Posted on Saturday, 3rd September 2011 by Harry Hotspur
Guten Ahbend.
I tell you this much, the natives are friendly. I walked passed a couple in the street both tucking into something I wanted. As this was in one of Harrogate’s many nice side streets and not a nudist beach, I fearlessly approached. ‘Hello, I’m Lee Marvin. Now, where did you get those beauties?”
“Straight in there, my friend!” replied a righteous man in a fleece mopping his meated sweat brow whilst pointing at a nearby doorway. Barely a few minutes after noon this was and within less than a minute I was the proud owner of a roasted pork bap with stuffing, a smudge of apple sauce and smattering of crackling. A trip to York a while back had yielded something similar. This was actually more better.
And so to young Giovanni and as per the point made in the headline, this ought to be regarded as a new signing by rights. Hint, hint, Arry. C’mon Mr Redschnapps, the boy’s got two feet. You know it makes sense.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:40 pm
didn,t this lad play for us before?
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:42 pm
ee bah gum ,no one else here.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:45 pm
I carn get frew to ‘im.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:46 pm
Play him you oaf
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:48 pm
so, what’s your point? No, seriously…..
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:50 pm
If you can’t be with the one you love,
Love the one you’re with.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 8:59 pm
He’s a rate good player that Giovani…..trouble is tha manager thinks that it thee but that not tha no’s….as we say in Yorkshire
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Shame he hasn’t got the brain to apply the right attitude to be worth giving a chance to in the Europa league.
You have to show through your training and professional attitude that you are worth giving a starting berth to you do not moan that the world owes you a living and nobody ever gives me a chance.
He has done nothing to show he is worth one and his outburst is clearly him telling the club “I don’t want to play for you.”
Try growing up.
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4 Ever Hopeful Reply:
September 3rd, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Whatever his behaviour he has been harshly treated. At least find a match in which to give him the 65 minutes we only ever get out of VdV before he stomps off down the tunnel. Hardly great team spirit from the injury prone and difficult to accommodate Dutchman.
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MysteriousStranger Reply:
September 3rd, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Plod.
You spent most of the last thread moaning about the players attitude.
He is young and may have made a few mistakes. However, his last manager (who was in charge of Racing Santander at the time), was very interested in signing him for his new team, Sevilla.
So his attitude cannot have been so bad can it?
Oh no, it can’t have been. Thank you, and goodnight.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 8:04 am
Has GDS’ attitude been any worse than Ledders? My only attack on the lad is that he was photographed in a condition doctors call ‘wonkered on booze’ which Legless King is famous for…
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Plod Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
You are welcome to be suduced by 2 goals, I am not. If he had the attitude of Hernandez at Man Utd there wouldn’t be a problem,but he doesn’t.
He prefers to fly to Spain and go to bars, no wonder he was desperate to go to Seville and not Udinese who bid 3 times as much for him.
Prove you are worth a chance and you will get one. He simply hasn’t proved it.
You don’t get promotion to be “given a chance” you have to prove you are worth it and it shouldn’t be any different for him. He is over hyped and has been very average when he has played. Like Krancjar he is defensively poor so his options are somewhat limited.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 pm
He’s rite good player but he aint english so Arry the arsehole won’t know what to do with him. Arry is too old to become a decent manager after all these years (26?) of pure failure or competing at the wrong end of the table. We have a swathe of players all releived to be out of spurs and a few more who can’t wait! Wait until Jan when everyong has had enough of the rambling from the ol twitch. He’s pissin off every one
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Who exactly IS the right winger with the black hair, milky white skin and the beauty spot???? hubba hubba
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Mein Droopyface I can play!!!
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Adebayor and Dos Santos as our new VdV and no-one?
With the groin gone, criminal if not at least tested for 2 games in a row.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:13 pm
oh and I would be interested to see his crosees compared to Azza Blud (did I pronounce that right??)
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:20 pm
I used to enjoy watching Fanny.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Gio is a great kid- very talented. Harry will find out if he ever gives him a pat on the back and a chance to start and finish a game.
He could prise Lennon out of the team if Lennon takes too long to recover from his injury. And he could fill in admirably for VdV while he is out. Further, I think he’d add a little sparkle to Luka’s game with his vision and constructive play. And heaven knows, we all want to see the sparkle back in Modric….
