GAME THREAD: Stars v Steelers: Sun 11th Jan

[mark]

Game three of an extended Scottish weekend.

[greeny]

For me this is the easiest of the three games but as it is the last one of the three will fatigue come into the equation ?, the last 2 night losses have not been a big shock in that we have been playing crap recently BUT to lose this game would come as a shock to me,,

[steeler pete]

We've got issues with faceoffs, confidence will be low and it what's worse it sounds like there's illness/injury depleting the team. I'm not saying that to make excuses but it adds to our problems. I don't expect much from this game. We need to get home and get some bodies recovered, if we're to have any hope of getting back in some sort of form before next weekend.

[lovedenisvial]

I can't see beyond another defeat! similar to yesterday in Fife! banged up team, low on confidence and a short benched!! best we could hope for would be a point but I just can't see us keeping it down to 2/3 goals and not conceding at least 3/4! or more. Its bleak up north!!!

[smbmetal]

We’re not the only team that have issues and are short benched. Good teams find a way to win in these scenarios. Pretty sure Cardiff, Belfast & Nottingham have had similar problems and they’re all above us. That’s because they’ve found ways to win.

We’re playing two of the bottom placed teams on this weekend and to come away with 0 points just isn’t acceptable.

Lose this one and no matter what Fox says we’ll not be winning any EIHL titles this season.

No game for Dundee last night so they should be raring to go.

Greenfield to start this one. 3-2 Steelers.

Belfast double header next weekend and if we’re still feeling sorry for ourselves, we could find ourselves heavily beaten.

[Keith Sheppard]

So…. team banged up… third game in three nights while Dundee had a day off yesterday…. we’re short benched…. not winning many face offs…. reports of illness in camp. I can only come to one conclusion as far as tonight’s game goes…. We win by two goals!

[MLL79]

It looks as though the odds are stacked on this one…

After this game how many games remain in the league now? 10 or so?

I don’t know about others, but no win and no points from this weekend sort of feels like this will go down as the weekend where any chance of the title effectively fell out of reach?

Edit - Just read smbmetal and note your thoughts re title too.

[MLL79]

Sorry brain rot on my part - counted 25/26 games left - which is a much better position than I thought we were in lol

[mark]

No Dowd tonight

[mark]

End P1

Stars 0-0 Steelers