Posted on Friday, 29th June 2012 by Harry Hotspur
Good evening.
I’m serious. Looking around the Net since his inexplicable ‘interview’ on Sky late this afternoon and I now want to voice concern over his mental state.
When he was managing us at full steam, 8 points from 2 games and all that jazz well, yes he did wheel out plenty of ‘triffics’ and ‘for sures’ but it was little more than anyone with a bit of character having perfectly normal idiosyncrasies.
I’m not for a moment suggesting a man frequently using the same phrases and a similar style of speaking is an indication of mental fragility. But based upon this afternoon, some people must be asking questions.
‘Has he told Sandra he got the bullet?’ ‘Does he realise that this stuff is being shared with lots of people who haven’t been sectioned under the Mental Health Act?’
I get that people who aren’t in a job in football tend to float about. That’s quite normal. You’ll get Alan Curbishly pop up as a pundit on the telly. Maybe hear Phil Brown’s silky tones on the radiogramme. You may well have had Ian Dowie knock on your door of an afternoon, offering to tarmac your drive.
But since the England fiasco Arry has emerged as a real life Walter Mitty. The FA spent 80% of their press conference unveiling of Hodgson underlining endlessly that he was the only person they considered, contacted and interviewed.
Arry appeared blissfully unaware of the fact that no news primarily means, there is no news. If the phone doesn’t ring, this is not necessarily an indicator that the National Lottery people are still arduously trying to calculate the precise enormity of your win. The phone not ringing is an indication that all that you can be truly certain of is that it hasn’t rung.
And as the dark days of Arry losing his grip on his responsibilities (you know, day to day coaching of the team, that sort of thing) began to grip THFC by the jugular it now seems suspiciously like that he was simultaneously losing his hold on reality.
I said to the chairman “can you get me Carlos Tevez?”
The funny thing was my mobile had like an ansaphone thing on it and they never told me. It was chock-a-block, apparently.
We looked at Suarez. He was a player who we probably should have taken, looking back on it. We just weren’t sure.
I wanted to back in oranges at half time, you can’t do it these days, health and safety I suppose.
I actually tried to sign him for Tottenham before he went to Manchester City.
We was close to signing Christiano Ronaldo last year but Bondy only left his pen back at the hotel.
And the terrifying thing is that I only made 50% of the quotes up.
So on a serious note, when someone has reached a point where they predisposed to doing or saying insane things, almost as a default setting, then it is down to the rest of us to try and do the the right thing.
You do not offer Paul Gascoigne a drink. Sky and you too talkSPORT please, think about what you’re doing and don’t …offer Arry a microphone.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
I have fed ex’ed some industrial strength verbal laxatives to Sandra. Immodium Squared is the name i think.
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Finn Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
I always thought that laxatives induced crap, he hardly needs them, tho’ the Immodium might spare us the all the projectile pebbledashing!
Where were you and your goodwill posting habits a few years ago before the Wet Spam game?????
“I ‘ad that Ballotelly bloke in the back of the cab the ovver day….”
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
I think does for sacking Harry!
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Spurstacus Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Me too.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:33 pm
Shawley Shome Mishtake great read SO glad he’s not our manager anymore. Haven’t seen the second offering but his golf course is mind boggling
Is it Monday yet
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benspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
HH, he’s gone. He needs to get over it. You need to get over it too. Just don’t listen to it or read it. It’s not good for your heart to get so uptight.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:35 pm
What annoyed me the most was the fact that when he was manager he went on how we didn’t have a right as fans to demand champions league football, nor challenging for the league, but today he says that the new manager will have to be challenging for the league.
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TMWNN Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
Exactly. If he were still in the job, he’d be telling anything that would listen that “it will be very difficult next season, Chelsea will be strong, Liverpool will be strong.. etc. etc.”.
His latest bout of jibber jabber is designed to put pressure on AVB and to ensure that, if AVB is successful, to let everyone know that it was mainly down to him.
He’s a nasty litlle scumbag, and I’m glad Levy threw him out.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Harry was our best manager for at least 20 years and during his stay he frequently mouthed off. I found it entertaining then and I find it entertaining now in fact I wish there were more people in football as funny as Harry Redknapp and I will miss his post match stand up.
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emspurs Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
The problem, as I see it, was that half the comedy was unwitting and most of the time the joke was on us.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:37 pm
I dont think that there is a shrink anywhere in the world that would take him on. Hes beyond help. Walter Mitty with a twitch. If Sky had any sense they would do a documentary on him. There are several hours of interviews on tape that would have us all in stitches until we cry and at the same time teach all those that cant keep their mouths shut when they should a lesson on media utilisation.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Chillingly accurate.
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Dessyspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Trifffic for sure, Im ready for a new challenge hes out of my system now
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Tony Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Wonderful parting gift from ‘Arry effectively telling Uncle Woy he has the tools to win the World Cup, and AVB should now win the Prem, the Champions League and the Inter-Galactic Championship against Andromeda All Stars with MY TEAM. Nice one ‘Arry
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:41 pm
I bet he still gets bondy to pick him up at 5 in the morning to drive down to the training ground ala Michael Douglas in falling down or ken Livingstone when he was first voted out and Boris said he kept hanging oround city hall !!!!!!
Levy might regret saying harry will allways be welcome at the lane lol.!!!!!!!!!
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Twelve months time is the new manager going to have got us into a better position than we ended the league this time round?
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calebray Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
maybe not, worse case the same but with a bit of dignity
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Well put.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:51 pm
does anyone recall AVB’s press conferences from last season? thats mental help issues. If people that didnt know about football only came on this forum to guage an opinion on how Redknapp did for Spurs then you would have thought that he had got us relegated.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
You’re right Jim on the bile masquerading the achievements. Of course you are.
On AVB, I think his pressers displayed dreadful naivety. He was doing three of four a week and answering in endless detail.
Hopefully Levy & Co will tell him, ‘we’ll handle most of that. Why don’t we let your number two do the mundane stuff?’
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john Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:58 am
i couldnt care less if he bursts into song at the post match interview as long as he gets results on the pitch
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:29 am
Which is quite probably the correct answer.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
He is so delusional,He tries to re write history.I for one am glad his gone.He cost us the 3rd spot and. will never will forgive him for that.Redknap has always been a liar.He had one of the best jobs in the prem.and he through it away because of his greed.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Redcrap threw away 3rd to the arse. Thats almost as bad as being relegated.I’m not a fan of AVB but hes a step up on big mouth.