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MWX Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Totally agree but we all saw what happened last time Lennon got injured, that’s right he played Krank on the right wing and left Gio at home……Harry is impossible at times, I wonder if Gio would even want to play for us after the way Harry has spoken about him in the past!! Seriously the bloke is a prize numpty who can’t keep his silly mouth shut!!
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:50 pm
If only arry could find it in himself to tell him to run around a bit it would all pan out right
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:51 pm
I reckon this was LEVY keeping him and forcing Arrys hand.
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Plod Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
It was the fact Seville offered a third of the amount Udinese did and Gio refusing to go there, nothing more.
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melcyid Reply:
September 5th, 2011 at 3:03 am
Gio is whining on about Tottenham pulled the plug on the deal 30 mins before the deadline.If gio refused to go there why whinge on about Tottenham ?
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September 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 pm
He is a Top forward but because he didn’t come as an established Name Harry decided he couldn’t find a place for him. Whereas with Rafa Harry still doesn’t know what to do with him but let’s him do what he wants. The sooner Harry fucks off the better.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 10:11 pm
As with monkey boy only injuries will give the boy a chance but feckin hell when will this kid get it into his over inebriated skull to grow up and prove he’s worth a pint oops Fruedian slip i mean punt
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burstin Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 12:20 am
agreed
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September 3rd, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Well there was too shocks during the Transfer window or should i call it the selling window because we just sell and buy fuck all. Our Team is starving to death selling our Champions league players for championship players making Delaps job easier by selling a 6ft7 target to launch his missile throwers at that’s six points lost and six at Villa three at Stoke. We should be glad Keane is in America and Dosantos is in our reserves. We are in for a long relegation battle and Wolves will be another shock along with Liverpool unless Harry sacks our medical staff and and joins the North West quick quick tempo i warned you all what is rife in my area well you have seen it in the quicker boots of four goals Dzecko and is mates and Hamstrung Wellbeck who new would crumble and Rooney and Young will follow shortly along with Liverpool’s High Tempo players. We sold players on the back of false Tempo and that made me very sad and mad on Holiday watching us buying an English Palacios who will get back up to speed at Stoke just like Woodgate we need too Sack Harry Hotspurs for not heading my warning Harry R for allowing Levey to take the piss by selling players he said where staying Crouch and the medicals staff for making us play in 5th gear when the rest are in 6th. Sad mad Davspurs in the no and ignored 3-0 5-1 are just the start of TEMPO TAMPERING
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Hartley Reply:
September 3rd, 2011 at 11:40 pm
If anything, surely 3MP will nullify Delaps threat….
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Hartley Reply:
September 3rd, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Oh and I forgot to say…..you’re radged
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DAVSPURS Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 9:38 am
You are missing the point he is at a north west club energized. The same Club who complained about being drug tested twice in the cup against City who had no tests. Just Look who are in the top four Man Utd ex drug runner Ferdinand City Toure Chelsea Mutu Liverpool the whole team reported the year they came second the reason no one noes it was hidden by Barwick boss od the FA who was a supporter. So my reason for saying Crouch will score against us is Dzecko Welbeck both scored with there heads and i will bet any money he scores against Spurs.
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Jimbo Reply:
September 3rd, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Crouch is crap. Keane was a class act for most of his spurs career. We won’t be in a relegation battle. Dos Santos has more talent in his left testicle than any striker we’ve had since Berbatov and Keane (apart from Adebayor, but his main attibutes are strength and pace). And Parker is a hell of lot better than Wilson was in the last two years.
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burstin Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 12:16 am
to be fair on Palacios.. he did go through a bit of a head fuck when his brother was murdered. He almost quit football and even though he wasn’t quite the same player he still always gave his all.
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DAVSPURS Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 9:43 am
Wong he came from Wigans medical staff worth 12 million and full of running and ours slowed him down and turned him into eight million.
Chinup Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 5:28 am
Dos Santos has more talent in his left testicle than any striker we’ve had since Berbatov and Keane (apart from Adebayor, but his main attibutes are strength and pace).
lol
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burstin Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 12:19 am
sorry but 3mp was crap… He hardly ever won an aerial challenge. Every challenge he made would result in the opposition being awarded a free kick. He really was Harry Redschnapps love child
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Laity Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 1:51 am
You need to lay off the drugs yourself, Dav..
