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Post by trev on Nov 7, 2018 11:14:20 GMT
For those who don't do Tweeter this was on the Sutton Twitter account: Martin Allen - Managing in the real world. linkIt appears that Mr Allen is still labouring under the delusion that he's managing a league club, in view of his comment about being in the 4th tier. We called him " Mad Dog" in his West Ham days for a reason... |
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Post by silverf0x on Nov 7, 2018 12:09:20 GMT
For those who don't do Tweeter this was on the Sutton Twitter account: Martin Allen - Managing in the real world. linkMiddle of a housing estate, surrounded by trees, and an old fashioned, plastic pitch! Where exactly was he? |
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Post by trev on Nov 7, 2018 12:15:30 GMT
Methinks mad dog spent a little too much time in the midday sun...
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Post by trev on Nov 7, 2018 12:16:40 GMT
...plus he wrote this for the Daily Fail, so embellishment is pretty much par for the course.
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Post by sallycat on Nov 7, 2018 14:55:42 GMT
It appears that Mr Allen is still labouring under the delusion that he's managing a league club, in view of his comment about being in the 4th tier. Clearly. "But in the politest possible way, I had to challenge a question last week about 'the non-League'. I hate that expression. It's belittling. It does a disservice to the competition in a league which is of minimal difference to League Two. I see us as just the next level down, English football's League Three." Belittling to be called what you actually are? That's a massive insult to non-league football which, whether he likes it or not, includes his own team. He's basically telling them to be ashamed of who and where they are. It is not League Three because it's not part of the EFL and it can't really be any more clear cut than that. It's like telling a 17 year old they can buy a drink in a pub because there's minimal difference between being 17 and 18. And I completely fail to see how our pitch could possibly be called old-fashioned. |
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Post by trev on Nov 7, 2018 15:19:00 GMT
To paraphrase Forrest Gump, Mad Dog is as Mag Dog does.
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Post by Del on Nov 7, 2018 17:59:58 GMT
Straight off the motorway at Reigate hill and down the A217 is hardly driving in London.
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Post by os on Nov 7, 2018 20:28:44 GMT
I love this : "Sutton's ground — Gander Green Lane — is 30 minutes further on when the traffic's quiet. It was another hour before we were walking through the tight little corridor and looking at the Astroturf pitch — the old-fashioned, plastic kind — which was very fast because they'd heavily watered it."Astroturf  Like wasn't that sort of banned in the early 80's |
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Post by billy on Nov 8, 2018 14:26:28 GMT
For those who don't do Tweeter this was on the Sutton Twitter account: Martin Allen - Managing in the real world. link, surrounded by trees, and an old fashioned, plastic pitch! Where exactly was he? Surrey stockbroker belt if you don't mind ! John Motson could put him straight....................  |
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Post by davethegrave on Nov 8, 2018 22:43:28 GMT
For those who don't do Tweeter this was on the Sutton Twitter account: Martin Allen - Managing in the real world. linkIt's also in print in Monday's Mail football supplement. I remember noting his comment about the 4th tier. |
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Like wasn't that sort of banned in the early 80's 
