Canvey Island Vs Hendon

[Matt H]

The Echo reports that Antoine and Westy aren't quite ready to come back yet, but Lucky faces a late fitness test. No mention of Dobbo or if Halle is suspended yet.

 

If Lucky and Dobbo are out, but Halle can play I'd like to see us go 4-4-2 tomorrow and make the most of having our two available forwards playing from the start:

 

------------- Ricky --------------

- Oliva - Patten - Moore - Halle -

- Mustafa - Lee - Crow - Fanny -

-------- Gordon - J. Curran ------

 

SUBS: Mel, Blewer, Edwards, D. Curran, English

 

But I reckon it'll probably end up:

 

----------------- Ricky ------------------

---- Mustafa - Patten - Moore - Crow ----

- Gordon - Lee - Halle - Edwards - Fanny -

--------------- J. Curran ----------------

 

SUBS: Mel, Oliva, Corbell, Batch, Blewer

 

Result: 2-1 to Canvey

Scorers: Curran and Gordon

Att. 347

[Matt H]

A game we could all really do with forgetting about I think. The heavy wind didn't help matters, but Hendon adapted to it better than we did.

 

We really struggled with just the one up front today though, nothing was gonna get past their 4 or 5. Their 5 especially looked good and stood out for me but if their finishing had been any better though we could've lost by about four goals.

 

Leon Gordon was Man of the Match for me, he was the only one still running after 90 minutes and a mention to Rich Halle for getting really stuck in when anything looked lost.

 

Good to see Crow putting the ball about in Midfield, thought his distribution was impressive given the windy conditions. A shame though that we had two left-sided players who are too right-footed. Both Oliva and Fanibuyan looked uncomfortable playing on that side. Unfortunately until Danny Curran is fit we don't have anything better to put out there.

 

Second half we put ourselves under so much un-necessary pressure. Ricky's sending off was stupid and his own fault. Even if he'd let the player go and score, we would've had 11 men on the pitch to play with. Also second half we were getting caught out way too much in the fullback area, mainly down the left but sometimes down the right too. Thankfully Moore and Patten were on hand to clear out and even then we were more often than not putting ourselves right back into danger.

 

Credit to Dave Lee and Halle again for trying to play it on the floor, unfortunately Curran was tiring and we had no attacking options on the bench. Unhappy with our lack of substitutions though. A simple double switch of West for Crow and Corbell for Curran would've created a 3-5-1 formation with wingers so we could take the game to Hendon and maybe get a winner.

 

--------------- Mel ------------

 

------- West - Patten - Moore -----

 

Mustafa ---------------------- Corbell

 

------ Lee - Fanibuyan - Halle ----

 

-------------- Gordon -------------

 

Think we'll need a new Goalkeeper soon with Ricky's suspension and Mel seemed to take a knock whilst looking a big leggy for the final twenty minutes or so. I see today as two points dropped by not really being tactically aware of what was needed during the second half. However I presume most people will see it as a point gained given the conditions.

 

Roll on 'Arra Burra and back to winning ways!

[YELLOW]

Thought we play well first half but got sloppy in the second half.

 

Terrible goal to concede and unfortunately Ricky will have to take the blame for it.

 

We battled well under difficult conditions in the final half hour but was frustrating that we couldn't keep possession. Then again was difficult with just Jay up front plus the windy conditions.

 

Both Mustafa and Patten had excellent games and Tarks thoroughly deserved his man of the match award, twice making blocks to deny what would have been certain goals.

 

Not that unhappy with a draw. Keeps the momentum going.

[Matt H]

This is Hendon's version of this afternoon's event taken from their forum here.

 

Hendon faced the grim prospect of a lengthy navel-contemplating session in their schlep around the M25 this evening, having somehow left two points in the Thames Estuary.

