As a club over recent years we've become used to being successful both on and off the ice.
This season most fans looked at our roster and probably thought this would continue, the predictions thread for instance had most fans predicting Devil's to be in one of the top two places, I myself had us down to win it but don't know whether that was through being blindly patriotic to my Devils or truly believing we would actually do it.
Recent form and results would certainly point to me being way off the mark, so where has it gone wrong? As I am not the most knowledgeable in the game of hockey but can certainly see 'things ain't what they used to be',
there seems to be a lack of fire in the belly and a bit of a lethargic attitude amongst most of the team, to concede 14 goals in the last two games is worrying, not only are we losing but are being made to look like mugs, didn't expect us to win in Belfast but hoped we'd give them a run for their money and if I was one of our players I'd certainly be looking in the mirror and asking myself some searching questions.
After that debacle I really expected a reaction at Dundee but it was much of the same. We are in a slump, is it because we've lost confidence in our ability or maybe we haven't actually got enough of that ability in the squad, is it lack of leadership and direction or maybe unrest in the changing room?
It's a problem so what is the answer? some want wholesale changes to the team, some want a change in the coaching set up, let's hope the people who can sort this out actually have a plan to get us back on track or maybe we should all accept we have an average team this season and lower our expectations, all teams in all sports have highs and lows maybe the wheel has turned a little and this is gonna be a period of mediocrity for Cardiff Devils.