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GAME THREAD. Steelers v Blaze. Sat 23rd Sep 2023

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Poorest 2 periods of hockey in a while. Missed passes & lots of turnovers for both teams. Greenfield will want the 1st one back, by his high standards.
We had the 1st 5mins of the 2nd period & then reverted back to scrappy & disjointed.
I know it's early in the season, but Nicholls hasn't done anything to prove he's got many goals or ass3in him.
Watling, Simpson & Balmas look good, Diffley, Saucerman solid as hoped for.
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2-1 Blaze

Too many give aways. Not what I was expecting.

We need to up our game by a fair way.
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Very poor so far, we're being out coached by a limited Coventry team who all know their roles.

I guess it's to be expected if we're constantly tinkering with lines.

We need a really solid 3rd.

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Meh.
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3-2 o/t win
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Much better 3rd
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After doing a lot of things right very disappointingly we reverted to headless chicken, slow, passive hockey. Its only the late game poor discipline of Blaze and magic of Watling that got us the win.
It's very concerning. Sort out a top line of Balmas Watling and another then work from there. On current form would drop Nicholls to fourth line.
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Fox is still messing with the lines and for me, there was a mis match of speed, hence the numerous missed passes. Not what I was expecting. They seemed to come alive in the later stages and dug out the win. 🤔🤔🤔
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We have much better players, but were out coached tonight.

Coventry players were all on the same page with a game plan, we keep swapping lines with no chance of players building any chemistry.

I think Fox has recruited a very good squad, the issue might be Fox the tactician rather than Fox the recruiter.

It's a win at the end of the day and that's a positive, but we need to be much better.

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