 

With a stiff breeze blowing due north off the river, Canvey attacked the town end in the first half. Their team showed only one change from the XI that had recovered from two-down to beat Tonbridge at home in midweek (Easy trick, is that) with Ryan Oliva replacing Jon Edwards. Hendon made three changes from the team beaten at home by Billericay: Berkley Lawrencin replacing Joe Welch in goal; Chris Bangura and Lubomir Guentchev coming in for Brian Haule and Dave Maissa-Dhiediou. Dave was intially named in the starting line-up over the tannoy, before an amendment replaced him with Charlie Mapes. Hendon named only four subs, with Brian Haule not in the squad.

 

Canvey, playing with only Jay Curran up, started brightly. Richard Halle hit the defensive wall with an optimistic poke at a free-kick on the right. At the estuary end, Lubo and Bangers combined to set up James Bent, whose drive across the six-yard box from the right came to nought in a scramble. For the Gulls, David Lee fired narrowly over the bar from twenty yards. Richard Halle went to the dug-out to change a bloodied shirt.

 

Canvey took the lead in the thirteenth minute. Charlie Mapes was penalised for a foul on Hendon's right flank, about fifteen yards inside the Greens' half. I must confess to not paying a lot of attention to the area from which the kick was taken but it was chipped forward quickly to Jay Curran, who was lurking unmarked near the far side of the D. The ball bounced, Berkley Lawrencin came to the edge of his box but misjudged the flight in the swirling wind. Curran beat him to it and knocked the ball into the gaping net. Ouch. One-nil.

 

Hendon had a chance to equalise a couple of minutes later when Lubo escaped down the right. James Busby was well placed to convert a cross, but the wind caught Lubo's areial delivery and Busby, under pressure, couldn't apply the brakes in time. In spite of Buzza's contortions, the cross went behind him.

 

Canvey then had a dominant spell, with Leon Gordon looking especially lively on the right, but this was mainly a huffing and puffing session and Hendon almost levelled midway through the half. Busby skinned Chris Moore in the left-back slot and whipped in a cross for Lubo, who was in space, central and less than ten yards out. The Bulgarian seemed to have had a good view of the incoming delivery but he scuffed his half-volleyed shot badly, though Tarkan Mustafa's toecap might well have deflected the ball past a wrongfooted Ricky Wiseman had the experienced full-back's right leg been an inch shorter. As it was, Mustafa's ungainly lunge poked the ball away from Wiseman's left stick.

 

With only one centre-forward in the squad, Hendon did not need Bangers to get injured - but he did, limping off to be replaced by Kevin Maclaren. James Burgess moved into midfield and a variety of less than gargantuan players alternated in the striker's position.

Berkley Lawrencin narrowly escaped embarrassment when a serious piece of pussyfooting almost saw him lose possession on the edge of his box.

Worryingly for Hendon, the wind appeared to be easing as the interval approached.

Mark Kirby gave away a dangerously placed free-kick by fouling Gabi Fanibuyan in the right-back slot, but Berkely pouched Lee's speculative shot quite comfortably.

 

Hendon ended the first period strongly. Sam Byfield ran down the left wing and ghosted through a sea of yellow shirts, making it all the way to the far edge of the six-yard box without shooting before Wiseman lunged into a block-tackle as Sam eventually thought about pulling the trigger. The ball spun away to safety.

In the final minute, Lubo went through down the right. Buzza and Bent had some distance between themselves and the nearest Gull in the middle. Lubo's cross evaded both of them. Not to worry. James Burgess was coming in, just outside the far upright. With time to set his sights, Burgo went for a low daisy-cutting side-footer and missed the scrambling Wiseman's right post by an inch - the ball curling away on its path to goal.

"I had that well covered", said young Wiseman to the away support.

 

In the interval the wind increased. Substantially.

Canvey began by facing the wind with some determination. Berkely was down for a couple of minutes following an accidental collision with Craig Davidson, but the gale was making things difficult for the home team. Marc Leach curled a decent shot wide for Hendon.