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Its a shame that the more he opens his mouth the more clear it becomes why he got sacked.
No premier club will touch him, knowing he will spend £50m at least.
He did not solely get us the position we have being in, it has being a great squad better thAn arse.
Bad management meant some great players were left to rot and when called upon could not offer anything as they did not feel part of squad.
A great players manager my arse, look at pav, gio, Bentley .pienaar for example.
Trevor brooking is regarding as a decent fellow so if he detests HR then that is god enough for me.
I would rather have terry Connor from wolves than the tax cheat.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
A considered post. Thank you.
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Devonshirespur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
What utter pish!
Again another fool who thinks everything great just happened because of the squad and it was only Harry who fucked it up.
Consider the logic…If Harry had nothing to do with the great form how can he be blamed for the bad form.
It might interest you to know that HR’s net spend was less than £10m in 4 years. About £2.25m a season and in the last 18 months or so his net spend was about -£30m.
Total lack of balance in your ill-informed moronic cretinous bullshit.
Overall I reserve judgement on whether sacking HR was a good thing until I see who comes in. I see the logic. I see Harry’s flaws and I see that this is a watershed moment for the club.
HR referred to some Spurs fans as Idiots and judging by the shite written on here by HH’s disciples, it’s probably one of his more accurate statements!
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cyril Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
i dont care what his net spend was looked at in the abstract just as i dont care that we finsihed 4th, which is ok if looked at in the abstract.
i care that he wasted 15 mill on keane after we did the business of getting 20 mill for an 8 mill player
i care greatly that he subjected me to three years of peter crouch
i care that he spent a fortune of defoe (worth every penny) and then never played him. i care that had he not been bitter about bentley tipping water on him we wd have got decent moeny for him ages ago as he wd have played him and it wd have been an easy sell (he said right after that that bentleys days were numbereed). i care that we lost millions on bent because the moron could not resist a cheap laugh in front of camera about his bloody wife scoring goals, he is a buffoon
i care that if he had one honest bone and decent bone in his body we wd have finsihed 3 and i care that if he were a caoch half as good as he thinks he is we wd have finsihed second and we wd have qualified for the cl the year before instead of coming 5th after we dropped a huge number of points against the bottom four teams. he will keep trying to re-write history because he has started to believe the crap written about him by his mates, the same journo fools who think this england team is a good one and are ready to dump on hodgson because the fa had the affornt to ignore those useless journos..
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cyril Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
sorry for the rant, i am just spitting mad whenever i think about the deceipt he practices and the self-serving nature of eerything he does and says. he is just not very bright and yet he thinks he is.
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Devonshirespur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Do you care that (despite all these apparently significant failings) that we: avoided relegation we ease, then qualified for the CL (Thanx Crouch) that we gained our highest finish & point tally in +20 years, that we beat Arsenal at their place and LFC at Anfield for the first time in years, that we beat AC Milan in Milan (thanx Crouchie).
Were you there that night vs Inter…I will never forget that.
there are many many other examples.
They way people go on on here you’d think that Harry took us down & bankrupted us, while doing our missus on the side.
Balance is all I quest
BazSpur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Spot on fella.
nickster Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
well said
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Ha Ha what did you expect. Sacked for no good reason he’s bound to voice his opinion. It’s his right. He earned it. You just do it.
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benspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
do you still put teeth under your pillow
Don’t believe the hype
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nipper Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:18 am
…I put my teeth in a glass these days, is that why the tooth fairy never comes any more?
Its raining in Lagos
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June 29th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Throwing away 3rd is no where near being as bad as relegated. I’m not a massive fan of Redknapp, he is a born liar but thats by the by. What we have to realize is that we finished fourth. If AVB couldnt do it with Chelsea then why would he be able to do it with us?
Its not about who is a likeable or media savy manager its who can get results.
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seattlespursguy Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Keep in mind AVBs brief for the racists was pretty difficult, consisting of overhauling the squad, bringing along youth, playing more eye-pleasing football and easing out the older player BUT not have any growing pains, dips in form, loss of CL places, etc. “Difficult” became “Impossible” when when Terry and his band of turds quit playing and Roman lost his nerve and backed Terry.
I don’t know what the future holds for him at Spurs, but I’m willing to give the guy a chance.
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June 29th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Can’t say I’ve given HR a second thought in the past couple of weeks. That ship has long since sailed my friend.
If we finish 12th next year, it will still have been worth flirting him – in out household that’s the honest consensus – so what’s worth dwelling on? A bit of genuine ‘natural justice’ for the odious shyster, something for him to dwell on while he’s walking his dogs on the beach. That’s got to be one of the rarest things in the world these days, in these f***ed-up times…
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June 29th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Sorry Mr Mouse you are talking rubbish, especially your last line. His results were well below what they should have been feb – may for 2 years running.
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June 29th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
I didn’t hear what Arry said,Sky’s gone,times are hard and all that game.I expected him to come out and fight his corner with a large sprinkling of bullshit and hypocrisy and I’m glad he didn’t disappoint,its all good fun really.
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June 29th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
The sooner he gets that job on the south pole the better, more meathane than a cow shed that man, give him his due he got us out of a hole then put us back in it by his own self worthyness me me me engerland, tactical nous not signing safe bets the over 30′s and trying to sign ballotelly tevez etc never going to happen, really exited about the new man avb and someone thats got a clue coys’
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June 29th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
That’s a good point about AVB. His post match interviews were approaching performance art levels in their gibberish and incoherency. Quite amusing when he was manager of Chelsea. Don’t think it will be quite so funny with a chicken badge on his top.
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June 29th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
I have been saying this all along, if harry did not need the op, he had to have, he would still be our manager, but the man came back to us after the op, with wierd decisions in tactics, and interviews, we all know the ones dont we, harry was great, apart from set pieces, before his op, and strenuous court case, but after it, he was not the same manager, and levy knew something was wrong, and acted fast.
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TMWNN Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
He went for a routine stent fitting ffs, but behaved like he had a full on frontal lobotomy when he came back.
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cyril Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
now that is very funny
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June 29th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Hes delusional alright, but is still funny as feck, lol, he did get us to Champions league spot twice, we all know he ballsed up 3rd, but at least he had us in the running, hes old school hustler thats all, he got away from the feckers in court and god knows where hes hid all his wedge from deals, but good luck to him, no one fcked about with our club in the press with harry in charge thats for sure, lol
he done well when he was with us, hes not perfect but who is with our wage restrictions it would be difficult for most.
