Dave calls it a day at Cockfosters

[Rhodes]

Football Man - Like I've stated before on many occasions I have no problem whatsoever with 'Sugar' and don't dislike him despite what members might think, he has the problem with me possibly because he knows full well I can see through him from a mile away.

[NeutralFan]

Wow, Rhodes has x-ray vision!

[eagles1981]

Rhodes is not only obsessed, he is an addict!

 

His self-denial of his own actions, obvious to everyone else (except his batty-boy cape crusader) are obvious symptoms of this!

 

Could he go without? I bet he would say he could!

[Football Man]

Originally Posted By: Rhodes

Football Man - Like I've stated before on many occasions I have no problem whatsoever with 'Sugar' and don't dislike him despite what members might think, he has the problem with me possibly because he knows full well I can see through him from a mile away.

So why do you continually refer to him as 'Sugar'? It is clear that you don't mean it in an endearing way but in a dictatorial sense, so how can you say that you don't have a problem with him or dislike him but still refer to him as 'Sugar' (going out of your way to include inverted comma's) in the same sentence?

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted By: eagles1981

Rhodes is not only obsessed, he is an addict!
His self-denial of his own actions, obvious to everyone else (except his batty-boy cape crusader) are obvious symptoms of this!
Could he go without? I bet he would say he could!

Could I go without what might I ask!
Actually following my conversation with Jose a couple of weeks back at our infamous meeting I strongly believe that you are the one who is obsessed and not quite the full shilling. Jose grinned like a Cheshire Cat when I first mentioned you and said that he was fed up with you waking him up on a Sunday morning from wherever you were in the World wanting to talk about the game the previous day and he couldn't get you off the phone.

[Football Man]

Originally Posted By: Football Man

Originally Posted By: Rhodes

Football Man - Like I've stated before on many occasions I have no problem whatsoever with 'Sugar' and don't dislike him despite what members might think, he has the problem with me possibly because he knows full well I can see through him from a mile away.

So why do you continually refer to him as 'Sugar'? It is clear that you don't mean it in an endearing way but in a dictatorial sense, so how can you say that you don't have a problem with him or dislike him but still refer to him as 'Sugar' (going out of your way to include inverted comma's) in the same sentence?

I thought so. Too difficult a question to answer so you ignore it and hope it goes away.

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

or the poodle answers it? Sorry Rhodes i know your perfectly capable but the pubs not open yet!

 

FM mr alan sugar isnt a dictator though. He just fires a lot of people. Fair comparison or disturbing obsession?

[Football Man]

It's clip Rods comparison, not mine. It's not a very good comparison, as you point out, but you will doubtless be aware by now that clip Rods doesn't let the truth get in the way of an opportunity to have a dig at the man who quite rightly sacked him from Haringey Borough.

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

ah but you said Rhodes meant it in a dictatorial sense, and he doesn't.And has there been more than one sacking or did someone walk off the set?

[Football Man]

He does mean it in a dictatorial sense. He uses Alan Sugar's name in the same terms as the likes of Robert Mugabe, Nicolai Caucescu, Doug Ellis and Ken Bates as he considers them all to be tyrannical dictators. Mr. Achillea parodies this by using the pseudonym "mugabesugarellisbates" when he posts on here.

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

but rhodes chooses to refer to him as sugar not mugabe, which has a softer tone to it, I feel.

[Football Man]

I think you give him far more credit than he's due.

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

quite possibly Fm.

in the real world (or at least london footie) you may be a respected figure or a complete [****!!****] I dont know, I suspect the former, but in this forum virtual world you spend too much time just being antiRhodes. It dilutes your critique of Rhodes on here if you dont show there is anything else to your character.

 

Who am I to tell you what to do but if you upped your general postings to reflect your visits to games and expand on your views of the game and offered some insight into what youve seen , the occasional visitor to this forum might take you a bit more seriously when you counter Rhodes posts.

 

Just a view from the terraces!

 

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted By: Football Man

So why do you continually refer to him as 'Sugar'? It is clear that you don't mean it in an endearing way but in a dictatorial sense, so how can you say that you don't have a problem with him or dislike him but still refer to him as 'Sugar' (going out of your way to include inverted comma's) in the same sentence?

Football Man - What have inverted comma's got to do with anything, thespursfan is correct as per usual in that it is a reference to Alan Sugar who is a ruthless, dictatorial individual similar in a number of ways to 'Sugar' hence the nickname, I could have easily referred to him on here as 'Mugabe', 'Ceacescu' or worse if that's possible so he has got off lightly.

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

I am very sorry, everyone, for my error.Rhodes does mean to convey the view that the Haringey chairman is dictatorial when he refers to him as Sugar.I got it wrong sorry.

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted By: thespursfan

if you upped your general postings to reflect your visits to games and expand on your views of the game and offered some insight into what youve seen, the occasional visitor to this forum might take you a bit more seriously

TheSpursFan - I have to say this is spot on, how do you do it. I don't have anything against Football Man and respect him both for his knowledge of the game and all the fixtures he painstakingly gets to throughout a season. I only wish he would forget his obsessive crusade against Kentish Town and elaborate more on the games he goes to, this is why I regularly ask, with every good intention, where he has been to only to receive a negative and often rude response.

