Soundwave1 said:
I'm feeling negative about the team
I feel this way because I care greatly about the club, not because I want to have a downer on the team.
The product (in my opinion) on the ice is terrible and certainly no where near what this great sport (even at this level) is capable of. I'm desperate for it to improve for the good our the club and the sport in South Wales.
For mine, if a product is **** I believe the right approach is to highlight where it can be improved and how, rather than to just continue accepting the status-quo and watch it die.
Any good business would choose the former option so I don't see why the Devils should be any different.
In terms of the forum...we know the club reads it and uses it to gage opinion on things so it seems a good platform to highlight those concerns.
To say the product on the ice is terrible is a bit ott mate, if you are right then another 6 teams suck, if Smithy hadnt had picked up his nasty injury, and remember he is a class act, there is no reason why we shouldnt be a healthy 4th and knocking on the door for a possible 3rd place. There are 3 teams in this league capable of signing 21 imports never mind 11, and dont have to worry about being short benched thru injuries,if you think we suck because we find it difficult to keep up with them then thats your perogative, but its a bit off with the fairies to me to be honest. There are 2 teams in this league that have exactly the same problems, they are the Devils and the Blaze, we have been used to being a top club with trophies, Blaze later than us sure, but we aint the big guns any more and thats a fact, we have more to put up with than the Blaze due to the building. Where we have advantages is that we have the best fans in the UK, the best City in the UK, the best coaching partnership in the UK, and a team that has usually punched above its weight. So there we have it folks, i believe we will finish 4th because we are a better team than Blaze, i believe Steelers will win the league, the Panthers 2nd, and the Giants will have to watch out for us. We cant have it all, we do have some negatives, but we also have a fair few positives, and i believe they can become bigger with us all pulling together, i do have people thinking i see things thru rose colour glasses, but i get frustrated and peed off like everyone else at times, but i wouldnt change the Devils for any of the other lot out there, this is our club lets get down to supporting it, and let the other outfits worry about us. We are still here after 25yrs after all, and there is naff all we cant accomplish if we stay united and have a little faith. My last little message is this, there are a lot of great hockey fans in Durham, Newcastle, Ayr and London etc, who would give there right arm to be where we are, so its not all that bad.
HAPPY HOCKEY DAYS.