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June 29th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
i logged onto newsnow just now and was struck by the myriad of “Redknapp: Tottenham blah blah blah” stories. Then I opened this blog and it seems im not the only one who’s noticed. the cat is out the bag, Harry is losing the plot. I don’t take any joy in it, he did great for us for 3 years then it went pete tong. But dignity is the word and sadly Harry aint got much left which is tragic after 35 years in the game. In Feb – only 5 months ago! – he was Da Man. A salutary tale for our times. How the mighty can fall, architect of his downfall, make your bed and lie in it. As sad in its way as poor old Gazza and sharing certain parallels with not so poor bob diamond. Crazy days eh? Here’s to AVB, Syggi, Jan, Moutihno (yes pleeez!), stadium finance, RVP leaving .. in DL we trust, surely..pleeez…
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June 29th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
My diagnosis is that he sucks on a knuckle .
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June 29th, 2012 at 9:29 pm
poor old harry,has he said why he got the bullet
this iceman must be getting a few quid,he better know where the goal is
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June 29th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Man U have debts of £420,000,000 according to News Now, and yet their pursuit of Modric is relentless. If the government is going to come down on the criminals who operate in our banking system, why can’t the money manipulators in The Premier League be brought to heel. I won’t hold my breath for either.
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June 29th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
BTW, let’s keep in mind AVB had the Chavs in 5th and a couple points off 4th when he was sacked, so it isn’t like he was getting them relegated.
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Mal Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Go back to watching the Mariners.Lets not forget he had the “CHAVS” in 5th???… yeah mate 5th with a downward spiraling bullet.So he didn’t get them relagated.Well that puts a whole diffeent spin on things aye? Good job Cheslea sacked his sorry arse or they might have found themselves floating at the lower end of the table by the end of the season. Hey but lets party like it’s 1899.We got AVB as our brand new manager.The future is so bright I’;ve got to wear darkglasses all day long.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
SSG sporting facts here… which is sure to upset some
AVB is not a disaster waiting to happen.
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seattlespursguy Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Mal, I’m just saying a little perspective and a somewhat open mind is an option.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:04 am
I’m not the one with the closed mind nor am I losing perspective.I think the owners and chairman of THFC are the ones who have lost the plot.
This sort of reminds me of when George Steinbrenner fired Billy Martin,the first time. He cut his nose to spite his face.
LLL Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:33 am
Really? Ok then.
Does that assertion come with a money back guarantee?
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:07 am
I’ve saved the “AVB is not a disaster waiting to happen ” quote coming from yourself.November /December will bea particualrly interesting time at WHL and on this forum.
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Chirpy Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:55 am
You heard it here first
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:33 am
Devonshirespur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
You only have to look at Liverpool to see what happens if the fans do not get fully behind the manager from the start. Roy may have been a misfit for that job but the fans made it twice as difficult.
I will get behind whoever steps in @ WHL, even if I hold some reservations about AVBs credentials
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nipper Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:36 pm
…you all talking dat AVB is definitely de man. But he’s not. Fat lady still warming up..
still raining in Lagos
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June 29th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
he was doing ok till he got the whif of the england job then it all went pairshape but with our pay structure we will need to get jc
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June 29th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Starting to feel a little sad for the old sod. Poor guy, he only wants to move away and live in a hole in woods with his dog and a tin can with string reaching all the way to the daly mail headquarters!
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Mal Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:48 pm
Wow ..it’s the Harry Haters out in full force.What a sad and pathetic lot you are. You dislike him as a man,and thats fair enough,but you just use any excuse under the sun to attack him personally,and I;d bet my bottom dollar that at least some of you were among those chanting for him to stay on that day aT WHL not very long ago at all.In fact I KNOW for a fact that one of you who is now slagging Harry off,was in attendence at WHL chanting for him to stay,and I bet there are more than just the one.
You want to talk about what you see as his failings as a manager,thats fine ,but when you start personel attacks,then you’ve lost the whole argument and the right to even criticise.
Your the ones who give all Spurs fans a bad name.
Good on Harry,I hope he keeps subtley putting the boot in.He got shafted and for what?A few ghouls, creatures of the night,decided that they want to go “in a different direction with a dynamic young manager”?? What direction would that be then.DOWN? Do me a bloody favour
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LH Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
You get me wrong, I liked HR, and no I was not chanting for his head. But in retrospect he did make some strange/crazy choices at the end of his tenure. That and he truly did loose the plot when the England job was hanging around. And THAT is why he got shafted. He would not sign a new contract with that reason. And as for him as a man, have you not heard all the quotes he had given the press negating things he had said during the season and the way he has conducted himself in the media altogether? HR was giving Spurs a bad name.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:16 am
As always ,I’m afraid it’s Spurs who give Spurs the worst name of all,and have done for as long as I can remember.If your looking for the perfect manager,you won’t find him.They all have/had their failings,as managers and as people.Levy has a diabiolical record for hiring managers.He’s had one moderate success in Martin Jol,and one huge success in Harry.The rest you know about including Hoddle who proved to be huge flop as well.
kols Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:00 am
arry had no tactics, none at all!!! talking to the media about our own players, like the “i understand why modric want to join chelsea, they always compete and win things” he said this before last seasong started, after levy had come out and said he was not for sale!! this is the manager you(mal) want to keep?? only sign old players, of all the players in the team,the regular starters. only foure are redcrapps buys. walker,kaboul,friedel and parker. lennon,bale,asso-ekotto,king,dawson,modric,vdv,sandro. none of them where harrys work. sandro he had never seen play, had no clue. and vdv was levy, said so by redcrapp him-self. what then has arry bought? for millions!! keane,defoe,crouch,that french left back,bassong,pienar,kranjcar,kaboul,parker,friedel,naughton,kuhmalo?,saha and nelson!! how many of his buys are still in reconing in oure regular starters??? some, but not many. in the end arry would have turned us into p`mouth, not finacially, but in regards of players. all old, and in theyr later stages of the carier. and do not forget that he went all in for the fa-cup, the year we lost for p`mouth in the semi. he said he would rather win the fa-cup, than get CL. thats a man thinking on the club, who is paying his salary????
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Minionas Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:49 am
Mal, I liked HR but he got himself the sack through the media. I didn’t want him to go at the end of the season and you’re right he has been the best manager for about 20 yrs. for me it’s a shame he had to air any dirty washing on tv, if he hadn’t I’m sure he would still be there. I gather you won’t be clapping AVB no matter how he does. I support Spurs over anyone, mackay, Greaves anyone
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:49 am
Mal, the honest truth is that by the time they were singing we want you to stay I had a cold feeling he wanted out.