[Football Man]

What crusade against Kentish Town is that then? And as for going to games, you may have had a rude response to a few things but not which game I've been to. In fact, you've had a huge clue regarding which game I went to last Saturday, for example, and you haven't fathomed it out yet. If you recall, I said it was the game that Clement Temile should have been at. Perhaps it would have been a better clue to say it was the game he probably wished he could have been at.

[Rhodes]

This is exactly what I mean, why can't you just tell us straight what game you went to last Saturday rather than beat about the bush and play silly games, I'm sure members would be interested to hear about your exploits and take you a bit more seriously as Thespursfan so rightly pointed out.

[Football Man]

Originally Posted By: Rhodes

I'm sure members would be interested to hear about your exploits and take you a bit more seriously as Thespursfan so rightly pointed out.

My original plan for today had been to watch Wycombe Wanderers U18 v Hereford United U18, followed by Chesham United v Malvern Town. However, due to time constraints caused by prospective buyers wanting to view my flat at 11am and 4pm, I was forced to both stay local and find an early kick-off. The game that fitted the bill was the 1pm kick-off at Barkingside Rec between Blue Marlin FC and North Kensington FC in the second round of the Sir John Salmond Cup.

As is often the case when the choice of game is somewhat forced upon one, this was an absolute cracker of a game and it was only a shame that the official attendance was 1! I took my seat on the park bench that doubles up as a memorial to Ken Aston, a well respected referee, FA and FIFA official and a local resident of this neck of the woods, who sadly passed away about five or six years ago. The inscription on this particular seat rightly credits Aston as the man who introduced yellow and red cards to the sport. I had, of course, already known this as I had the pleasure to meet the great man on a number of occasions before his passing (he was President of Ilford FC when I first became that Club's secretary), but his favourite, and often repeated, story was of the time he came onto the hallowed turf of Wembley Stadium to "encourage" a rather disgruntled Rattin to leave the pitch following his dismissal during the 1966 World Cup. If I'd heard him tell that story once, I'd heard it a thousand times but he was an elderly gentleman by this stage of his life and clearly proud of the moment so who was I to cut him off in mid-flow?

Anyway, back to today's game... Having taken my seat in the "Aston Stand", conveniently located smack on the halfway line, albeit some 15 metres back from the touchline, I quickly established which team was which using the tried and trusted method of seeing which team's kit matched the colours on the corner flags.

It was one of those games where I had no idea how the game was likely to pan out as I hadn't bothered to check out their respective league positions before setting out (the Sir John Salmond Cup, for the uninitiated, is the Middlesex County League's Division Two Cup). I had also never seen North Kensington play before and was only watching Blue Marlin for the second time (the first being in last season's Final of the same competition when I was actually the Guest of Honour and presented the trophy to Imperial College Old Boys FC following their 3-1 success).

The first ten minutes of the game were fairly even, although it became apparent early on that neither goalkeeper was particularly good! The visitors seemed to catch on to this fact a bit quicker and took the lead after around quarter of an hour before quickly adding a second. A flurry of goals at both ends then ensued which resulted in North Kensington taking a 5-2 cushion into the half time interval - the main difference between the sides being that the away team had two or three players who were a bit fitter and more skilful than the rest, plus the fact that their long range shooting was much more accurate.

The second half was a completely different story as Blue Marlin started to close down the visiting midfield and stop them getting their long distance shots away. They then notched within two minutes of the restart to pull it back to 3-5. A North Kensington forward then went clean through on goal only to shoot straight at the 'keeper from just six yards with an inviting net awaiting either side of him. Within a couple of minutes, the home side scored again and then compounded their supremacy by changing their completely naive substitute/club linesman (who didn't appear to know any of the offside law) and replacing him with a far more wily gentleman who, let's say, knew how to use the flag to his team's advantage!

The constant pressure finally brought an equaliser with 15 minutes to go and, lo and behold, the turnaround was completed five minutes from time when Blue Marlin scored their fourth goal of the half without reply to go 6-5 up.

Deep into stoppage time came a farcical moment when the Blue Marlin 'keeper, in order to waste time, held the ball at his feet and waited for the opposing forward to come to him before picking the ball up. This is a tactic often deployed at the end of close matches, particularly cup ties, but on this occasion the forward didn't bother to stop running and bundled the 'keeper to the ground. He got straight back up again with ball in arms awaiting the free kick but the referee, who had decided to play an advantage as the 'keeper still had the ball, then awarded a free kick to North Kensington just inside the area for a breach of the six second rule (the first time I have seen such an offence penalised for at least five years!). Following much kerfuffle and consternation, the free kick was finally taken but to no avail for the attacking side and last season's runners-up held on to complete a remarkable second half turnaround and move into the third round of this season's competition... and I was back indoors before 3pm ready to go and meet more potential flat buyers...

PS - I realise none of the above has absolutely any relevance to the Spartan South Midlands League but, apparently, this is the sort of thing that clip Rods and thespursfan want to see me write! Maybe even simple pieman will consider me journalistic?

[Horace]

Excellant! Any luck with the flat sale?

 

Who said

"I don't think we'll lose another game all season!" ?

 

Was it

(a) Rhodes

( Rhodes

© Rhodes or

(d) Rhodes