 

The match turned on an incident eight minutes into the second half. A defensive mix-up allowed Lubo to snaffle the ball, thirty-five yards or so from goal in the inside-left tract. He was clear on Wiseman, who sprinted out impressively. Lubo, not much more than two yards wide of the posts, might have considered a poke from outside the area and probably had time to see if Wiseman would advance beyond the eighteen-yard line. Instead, Lubo advanced, pushed the ball outside the custodian in a less than convincing manner and hit the deck as Wiseman thrust-out a right arm and made contact. Stonewall penalty. It took the referee about three seconds to produce the red card. Harsh on Wiseman, who hadn't had to make a prope save up to that point, but there can be no complaints under the rules.

 

Canvey withdrew left-back Ryan Oliva to allow player-coach Mel Capleton to enter the fray as substitute goalkeeper. Capleton's first task was to face the spot-kick but Peter Shilton on a very good day would have had to go some to get anywhere near James Bent's strike. One-apiece.

 

Surprisingly, Canvey's rejigging involved moving midfield anchorman Craig Davidson to left-back. Up until this point, Hendon had struggled to make much progress through the middle, as Davidson had policed the area in front of the back four superbly. Now it was as though a plug had been removed from a sink. Hendon poured through the hole. What followed was a siege that will almost certainly be the most one-sided thirty-five minutes of football most fans will see this season.

 

There's little point in listing all the chances Hendon squandered. With Wiseman having not made a save, Capleton had to make one almost immediately, clawing away a Busby piledriver that was earmarked for his top-right corner.

By this time, the wind against the veteran keeper and his defence must have been a steady thirty miles per hour. Capleton couldn't get much more than twenty yards if he hit goalkicks into the air against some of the stronger gusts and, quite understandably, he frequently miskicked when trying to drill them low.

 

Lubo got away again and Gordon did well to get in front of Byfield to knock away his cross for a corner. Bent planted a header over the bar when presented with a good chance. Byfield recovered from a very poor attempted takedown to jink back inside a defender and bring anothe fine stop from Capleton. Charlie Mapes hit the face of the bar.

 

Kirby and Burgess were somehow crowded out at Capleton's left post at a corner. A Byfield corner from the right, aimed well outside teh penalty spot, blew back in and Capleton did well to tip it over from underneath his crossbar.

Capleton was using all his experience to waste as much time as possible and hit the deck after a tussle with Burgess as the pair waited for yet another corner to arrive.

 

A Burgess foul allowed David Lee to test Lawrencin with a free-kick on a rare Canvey sortie into the Hendon half.

Hendon were soon back on the offensive and were denied an absolutely blatant penalty when Byfield's shirt suddenly resembled a tent as he went through on the left. The referee, who must have seen the shirt-pull, waved play on, Byfield escaped and Capleton parried his shot to safety.

 

Three minutes from time, Byfield escaped down the wing again and crossed for Lubo, just inside the near post, seven yards out and unmarked. As headers from whipped crosses go, this was an absolute gaper. Lubo cleared the bar by two feet.

Three minutes into added time, Mapes skipped past a challenge and beat Capleton with a frim drive, only to see the ball strike the grateful keeper's left post.

 

In the dying minutes, Hendon gave away a couple of un-necessary free-kicks, whih allowed Canvey to relieve the pressure, and Fanibuyan came close to nicking all three points for the Gulls with a rising shot that narrowly missed Berkley's left upright.

Hendon had twenty goal attempts in the second half and just one successful penalty to show for it.

 

Result:

Canvey 1 (Jay Curran 13)

Hendon 1 (James Bent 55pen)

 

Line-ups:

Canvey (4-1-4-1)

1 - Ricky Wiseman; 2 - Tarkan Mustafa, 4 - Ben Patten, 5 - Chris Moore, 3 - Ryan Oliva; 10 - Craig Davidson; 7 - Leon Gordon, 8 - David Lee, 6 - Richard Halle, 11 - Gabriel Fanibuyan; 9 - Jay Curran. Sub - Mel Capleton (for Oliva 55).

