Phil Old Boy Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Normally I can remember a couple of reasonable moves from opposing teams but I struggled to remember anything from Bedford. What was all that time wasting by the corner flag? That was embarrassing for a league game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 it was the same as most teams we get all they wont to do is kick lump out of us all the match and the refs seem to let them get a way with it.you are right it was embarrassing to watch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Bedford - A team going no-where, stuck mid-table time wasting while only drawing and did you see their fans after the game? They were over the moon with a draw, that's disgraceful. It's almost as bad as playing at home for a draw. At least when Canvey play you know that they are playing for the win and if they don't achieve it then there could be a number of factors involved. Bedford certainly weren't better than us, although I am happy to admit that I thought the Bedford defence and Goalkeeper did well at times and if it wasn't for them then Canvey could've snatched the game or even had it in the bag by half-time. I suppose Bedford didn't think they were any better than us either, they gave their Goalkeeper Man of the Match. Matt CIFC <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELLOW Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 To be honest you could understand them time wasting if they were leading or really needed a point to stave off relegation but the bloke running to the corner flag when he had teammates in a great position was laughable. As for their fans, I can understand their reaction at the final whistle. Let's face it they've not had the cup or Trophy runs that we've had in recent seasons and have been pretty mediocre in the league. Bedford fans have had to make do with their team trying to beat the likes of ourselves, Shots and St Albans as providing any real excitement in a season. I suppose we should be flattered that they thought getting a point against us was a really big thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Eckscape Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Their keeper may well have been MOTM, but I wanna know how fast he was going when he ran into that wall. By far the ugliest keeper I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald_Eagle Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Listen you big brave beasts.......Getting a point against you did make a difference, It made us ALL very happy. You, Us and Braintree marched up these leagues, And we will cheer every goal that goes in against you, every point that we earn and every result which condemns you to another year in OUR division. IT IS IMPORTANT TO US. IF IT WAS AS IMPORTANT TO YOU. YOU MIGHT STILL BE PROMOTION HOPEFULS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YELLOW Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 You really are sad, angry people so full of bitterness and jealously. As Noel Gallagher wrote "God gave me a soul in your rock n roll babe." I have to agree totally! Go with God, it's the only way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merv Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Now you see, you and I obviously have a very different perspective on this great football competition in which we are involved. You say, "...every point that we earn and every result which condemns you to another year in OUR division." Although I want my team to go up I am not quite so blinkered as you seem to be. I am truly delighted that Dagenham (they went up in our first season in the Premier) are doing so brilliantly in the Conference. Not because they are an Essex team (is that true any more?) but because they are an ex-Ryman team. In a similar way it is good to watch the progress of Farnborough (our second season) and if you read these columns, you will see that Canvey are desperate to rekindle the rivalry with Gravesend (our third), but not in the Ryman League - in the Conference! Again, if you read the comments here you will see that there is a general feeling from many that Aldershot ought to be in the Conference, indeed there are some postings from Canvey fans saying they they ought to be in the football league. I take it from your contributions that you wouldn't want anyone to go up, unless it were Bedford. As that seems very unlikely you resort to spoiling tactics and hope that all those in the running fail. Remember, you do not make yourself rich by making your enemy poorer, nor do you make yourself strong by making your enemy weaker. I want Canvey to go up but the chances looks to be fading. In that case, I am preparing to wish good luck to Shots and hope that if they do go into the Conference they 'knock 'em bandy' on behalf of the Ryman League. Anyway, enjoy the four points and the goals you won at Canvey's expense. I am so happy that so many are pleased by so little. If we come to the Eyrie next season, we could perhaps bring some shiny beads and trinkets. Now that would really make your season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Allow me to give A Bedford fans opinion on some of the points you have made here Quote: Bedford - A team going no-where, stuck mid-table time wasting while only drawing and did you see their fans after the game? They were over the moon with a draw, that's disgraceful. It's almost as bad as playing at home for a draw. Going no-where, I disagree we have improved beyond recognition from earlier in the season and as for time wasting, if you followed your team you would know we have never got so much as a point at Canvey in our past meetings going back to before most of your fans bothered to start turning up! Quote: it was the same as most teams we get all they wont to do is kick lump out of us all the match and the refs seem to let them get a way with it. you are right it was embarrassing to watch . I advise you to but a copy of the match video ( I know you wont you didnt win) and study the first 30 mins and try and spot how many free kicks Bedford were given, its about 1 give or take 1. The ref let you off a blatant penalty near the end and let a lot of Canvey fouls go unpunished. Quote: Normally I can remember a couple of reasonable moves from opposing teams but I struggled to remember anything from Bedford. Here’s a few, Tomlinson free kick hits the crossbar and goes over, Lynch haled over by the centre half in the penalty area, nothing given. Tomlinson curling shot of the crossbar again, follow up kicked straight at your keeper, Tomlinson’s goal!, Sozzo hitting the post with the keeper beaten. Does that help? Face it your the team everyone loves to hate, your successful and you have bag loads of money, tell you what if you don’t like it why not give us all your money and cup runs and you can hate us instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANV EFM Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 were the team everyone loves to hate? so your trying to take that mantle over then?.. and give you our cup runs and money?