So, its been a bit quiet here on The Pyre of late, and i hold my hands up, its my fault.
I've been quite busy with some non hockey related stuff in my personal life, and starting a major project for the Supporters Club (all will be revealed in good time). The net effect of this has been me not having time to update the blog as much as I would like to have done..
Anyways, here we are again. things are looking good out there on the ice. Top of the league with a reasonable cushion, results being ground out when perhaps they shouldn't (a sign of a championship capable team.. just look at Man U), and a decent cup run (brought to a halt by Basingstoke). And its not looking too bad off it either, in some respects. Almost 550 seats sold for the play-offs (about 1/4 of the seats available in Coventry), the match night presentation is getting back to where it was under the previous director, and the club has been talking to the fans once more (something which has been lacking this season, and again, something I am partly responsible for).
Ok, things ain't all great. Ladzi is hurt, and the rest of the guys keep taking knocks. I'd wager most of them are carrying a minor injury at the moment. Tom Duggan took a nasty hit from behind on Sunday and has injured his knee, although we don't know how badly as per Phoenix policy (keep the opposition guessing).
the thing that is bothering me the most though (and this could derail our title hopes) is the frankly piss poor officiating we seem to see a lot of at the Dome. Take this Sunday. The ref (who I won't name) was woeful. He was often out of position, or so far behind the play he missed most calls. He washed out a goal thanks to this, and then gave another when he refused to make the call that is in the rule book (Man in the Crease, fwiw). This same ref has been shit every time we have had to use him. And sadly, from what i gather he won't improve as he apparently believes that he is doing a good job on the ice...
that is all for now...