The moment that was confirmed I wanted him out.
You talk about the crowd singing there. Were they the same ones whose singing, ‘Gareth Bale – he plays on the left’ woke Arry up as he was dropping off at Goodison?
I understand that the personal abuse doesn’t sit well with some. The trouble is people eventually lose their heads when they can’t see any change in a situation that seems glaringly obvious. People become exasperated.
Will AVB be our saviour? To me that typifies the wrong question to ask.
The purpose of removing Arry was to prevent him from doing that which he could not stop himself from doing …again and again and again.
He could not be trusted. He didn’t train the lads properly, he essentially didn’t take the gig seriously. When you hit that stage it’s not about what the next man offers, it’s more about ensuring he won’t repeat the stupidities of the last man.
AVB needs to be supported on the pitch and online we can call him a big ginger girl. But clowns like me who write the headlines need to keep a straight bat on this.
Screaming for him to be binned at Christmas if he’s doing his best isn’t the way forward. If he has a system in place and is doing his best – then I’ll gently morph into a less reactionary figure.
Redschnapps got buried by me because he didn’t do his best. He didn’t try his hardest and he felt he had bigger fish to fry.
I’m excited about next season because number one Spurs are playing and number two we’ve got quite a sexy squad that a manager who cared could get quite a bit out of.
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Devonshirespur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Mal…..you are spot on with this.
You can tell by the way these anti-HR threads keep popping up and HHs disciples gather like flies on shit, weeks after HR got sacked, that their feelings go way beyond a rational consideration of his failings as a manager. It’s hatred plain and simple & does our great club no service at all.
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Peter Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
@ Mal and Devonspur
He keeps talking trash about our club ans he was sacked 2 weeks ago HE’S STILL MOANING ABOUT IT! And also for your supper why don’t have some humble pie and check out our stats towards the end of last season. 3 points from 27. That’s 1 more point and game than ramos had when HR took over and we all called for Ramos head so y any different to HR ?
Devonshirespur Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 10:41 am
peter….if you are going to rely on stats to justify your comments at least get them right.
we never took 3 from 27. Not last season not the season before.
Plus why not balance that from with that which saw us P11 W10 D1 L0 earlier in the season…that’s 27 from 30 points a run that only ended by Foy robbing us vs Stoke.
That was followed by another unbeaten 7 – W4 D3 L0.
You cannot look at the bad form in isolation
June 29th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Poor HR, only realized what a fantastic job he had after the FA scorned him. Having sleepless nights knowing how wrong he played it and evidently has lost a few screws since.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
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June 29th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Harry said:’Modric, will go. Inference being: Modric, would’ve stay if I were there. Then: ‘AVB, will find it very difficult, he’s got to be challenging.’ Inference: he’s not as good as me. ‘This team should be challenging for the title.’ Inference: ‘anything less than 2nd is a failure.
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Mal Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
So when can we expect to see you on Mastermind with Harry Redknapp as your specialist subject?
Inference: your talking out of your backside.
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Chrispurs Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
Try putting your head between your legs, and kissing your sweet spot.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:41 pm
An eloquent response, sir
Mal Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
OH dear.Did I hit a nerve?
ColinSC Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:42 am
Maybe if you hit the said ‘sweet spot’ with a big smack of a kiss .. you might not be so bitter about the fact that so many other spurs supporters view about your beloved “arry’ differ from yours?
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June 29th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
so according to everyone avb is our boss the iceman and belgian have signed
avb is kind of the avant-garde choice isn’t he i hope he knows a couple of decent stikers,the press are going to have a field day,as ever results are the only things that matter
the window is going to get crazy now,we are turning the corner can almost see the start of the season out in the distance
i hope we are not selling modric to chelsea or utd,the stink would be unbearable
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June 29th, 2012 at 10:21 pm
Listen Harry Redknapp is a character and was a welcome addition to our plans. He rejuvinated the club and gave the players belief, however this was only so far. I’m as glad as you are HARRY HOTSPUR but we must let him get on with being Harry and move on. we have our wishes granted. Lets get rid of Little Luka now. I don’t want to see him looking fed up in that great shirt. Up the Spurs.
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Stupot Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
I’m a moron…Redknapp is joke. He NOW thinks were a shoe in for the prem, but last season He thought we had puled off a miracle to finish top four. He’s a prick who has no class and doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut. A tactless prick.
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June 29th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
All in all its time for us to move on and the dignity bit is most important. I like the way Levy thinks and whatever he decides Im on board.
Harry’s ego got the best of him.Its always good for a while as you ride the energy and then reality seeps in and he covered that up with his nonsense.
He should have had more respect for the bench and the club and the fans.
Levy did the right thing and we should be a little patient.
The football world is a dichotomy of 38 million players and money pressures and Levy is cleverly walking the tightrope in between to his credit.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:23 am
Ok Ronnie…. I like the way Levy thinks and whatever he decides Im on board”
So my question to you is how long will you blindly go along with what Levy does and decides? This season? Until December? Forever?.He hasn’t exactly made brilliant footballing decisions.Hiring HArry was about the best footballing decision he made.It was successful.Could have been better but it was better than where we’d been and was heading in the right direction>moreso than ay any time in recent history.Thems the facts my friend.
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Peter Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Can you remember the squad and the positions we were finishing in before Levy took over ? I don’t think you can question the man for what he has done for the club. whether he sells it or not he still dragged us outta the duldrums. Thats Fact
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Devonshirespur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Thats like saying Arsenal fans cannot question Wenger.
Levy is accountable and needs to justify every decision.
He has clearly made the decision to give HR no money in 18 months, he probably expected him to go to England or Jail so has been building to this moment for a while.
Now we are there he has to make the right decision because he will be handing a very decent squad, a huge chunk of funds, great pay and a brand new training facility to the person who has to take us forward for the next 3, 5, 10 years.
With our need to attract funding and build the new stadium, this is a massive moment in our recent history. For these reasons you can see why HR was ditched BUT getting the next decision wrong (new manager) will be far worse than getting the last decision wrong (sacking HR).
June 29th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
When someone sticks a microphone in front of him it’s like watching a starving chimp unable to control its excitement at having a banana thrust under its nostrils.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:44 am
Mal, just scrolling up the page, perhaps it’s a bit pointless.
You aren’t actually debating with anyone. You’re using all the usual tactics of someone who’s argument doesn’t hold up to much scrutiny. Shouting, repeating yourself, with the occasional lapse into playing the man not the ball. The ‘ace up your sleeve’ is threatening to accurately predict the future.
