| Reclaim The (Holker) Street | ||
| December E-Dition | ||
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| Should he stay or should he go? Of
course we don't want him to go, but the question
on the fans' lips is should he play? Who? The Doc himself of course. In recent weeks |
| the starting eleven. Well, there aren't many more exciting sights in the unibond than watching the Doc skin a couple of clueless defenders and put in an inch perfect cross for Pevs to nod home, but does excitement equate into points. | |
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Of course in true journalistic traditions we have
chosen to use the statistics that suit us the best, and we have not taken
into account the quality of the opposition,
the fact that the Doc only missed four minutes of the Orient game and the
fact that Simon Bishop returning to the club
has led to our first run of two clean sheets on the bounce.
However, our prescription would be to get
the Doc starting and change the formation to suit him if needs be.
December 2nd
Droylsden at home 2-0
We reckon that you need to average out at a win
every home game and a draw away to win the championship. Barrow
are currently six points off the pace. No points lost or gained
today, then. But what was lost today was over two and a half thousand
fans from the Orient game. Despite our
best efforts at undercover journalism we can't figure it out.
Nor can we figure out why most of those that were left moaned so much during
the first half.There was so much moaning going on that the Reclaim the
Holker Street team gave up the comfort of the Popular Side tostand
on the Holker Street terracing and froze our collective b*££*ck$
off rather than listen to the unwarranted negative comments
that were being put forward by various Billy Bull$hi_$ and Whinging Willies.
It started to rain and we gave an extra pound
to the Raise The Roof fund that day.
December 3rd
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December 4th
Southport in for Bulli
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| Who cares? Probably the most pointless cup competition since that thing in Brazil that Man United entered last year. Everyone loves an underdog and in a cup competition that takes in two divisions between which there isn't that much difference in standard, then there are no underdogs, so what's the point? The one game where the programme will probably keep you going right through half-time as it goes through the rules in great detail. (I nearly said explained then by mistake) Barrow have won all of their games so far, but even if they finish top of their group, they might not make it through to the next round, so what's the point? The essence of a cup competition is the possibility of playing against teams a higher/lower level, falling victim to a team three divisions below you or pulling off a great giant killing, this cup offers the opportunity of neither, so what's the point? The reason that the Conference fought so hard to get their clubs into the LDV vans competition was so that they could measure themselves against league opposition. Is is too much to ask that the Conference opens their back door as wide as they have kicked open the front door. Would it hurt their "professional" reputation so much to let a couple of clubs from the feeder leagues into their precious McMillan and wife Trophy. (probably - Ed) This competition isn't well supported so the unibond league have switched later rounds to a Saturday. This seems to mean that as the season progresses potential crowd pulling six-pointer league games will be postponed in favour of a game that no-one (not even the most dedicated the players) has any real interest, so wha....... (ENOUGH!!! - Ed). Yellow cards and redd cards count in this competition so as well as losing outon revenue clubs are faced with the prospect of losing players for vital league games. It's football Jim, but not as we know it. |
December 6th
Watch out Pevs
| Ronaldo, the world's most expensive footballer,
again played while injured last night. The Brazilian national
side drew 2-2 in a special centenary match against Barcelona, with ronaldo
looking exhausted. Across the sports world more and more fans
claim corporations have taken over football, and increasingly the lives
of the players involved. The leaked contract
of Nike's reputed £200 million sponsorship deal states that Nike
can dictate when, where and against which sides the world's most famous
football club will play five times every
year until 2006. The contract states that the team must field
the full strength national side. The small print makes clear
that Ronaldo's presence, regardless of form, is a necessity.
The game between Brazil and Nike-sponsored Barcelona, the biggest club in the world, was Nike's finest corporate showpiece. The centre of the show was, despite being plagued by injury, Ronaldo, whose personal sponsorship is £10 million a year. As Jose Texeira, Ronaldo's childhood friend from their slum in Rio De Janiero, commented, "Ronaldo has no say, no idea what he's doing. He is controlled by the businesses". Two years ago Nike was again at the centre of allegations for using its financial clout to influence games. In the World Cup Final in France, Ronaldo again played whilst clearly unfit to do so. Conflicting stories of what happened and persistent rumours suggest Nike ordered the World Cup favourites to play Ronaldo for their own commercial advantage. A Nike spokesperson replied at the time, "Nike wants to emphasise that the reports of such involvement is absolutely false". In 1997 a new deal between Ronaldo and his last club barcelona broke down, allegedly over the way Nike and the club would split the £30 million needed to keep him there. Ronaldo was then linked to other clubs. eventually, again in mysterious circumstances, ronaldo signed for the £125 million Nike-sponsored club Inter Milan. It seems that Ronaldo, in Nike's eyes, is far from being a human being, but merely another source of profit, like a factory. Of course, nobody should blame Ronaldo for any of this. As his Brazilian team-mate and friend Roberto Carlos says, "Football is a route out of poverty. Brazil is a land of social tension, and football takes our minds off it." he adds "in fact, if we didn't have football we'd have a revolution in Brazil". |
Marine stewards move in to have a friendly word.