Robert Rams summed up

As everyone knows, local Councillor Robert Rams is a big fan of the Gunners. The Barnet Eye today releases a pictorial tribute to Councillor Rams as it was his Birthday recently. We thought we'd have a nice picture celebrating his career and that of his favourite team.

We hope that he likes it.

Happy Easter to all Barnet Eye readers

May I take this opportunity to wish all readers of the Barnet Eye a happy and peaceful Easter Sunday. Sadly it looks like we haven't got the weather in Mill Hill we'd like. I would especially like to wish all fans of Queens Park Rangers a good day and hope their team gets a result. Needless to say, much as I love Arsenal, I hope City stuff them. I'm off to the Emirates with my good friend Steve and I hope to see the day the Premiership title race turns towards the unstoppable Blue tide.

Adeybayor - The good, the bad & the Ugly

My wife phoned me in great distress yesterday. Our land line had a text message on it which simply said "F******* Disgraceful". She assumed that it was someone leaving a nasty message as a result of events earlier in the week at Hendon Town hall. I said "Don't worry about these gutless people who don't leave their number, they are cowardly creeps". She said "Oh, they left their number on the message". I asked her for it. I'm not prepared to have people leaving threatening messages which my kids could hear and if they are stupid enough to leave there number, sanctions can be taken. When she gave it to me, I realised I recognised the number. I did a quick scan (a very quick scan) at my mobile contacts. The very first entry matched. My friend Aaron. The penny dropped, he's an Arsenal fan. I'm a Manchester City fan. I knew we'd just beaten them 4-2, but I wasn't aware of what the fuss was. I was at work and couldn't check. Later on I saw the highlights on match of the day. Adeybayor scored a great goal and was man of the match. He played a terrific game of football. That was the good. Then there was the bad. When he scored, he sprinted the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the Arsenal fans. he got booked. It was stupid, but I do understand the concept of the rush of blood to the head. A yellow card seemed to me to be enough. Then there was the ugly. Adeybayor raked Van Persie's face with his studs.

I can't excuse that, even though Van Persie had tried to break his leg in the tackle. I think both of them should have been sent off. I was also rather disgusted by Van Persie's comments on his website. He made no reference to the lunge he'd made at Adeybayor. Their is clearly bad blood, but neither player covered themselves with glory. If Adeybayor gets a ban, he deserves it.

My friend Aaron later rang up and apologised. He'd meant to text my mobile and was rather upset that my wife got the message. We all make mistakes. I just hope that Adeybayor learns from his and improves his behaviour. The most expensive of players is no use if he's banned. Let your skill do the talking.