GAME THREAD: Giants v Steelers: Fri Jan 3rd

[mark]

Assuming Belfast don't have travel problems....

[greeny]

Again the schedule goes against us as belfast rested today, so with the way we have been playing and the travelling taken into account i am not very confident for this one. But a victory would be a morale booster

[smbmetal]

We do appear to have improved recently.

Whether that's because we've played Manchester twice and are getting a false representation playing a 9th placed team, we'll soon find out for this one.

We need to win this one if we want to keep in contention with both Belfast and Cardiff.

3-2 Belfast.

[Doom]

The schedule is absolutely crazy.

26th Notts (h)
28th Notts (a)
30th Mancs (h)
1st Mancs (a)
3rd Belfast (a)
4th Guildford (h)

That is a brutal schedule. At least with the first 4 games there isn't much travel, but then to throw in a trip to Belfast with a return to Sheffield the following day is bonkers.

I'm not sure if other teams have a similar schedule, but I suspect ours might be tougher due to playing CHL catch up.

The one thing going in our favour is that we have been able to roll 4 lines over the last couple of weeks, although who knows how fit they all are.

Belfast were my pick to win the league at the start of the season, so any games over there I'd see us as underdogs, but with the schedule and the way we've been playing I'd say a Steelers win is a very long shot.

If we can find our CHL form then I'd feel confident, but that seems a distant memory right now.

I really hope they can prove me wrong.

Regards

Doom

[paul johnston]

The schedule is absolutely crazy.

26th Notts (h)
28th Notts (a)
30th Mancs (h)
1st Mancs (a)
3rd Belfast (a)
4th Guildford (h)

That is a brutal schedule. At least with the first 4 games there isn't much travel, but then to throw in a trip to Belfast with a return to Sheffield the following day is bonkers.

I'm not sure if other teams have a similar schedule, but I suspect ours might be tougher due to playing CHL catch up.

The one thing going in our favour is that we have been able to roll 4 lines over the last couple of weeks, although who knows how fit they all are.

Belfast were my pick to win the league at the start of the season, so any games over there I'd see us as underdogs, but with the schedule and the way we've been playing I'd say a Steelers win is a very long shot.

If we can find our CHL form then I'd feel confident, but that seems a distant memory right now.

I really hope they can prove me wrong.

Regards

Doom

Horrible schedule.
One thing I would say is that when we've been struggling recently we frequently haven't been rolling the four lines as he frequently and quickly shortens the bench to three lines to keep the imports on ice.

[mark]

Goal Giants

1-0

[Bryan]

Greenfield please stay in front of your net. Your’re brilliant there but a total liability behind it.

[mark]

End P1

Giants 1-0 Steelers

[Nottonsteeler]

Is anyone else's stream continually jumping? Not sure how to remedy it.

[smbmetal]

Very sloppy at times from us.

Having the worst PP in the league doesn’t help either. Teams aren’t going to be afraid of taking penalties against us that is for sure.

We have to find another gear if we want anything out of this game.

It was a penalty all day against Greenfield despite the Belfast commentary team saying otherwise. Their player could have easily avoided Greenfield.