What concerns me here is you don’t seem to grasp predicting the future is precisely like predicting the sex of a baby.
So if you, as a fortune teller and Tottenham supporter par excellence feel the overwhelming urge to return to this two bob blog to crow about how it’s all gone wrong…
…I can only wish you well and hope that in time you get better, perhaps receiving the love and support you need to eventually grow a brain.
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June 29th, 2012 at 10:40 pm
the bloke could talk under water with a mouth full of marbles. Every day he is doing another interview and voicing an opinion that is dribble. Its like he has been at the boozer and asked the barflys what he should say. When harry got sacked a Liverpool fan mate of mine was cursing their luck that they appointed rodgers when if they waited a little longer they could of had harry. Lol would of been the end of Liverpool if they got him
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Colin SC Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:27 pm
Any team with a squad of young players would be OK with harry until the next season when he starts buying cut price players and aging the team. If you have a sizable proportion of players over 30 they will carry previous injuries and recover slower toward the end of the season the good young ones are not played and become match unfit consequently they want to leave, by this stage the old players are knackered and slow. Oh wait that’s what he did to us… dammit
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June 29th, 2012 at 10:44 pm
Essex and VDV and Modric.
My point wasn’t that VDV was better or anything compared to Modric except one thing.Modric have never been a game changer for us.VDV has been.
Whether VDV is not capable physically in a whole game or a big part of it is another matter (mata)
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Razspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
But Ronnie our whole Modus Operandi had to be changed to accommodate VDV and that was to the detriment of the team. Modric was compromised with VDV cutting across in front of him and it got worse as our wingers then switched flanks at the drop of a hat, creativity was negated as no one, especially Modric had a clue what was happening. How can you practice drills on the training ground when no one knows their positions ?
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
That wasnt my point.My only point was about Modric and I was saying he was not a game changer.(this was in yesterdays blog) and that with all VDV’s faults he is a game changer.
It wasnt about VDV only Modric.
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Razspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Agreed VDV had the ability and determination to change a game, for that reason he should have been used primarily as an impact sub ( given his lack of fitness ).
The incisive pass from Modric could change games but as I say it was virtually stiffeled by a congested forward midfield.
essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:42 am
The point I am trying to make is this-Modric plays better without VDV in the side, results and performances shown that clearly-When VDV isn’t in the side, Modric is a different player entirely, more cutting and dynamic, more mobile and incisive, and that’s the Modric you should be judging; not the one that’s playing second fiddle to Rafa
Colin SC Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Throughout the season I have been all for rotating the team. playing Defoe off Ade and bringing on VDV as a shock sub .. not the other way around. Not in a 4-4-2 still having Ade as a lone striker but having Defoe as a kind of crummer because that’s what Defoe is very good at. I would hate to see VDV go but I see him as part of a separate group of strategies that could be played from our normal ones. But yes I quite agree VDV and Modric clashes insofar as VDV’s anarchic play often just took the ball away from Mods or plain got in the way.
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June 29th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
Harry Redknapp voiced an opinion on every football topic, even those which were none of his buisness. He is still spouting on the England team, Roy’s performance, Spurs can win the EPL with AVB at the helm, it just never ceases. If he had been incarcerated would it actually have stopped ?
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
If he was inside,he could be the best ITK in the business or at least sound like one.You are right he is now touting AVB to be a success.
Yes this is the real inside story by Harry Wandsworth Redknapp.
Levy must be pissing himself
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Mal Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Harry Redknapp can say whatver he likes to say just like you can or any Tom Dick or Harry can.So your problem is what exactly? Is he giving military secrets away to the enemy? Whats he doing exactly thats got your panties in a twist? Aye? Harry Redknapp is a charachter.Always has been ,always will be.You knew that anyway.Just another excuse to have a go. I suggest you avert your eyes if you see an article with his name on it if it bothers you so much.The bloke is just voicing an opinion,with a little glint in his eye and all. Good on him
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
its not about him being a character and not giving away any military secrets. His absence of any understanding of strategy would lead me to believe that he wouldnt know tactics or strategy be it military of footballif he saw it so that would never be a problem.
I think he comromised Levy with his comments and actually couldnt figure out that we needed to win at Villa
(50,000 plus Tottenham fans knew what we needed to do and it wanst put Parker on.)
Also his mouth….didnt hear a word out of him in the weeks and weeks after the court case….when he actually needed to speak to the players.
the reason he didnt speak to them I think is that it was a lot easier for him to make a decision about England and Tottenham if we didnt do well.
Now he has no decision to make.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:27 am
Well I can tell you ,as far as my understanding is,that he DID in fact speak to some players.What kills me is that everyone is now blaming Harry for the whole debacle with the FA and the England job.Look,let me remind you,Harry was NEVER offered the England job. The media ( radio papers,twitter,etc) and callers to the radio stations,were the ones who pushed this ENTIRE Harry thing.He was the ONLY one for the job.TalkSport were the biggest culprits. Every single show for what seemed like months on end,was the same.Presenters banging on about how HArry HAS to be the next manager ,and callers echoing their every word.People are making out like Harry engineered this whole thing.When everyone and his dog is screaming your name as next England boss,what’s a person supposed to do? Just ignore it? Unless he has ice in his veins ,he reacted like most people would in that situation.It’s got to throw anybody a little off balance and cause uncertainty wihnin the club but he didn’t engineer it,he didn’t ask for it,he did nothingt but react,amd this was all after a horrble court case ,which followed a stay in hospital .All in all a pretty daunting year.What the hell was the guy meant to do.Shrug it all off and carry on like nothing had happened for god sake?I’m not saying he handled everything perfectly,but at the end of the day,he’s only human.How people are blaming him for the whole England fiasco is beyond my comprehension. Like I said,If somebody doesn’t like the guy becasue he just rubs them up the wrong way..fair enough but don’t use hatred of the man as a licence to slag off eveything that he achieved at Spurs ,which was a hell of a lot. I’m not pointing a finger at you personally.I’m saying “people ” in general..well on this message board at least.
Razspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
He was an embarrassment to our club for 4 years and I along with most Spurs fans am glad to see the back of him. It would be spiffing if the media could stop referring to him as the ex Tottenham manager but I suppose that will happen in time. I can only think of 3 people who have embarrassed their clubs more ;
Louis Suarez
John Terry
David Pleat
Thankfully none of the above are currently associated with Spurs !
