FAO Rhodes

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted By: Krooner

That makes sense Rhodes. Never sure if high profile friendlies for our size clubs do any good for the preparations for the season.

Thanks, that's right and we would have probably needed to stay up in the North East overnight which would have been quite expensive, a lot of our players aren't great travellers either and like to be in the comfort of their own environment such as Camden and Islington, they would certainly be like ducks out of water on Wearside.

[Greg_Dyke]

Surely Clement could have persuaded his good friend and ally, Roy Keane to bring his squad to London for a game ?

[Krooner]

Originally Posted By: Greg_Dyke

Surely Clement could have persuaded his good friend and ally, Roy Keane to bring his squad to London for a game ?

He would of Greg but as I am sure Rhodes knows he understands what is good for his players in pre season.

[Rhodes]

We did consider that but the Copthall Stadium isn't available for us to use until the start of the season, I think like I said we just want to keep our pre-season low key this year as we attracted too much attention this time last year, particularly playing at Claremont Road, and it was a distraction we didn't really need.

[Greg_Dyke]

surely a local ground could have hosted the game......Coles Park Stadium ?

[Rhodes]

Greg Dyke - Strangely enough we considered playing Sunderland at another ground in the area but to be perfectly honest we had our basin full of that last season and are totally fed up with going to Club's on bended knee, cap in one hand and Big Issue in the other asking for favours. This season is a new beginning for us, a new era if you like and we want to put the bad old days, such as the ill fated groundshares at Haringey, Potters Bar and Hendon, well and truly behind us.

[Krooner]

Ahem to that Rhodes and good luck. I look forward to you riding high in Div 1 next season.

[NeutralFan]

Not too high though...

[Greg_Dyke]

Originally Posted By: Rhodes

fed up with going to Club's on bended knee, cap in one hand and Big Issue in the other asking for favours.

I can understand why...this would mean you'd have been hopping on one leg, with a bent knee and a crumpled Big Issue....

[Rhodes]

That's a good point however it's exactly what we at Kentish Town are forced to do, I spend hours walking up and down Kentish Town Road cap in hand and banging on doors in a Jehovas Witness fashion, it's a case of if you don't ask you don't get.

[Greg_Dyke]

I see what you mean, however, surely this must present a certain image of the club, within the community.

 

some well thought out marketing events would serve the long term future of the club much better...a fete, a race night, etc

[Rhodes]

Greg Dyke - Yes but that is all very time consuming and there are only so many hours in the day, fete's, racing nights and quizes etc are more for your Stony Stratford Town's, Cranfield United's, New Bradwell St Peter's, Winslow United's and Buckingham Athletic's where there is nothing else or better to do and the Football Club is the focal point of the Community, it's obviously not like that with Kentish Town.

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

well baited Rhodes. Teams from the region south midlands then in the main. No wonder eagles left in a rush( strangely around the time when you advised the police of the shirt and ball debacle)must have been lost in the middlesex south midlands sprawl and exited stage right from a silverstone helicopter

[Rhodes]

TheSpursFan - Thanks for that, yes I was beginning to wonder about Eagles1981 myself, perhaps he has something to do with the missing shirt and ball and is in cahoots with 'Sugar', I doubt he is in Portugal at all and is probably watching us from behind his computer screen with a smile on his face in the Old Kent Road.

[Wader]

Eh? The last race night I put on at a club raised a clear £1,500

That wasn't in the sticks either. Of course if you've got no fans it makes it a bit harder, but not out of the way.

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

why was it the last race night you put on?

[Rhodes]

Biggleswade is out in the sticks

[Wader]

Park Laner - It was the last one I did, because the next one hasn't happened yet.

 

Special Cecil - It wasn't at Biggleswade.

 

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

bean spill night tonight wader?

 

I got some cash if you got some plans!

[Rhodes]

Yes me too, you seem to have vast experience in such matters and we will give you a percentage, I bet you could easily double a grand in the blink of an eye.