Kevin Parrish believes things have got to change at the Invicta Dynamos and fast if they are to achieve anything this year.

That was the opinion of the Head Coach after watching his side beaten 8-4 by the Romford Raiders at the Silver Blades Ice Bowl in Gillingham on Sunday night.

The Dynamos trailed 3-1 after the first period with Callum Fowler’s penalty shot a mere consolation for a poor opening twenty minutes.

Worse was to come in the second period as three unanswered goals saw the Essex side race into a 6-1 lead and despite Callum Best and Tim Smith (with two goals) scoring for the Dynamos in the last period, they were comfortably beaten in one of the worst displays of the season.

Following the game, the Dynamos Directors took the unprecedented step of going into the dressing room to speak directly with Parrish and the players leaving the Head Coach frustrated with another evening that has seen his side come away with nothing:

“It’s the fundamental errors that we are making week in, week out and it’s the first time in my coaching career that I have thought where do we go from here?”

“Do we dwindle the squad down to twelve or thirteen guys, cut what we have got and look for someone, although we have been looking for someone and haven’t found anyone that fits the bill.”

“As a unit, do we say we start again and start a fresh page, although how many times have we said that? We could have chopped down the New Forest with the new pages we have turned so far.”

“I’m not totally blaming the players, the coaches and I’m certainly not blaming the Directors as they’ve given me so much to work with at the start of the year and we have to pay that back.”

“It’s the first time in my coaching career that the Directors have come in after the game and talked to the players. I don’t like the Directors coming in my changing room, it’s my changing room, my place and my team, but at the end of the day the Directors are there to keep the business going and that’s what this is, a business and we need to keep this business going and we need to win to keep the business going.”

“If we don’t win games the business goes down the pan as people won’t come through the door and I don’t like getting booed at the end of the game by my own home fans.”

“I fully respect them for paying their money, coming here week in, week out and they are fully entitled to boo. We don’t get beaten 8-4 at home. It’s disgusting. I’m not putting it all on me, I’m not putting it all on the players, but somehwere we have got to go 50/50 and say who is making the mistakes here.”

“We tried different systems that worked at Chelmsford, but then stopped doing it. The last period we came back a bit and I said to the boys to go out there and do what you want. Do what you want as you’re not listening to the systems.”

“It even goes down to the equipment manager saying to the boys that they need to put their tape in the bin. He’s not here to run around after people and nor am I.”

“I’ve come in on a Sunday and there’s guys shirts that haven’t even been washed. It’s those little things that lead to bigger things and we are then saying to people to pick up their man and they’re not.”

“It’s got to the point where I have never been warned about my jobs and I can see the forums will be full of it. I will read them and take some of it on board.”

“The fans pay their money and they have every right to ask questions as to what is going on. We need to turn it around quickly, otherwise this team’s not going to go any further forward than it is at the moment.”

Parrish has always been one to wear his heart on his sleeve and be brutally honest with fans and he told KSN how he felt the side just weren’t playing to their potential and could kiss goodbye to any thoughts of being Champions now:

“At the moment, we’re looking as to where we are going to get our next win. It’s a lottery at the moment and I could count my chances of getting six numbers in next weekend rather than getting a win.”

“Unfortunately we have got a week off next week, we’ve got no game and we’re going to have to take the week off. For financial reasons, with no game going on, we have to take the week off.”

“Maybe it will do us good to have six or seven days off and spend time with our families.”

“We’ve said to the guys to come back on that Tuesday if they still want to be here. If you don’t want to be here, don’t be here. Don’t waste our time, don’t waste our budget and don’t waste the fans money that come and watch you play.”

“What I’m not disbelieving is my ability or that of my players, what I am disbelieving is the attitude of some of the guys. It has to change, otherwise personnel will change, it’s as simple as that.”

“I keep saying it, but I don’t want to get rid of these guys. I like this team as a unit, but we’re not a unit at the moment. They need to turn up for training on time, turn up for the coach on time. Those little things help teams bond and pull for each other.”

“I don’t think there’s too many guys in the dressing room that are doing their jobs at the moment.”

Parrish will now spend the next fortnight looking at where he can improve things at the Dynamos and get the consistency in their play to go on a good run.

They’re next in action again on Saturday 22nd Decemeber when they travel to play the Cardiff NIHL Devils before coming back to play the Streatham Redskins in Gillingham just twenty four hours later.

Two wins in that weekend could see a dramtic change in the Dynamos fortunes and Parrish told KSN how he felt anything less than two wins would be a failure:

“We have to win them both. It’s an absolute must. If we want to enjoy Christmas, then we have got to win those games.”

“I will say now to the fans, it will get better and I beg the fans please don’t write us off. I know the title is way out of our faces right now, it’s like Mount Everest with a pair of slippers on, but we have got to keep the faith.”

“Our supporters are the best in the league and they don’t deserve to be seeing what they are at the moment.”

“We all need to be pulling in the same direction as this is a family club. I know the fans are hurting, but there are twenty guys in the dressing room that are hurting twice as bad.”

The Christmas period represents the halfway mark in the Dynamos season. Parrish and co will be hoping 2013 begins with a flourish, otherwise there could be some drastic changes ahead.

Picture supplied by David Trevallion.