Posted by Manchester Kurt on December 22, 1997 at 14:57:43:
In Reply to: Cardiff v Storm posted by Cheryl on December 21, 1997 at 21:25:44:
For the first time ever I did something I thought I would never do, last night I left the game with 4 minutes to go we were the worst of the worst.
7 - 1 is the worst defeat I have ever seen us suffer, (equals versus Moscow but Moscow are litterally in a different league).
If Hrivnak had not have played brilliantly in the first then it could have been much more.
I think we have gone absolutley crap since we beat Prague 7 - 0 at home, what has changed since then? Well I have my own theories and I aired them on the coach last night, no body agreed with me and I think it is unfair to blame someone on a forum such as this when the point you are making can not be replied to by the person(s) I would be having a go at.
Having said all that, we are NOT a bad side, yes we are going through an awful spell and are NOT going to win the league, (to have any chance we would have to win AT LEAST 9 of the remaining 11 fixtures), but we have done a hell of a lot better than last year, we ARE currently top of the pile and should we win on Tuesday will go into 1998 on top, we have beaten Prague home and away, and draw at home against Moscow, and come within a whisker of making the quarters of the EHL.
KK must have learnt a lot from this year, what the league is like, the type of players he wants etc. so well done Ayr or Cardiff you will win the league, but next year, well we can only what and see.