Never Again Will I Repeat Myself

Category: Football

  • Same old song

    Fans of the Ramones always knew what they were going to get.  The band’s stated philosophy of “Second verse, same as the first” encapsulated their approach and left no room for doubt.

  • La fin de la débâcle

    Well, what a shambles that all was.  The writing was on the wall for more than a season but in the end no workable solutions could be found and GF38 as a professional club is no more.  From CFA1 to the heights of Ligue 1 (and for a fleeting instant, the top of Ligue 1)…

  • Wasn’t expecting that

    So the football season has ended with yet another case of a team seemingly in safety going into meltdown and a team that had been wretched for most of the season dragging themselves to safety at the last possible moment.

  • Barnet: doomed

    Forget what I wrote before. Three defeats over the festive period have shown that we’re doomed. Will Tony K find a good manager? Will it make any difference?

  • Barnet: mid-season report

    It’s hard to know whether to be optimistic or not.  The Bees are still in the relegation zone in League 2 and have a laughably inept away record.  But at the same time their home form is decent and only a few points cover the lower half of the table.  A couple of wins against…

  • GF38: a glimmer of light?

    So maybe there is some hope.  A couple of weeks ago the club looked doomed: wretched on the pitch; rudderless off it; and the game’s managing body preparing an administrative relegation that would surely condemn the club to extinction.

  • Football, bloody football

    Things are not looking good.  After a brief display of attacking verve and defensive solidity in the 4-1 victory over Northampton, Barnet have reverted to type and indeed trademarked a pattern of play: look solid for an hour and lead 1-0, and then start screwing up at the back and leak a couple of soft…

  • Another weekend passes

    GF managed a 2-2 draw at home to the league leaders.  Barnet came back from Torquay with a point from a 1-1 draw.  I think I’d have accepted both of those results before kick-off.

  • Barnet 0 Charlton 0

    Charlton must be really, really, really wretched in front of goal.

  • GF38: update

    So the message about scoring goals has been heeded, with the boys scoring four times last night at Châteauroux. If in coming weeks they can concentrate on scoring them at the right end, things will be looking even better.