GAME THREAD: Devils v Steelers: Wednesday 1st April

[MLL79]

Just “tuning in” and can’t believe that score line… I’d felt from some of the performances we have seen this team is capable of we’d be a dangerous playoff team, I hate to say it, but sheesh none of this bodes well at all…

lol re Heard - seems like Andy Akers has finally ran out of superglue for the gloves… all a little too late tho.

[Bryan]

I am totally wishing I hadn't bothered buying the playoffs game on the 12th now.. what's the point?

Jayboy

Only today I spent best part of £1.5K on 2 season tickets and car parking. Of course we want to get the early bird price but can’t help feeling it might all be pointless unless some major management issues are grasped. We won’t know for some time. I’m sure none of us wants to watch another season of this.

[mark]

Bad, lazy and soft : Aaron Fox

Correct

[Jayboy]

That interview was the most honest he has been in 3 month... he should have called them out much earlier...
Honestly I would send the players not performing a serious message, drop them all for Saturday's home game against the clan and bring in has many young 2 way brits has possible, run short handed if you have too, absolutely nothing to lose at this stage...
Didn't MB run two lines in a game once to put a warning shot across the players arses...?

He had no expectations of winning but didn't he sneak a draw!

Jayboy

[Keith Sheppard]

Bad, lazy and soft : Aaron Fox

Correct

He also used the term ‘unprofessional’. Let’s hope it has the desired effect.

[Jayboy]

Unfortunately I believe it will be nothing but toothless rhetoric..I honestly believe he lost the locker room some while back...

Jayboy

[Doom]

Unfortunately I believe it will be nothing but toothless rhetoric..I honestly believe he lost the locker room some while back...

Jayboy

I've been wondering the same, which is a shame really and not good for us supporters.

Hopefully their own professionalism will come to the fore for the playoffs and they'll make a final effort.

Must be demoralising though never knowing who you're going to have as linemates.

Regards

Doom

[smbmetal]

Not listened to the post game interview.

Unfortunately, whilst Fox points out correct statements, (which most of us have said all season long), ultimately he's in charge, so the book stops with him I'm afraid.

He also has to take some responsibility, or he's just turned into Paul Thompson. In fact, for me, Fox is ENTIRELY responsible for our 'soft' playing culture. Looks like Heard has had enough of that and is playing his own style. Good for him.

All too little too late.

[DiscoRay]

Bad, lazy and soft : Aaron Fox

Correct

He also used the term ‘unprofessional’. Let’s hope it has the desired effect.

But fans, please pay these much higher ticket prices next season. That's the kind of frustration us up at the Clan have put up with the past few years. Tickets up nearly 40% in the 3 years new ownership game, they've gave the fans back 10th, 7th, likely 8th, but maybe 7th, and a jumbotron. The club wouldn't like it if fans threw in the towel and all cancelled their DDs for the last 3 months of the season, so in regards to players "unprofessional" is a phrase fans should never be hearing.

[Brian]

I don't think Foxy is against tough play per se. In the interview he says we won't win matches if you don't punch someone in the face if they have punched you. He has been saying for sometime that players are coasting and not willing to put their bodies on the line.
He needs to let us know who they are, probably indirectly by not selecting them for the two dead rubbers left, as someone has suggested.
We shouldn't be walking around with these player's names face painted on our heads if they aren't trying .