Frustration was the name of the game for me this evening.
Frustration that every time we went into the Giants zone we sported the new Belfast Giants Rucksack, comes in Johnson, Cook, Jacobson or Phillips and all you have to do to be (un)lucky enough to win one of these is where a Devils shirt in the Big Blue tent and wait for Rucksack itself to jump onto you back and not let go!
The lines looked a little lost to start with but i think massive Credit must go to Gerad Adams tongiht, he made a desicion in the second to Swap Michel and Latuillipe around and it paid off in spades, both lines looked like they benefitted from it and i think it changed the game, i also think his play deserves mention for the way he chased down the puck in the corner and fed it to the point for Towey's tip in.
All in all i dont think we were woeful i thought we were as i say frustrated with the way things were going, thankfully we brushed that off for the Third and i thought we played a lot better. Miller seemed to step up a gear and Tylor was his usual industrious self.
D and Lyle again played well with Hartwick being my MOM again i really like the way he has settled, sadly i still cant say the same about Romfo, for me he still goes puck chasing instead of knowing who he is meant to be watching and his desicion making is sketchy, there are signs at some points he is looking slightly more comfy, but i think its getting to the time now where he has to settle or maybe we should have a think about him being on the bubble, i really hope the guy turns it around though, as i think he does show signs that he is trying and that he does care.
All in all another win ground out, and another boring boring Belfast perofrmance where they tried to hug the life out of the game. Shame really as when they were being expansive they looked like they could kill any team in this league.
Credit and Criticism for Darnell credit for being better than Thompson in dealing with the Giants clutch and grab, Criticism for the following basic errors.
When its a powerplay the team who is on the powerplay gets a Face off in the offensive zone.
When a player punches another in the face, not calling it then going over to his bench and having a word with him shows you saw it and just didnt have the balls to call it.
When you go over to the bench of a team who's player (Mcmorrow) has been warned 3 times by you to stop shouting at the opposition bench and to stop quetioning every desicion, its probably time to give him a 10 minute misconduct.
I could go on, but i'm tired :lol: