[azul]

What a shame that didn’t go in. It was perhaps the funniest thing I have ever seen in football. I loved the astonished reaction of Ashmore goal kick hit the defender and nearly went in.

What was hurt more, his thigh or his pride. I thought I was wearing my slow-motion specs

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[azabrown]

That was almost perfect....I can't believe it nearly went in!!

[Westbars Spireite]

It would have been sensational. My first time seeing him and to be fair to him despite the abuse he got (which presumably he expected) he took it in a pretty good natured way. I'd have certainly shook his hand and wished him well afterwards.

[Spire-Power]

He had to suck it up because they were losing. Odious creep.

[Westbars Spireite]

Tiptoe thru the Cross St, on 24 October 2021 - 08:04 AM, said:

He had to suck it up because they were losing. Odious creep.

Is he? I don't know him.

[azul]

Westbars Spireite, on 24 October 2021 - 07:17 AM, said:

It would have been sensational. My first time seeing him and to be fair to him despite the abuse he got (which presumably he expected) he took it in a pretty good natured way. I'd have certainly shook his hand and wished him well afterwards.

If you had seen the Ebbsfleet incident and the twitter aftermath you may well have decided against the handshake. Having said that he did handle himself well probably on instruction and helped by the booking and the fact he was losing most of the game. I'd call it quits and leave it at that.

[Spire-Power]

Westbars Spireite, on 24 October 2021 - 08:17 AM, said:

Is he? I don't know him.

Yes, he plays the race card.

[Westbars Spireite]

azul, on 24 October 2021 - 08:35 AM, said:

If you had seen the Ebbsfleet incident and the twitter aftermath you may well have decided against the handshake. Having said that he did handle himself well probably on instruction and helped by the booking and the fact he was losing most of the game. I'd call it quits and leave it at that.

He is insignificant to nothing to us and best kept that way.

Tiptoe thru the Cross St, on 24 October 2021 - 08:36 AM, said:

Yes, he plays the race card.

Or did he mishear and is perhaps a little dim?

[azul]

Westbars Spireite, on 24 October 2021 - 08:40 AM, said:

He is insignificant to nothing to us and best kept that way.



Or did he mishear and is perhaps a little dim?

Firstly, he was the tinderbox that ultimately lead us to having the front three rows blocked off. Could be significant if we get a big crowd

He may have heard something, who knows but his tweet after the game was really offensive where he showed a clip of a Vlog of the game with people shouting racial abuse nearby and he exclaimed ‘Told You So’ Turned out it was an Ebbsfleet Vlog and it was Ebbsfleet fans hurling the abuse. Instead of apologising he deleted the tweet. In my mind, that and subsequent appearances on talk radio was a deliberate attempt to damage the reputation of the club and its supporters.

[Spire-Power]

Are rows blocked off indefinitely? There will be games where income could be lost on away end..Grimsby Stockport Wrexham Notts.
Not sure home areas would be so full we'd need the extra rows until the end of the season games maybe?

[azul]

Tiptoe thru the Cross St, on 24 October 2021 - 09:36 AM, said:

Are rows blocked off indefinitely? There will be games where income could be lost on away end..Grimsby Stockport Wrexham Notts.
Not sure home areas would be so full we'd need the extra rows until the end of the season games maybe?

I doubt we have had a game since where we've needed them, certainly not the home end. It will test the clubs resolve when it happens.

[Westbars Spireite]

azul, on 24 October 2021 - 09:29 AM, said:

Firstly, he was the tinderbox that ultimately lead us to having the front three rows blocked off. Could be significant if we get a big crowd

He may have heard something, who knows but his tweet after the game was really offensive where he showed a clip of a Vlog of the game with people shouting racial abuse nearby and he exclaimed ‘Told You So’ Turned out it was an Ebbsfleet Vlog and it was Ebbsfleet fans hurling the abuse. Instead of apologising he deleted the tweet. In my mind, that and subsequent appearances on talk radio was a deliberate attempt to damage the reputation of the club and its supporters.

