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Dulwich Hamlet FC 2013-2014 season - chat, rumours, reports

Can't really see Erhun going to Burnley….of course he'll want to go fully pro, but surely you want to play football and not sit on the bench/in the reserves? Burnley have Danny Ings & Sam Vokes scoring goals for fun atm, they're second in the table….I can't see they really need Erhun, let along would play him. Still, it's a funny old game…

Decent conference club or League two is where I reckon Erhun could prosper. Or he could stay with the Hamlet and continue to score 30+ goals a season :)
 
Brixton Hatter said:
Can't really see Erhun going to Burnley….of course he'll want to go fully pro, but surely you want to play football and not sit on the bench/in the reserves? Burnley have Danny Ings & Sam Vokes scoring goals for fun atm, they're second in the table….I can't see they really need Erhun, let along would play him. Still, it's a funny old game…

Decent conference club or League two is where I reckon Erhun could prosper. Or he could stay with the Hamlet and continue to score 30+ goals a season :)
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Apparently he was offered a Conference club last year but decided against as he thinks he can do better. And it looks like he might be right - even if Burnley don't take him there's probably other interest. I suppose it was always odds on he'd be off at the end of the season, he's far too good for the Isthmian really.
 
Yorick said:
And Burnley's a dump.
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In all my Chelsea supporting awaydays, Turf Moor is up there with my favourites, the view of the moors behind the main stand, etc. OK it's been developed since the 70's but that side terrace was something else, absolutely massive although on telly it didn't look that big. Old Champion Hill was very similar on a smaller scale. I don't know why but I've never really liked watching football from a side terrace, Burnley, Forest, Bolton, Spurs, Millwall all had a lot or most of their vocal support there. I'd rather be behind the goal, I'm not surprised that the side terrace at Hamlet isn't the main congregated area for the singers although I see in the photos from Saturday a few of you were under there, scared of the sun or something?
 
sankara said:
It does pose the question, if they hate the singing so much, why did they stand next to all the people that were doing the singing when most of the ground is much, much quieter.
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This indeed. We stand there and sing every game.

Last Saturday, perhaps because some of our boisterous allies were in Belgium/elsewhere, perhaps because of the bad run of form, I did notice behind a more pronounced distinction between those of us, both old-skool and scruffy nouveau, passionately singing and... and... people who looked like they'd stumbled from Location Location Location or Grand Designs, or perhaps a 1990s wine bar in Hampstead, cheerfully chatting their way through Bognor's second goal as if it didn't matter. I wonder if Otto and Steve0 were amongst that lot.
EDC said:
I'd rather be behind the goal, I'm not surprised that the side terrace at Hamlet isn't the main congregated area for the singers although I see in the photos from Saturday a few of you were under there, scared of the sun or something?
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Some of us met there prior to kick off to start the singing early, welcome the players onto the pitch. I imagine we'll do it again. Someone said they heard us (and the Bognor response) by Denmark Hill station.
 
vornstyle76 said:
Some of us met there prior to kick off to start the singing early, welcome the players onto the pitch. I imagine we'll do it again. Someone said they heard us (and the Bognor response) by Denmark Hill station.
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I arrived just in time for kick off and it certainly sounded noisy coming up from the other direction, towards East Dulwich station.
 
Monkeygrinder's Organ said:
I arrived just in time for kick off and it certainly sounded noisy coming up from the other direction, towards East Dulwich station.
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A stand's acoustics help a lot. If we had even the tiniest, tinniest bit of cover behind the goals we'd be so much louder, and I think more people would sing as *technical language* the sound bounces around and envelops you, like a big pot of funky yogurt... Steve0 and Otto would probably equate it to a rucksack exploding.
 
^this. We (Enfield) might have those crappy bog-standard Atcost metal terraces behind the goals but the sound really resonates. It seems to pass right through you - really makes it special when the songs begin. You lot certainly made full use of it when you visited anyway!

They can't cost that much, surely? I know you're not exactly flush right now, but still...
 
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EDC said:
In all my Chelsea supporting awaydays, Turf Moor is up there with my favourites, the view of the moors behind the main stand, etc. OK it's been developed since the 70's but that side terrace was something else, absolutely massive although on telly it didn't look that big. Old Champion Hill was very similar on a smaller scale. I don't know why but I've never really liked watching football from a side terrace, Burnley, Forest, Bolton, Spurs, Millwall all had a lot or most of their vocal support there. I'd rather be behind the goal, I'm not surprised that the side terrace at Hamlet isn't the main congregated area for the singers although I see in the photos from Saturday a few of you were under there, scared of the sun or something?
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I think Yorick might be a Blackburn fan in his other life?
 
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vornstyle76 said:
. is this a trial or a medical?
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Erhuns brother has confirmed on twitter its a trial....



looks like hes there again today though.... possibly were trying to keep it quiet at first as the pics were taken down shortly after they were posted however looks like they are happy to show it off now....
 
Scutta said:
but also its more of a joke relating to the trip back from Enfield earlier in the season when we were singing on the tube and all the arsenal fans looked bemused like they had never heard more than 3 songs before... great day out!
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Those fuckers need bemusing. Always clogging up the train on their way to/from Hertfordshire. Fuck off and support St Albans! And let me sit down. Bastards.
 
Scutta said:
Erhuns brother has confirmed on twitter its a trial....



looks like hes there again today though.... possibly were trying to keep it quiet at first as the pics were taken down shortly after they were posted however looks like they are happy to show it off now....
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back posted on FB now as well.
 
vornstyle76 said:
Some of us met there prior to kick off to start the singing early, welcome the players onto the pitch. I imagine we'll do it again. Someone said they heard us (and the Bognor response) by Denmark Hill station.
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It's a shame we don't have enough singers (yet) to have two singing areas (unique in non-league football?). I think I posted on here before when Wealdstone were in town you could hear them right up Lordship Lane near to the Magdala.

I'll be with the behind the goals merchants though, tradition like, you know what I mean.
 
Scutta said:
Maidstone!!! Bring em on these next 4 games are going to be tough but awesome..... just hope we turn it on but now Erhuns had his trial hopefully he will be back in full swing....
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Seeing some family in Faversham on Friday night but I'll be at Maidstone in time for the game! Look forward to seeing you there.
 
Ron Merlin said:
^this. We (Enfield) might have those crappy bog-standard Atcost metal terraces behind the goals but the sound really resonates. It seems to pass right through you - really makes it special when the songs begin. You lot certainly made full use of it when you visited anyway!

They can't cost that much, surely? I know you're not exactly flush right now, but still...
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el-ahrairah said:
so saturday then?
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You bring the scaffolding/corrugated iron. I will help put it up. :)
 
What are the plans for Maidstone? I'm still umm-ing and aah-ing about this one - kind of enjoyed the psychological space produced by giving it a miss last weekend, but also reckon I'll be champing at the bit for some football come the end of the week. Looks like a return is just over seventeen quid (based on a trip to Maidstone East going from/ coming back to Peckham Rye) and the journey takes a little over an hour with a change in Bromley, which will give Vornstyle the opportunity to tell his quietly brilliant 'day off school' story.
 
Joe K said:
What are the plans for Maidstone? I'm still umm-ing and aah-ing about this one - kind of enjoyed the psychological space produced by giving it a miss last weekend, but also reckon I'll be champing at the bit for some football come the end of the week. Looks like a return is just over seventeen quid (based on a trip to Maidstone East going from/ coming back to Peckham Rye) and the journey takes a little over an hour with a change in Bromley, which will give Vornstyle the opportunity to tell his quietly brilliant 'day off school' story.
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Bastard swan on the track permitting.
 
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