Sooo, I've been al quiet and shit lately haven't I? Sadly, it isn't because I have nothing to say (as those who see me on match nights can attest to), but just a symptom of my general laziness these days.
I was tempted to post a long diatribe about people starting to panic after a few bad results, but frankly I felt it would most likely fall on deaf ears. Don't mean I wont have a small moan though....
Some folks need to give the guys a break. despite the not so stellar performances of late they most certainly have been trying. Sometimes, despite the bets will in the world, it is impossible for a team to get its collective shit together so to speak, and make things happen. Confidence dips, and it just get harder. Add in some injury problems (Speldas freak infection, Ladzi taking a puck to the face, Ciarans knock, Tonys freak ankle hit, and Wallaces busted wrist), and it is pretty easy to see why the rest of the guys struggled. Bad luck/karma tends to linger until someone says 'enough is enough' and gets on with trying to brrak it. Tom Duggan might have just been doing that for us this past few weeks. That young man has been playing out of his fucking skin.
And don't let Sundays result fool you. We were not as bad as it seemed. Sure, 5-0 down after 2 periods on home ice sounds bad, but it sure as hell wasn't for the lack of trying. Rockman was inspired between the pipes for Slough, and we just couldn't break him, whereas Slough got all the luck they needed in front of Fone. A few of us were in the abr come the end of the 2nd period saying how we didn't look like a team being outplayed by 5 goals. Luckinly we broke the back of the problem in the 3rd period, and if we had been able to have that luck earlier in the game, I don't doubt that it would have been a different game alltogether.
Sure, some are not matching the hype which we the fans gave them pre season (Faith springs to mind), but who does? Faith is coming into his own now he is playing in his natural role as a centre, which might possibly give Tony pause for thought when it comes to the lines upon his return to on ice action.
And don't forget, despite the bad results we are still only 3 game soff the league leaders. a 4 point weekend could see us jump up 2 or 3 places with ease, and back to back 4 pointers.... They say it isn't over til the fat lady sings. Well, at the minute, the fat lady isn't even in the venue, let alone warming up.
See y'all Sunday for my Birthday game (mines a pint of Carlsberg, if anyone cares...)