Hendon (4-5-1)

1 - Berkley Lawrencin; 2 - James Burgess, 5 - Mark Kirby, 4 - Marc Leach, 3 - Craig Vargas; 9 - Lubomir Guentchev, 7 - James Bent, 8 - Charlie Mapes, 6 - James Busby, 11 - Sam Byfield; 10 - Chris Bangura. Sub - Kevin Maclaren (for Bangura 27).

 

Stats:

Shots on target - Canvey 4, Hendon 4.

Shots off target - Canvey 5, Hendon 13.

Shots blocked - Canvey 2, Hendon 5.

Corners - Canvey 3, Hendon 10.

Free-kicks - Canvey 17, Hendon 14.

Caught offside - Canvey 0, Hendon 8.

Yellow cards - Canvey 0, Hendon 0.

Red cards - Canvey 1, Hendon 0.

 

Interesting stats there, especially the shots and corners.

[YELLOW]

Good match report. Last 35 minutes resembled the Alamo at times!!!!

[JAY]

who you lot got tuesday night

[ShedBoy]

Harrow Borough

[JAY]

should be 3 points for you lot

[Guest MOB Snr]

Originally Posted By: Matt CIFC

................The heavy wind didn't help matters, but Hendon adapted to it better than we did.

We really struggled with just the one up front today though,............................if their finishing had been any better though we could've lost by about four goals.

Leon Gordon was Man of the Match for me, he was the only one still running after 90 minutes......................

A shame though that we had two left-sided players who are too right-footed. Both Oliva and Fanibuyan looked uncomfortable playing on that side. Unfortunately until Danny Curran is fit we don't have anything better to put out there.

Second half we put ourselves under so much un-necessary pressure. Ricky's sending off was stupid and his own fault. Even if he'd let the player go and score, we would've had 11 men on the pitch to play with. Also second half we were getting caught out way too much in the fullback area, mainly down the left but sometimes down the right too. Thankfully Moore and Patten were on hand to clear out and even then we were more often than not putting ourselves right back into danger.

Credit to Dave Lee and Halle again for trying to play it on the floor, unfortunately Curran was tiring and we had no attacking options on the bench. Unhappy with our lack of substitutions though. A simple double switch of West for Crow and Corbell for Curran would've created a 3-5-1 formation with wingers so we could take the game to Hendon and maybe get a winner.

Think we'll need a new Goalkeeper soon with Ricky's suspension and Mel seemed to take a knock whilst looking a big leggy for the final................. I see today as two points dropped by not really being tactically aware of what was needed during the second half. However I presume most people will see it as a point gained given the conditions.

Sorry Matt you again spout rubbish, you post all the time as if you understand football!!

As somebody said to me in the bar on saturday "has that pratt ever played football" or "has he ever coached a game in his life".

You are supposed to be a canvey supporter and all you ever do is slag off our players and staff, If I was moderator I would wipe off your account. The fact that none of the players has sought you out and given you a slap is only testimony to their decency.

You are abusing your position and talking nonsense, I think you should walk into the bar and introduce yourself to the 11 men who were not running after 90 minutes then explain to John exactly what was wrong with his substitutions.

Do you really think you would get away with this rubbish on the Hx, Ricay or Concord forum, as a moderator you should step down or get behind our players you are an embaressment.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but your constant sniping and negativity is just wrong, our players read your rubbish, the job of a fan is to get behind our team.

Ricky made a mistake that was no worse than mistakes that happen all over the place do you really think he turned to himself and said "never mind" he is gutted and does not need a wally like you to point it out, what about the two fantastic saves earlier.

It is clear you do not understand the game and you certainly do not understand our players or our club so SHUT THE F^CK UP!!!
As a fan on our forum thats my opinion!!!
Rant over!!!

