If we win the Continental Cup then all is forgiven for this season!
(however last night’s performance does not make that look likely. Aggression and passion needs to be added to the mix)
(however last night’s performance does not make that look likely. Aggression and passion needs to be added to the mix)
Arranging deckchairs again I’m afraid Finny.
Every team has to deal with injuries, every team has to deal with fatigue and our management team agreed to and scheduled the congested fixture list so that isn’t an excuse to be rolled out when results don’t go our way!
This years team is the basis of last years team which is the basis of the previous years team.
It wasn’t good enough to win the league then and surprise surprise it isn’t good enough to win the league now.
Yes we have some talented players and yes we have some hard working players but to win the league neither talent nor hard work alone will win the league.
It’s also about mental toughness a resilience and never say die attitude, winning games late in the 3rd not losing them!
To win the league you need talented players who work hard EVERY NIGHT.
Sheffield have it this year and Belfast had it last year, a few years ago the Devils had it too!
Even our top scorer who is capable of scoring 4 or 5 goals in a single weekend is just as likely to then go 2 or 3 weekends without scoring.
We have made some good additions to the roster this season but so have many of our rivals with their rosters, but we have built a team around a core of players who aren’t good enough to mount a sustained challenge
Sheffield are a class apart this year and so are Fife in their own way but the rest of the bunch are pretty mediocre and much of a muchness
Before a puck was dropped this season there was a poll on this forum predicting the top 3 teams at the end of the season, I had the Devils outside the top 3 again as I thought we had brought back too many under performers and rewarded mediocrity in some cases.
This season is rinse and repeat, not because of fixture congestion or fatigue it’s down to too many who have got comfortable with losing.
I’d take a 37 yr old Stephen Dixon over pretty much all of these guys EVERY day of the week!
Every team has to deal with injuries, every team has to deal with fatigue and our management team agreed to and scheduled the congested fixture list so that isn’t an excuse to be rolled out when results don’t go our way!
This years team is the basis of last years team which is the basis of the previous years team.
It wasn’t good enough to win the league then and surprise surprise it isn’t good enough to win the league now.
Yes we have some talented players and yes we have some hard working players but to win the league neither talent nor hard work alone will win the league.
It’s also about mental toughness a resilience and never say die attitude, winning games late in the 3rd not losing them!
To win the league you need talented players who work hard EVERY NIGHT.
Sheffield have it this year and Belfast had it last year, a few years ago the Devils had it too!
Even our top scorer who is capable of scoring 4 or 5 goals in a single weekend is just as likely to then go 2 or 3 weekends without scoring.
We have made some good additions to the roster this season but so have many of our rivals with their rosters, but we have built a team around a core of players who aren’t good enough to mount a sustained challenge
Sheffield are a class apart this year and so are Fife in their own way but the rest of the bunch are pretty mediocre and much of a muchness
Before a puck was dropped this season there was a poll on this forum predicting the top 3 teams at the end of the season, I had the Devils outside the top 3 again as I thought we had brought back too many under performers and rewarded mediocrity in some cases.
This season is rinse and repeat, not because of fixture congestion or fatigue it’s down to too many who have got comfortable with losing.
I’d take a 37 yr old Stephen Dixon over pretty much all of these guys EVERY day of the week!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I8n958X5iLBwFAbOeSVTW?si=hCq3MftuQaWdXxETeeuxbw&t=1643