(i assume you hve the accounts to hand?) so we can hate you instead, why? we hate you already.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Dont like the truth do you, still maybe you'll do better against us next season, maybe 3 points each! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANV EFM Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 where do u get from any of that, that i dont like the truth? im always happy to nick a point from bedford..after all wasn't it mighty bedford that wanted conf south football as the ryman clubs brought no-one to the new eyrie? that'll include the 10 ryman clubs that are currently above you in the league then.. the arrogance of these big clubs amazes me at times!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabird Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Who the hell cares about the skill levels of Bedford A simple and I promise unbiased description would be they are as aggresive and as intelligent as the instructions handed out by their bench "SHUT DOWN" "FOOT IN" "GET IT FORWARD" "PUSH UP TIGHT" That is what they have and rather well they do on limited resource I really have tried to stay out of the breakdown on Saturdays result but here goes We allowed a hit and run outfit to get us to out do them at thier harum scarum game plan We are in fact and by reputation throughout non-league a footballing side, Not on Saturday we were not The really essential trick for a footballing side is the trigger(s) that get pass and move underway On Saturday two defenders between them hit maybe 5 or 6 peach 60 yd passes but on maybe 10 to 15 times they hit 50/60 yd passes that missed On 3/4 times we took part in bouts of head tennis where the ball was headed 6/7 times before eventually falling to the floor in despair When BTFC spotted the ball they hit for the channels Our game plan must be ball retention creating and using space with the hard graft done off the ball not chasing it Defenders must be the start of most moves in the game plan as for certain they would be playing at a much higher level if they could hit 60yd accurate passes every 5 minutes I do not believe individuals were to blame we as a footballing side must move and pass as a unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Quote: wasn't it mighty bedford that wanted conf south football as the ryman clubs brought no-one to the new eyrie? that'll include the 10 ryman clubs that are currently above you in the league then.. the arrogance of these big clubs amazes me at times!! What a crap argument you have made, you imply that we shouldn’t want to basically side step into a southern conference and should instead take voluntary relegation to stay in the Ryman if the Conference plans went ahead, also wouldn’t you and the other 8 teams above us also want to join this league rather then drop down a division in the grand scheme of things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANV EFM Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 i didnt imply anything of the sort..side stepping into conf south is what any ambitious club would want to do..i merely pointed out that your club embelished thier request with a snide dig at a lot of the clubs in this league that dont have large travelling support, many of these clubs are currently above you in the league .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald_Eagle Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Why was your end of Park Lane so quiet on Saturday? Never heard it (or not as the case may be) like that in all my years of going there. Normally there is at least a vocal challenge waiting for us. It was almost as if your singers rolled over and accepted defeat in the first 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cangull Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Forgive me if I am wrong but I was of the opinion that we are talking football here. Not a competion as who has the best or worse male voice choir. Personnally I would prefer to watch a good football side like Canvey Island than to suffer the listening of a very very poor excuse for a Welsh choir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald_Eagle Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Quote: Forgive me if I am wrong but I was of the opinion that we are talking football here. Not a competion as who has the best or worse male voice choir. Personnally I would prefer to watch a good football side like Canvey Island than to suffer the listening of a very very poor excuse for a Welsh choir. Well our boys always comment on how much they are lifted due to the loud and constant support we offer them, you should try it......never know, it might just work. I don't doubt for 1 minute that you have players of an exceptional standard.....but ask yourself this:- How enthusiastic are these excellent players when they are surrounded by silence coming from the very people who are supposed to be motivating and encouraging them (I think it's called Supporting)... Man for man your team have the better ability but our team have the better frame of mind because each and every game we let them know very loudly that their efforts mean a great deal to lots of people. ******CAN WE SING A SONG FOR YOU******* <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Eckscape Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 You seem obsessed with the facts that you can sing. Well done, you were by far the best singing opposition we have had down the Lane this season. I remember after the game reflecting to everyone how well you sung. I'm surprised in Merv's report that he didn't forget about the match and give minute by minute updates of your singing. Instead of player ratings, decibal levels could have been recorded. We could even have a link to your site so we could all listen to you sing marvellously. However, we have sung at the likes of Port Vale, Wigan and Villa Park after victories, and until you can say that, it makes you wonder how much your singing really has done. Keep singing lads, and I look forward to hearing you sing sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I stood in my usual spot despite being surrounded by the unruly mob that were bedford supporters. some of their better behaved fans apologised for their team and disgusting supporters. They were loud they were rude and they were boring. Still they won a draw. They sung the occasionally funny dity peppered with foul and abusive language. I can not remember the last time I saw gulls resting in our half. shows how much of the play we had and how much they lacked. Most of their songs were borrowed and laked originality, my 10 year old managed to shut them up when they were sining. you have only got one song! you have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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