[ken]

i am normally the first to stick up for Ricky but what made the mistake worse was that he took the pi$$ out of the Hendon keeper in the first half for making the same mistake.

 

it was a game where no one played well against the wind, it was all us in the first half and all them in the second and unfortunately rickys costly error made that even harder for us. i still think he is a good enough keeper at this level he just needs to work on his concentration.

[Matt H]

Originally Posted By: MOB Snr

Sorry Matt you again spout rubbish, you post all the time as if you understand football!!

As somebody said to me in the bar on saturday "has that pratt ever played football" or "has he ever coached a game in his life".

You are supposed to be a canvey supporter and all you ever do is slag off our players and staff, If I was moderator I would wipe off your account. The fact that none of the players has sought you out and given you a slap is only testimony to their decency.

You are abusing your position and talking nonsense, I think you should walk into the bar and introduce yourself to the 11 men who were not running after 90 minutes then explain to John exactly what was wrong with his substitutions.

Do you really think you would get away with this rubbish on the Hx, Ricay or Concord forum, as a moderator you should step down or get behind our players you are an embaressment.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but your constant sniping and negativity is just wrong, our players read your rubbish, the job of a fan is to get behind our team.

Ricky made a mistake that was no worse than mistakes that happen all over the place do you really think he turned to himself and said "never mind" he is gutted and does not need a wally like you to point it out, what about the two fantastic saves earlier.

It is clear you do not understand the game and you certainly do not understand our players or our club so SHUT THE F^CK UP!!!
As a fan on our forum thats my opinion!!!
Rant over!!!

You crack me up MOB!

You claim to hate Bullies yet whenever ANYTHING you disagree with is put on the forum you're quick to jump on the poster's back - What a HYPOCRITE!

Are you saying I'm not a fan? At least I stayed for the full 90 minutes on Saturday unlike some others!

People know who I am: players, players' families, Club officials, fans.

I can't believe you brought up my comment about Ricky! When (nearly) everyone has been calling for Mel to start and pointing out Ricky's error against Tonbridge, I did not. How about putting your head above the parapit and sniping them down for once?

As for people seeking me out, I welcome it, you could've done it yourself on Saturday. However, why is it that my comments on a forum are singled out, yet when they're shared between fans on the terraces no-one decides to intervene? Is it because you see me as easy pickings on here? Not that I'm complaining mind, you just make yourself look like a prat.

How about telling all the old boys who stand by the bar that they should be "supporters"?

[YELLOW]

Originally Posted By: ken

i still think he is a good enough keeper at this level he just needs to work on his concentration.

I agree there Ken. Hopefully that's something he will improve on as he gets older and more experienced.

[leigh on seagull]

Originally Posted By: MOB Snr

Originally Posted By: Matt CIFC

................The heavy wind didn't help matters, but Hendon adapted to it better than we did.

We really struggled with just the one up front today though,............................if their finishing had been any better though we could've lost by about four goals.

Leon Gordon was Man of the Match for me, he was the only one still running after 90 minutes......................

A shame though that we had two left-sided players who are too right-footed. Both Oliva and Fanibuyan looked uncomfortable playing on that side. Unfortunately until Danny Curran is fit we don't have anything better to put out there.

Second half we put ourselves under so much un-necessary pressure. Ricky's sending off was stupid and his own fault. Even if he'd let the player go and score, we would've had 11 men on the pitch to play with. Also second half we were getting caught out way too much in the fullback area, mainly down the left but sometimes down the right too. Thankfully Moore and Patten were on hand to clear out and even then we were more often than not putting ourselves right back into danger.

Credit to Dave Lee and Halle again for trying to play it on the floor, unfortunately Curran was tiring and we had no attacking options on the bench. Unhappy with our lack of substitutions though. A simple double switch of West for Crow and Corbell for Curran would've created a 3-5-1 formation with wingers so we could take the game to Hendon and maybe get a winner.