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Yid15 Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:28 pm
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I wonder how embarrassed you were feeling on that day during the past 4 years that crouch scored the goal which finished us one place above man shitty? And I wonder how embarrassed you were feeling while we were surprising ourselves and everyone else in the CL and Bale was stripping inter of their dignity? You must have felt awful.
Poor love
Razspur Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:48 pm
There were good times and bad, some amazing football and some dross.
HR had taken us as far as he could and it was time to end it.
A new dawn approaches and we should all embrace it with fervour and anticipation.
As a renowned prophet once said……”It is better to fail aiming high…………..
Yid15's twin Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:56 pm
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Maybe you could add Levy to that list for the excruciating sacking of martin jol, live on tv, seconds before kick off, announced by the commentators, dawning on all the fans in the stadium, completely unbeknownst to jol?
Easily the single most embarrassing moment involving a Spurs employee during all my years as a Spud.
Verry Teribles getting dumped by Sugar and the unanimous board for ‘whatever it was he was up to’ runs a close 2nd.
Our captain to arse possible 3rd.
arse 5 Spuds 2 4th.
chelski 5 Spuds 1 5th.
‘berba to manure & we get a boy striker cast off shenanigans’, maybe 6th
Blimey, thinking about it arry’s got quite some embarrassment to live up to.
Razspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:10 am
Agreed with your take on the BMJ fiasco, that man deserved the utmost dignity and respect.
Completely disagree regarding Vegetables, along with his cronies he was fleecing the club and Sugar did the right thing.
essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:58 am
‘Venables dumped’ please look up the facts before casting such aspersions-he was sacked mate, and for damned good reason, that bloke cost us more than money-he cost us time!
Jameson Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
So Yid15 you are saying Redknapp is responsible for masterminding over a third of our most embarrassing moments in history?
Mr Pamplemouse Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
David Pleat not associated with Spurs? Really?
Colin SC Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:39 pm
A tranquilizer dart at 50 paces will do it ..
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:12 am
Mal maybe Harry wasnt officially asked but he knew and everyone knew the situation.He never said that he wouldnt take it either.
His inaction in our most critical games was telling but for me his lack of tactical understanding was the biggets problem.
Its really hard to say what he klnows and what he doesnt know about tactics.But I was blown away at his choice at Villa of Parker when we needed a win.
The defence stank. The abolity to see we had no one at the top in the striker position was also telling.
We did play some great football and probably it was doen to his ‘goout there and play’ way but non the sown side of that was if there is no control it ends in chaos and it did.
No Im harry Harry is gone.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:53 am
Well you can be glad Harry is gone ,but actually thats a moot point at this stage and people will either be in one camp ,or the other regarding that.
The bigger issue,is that AVB is NOT the answer.He is a PUNT… ( no not a typo although….) a long shot,a gamble,and as far as I’m concerned and if you read the papers or listen to the radio you’ll know that I’m far from a lone voice, when you replace a manager who took us to 4th place and a champions league year,you don’t take gambles and risks with a guy who just fell flat on his smug face not even 6 months ago.You go up a gear.You bring in a guy who is likely to take us to the next level.I have yet to hear a pundit,a broadcaster,or anyone say a positive word about Villas Boas.His reputation as a poor man manager precedes him,so why the hell hire the guy?Thats all I’m saying.The Harry issue is a dead one.He got sacked.I’m firmly in the Harry camp and believe he would have taken us to another level this season but thats all conjecture and meaningless.I’m sorry I got caught up in stupid arguments with peoiple who’s minds I’m not going to change and they certainly aren’t going to change mine. The appointment of AVB if it happens, is nothing more than a crapshoot on the part of the dark forces that run Tottenham.Levy and Lewis especially give me the creeps.
Nothing would give me more pleasure than to see us get off to a flying start and be challenging all season for a CL spot but sorry,I can’t see that happening with the manager that Levy is about to appoint.
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seattlespursguy Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:54 am
“I have yet to hear a pundit,a broadcaster,or anyone say a positive word about Villas Boas.”
Wow. so the know-nothings in the press, the media, the bringers of heat without light, the interested in controversy for its own sake, they have said nothing good about AVB? Strangely John Terry didn’t like him either.
essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:55 am
I’ve heard nothing positive about him either…. then again I’ve heard nothing negative about Redknapp, yet. he was actually sacked you know?
Perhaps it’s a pro-Harry press you’re listening to or reading,who conversely were selling Modric to Chelsea for the whole of last summer and again this close season, with Harry in the forefront flogging him to all and sundry despite OUR clubs insistence he wasn’t for sale!
ColinSC Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:52 am
Harry was a punt too, a few years ago. and if a horse goes blind and develops a limp do you still back it?
(if we are using horse racing vernacular).. in his case shooting would be a mercy (if he was a horse. Keeping a manager that sends on a rarely scoring midfielder instead of a regularly scoring striker when the season depends on a win is suicide for a club. When he can make decisions like that he has to go… simples. How can you not see that Mal?
mate we all support the same team and in the end even if AVB turns into a lemon I will still support Spurs, but I hope I never see that kind of blatent stupidity by a Spurs manager again.
June 29th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
I’m getting quite excited about Monday now. Noise about Gio getting sold possibly Bentley too, so with the other sales we’ve cut back a fair amount of payroll and got some transfer money in. Although AVB is not EPL proven I’m slightly more in the camp that wants to give him the benefit of the doubt; the Chavs were doing OK until the pressure went on from RA to play Torres and Terry’s mob dropped their lips. We’ll get Sig Vert and maybe Moutinho if Modric leaves (please don’t sell him to any club in the EPL, maybe except Citeh if we can get cash and players in return. Definitely not Utd or Chelski!!!), maybe even Sturridge. With Bale staying and no one else making leaving noises we are looking dangerous, at least on paper once we get another couple of strikers
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LH Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
I am on the same wavelength as you although would have liked to see gio work with avb. As long as mod does not go to cheatski or utd we should be ok. As you said it gives avb more money and space to build HIS team which can work for him. Exciting times!
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essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:51 am
If as reported AVB is turning his back on 11m to manage us,then adding a determination to put one over Chelsea, then I’d suggest all bodes well. Personally I’m none too sure about him, and I couldn’t care less about his age, beard or hair colour-all I want to see is a Spurs side, playing good football,that’s the minimum expectation-anything else is a bonus!
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June 29th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Best and most successful manager for decades let’s hope Redknapp/AVB is not Jol/Ramos over again.