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DAVSPURS Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 10:25 am
Keep Laughing we are on the same side in different corners you are in the ignorant one and iam in the reality one. This is your corner City are a fantastic fast flowing great defending team whose goalkeeper chews gum to help the ball stick in his hands, and Dzecko who scored one offside goal in 15 games has scored six and four against Spurs. You right on these blogs we are going to sign this player and that player this player is crap and Harry plays the wrong team. But when i tell you what i no you all come up with shit comment like your mental and so on well who the fuck do you think iam anti drug moralistic bookworm no just someone who stumbled on a team using energy drugs to help them defend and attack in 6th gear for longer a very potent tool to have and if we get it i will stop my rant because 5=1 wont happen and 3-0 because if we don’t match Liverpool Utd City you can bet your life Wolves will turn us over with players running allover us and we will be stuck in the bottom three till the Window opens . We sold players on the back of a season with record injuries record shocks and record relegation battle fueled by energized teams we finished 5th with Huddlestones goal against Arsenal Kranjars goals Crouch Blackburn goal or it cold have bean 8th behind Everton and Liverpool Levey and Harry are in the ignorant corner but we have not wasted our millions chasing fourth because Leeds payed the penalty for trying that method City and Liverpool have spent but are making sure they gel quickly by all running at the same speed for 90 mins trust me this is 100 percent right and deadly. One last note Fletcher played for Scotland and is now flying without any games under his belt and you could see he was a Utd 6th gear player.
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Dorset Spur Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Obviously it’s not this stuff then?
Dorset Spur Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 11:13 am
http://www.maximuscle.nl/jermaine
bukkake-breath Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 7:55 am
your strange.
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DAVSPURS Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Your right ? and we are bottom because of my strange ways.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 11:17 pm
As others have mentioned Gio is the natural alternative to VDV and part of Raffa’s shtick is playing all over the shop like Rooney and Young at United.
I’d like to see him start with my new best friend Mannu
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September 3rd, 2011 at 11:39 pm
For the people saying he’s not done the business, he has when played up front, for spurs and Mexico. He played preseason up front last year for us and was unreal, played up front for Mexico at the world cup, was class. When it comes to competition Harry inexplicably shunts him out to right midfield and then he gets berated. Idiot. Play him up front and give him a run and he would be a classy player that would score, move well and lay on goals like Keano did for many years. He’s different class to Defoe but Harry loves his brainless English forwards.
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September 3rd, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Gio was our best player last pre-season, give him a chance droopy!
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September 4th, 2011 at 12:02 am
Don’t know if it’s already been posted, but this is a lovely quote from Sherwood about Coulibaly (still 16, isn’t he?!). It follows us beating Inter 7-1 in the NextGen series…
“After the mauling, Tottenham Technical Co-ordinator Tim Sherwood singled out the latest forward nicknamed the “new Drogba,” “Souleymane Coulibaly was unbelievable. He played up front on his own, absolutely battered their two centre-halves and scored two goals.””
http://www.101greatgoals.com/nextgen-series-videos-coulibaly-scores-for-spurs-barcelona-win-at-celtic/104515/
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melcyid Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 3:50 am
Nice goal and a much better version of the psb goal celebration
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Boy Charioteer Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 8:21 am
Linked to Man U, linked to Chelsea etc. etc. etc. You could write the script blindfolded.
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September 4th, 2011 at 12:13 am
I agree… give him a run over Lennon, this boy is class… I just don’t understand why ‘arry hasn’t given him a go. Let’s face it he’s better than Bentley. I reckon Levy pulled the plug on his move.
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September 4th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Well mixed emotions it’s fair to say and all will be revealed in the next few months. VDV’s out for 6 weeks, so those that think he gives us imbalance will know right enough. Will Crouch be missed and can GDS step up to the plate. Will Adebayor score or throw a wobbly? Will Harry be twitchin’ or will be still be bitchin’all this and more will unravel in the next episode of Tottenham the soap opera/
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September 4th, 2011 at 1:13 am
I’m convinced the only reason that GDS is still at Spurs is due to Levy getting involved. He is trying to force HR’s hand into doing something a bit different.
HR is a tactical pigmy and a self-indulgent purveyor of excreta. I hope that Levy will be rid of him sooner rather than later.
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September 4th, 2011 at 1:58 am
Been out of bounds for the last week…has The Twitch really put 4 keepers in our squad and left out Kyle Walker? The chances of Dos Santos playing are zero. Arry will play Kranky on the right and have Defoe and Ade up front.
