I’ve got my tin hat on. Mr Glass half empty is here
First of all the positives.
- Carruth. As good as Brodie Reid has been I still think our MVP so far this season has been Carruth. I feel so, so relaxed with him in goal. Fantastic goalie.
-Mcnally has been a revelation. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Possibly one or two silly penalties tonight but I can see him putting up very decent numbers this season.
- Effort and buy in. Can’t fault our effort tonight. I thought we looked like a team that are giving 100% at the moment. I was satisfied with the first period, I thought 1-1 was a fair scoreline.
Now the negatives/concerns.
- Rightly or wrongly everytime I watch us I ask myself “Is this a title winning team”. Or “Do I see us challenging for the title”. I’ve got to be honest I’m still waiting for a performance where I say to myself “There we go, if we play like that more often than not we will be there or thereabouts”. Up until our PP goal towards the end of the second period i thought Belfast dominated the 2nd. I don’t think they created a ton of great chances but still I don’t want teams coming to our barn and dominating games for 15 minute periods. Of course good teams are going to have their moments but at times we get dominated for large portions of games. Maybe I’m being harsh but that shouldn’t happen at home. Belfast had 80 shots tonight! Granted only 47 were on Carruth but we should not be getting outshot 47-23 at home.
To the people who are happy with that performance tonight (not the result, the performance). I’m sorry but you have to look at the bigger picture. I’m chuffed with the 2 points but that team I watched tonight (Devils) will not win the league.
As I said, Tin hat on and I’m sure people will see things differently.