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Game 3 of the pre season friendlies..
more of the same from Game 1 please...

Really hope it's more of pre-season game one as suggested.

Cardiff do have a head start having already played 500 pre-season games so they should be sharper.

Will give us a good indication of how far we either still need to improve or whether we might have the makings of a really awesome team.

3-2 Cardiff.

smbmetal wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:40 pm

Really hope it's more of pre-season game one as suggested.

Cardiff do have a head start having already played 500 pre-season games so they should be sharper.

Will give us a good indication of how far we either still need to improve or whether we might have the makings of a really awesome team.

3-2 Cardiff.

I only hope that the fans do take into mind that.... and dont get on the teams back after only 2 games together if we dont perform quite to their level...
perspective is always needed when you look at games like this....

Jayboy wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:17 pm

smbmetal wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:40 pm

Really hope it's more of pre-season game one as suggested.

Cardiff do have a head start having already played 500 pre-season games so they should be sharper.

Will give us a good indication of how far we either still need to improve or whether we might have the makings of a really awesome team.

3-2 Cardiff.

I only hope that the fans do take into mind that.... and dont get on the teams back after only 2 games together if we dont perform quite to their level...
perspective is always needed when you look at games like this....

Good luck with that - it's taken 1 game for Petgrave to be the scapegoat again

smbmetal wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:40 pm

Cardiff do have a head start having already played 500 pre-season games so they should be sharper.

I remember the last time we competed in the CHL, the first few games of the regular season, we blew everyone away by 5/6 goal deficits due to our preparation.

If we can half compete with Cardiff and come away with a 1-2 goal deficit defeat at worst, I’ll be happy with that

I'm hopeful of a decent performance and a decent game. I hear Devils are quite physical this year, and they obviously have that guy Brandt who's a bit of a tool.

Looking forward to this and seeing how this group of players develops.

Cardiff are well ahead of us in terms of pre-season, so we're probably the underdogs, but I hope to see a solid showing in front of another decent crowd.

If Vally is fit I wonder if anybody will sit out or we'll be allowed to play our full compliment of imports.

Regards

Doom

Why are we so under prepared this season?

Bryan wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:18 pm

Why are we so under prepared this season?

Its an excellent question. Considering we count ourselves as one of the biggest clubs in the country I dont know why we didn't get the guys in a week earlier. Hopefully when the real action starts next week we will be up to required speed.

Devils have been winning their games and are more match fit. I think they’ll win but I hope not easily.

It will be a good gauge for us. If it’s a close one that’ll be encouraging if they hammer us a warning/ wake up.