposition players. However, for some reason, he occasionally does stupid dangerous stuff. Can't see that here. Lord doesn't like his skate being taken from under him and reacts with a push on Noble rather than the culprit. Noble then takes exception, and again, and again, and things escalate. Even though they've fought before I don't think he realises just how dangerous an opponent Lord can be when the mist descends. Back across the pond he used to be a regular fighter I believe.
These are my personal views of course.
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These are my personal views of course.
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Lord still has a lot to offer the club on the ice as a player with the luxury of being the boss, an unspoken issue within the dressing room. Not everybody enjoys the hands on type of boss who, I've only heard probably Chinese whispers, is a little too much of the hands on in the past.
He's well respected within the club and fan base, so little will change, if anything. In my opinion he'd better serve the club in one defined role, not both.
Bordy for me seemed to be at a loss in parts of the game, particularly noticeable on blaze 2nd goal. Whether that lack of bullying by Bordy is an injury issue, a need to play hockey issue or an instruction not too, but it appeared to me as though Lord took on a role that Bordy should have done. I agree though, slightly foolish for his responsibility, once Lord was off he could no longer coach the remaining game, having said that we did pull a blinder of a win.
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He's well respected within the club and fan base, so little will change, if anything. In my opinion he'd better serve the club in one defined role, not both.
Bordy for me seemed to be at a loss in parts of the game, particularly noticeable on blaze 2nd goal. Whether that lack of bullying by Bordy is an injury issue, a need to play hockey issue or an instruction not too, but it appeared to me as though Lord took on a role that Bordy should have done. I agree though, slightly foolish for his responsibility, once Lord was off he could no longer coach the remaining game, having said that we did pull a blinder of a win.
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Ok I'm going to break all the mounds here and agree with an Electro post as the points he makes are pretty much in line with my thoughts, I wish we had a Lord on the ice in our team, Pietrus is of that mold but seems off the boil at the moment.
For me, dare I say it on the Devils forum, Noble is a great asset to us, my logic is that he is Stewart's third glove, Stewart has a blocker, catcher and Noble who gets him out of many embarrassing moments, he's the best goalie in the league for moments, but will go out of position so often and Noble is there to cover. He also gets under the skin and draws penalties which would be great if our powerplay wasn't so shocking, but unlike Darryl Lloyd he doesn't expect someone else to take the backlash, but I can easily understand why he is disliked by the opposition, but that's a big part of why he's there!
For me, dare I say it on the Devils forum, Noble is a great asset to us, my logic is that he is Stewart's third glove, Stewart has a blocker, catcher and Noble who gets him out of many embarrassing moments, he's the best goalie in the league for moments, but will go out of position so often and Noble is there to cover. He also gets under the skin and draws penalties which would be great if our powerplay wasn't so shocking, but unlike Darryl Lloyd he doesn't expect someone else to take the backlash, but I can easily understand why he is disliked by the opposition, but that's a big part of why he's there!