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June 29th, 2012 at 11:21 pm
A lot of this negative talk about AVB seems pointless as we don’t know what he can to with our boys yet. What I do hope is; as soon as he is in they start playing and training together to come together as a team. Then he can evaluate what youth players are capable of coming into the team already, develop tactics, meld the team into a rotatable unified force before the season starts .. Then get in big players to tweak a hopefully brilliant system to an unstoppable one when the friendly matches start. You know … ‘Run about a bit’..
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Mal Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:38 pm
One thing we DO know and that is that he has poor man manager skills,and is prone to alienating players rather than getting them on board. He got away with it at Porto but he was found out at chelsea and I have no reason to think he’ll be any different at Spurs.Whats this blokes claim to fame?That he once worked with “The chosen One”? I don’t necessarily want either of these guys at Spurs but both David Moyes and Roberto Martinez have had more success in the PL than this AVB joker.It really makes me seriously wonder whats going on inside of the heads of the ghouls and dark charachters that run Spurs.
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June 29th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Redknapp = CLOWN
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June 29th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
@a_felching Clowns are quieter = Clowns > Harry Reschnapps
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June 29th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
To mal.
I haven’t agreed with everything that you’ve said, but I have enjoyed your contribution
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Spurstacus Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
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Mal Reply:
June 29th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
Thanks…. with a caveat!!
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Yid15's twin Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:09 am
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Mal, I’d have to agree with much that’s been said already on this blog regarding AVB’s time at cheatski; you have to wonder what he had to put up with player and owner wise.
Was clearly allowed to do his own thing his own way at Porto.
Clearly wasn’t at cheatski.
If he does end up at WHL you have to suppose he’s likely to get the full backing of Levy & the squad, so maybe we should look to his Porto experience for inspiration and what he’s capable of.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 1:12 am
Well ,I’d loke to think so but my sons friends Dad is well in with whats going on,and he told a group of us that AVB is about as disliked a man as you’ll find in the game.He was dead serious. He was obviously hated by many Chelsea players,but he has a very very bad reputaion as being arrogant,not a very nice person and compleely full of his own self importance.This mans words to us were,”If he’s not known too well ,by the players,give him a week or two before a large percentage of them can;’t stand the sight of him.I accept what you say about the Chelsea players,but I’ve already heard enough about this guy to make me believe that appointing him as manager to a club like Spurs at this point in time is a massive mistake .I’ve also been told,by the same guy that it’s AVBs people whpo have been putting the moajority of the headlines out or leaking storied to the press.They’[ve been doing the chasing.Whatever the case is, it’s a very very odd situation that Levy has seemingly hired the biggest flop in the PL last season and expects him to do what?~Improve on what Harry built. I haven’t got a crystal basll but I don’t believe for a second that thats going to happen.
If I would have had my way I’d have snapped up Laurent Blanc in a heartbeat. Blanc Hart LAne.Perfect.
essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 5:35 am
Arrogant…try Brian Clough..he was belligerent, arrogant and full of himself..long before he had good reason to be..nothing wrong there…I’m still not sure as I’d have preferred the safer option in David Moyes..but equally I’m not going to condemn a bloke before a ball’s been kicked either!
Razspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:15 am
My daughters mates dad who is really well in says ” To be or not to be, that is the question” and with a new dawn at WHL we will for sure be.
Who dares to question the revolution ? Who sews the seed of discontent ? Let him speak or forever hold his tongue.
cyril Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
whether players really dislike him or just aging over the hill sorts at chelsea, who know he was brought in to do the dirty work and move themn on, we will find out when he moves for a couple of porto players. moutinho can tackle better that modric, and just as modric missed a penalty in the semis of the euros four years ago…..
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June 29th, 2012 at 11:49 pm
Mal, can he be worse? We had a great team of players, who just told to run about a bit for training. we barely scored from set pieces or corners all year (you know the stuff coaches coach teams with(or not)). He alienated half the dressing room by simply not playing them. AVB has been accused of losing the dressing room however he was told to do it Harry did it purely by choice. There were no tactics or rotation .. He actually made inexplicable decisions i.e. Parker sub at Villa instead of Defoe effectively choosing to wreak our season..
I have said in this and other blogs I would prefer the tea lady at Scunthorpe to the Scnapper as I feel she would probably know more, talk less and be better for the team .. and I am sure AVB will be better than her.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:35 am
So I guess Harry won’t be getting any Christmas cards from you then. I don’t agree with you sayinmg he alienated half the dressing room.Anybody who doesn’t get played always has a bone to pick about it and somebody once said “you can’t please all the people all the time but you can please some of the people some of the time” or something like that.Anyway,it’s very true in life and in sports,so if he did in fact piss a few players off,every manager does.From what I know he was very much liked.In fact I;ve never really heard a bad word said about him as a person by anyone who’s ever worked with or for him.Quite the opposite as it goes.As for tactics etc,your not going to find the perfect manager.Harry galvanized the team,made in my opinon some fantastic acquisitions,and took us out of mid table twilight zone.
AVB might be tactically better than the Tea lady at Scunthorpe,but I’d bet good money that her manner with the players would be far better. Her name is Edna.Hey don’t giove Levy any Ideas.He might like the sound of her and she could be brouight in by JAnuary ,right after AVB gets the heave ho for the 2nd and last time in the EPL.
Time will tell ofg course but I’d be shocked if this worked out,along with lots of other people.I reckon a good manager could have taken the same instructions that AVB had Chelsea and turned them into a postive,and thats where the differences between a good mananger / man manager and a poor one stick out like a sore thumb.
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ColinSC Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:51 am
When you pick a squad of 25 players and play 11-13 of then the rest will feel alienated. Well I know I would? To be honest I don’t know personaly how well AVB will be with the players but I am sure he will rotate the squad better and at the end of the season that can only benefit the results. many of Harry’s recommendations (admittedly this may be due to limited funding from DL)were too old and became instant bench-warmers limiting options other squad players. Time will tell, I prefer to look at my cup being half full at this stage. I am hoping AVB has learned from his shortcommings at Chelsea and will come to us as a manager that has
both his tactical and strategic skills but also a manager that gets to know and understand the players and use all their skills.
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June 30th, 2012 at 12:06 am
We can safely say that the Mad Piper of Tottenham has no followers in the playing staff.
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June 30th, 2012 at 12:31 am
Avb will freshen up the place, he’s high profile. It’s what we need to be aiming for. As long as he gets a decent assistant
In and not some random Portuguese bloke who can’t speak
English.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:38 am
I’m afraid his high profile is for all the wrong reasons.