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MWX Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 9:20 am
Isn’t Walker under 21?
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September 4th, 2011 at 4:45 am
Walker does not need to be named as he is under 21 I believe, so will feature.
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Toddspur Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 7:30 am
Correct and any others under 21
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September 4th, 2011 at 7:39 am
Biggest mistake of the summer was letting Woodgate go!
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September 4th, 2011 at 8:21 am
I’ve always been a fan! He’s showed for mexico just how good he is, why don’t he get games?
I ask myself that all the time! Last season lennon was on and off for form but still played, no end product not enough goals, GDS will double his stats at least if played, and can play more postions, we needed something new to bring to the team and in adeybor,parker,gds and fridel I think we stand a better chance than last season! whoever pulled the plug on his move well done.. But now let the boy play and watch him bring confidence back to our side!
COYS!
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September 4th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Harry……. well, well, well. I remember him not giving Bale a chance, until BAE got injured, and then he suddenly realises he’s got a world class player in the squad! I like Harry, but he can be a f**king plank at times. Who cares about his attitude, he can play, so PLAY HIM!!!
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September 4th, 2011 at 10:30 am
Antone else see the injury to VDV as an opportunity to get back to 4-4-2 rather than the 4-4-1-1 that we tend to play when he is fit?
Midfield – Lennon Modric Parker Bale
Forwards – GDS/Defoe Adebayor
Enough to give any team a run for their money maybe?
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September 4th, 2011 at 10:52 am
Maybe, but would probably need a defence and a keeper.
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September 4th, 2011 at 10:59 am
DAVSPURS should be our leader
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September 4th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Whilst I agree no player is bigger than the club, there are certainly players who are more important that the manager.
In the case of Harry- I would sacrifice him over a number of our players. It is time twitchy broke out his patented player-hugging technique on Gio. How is he not an excellent sub? I would prefer to see him stripping off than Danny Rose or Pienaar as an attacking subsitute.
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Phil McAvity Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
You keep your sexual fantasies about stripping off to yourself, this is a football blog!!
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Wowser Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
Guilty- Bring back Ginola. He was dreamy
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Phil McAvity Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Can’t blame you though!! According to the adverts at the time ‘he was worth it!!’
September 4th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
There must be some sort of clause in his contract that when he has played a certain number of games they owe Barca a couple of millions … maybe Levy finally gave him the ok to play him???
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MysteriousStranger Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
There was a sell-on clause, and that has now expired.
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September 4th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
I appear to have mad a wrong turn and landed in a bookshop or god forbid a library! …can we talk in here?
just wanted to ask, would I be right in thinking J2S is playing for Mexico vs Chile today?
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kojac Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
sounds entertaining
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seppoyiddo Reply:
September 4th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
http://www.breakingnews24plus.com/mexico-vs-chile-4-september-friendly-match-preview/
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September 4th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
dos santos is a forward he is not going to be back covering the defence out on the right or left but god knows why he hasn’t been given a run out since he came,these are the players that offer something different when you are trying to break down the shit,
seeing hernandez in that video gets me thinking we paid the same amount for dos santos,if fergie had bought dos santos and we hernandez would we be admiring a good game changing trickster at utd and wondering why the little pea can’t score goals at tottenham
with the squad we have now if these players don’t get a run out in the ropa and cups then something is wrong
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September 4th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
GDS is as good as any options we have left. I’m no sleuth but Barcelona showed enough interest in him so that tells me that wink wink has not done his job in developing him further. I for one am delighted VDV is out for 6 weeks. Can we now please play 4-4-2. This is the only formation that allows Bale to sprint forward. Look at the City game he got one cross in and was more defensive that day ridiculous. I know we all feel we could do a better job but I truly believe there is an exception here. Put GDS on the right drop Lennon. How did he not see VDV screaming for the ball against Man U. Amateur stuff nit good enough.
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September 4th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
He should be given another crack thing is I don’t think he wants it now behaviour was no worse tha L Kings !!!
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September 4th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
With VDV out I’d expect him to get another chance, probably in the Europa Cup and/or Carling Cup. It’s up to him to impress this time.
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September 4th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
There should be ample opportunities for ‘Arry to give Dos Santos a chance to showcase. Europa League and the League Cup
Europa Cup:
Gomes
Walker, Kaboul, Bassong, Rose
Parker
Huddlestone, Livermore, Kranjcar
Dos Santos
Pavlyuchenko
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September 4th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Why are so many fans in love with 4-4-2?
