He is for me the ultimate striker. Up until he scored I was thinking that a goal is the least he needs to contribute. Chaos all around him. Then he goes and scores. I love him. X
I thought Dike's movement for the goal told Chaplin where to put it. It seems simple but it takes intelligence to make those runs. It's so easy to stand still in the middle and wait for things to happen especially so late in the game.
They aren't great with accents, was once told I 'sounded just like James Bond' in a pizza takeaway place in Kentucky. He actually called the cooking staff to come to the counter to listen to me ... not sure which Bond he thought I sounded like unless it was Charlie Williams in 'Moon laiker'.
I really hope the owners bringg him in full time. Show some real intent by making him our record striker, and I'm convinced he would also smash the record sale to bits after a few years(which is a win/win for the "plan", or the "Barnsley DNA" as pundits seem to have christned it!)...
Time I was there. I went in one eatery. And the staff were earwigging. One of em came over. He said you’re from Yorkshire aren’t you. ( he studied at Huddersfield uni.) I told him we were from Barnsley/Rotherham. He said all the staff loved the accent. I know the yanks get bad press over here over their attitudes. But I’ve always found em polite and sociable.
I was once in a taxi in Dallas and the driver says "Hey you're English! What part of England are you from?". I reasoned that he'd never heard of Yorkshire never mind Barnsley so I said "Cambridge" as I was working there and it's quite a famous place. "Cambridge, that near Paris?" "Err no, Paris is in France, Cambridge is about 60 miles north of London". "Paris, France, London, England, you know I always thought they were in the same country." I don't know to this day how I stopped myself from laughing, I nearly wet myself.
I went to America with work. I stopped in a "gas" station to fill up with petrol. The attendant said "Hey, you're not from round here, where are you from" I just said England, to keep it simple (I thought). "Oh, yeh, I know that place" she says... "It's that little island off the coast of Australia, isn't it" I just said Yeah, it is, and walked off
And let's not forget the show of strength from Victor either, to win the ball back in the first place.
Mate of mine once went on a tour round the States and with around four days of his holiday left, started to run out of brass. He decided to visit local diners in the hope that " someone" might treat him to some snap for the pleasure of his company. He went into one and in his best cut glass Leslie Phillips accent said. "Would anyone treat me to a boiled egg in order that I can show you how an English gentleman eats them.?" He was very surprised to recieve around four eggs which after he had the tapped the top with his spoon sprinkled some salt on the yolk and ate them with a plate of soldiers that were also supplied. The locals were tickled pink and really took to him. He was chuffed to be later treated to several lunches and teas and was invited back to some of the locals homes to join in their family celebrations. He went back a couple of years later, visited the diner he had been to and saw that " English Gentlemens boiled eggs with soldiers" was on the breakfast menu. He has kept in touch with some of the people he met and some have been over to Donny to have a holiday since.