Think we'll need a new Goalkeeper soon with Ricky's suspension and Mel seemed to take a knock whilst looking a big leggy for the final................. I see today as two points dropped by not really being tactically aware of what was needed during the second half. However I presume most people will see it as a point gained given the conditions.

Sorry Matt you again spout rubbish, you post all the time as if you understand football!!

As somebody said to me in the bar on saturday "has that pratt ever played football" or "has he ever coached a game in his life".

You are supposed to be a canvey supporter and all you ever do is slag off our players and staff, If I was moderator I would wipe off your account. The fact that none of the players has sought you out and given you a slap is only testimony to their decency.

You are abusing your position and talking nonsense, I think you should walk into the bar and introduce yourself to the 11 men who were not running after 90 minutes then explain to John exactly what was wrong with his substitutions.

Do you really think you would get away with this rubbish on the Hx, Ricay or Concord forum, as a moderator you should step down or get behind our players you are an embaressment.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but your constant sniping and negativity is just wrong, our players read your rubbish, the job of a fan is to get behind our team.

Ricky made a mistake that was no worse than mistakes that happen all over the place do you really think he turned to himself and said "never mind" he is gutted and does not need a wally like you to point it out, what about the two fantastic saves earlier.

It is clear you do not understand the game and you certainly do not understand our players or our club so SHUT THE F^CK UP!!!
As a fan on our forum thats my opinion!!!
Rant over!!!

M.O.B. . . . . .Why do you think Matt doesnt understand football, . . . all he done was give an opinion.

why be personal and call him a prat

HE IS A SUPPORTER and not supposed to be as you put it.

if i was moderator i would bar your input to the forum as you seem to disagree with evertone at some time or another.

so what if the players do read the forum, they cant expect to read wonderful reviews everytime they flick on their computers they must take on board criticism when it comes along.

yes Ricky did make a couple of decent saves earlier in the game but isnt that what keepers are supposed to do. Mistakes they all make but unfortunately Ricky seems to be making perhaps a few more than he should do.

and finally if you think that you can tell Matt to shut the f*ck up i feel i'm entitled to tell you exactly the same.

as a fan of our forum thats my opinion, . . . au revoir.

[Matt H]

Originally Posted By: YELLOW

Originally Posted By: ken

i still think he is a good enough keeper at this level he just needs to work on his concentration.

I agree there Ken. Hopefully that's something he will improve on as he gets older and more experienced.

Ricky is 99% of the time a quality 'Keeper and I defended him because of that after the Tonbridge match. Even putting a positive message on his Facebook. He has improved ten-fold since his first season with us thanks to Mel and I'm always confident if the opposition have a long shot, corner or dangerous freekick that he'll hold it well.

His throwing out for quick breaks and Counter-attacking is excellent and I wish he'd do it more. Two aspects that could be improved is how long he holds onto the ball once he's claimed it, especially when it's late in the game and we're trying to grab a winner and his decision to come off his line and put the ball into row Z - You either do or you don't.

[Guest MOB Snr]

You miss the point as usual, you have been told several times that your comments are unhelpful to our club and offensive to our players.

 

You moderate this forum and therefore have a responsibilty that goes with that role.

 

If you know that these comments are offensive but still persist you are either stupid or do not have the best interest of this club at heart.

 

You obviously did not learn from the issues with the unofficial site which was caused after another so called impartial match report that our players and officials found offensive. That resulted in the so called supporters being banned and their excellent website became irrelevent and is frozen.

 

Matt step back from these type of reports and comments. Now that is not bullying, it is friendly advice, I strongly suggest you take it.

 

As for your new fellow mischeif maker he has made five posts all of them stirring up problems is that a friend you need if so that speaks volumes.

 

My comments were personal and I hope offensive, if they were offensive to you, then you will understand how Leon, Crow, Batchy, Lucky, Ricky and the others feel when you accuse them of not trying.