Fair enough. I booed and called him naughty names yesterday so I'm OK with that summary. I'd have probably added some hand gestures, but my language in front of my son at football is bad enough.

[DIFH]

Tiptoe thru the Cross St, on 24 October 2021 - 08:04 AM, said:

He had to suck it up because they were losing. Odious creep.

The Borehamwood players were giving Tishmanga some stick saying he should have stopped playing with the goalie being injured.

[DIFH]

Tiptoe thru the Cross St, on 24 October 2021 - 08:04 AM, said:

He had to suck it up because they were losing. Odious creep.

Ashmore was aware that the fa had people monitoring the game, thus his sickly attempt has he approached the kop at the start of the second half. His clapping of the kop at the end smells 'look at me I'm a good guy' all for the benefit of the fa onlookers. We may have seen the old traits of ducking and diving if they weren't behind all the game but they had to go for goals which negated any time wasting etc.

Ironic that he did get actually injured and we couldn't take more advantage of his lack of mobility.

Someone commented on racial chanting from the kop - he did get plenty of stick about being fat, cheating and lying bar stool but no mention of black was ever chanted.

[DIFH]

azul, on 24 October 2021 - 09:29 AM, said:

Firstly, he was the tinderbox that ultimately lead us to having the front three rows blocked off. Could be significant if we get a big crowd

He may have heard something, who knows but his tweet after the game was really offensive where he showed a clip of a Vlog of the game with people shouting racial abuse nearby and he exclaimed 'Told You So' Turned out it was an Ebbsfleet Vlog and it was Ebbsfleet fans hurling the abuse. Instead of apologising he deleted the tweet. In my mind, that and subsequent appearances on talk radio was a deliberate attempt to damage the reputation of the club and its supporters.

Totally correct and Talksport wouldn't let me on air just to have a chat. lol. The interview was sickly in it's biase towards us with the slant of racial comments being directed at him.
Funny how this guy got into several cases of racial comments in his football career but you can see why fans got so frustrated at his antics.

[DIFH]

Tiptoe thru the Cross St, on 24 October 2021 - 09:36 AM, said:

Are rows blocked off indefinitely? There will be games where income could be lost on away end..Grimsby Stockport Wrexham Notts.
Not sure home areas would be so full we'd need the extra rows until the end of the season games maybe?

Far more sensible to keep them cordoned off, remember this was our second incident with fans on the pitch at the kop end and far easier to control with those seats out of commission. May be a loss of income but has to be off set against additional stewarding.

[stevie_b]

Westbars Spireite, on 24 October 2021 - 07:17 AM, said:

It would have been sensational. My first time seeing him and to be fair to him despite the abuse he got (which presumably he expected) he took it in a pretty good natured way. I'd have certainly shook his hand and wished him well afterwards.

Do you know what? I thought exactly the same. He handled Saturday really well: definitely gone up in my estimation

[monte]

stevie_b, on 25 October 2021 - 01:57 PM, said:

Do you know what? I thought exactly the same. He handled Saturday really well: definitely gone up in my estimation

It felt a bit like panto at times, Sad the own goal didn't go in (did anyone see if it did go behind the line?)

[DIFH]

monte, on 25 October 2021 - 02:23 PM, said:

It felt a bit like panto at times, Sad the own goal didn't go in (did anyone see if it did go behind the line?)

Sadly no.

[sophocles]

monte, on 25 October 2021 - 02:23 PM, said:

It felt a bit like panto at times, Sad the own goal didn't go in (did anyone see if it did go behind the line?)

Ashmore stopped it about a foot from the line. The funniest part of it was that he didn't seem too worried at first, and was strolling back quite casually. Then he suddenly realised it was actually going in and flew after it frantically. I thought we should have taken advantage and scored from that situation.