A View From The Chair
#BIGGER BOLDER BETTER!
Who could argue with that?
Well, what a season it has been, so near yet so far. Prior to the start of the season the Nay Sayers had predicted the Barons to be fighting for the scraps in the lower reaches of the league and given the number of experienced player who left the Barons at the end of the 2022-2023 season they may have had a point. How wrong we proved them!
Little did they know that Leepy had other ideas and over the season he recruited a mixture of talented youngsters and experienced players that very quickly gelled into a formidable team.
The standouts for me personally of the new players had been Alex Whyte and Charlie Webb. Alex has been immense on and of the ice and had he not missed 3 months of the season I truly believe we would have won the league. When injuries and suspensions bit Charlie stepped and wasn’t phased by anything that Leepy asked him to do.
We should also not forget the contributions of Jacob Race, Dani Haid, Will Reed, Billy Crofts and Aaron Moody who all played their parts in building a formidable team.
We should also recognise the huge contribution Ben Lee made when he stood in when Graham Laverick was banned, his performance in the game against Hull was outstanding and contributed to the Barons securing 2nd place in the league. Continue reading “View from the Chair”