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Post by Rich on Nov 18, 2008 18:14:12 GMT 1
Simple question. Will Coventry Blaze win their Continental Cup group in Bolzano and make it through to the Super Final taking place in France in January? I know very little about the other teams so I am going to vote yes  |
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Nov 18, 2008 20:11:36 GMT 1
Can't see it myself. I predict one glorious result and ultimately a near miss.
Would like to be proven wrong though
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Post by Lee Francis on Nov 18, 2008 22:46:56 GMT 1
Technically we should beat both Maribor and DAB - the "gold medal game" should be us against Bolzano. We CAN beat them, it's just down to how we perform against the hosts! So far though, we've played 2 previous rounds in the continental cup and have so far failed to score against the host team!!
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Post by Rich on Nov 19, 2008 11:37:54 GMT 1
Also so far on both occasions that Blaze have been to Europe the hosts have made it through from our group. From what I'v heard we are at about the same level as Bolzano, although I believe that is going by rankings based on how both teams performed last season.
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Nov 20, 2008 20:19:37 GMT 1
My concern is that we lost some serious momentum last weekend
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Post by scrappy on Nov 21, 2008 3:31:25 GMT 1
Good luck whatever the results!
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Post by Rich on Nov 26, 2008 15:40:51 GMT 1
Two wins and one defeat was not enough to see Blaze through. The performances in the first two games were prety similar, looked strong on the powerplay throughout and didn't give to many silly penalties away except for in the thrid period of both games. Against Bolzano it is probably fair to say we were second best for most the game, however that won't be what we all remember due to the unprofessionalism of the referee, allowing a goal and then seemingly changing his mind. To make matters worse the pictures now appear to have shown that the puck DID cross the line, meaning we were officially robbed.
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Post by Lee Francis on Nov 27, 2008 1:45:19 GMT 1
It was an awesome time though!!
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Post by Rich on Nov 27, 2008 10:21:32 GMT 1
A great time was had by all I'm sure. My only complaint with the place was the facists police force watching our every move at and away from the arena. The fact that so people had their heads down looking disapointed on the train after the Bolzano game shows just how far the club has come and how much expectation has risen when you consider that three years ago when Grenoble knocked us out in an earlier round fans were on the train singing as we were just happy to be in Europe whatever the results.
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Nov 27, 2008 20:54:34 GMT 1
i heard a rumour that Rich emmersed himself so much in Italian culture that he even sampled their food  Alphabetti Spaghetti and a Cornetto ;D |
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Post by Rich on Nov 27, 2008 21:08:52 GMT 1
They did a nice ham roll and good burgers and chips.
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Nov 28, 2008 20:03:27 GMT 1
Knew burgers and chips would be your staple diet.
Rich for next years Aussie jungle to change his eating preferences ;D
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