Recent content by mattski93

Well, my other half was almost on the verge of dribbling every time he was nearby if that's a guideline... :lol: He's an outstanding defencemen, he really is. I'd put him in the same class as Neal Martin and Tyson Teplitsky, and that's not bias at all. Very professional too, her really wasn't...

Because if we'd have entered a team, any team, in the Elite we'd have ceased to exist by December. We do not have the money to pay for an EIHL team, nor the initial costs required to be a member of it nor afford the costs required to stay in it.

Also, the stuff about Manchester is way, way off the truth.

Brett won't be back over here. I fully expect him to retire outright.

TheStub - it's EPL, not ENL ;) Rempel16 - Tony is based in Edinburgh. He's always mentioned as 'Edinburgh-based' whenever the Phoenix are mentioned in that paper. He commutes for a few days at a time to Manchester and has a small place round the corner from the rink but spends the majority of...

We won't lose many fans, if any - we're just glad that our owner has the common sense to see when we can't compete on multiple levels and find a level where we can and at the same time finally make a profit. We've been without a team twice in seven years, we'd rather it didn't happen again. A...

He's signed up for another three years regardless of what league we're in. Probably the most shrewd signing by any team in years.

Surprisingly not. I know when it was first rumoured at the finals weekend the vast majority of fans were behind it. We're sick to the back teeth of the EIHL's treatment of us as second-class citizens and it's not only the fans who feel that way. Because it's the hockey I enjoy more. I don't give...

That was my thinking, also that our close proximity to Sheffield and Telford (two teams who traditionally have low crowd numbers) would give them a big away gate when we play them and offer than a bit of help financially. At the very least, I know the majority of fans are behind this move as...

Fingers crossed. :D

That wasn't us as far as I know. If anything, I've heard the opposite.

Heart says EPL, head says EIHL. It all depends on what the league has done with regards to playing by its own rules. Nobody has any idea where we'll be, our silence in the last three weeks is deafening.

At which point did I say it was an excuse? I agree that the better team won, I'm just saying the effort our guys put in under the circumstances was outstanding.

Full story from the Phoenix camp - the guys were up and out by 5:30am for the flight this morning (the only one we could afford), also our fifth game in seven nights and with five guys dosed up to the eyeballs on antibiotics just so they could play but shouldn't have, and Smurf still has his...

That's pretty much it. Fifth place isn't that big a deal anymore, the only necessity (and it's a huge one) is to avoid Belfast and if that means finishing in 6th then that's what we'll do, and staying healthy for our cup finals.