 

Their qualifications and experience are all public and open for everyone to see, what level did you coach or play at??????

 

If you claim to be an unqualified fan with no experience of football and what you are sharing is your own uneducated view that you gained from sitting for many hours on your Play Station playing fantasy Manager, then please step down as moderator and go back to your play station.

[Matt H]

I hold the position of Moderator, however as far as I can recall I can count the number of times I've felt the need to actually moderate anything on one hand. I don't see the need to relinquish a title that is hardly ever used.

 

Also as far as I can recall again, the only person that has told me my comments are offensive is yourself and seeing as your position at the Club is equal to mine, I don't really see that as a necessity to change my opinion of what I see on the pitch.

 

As for the Club's best interests - I want them to win as does everyone else and like everyone else I'm disappointed when we don't. My comments following a match aren't usually exclusively mine but other snippets banded about the terraces that I tend to agree with.

 

A former Canvey legend once told me that a player that can't take criticism shouldn't be in the game. Now if they take my comments personally that's up to them, I certainly don't aim to berate an individual, but I wonder what is more 'offensive' - One person's comment on a forum or all those 'cardboard cutouts' actually airing it at a match where said player(s) hear it up close and personal?

 

I seem to remember the 'mischief-maker' stating in a previous post that they've been on the forum before under another username? Their post is their opinion as stated, that's nothing to do with me and I certainly didn't ask for it.

 

What does my coaching level have to do with how I view a team's performance? If coaching was something I was interested in I'd do it. Only one person's coaching credentials ever matter and that's whoever holds the position of Manager at Canvey Island Football Club.

 

Opinions and views are there to be expressed and I enjoy sharing mine after every match I attend, that's what this place is for. What is unfortunate is there are some posters who rarely post anymore as they can't be arsed to face a torrent of abuse from you, MOB on anything you disagree with.

 

If you wanna have a go at the other Cardboard Cutouts, maybe you should start with the bloke who called Westy a "f**king [****!!****]" to his face before the match Saturday.

[Guest MOB Snr]

I made my point, you can choose to ignore if you wish.

 

I never serve our fans with "torrents of abuse" the abuse is always reserved for those that attack us.

 

As for your comments re cardboard cut outs those that stand near me willl note I rarely hear that sort of abuse and when I do I always challenge it, maybe because people know I do not slag off our players they do not say it in front of me.

 

The players and officials will not tell you your comments are offensive as several have said to me, they "would not dignify them with a response".

 

In the end you now know you are offending people, if you proceed you can live with your action.

[Matt H]

This will be my final post on the subject as I believe we're both getting rather repetitive.

 

In summary:

 

Your point is unfounded - If I were to choose to abuse my moderator position I would've deleted all your comments that are personal towards other forum users ages ago. I haven't because I believe in letting people have their say on everything whether I agree with it or not.

 

What you cannot do is constantly police this forum abusing others should they not agree with any of your views. You are driving the fans that use this forum into hiding. As I said, they should feel they can post their honest opinions freely without the fear of a torrent of abuse from anyone, not just you.

 

I come into contact with our players, fans and officials at work on a near daily basis. All of them know who I am, none have ever questioned me.

 

Come seek me out behind the goal we're attacking on Saturday, see if what I hear is different to what you observe.

[Guest MOB Snr]

I will say no more on this also Matt as apparently you are free to abuse our players and club, however I have been informed in a PM any response of equal nature will be deleated by the admin.

 

That is why Moderators should hold their views on these matters!!

[leigh on seagull]

Originally Posted By: MOB Snr

I will say no more on this also Matt as apparently you are free to abuse our players and club, however I have been informed in a PM any response of equal nature will be deleated by the admin.

That is why Moderators should hold their views on these matters!!

moderator or not, Matt is equally entitled to use this forum and give whatever opinions he likes as you are. . . . . who do you think you are! ! !