The game has moved on.
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September 4th, 2011 at 10:22 pm
we need to sign woodgate from stoke looks a top defender.
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TMWNN Reply:
September 5th, 2011 at 7:00 am
£8m ought to do it.
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September 4th, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Pork !!!!
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melcyid Reply:
September 5th, 2011 at 12:23 am
in bap with apple sauce,whats the problem.
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September 4th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
The time I though he (Johnny Two Saints) looked best was when he was playing an “inside forward” type role a bit like VdV does; against yanks in pre-season a year or two back iirc. He made a few creative runs and totally disrupted the opposition defence who didn’t seem to know what to do with him. However his strengths are also his weaknesses in that I’m not sure his team mates have a clue what he’s up to either!
A word on 3MP; I don’t think the selling of him was a blow to HR, it may well have been a trade off for Parker with DL saying take your pick Harold, but with Ade installed, I don’t think HR gave a toss and might actually have been the driver to offload him; let’s face it that header he missed against Citeh (which I reckon I’d have got never mind Harry’s missus) would have changed the game a good bit at that stage. Maybe Harry finally got as fed up as the rest of us at seeing that gormless “how did that not go in” smile, with such water-torture repetitiveness.
However I do think not all is well at WHL in that HR is still frothing-off at having a player who’s not happy. Its like a game being played through the media of how Harry can needle DL, all with the practiced deniability of the media darling he is. How long will DL let this go on?
HR is the manager and its his job to manage the players regardless of their mental ‘readiness’: if any one of them is not ready, he has to figure out what it takes to motivate them and get them sorted out: that might include fining them a couple of weeks wages every time they refuse to put their boots on. However I suspect that Modric is not playing up and will knuckle down into the job, he seems to have a good relationship with his team mates and a few wins will make all the diference in everybodies attitude.
The big job now is to rein in the Chavs and I really think Levy should make a formal complaint against their continued pursuit of Modic, which happened after he had publicly announced that Modric was not for sale and no futher offers were welcome. Without some sanction and threat of further sanction (ie points deduction) we will have the whole thing all over again come Christmas……that’s already being reported!
I think we need a public statement labelling this as what it is: cheating. The deliberate destabilisation of the playing capacity of another team must be covered somewhere in the rules! The Chavs are already well known for this and given the FAs love affair with ManU might just jump at the chance to bark a bit…..maybe vent some frustration at the whole Blagger affair.
We need now to start knuckling under and getting the harmony back into the football, Protracting the Modric thing is counterproductive and I am getting a bit sick of this brinkmanship HR is playing, using the team/squad and blackmail material….. a bit like using the kids as a weapon in a divorce!
Come on HR sort out your own head and get on with the job you are being paid for!
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kennyid Reply:
September 5th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
It worked for Gazza – the other players not knowing what he was going to do – mind you , he often didn’t either
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September 5th, 2011 at 10:03 am
always liked gds, then again i liked adel and kpb, back to the transfer window, fantastic but should have signed cahill because we all knoiw that come jan he will sign for a different london CL team, take your pick, we missed a great chance there, should have taken the huge amount for luka as well really pleased with the 3 main signings, in fact worryingly friedel has been our best player so far, indicating our defense is not perfect, having said that i think the 2 mancs will be 1 & 2 this season so the dropped 6 points may have happened anyway, so not as down beat as i could be, do like the squad and i think it will be 2 from 4 for 3rd & 4th us , chavs , arse and red scouse, have to start winning away starting at wolves, pleased they,ve had a good start as it stops us relaxing as we did last season, and then pool at home. COYS
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Finn Reply:
September 5th, 2011 at 10:06 am
Not so sure on Freidel: shipped 8 goals from 2 games….now where have I seen those numbers before….???
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Boy Charioteer Reply:
September 5th, 2011 at 11:04 am
These numbers appear to have an almost mystical significance.
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September 5th, 2011 at 11:30 am
IF HARRY PICKS THIS GUY HE SURE MUST BE LIGHT YEARS BETTER THAN THE OLD SANTOS BECAUSE THE OLD SANTOS HAD HIS HEAD UP HIS ARSE MOST OF THE TIME I AM ALL FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT IF HE IS WORSE THAN HIS OLD SELF CHASE HIM !
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