Devils Vs Clan - CC 1/4 Final - 13th Dec 23 - 19:30 FO
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"No nights off. Not on my hockey team and not in our culture"...Really? Doesn't look like that...
All very good talking the talk, and having a bit of a moan at each other for the cameras. But if PR comes out with his more recent lines in the post game I'd be surprised. Awful.
No fight. No cohesion. No quality. And nobody who wanted to lead that team. Our boys have been told that a PP is supposed to be our advantage right?
As bad a performance as I have seen in the post Lord era. Devoid of any positives.
Actually, one positive - only 1,000 people there to witness it.
Nobody had a good game. Tired or not. Not good enough.
I won't hide it: I wanted to win the CC. I want to win every competition. I'll treat that as one of the 5 free games that a ST provides and I feel sorry for anybody who paid to watch that.
But hey, all forgiven if we beat Stars on Saturday, right....
No off nights? "You owe me one lads"....no they owe 1,000 Devils fans one because the players didn't turn up.
All very good talking the talk, and having a bit of a moan at each other for the cameras. But if PR comes out with his more recent lines in the post game I'd be surprised. Awful.
No fight. No cohesion. No quality. And nobody who wanted to lead that team. Our boys have been told that a PP is supposed to be our advantage right?
As bad a performance as I have seen in the post Lord era. Devoid of any positives.
Actually, one positive - only 1,000 people there to witness it.
Nobody had a good game. Tired or not. Not good enough.
I won't hide it: I wanted to win the CC. I want to win every competition. I'll treat that as one of the 5 free games that a ST provides and I feel sorry for anybody who paid to watch that.
But hey, all forgiven if we beat Stars on Saturday, right....
No off nights? "You owe me one lads"....no they owe 1,000 Devils fans one because the players didn't turn up.
Well I'm not impressed at all.
I can take losing but I can't stand lack of effort and a few of the same candidates just aren't trying.
I'm at a point where I'd put cox on a plane home and get in a front line player. Genuinely. The effort level is so so low and accepting it is just setting a low standard from a senior player. The drop off is marketable from last season.
That however was not one players fault and the boos at the end were thoroughly deserved.
We've replaced mark Louis with a completely non physical D team, and other than Brant Davies duggan we can't seem to throw a hit in the forwards.
I can take losing but I can't stand lack of effort and a few of the same candidates just aren't trying.
I'm at a point where I'd put cox on a plane home and get in a front line player. Genuinely. The effort level is so so low and accepting it is just setting a low standard from a senior player. The drop off is marketable from last season.
That however was not one players fault and the boos at the end were thoroughly deserved.
We've replaced mark Louis with a completely non physical D team, and other than Brant Davies duggan we can't seem to throw a hit in the forwards.
Remember when Brandt used to throw hits?
As most have said, a game too far and I'd rather we faltered in the CCup than the league but fatigue or no fatigue that powerplay sucks ass. Deeply concerning to see a coach unable to turn it around. It's dire. Lacking ideas and that sits firmly with PR.
Credit to Glasgow. What a road game. They blocked everything. Kelly had a good game for them as did Reddick.
As most have said, a game too far and I'd rather we faltered in the CCup than the league but fatigue or no fatigue that powerplay sucks ass. Deeply concerning to see a coach unable to turn it around. It's dire. Lacking ideas and that sits firmly with PR.
Credit to Glasgow. What a road game. They blocked everything. Kelly had a good game for them as did Reddick.
No Joey, no Chad....players who would at least have played with energy, conviction and influence tonight.
Remember the days when our PP was the envy of the League...slick, cohesive, fast and our players figured out how to beat the goalie.
Time to get the old video footage out of our Team's best games under Lordo. The pp was nailed.
Remember the days when our PP was the envy of the League...slick, cohesive, fast and our players figured out how to beat the goalie.
Time to get the old video footage out of our Team's best games under Lordo. The pp was nailed.
The thing with Cox is that he was dross, so was dropped, and then came back on fire - exactly what you want and how it should work. What the hell was he thinking not taking the shot tonight when one-on-one. From fire to zero confidence in the blink of an eye.
I wouldnt send him home but let's not pretend that this team have no nights off. And there are far too many players who have been in this league for long enough to understand that, but still turn in half a performance.
It wasn't a "well we tried but it wasn't our night" type game, it was devoid of anything. What is the point of playing a million games in the group stage to just not bother in the knockouts?
I wouldnt send him home but let's not pretend that this team have no nights off. And there are far too many players who have been in this league for long enough to understand that, but still turn in half a performance.
It wasn't a "well we tried but it wasn't our night" type game, it was devoid of anything. What is the point of playing a million games in the group stage to just not bother in the knockouts?
There was no lack of effort tonight, we just weren’t good enough by a country mile, there was no sign of tiredness but plenty of signs that we ain’t that good. Consistency we don’t have any plus we were all over the shop tonight. We missed Joey,s leadership big time, that loss tonight cost the club a minimum of 45K unfortunately, this team is a 3rd/4th position team we have a pretty lousy defence, and need 1-2 new faces to spark things up. Hate saying this but Steelers are the team to beat, and have consistency without a doubt, we are missing a few good players thru injury etc, but our D won’t win this team much.