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June 30th, 2012 at 1:14 am
My bloody typos. I apologise.
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June 30th, 2012 at 1:30 am
Strikers anyone? Does anyone have a guess at who we might go for? I hear the usual names Remy,Sturrage,Leandro,Ade all good but anymore? .Anyone off the radar. huh huuh huh!
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:41 am
None of the names you mentioned will be wearing a Spurs shirt when the first ball is kicked in anger this season.I don’t know what the situation is regarding Ade but as for the others.. as Tony Soprano would say..”Fogeddaboutit”
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June 30th, 2012 at 2:46 am
the twitch has become a caricature of himself.
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June 30th, 2012 at 3:18 am
Granny used to say that empty vessels make the most noise. HR was “intoxicated by the exuberance of his own verbosity” (with apologies to Disraeli). HR would talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime, about anything. Probably the reason he took his eye off the ball at the business end of last season. He was too busy yacking to someone. Known in the trade as Delusional Omnipotence. If AVB does come in we should at least give him a chance. At Chelsea he had the specter of the of the mad Russians Sacking Axe hovering over his shoulder. Never conducive to getting the best out of anyone.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:42 am
Granny was a wise old girl aye?
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June 30th, 2012 at 4:00 am
OK Redknapp had to go, but AVB is not the answer
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June 30th, 2012 at 5:31 am
Oh, I give up..Harry me ol’ flower, you really are a f’idiot..It’s such a shame Sky don’t try a bit harder to challenge your rhetoric.
” I never gave the England job any thought, I was too busy managing Spurs’ Take a deep breath, then says…
‘ Well to be honest, I was relieved when Roy got the job-I could now concentrate on managing Spurs’
WTF did we pay you to do? and surely that’s why you got the sack, different direction my arse! And as for Sky…really why bother?
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June 30th, 2012 at 7:10 am
YOU CALL HIM A NASTY LITTLE SCUMBAG..ARE YOU LOOKING IN A MIRROR.ONLY SCUM LIKE YOU CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE IN THERE TINY LITTLE MINDS. HE IS ONE OF THE NICEST MEN IN FOOTBALL AND WILL GET ANOTHER MANAGERS JOB HERE OR OVERSEAS AND COME BACK TO HAUNT US.
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Boy Charioteer Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:29 am
I say, steady on!
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:38 am
Well said!!
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nobby nobbs Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:59 am
Really , you lacklustre fuckwit. Harry Redknapp also had the best squad at THFC for 20 yrs.
Nicest Guy..Pompey Southampton …Pompey ..Pompey now bankrupt..Redknapp had a very close with their then Chmn Mandaric. How glad Sothampton must be that he didnt stay.
West Ham..Close relationship with their Chmn Terry Brown. Despite selling around £75mil of players and seeing a new stand built at a cost £14 million Redknapp left the club £35 to 40 million in debt.
Redknapp could run a Timeshare Sales team it is probably where he belongs.
He is a parasite feeding off football bleeding it for everything it is worth.
The mugger got mugged I hope it hurt I hope it keeps awake at night, greedy muggy turnout cahnt.
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Devonshirespur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:07 pm
oh and guess what, he got us higher than we have been in 20 years and his pts/games is 2nd only to SirBill.
Speaking of fuckwits, anyone who thinks that the manager decides the transfer budgets, fees and wages for players is seriously lacking in brain power.
Much like that twat Risdale in charge at Leeds, it’s the chairman’s decisions that govern the financial state of a club, if they buy everyone the manager asks for then that’s their failure, not the managers.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:31 pm
LACKLUSTRE FUCKWIT??!!! LMAO..Thanks for contributing to “The Debate”
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nobby nobbs Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 1:01 pm
it was aimed at Elvico….but if your feeling it heyho
Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:33 am
elvico, you’ll have to speak up.
I’m wearing a towel.
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calebray Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
i am not doing an in the know, i am not pretending i know things that others dont. But i know this from the mouth of a player.
REDKNAPP NEVER SPOKE TO THE YOUNGER PLAYERS
if a young’un wanted to talk to redknapp, he wasnt actually allowed to, he had to talk through joe jordan. If he wanted to ask harry a question, he had to ask joe to ask harry who would tell joe who would tell the player.
Or actually what happened very quickly was that the fringe players and youth just didnt fucking bother anymore.
That my friend is your manager that you are still pining over.
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calebray Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
obviously a reply to the shouty chap, elvico
June 30th, 2012 at 7:36 am
To Mr Razspur with the big gob,and small mind. I in fact do know someobdy who knows what he’s talking about far more than any of us regarding whats going on.If I said more not only would I get in trouble with the guy but I’d fall out with him and I really don’t want to for a few reasons.Suffice it to say ,he’s not making anything up about Villas Boas and how hes’s viewed and felt about in the game generally,amongst players and neither am I.I’m repeating what was told to me by a person who I know for a fact,knows what he’s talking about.You want to mock me , be my guest.
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Razspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:24 am
If it’s all hush hush why did you even bother, we don’t want to get you in trouble with the GUY. You are repeating what was told to you by a person who you know for a fact, knows what he’s talking about, certainly sounds like an ITK to me.
I was told by a bloke in the Red Lion whose auntie cleans Mission Control at Cape Canaveral that Men did not land on the Moon in 1969, it was all an elaborate con.
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alex Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
IF I was a player, I would look to myself first and not to whos managing.
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Spurstacus Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
I like that as a personal statement. Maybe a tattoo.
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June 30th, 2012 at 8:00 am
He will continue to put the knife in to AVB and Roy Hodgson. Kenny Dalglish shows him how to behave. He takes credit for anything good but,Rio Ferdinand success down to him but, fate, bad luck, others spending power, are reasons given when things go wrong. Wanted to sign Joe Cole, Phil Neville, plus “tried” to sign every player transferred in the last few seasons. “This is as good as it gets” talk etc. We may end up worse off but we had to remove this dinosaur as manager and try someone else!
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June 30th, 2012 at 8:23 am
I cared little what Redknapps did or didn’t say to the press when he was our manager, now he is an irrelevance; move on.
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Tim Demorais Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:26 am
I wish we could move on but the idiot just wont shut up. We will have to put up with his mindless utterings for some time I’m afraid. Redcrap is a *unt.
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Chirpy Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:59 am
FFS, how old are you; just ignore him.
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ColinSC Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:01 am
Yup definitely the runt…
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June 30th, 2012 at 9:02 am
As for our next managerial appointment, I sincerely hope Levy et al have goot it right and learnt from their, at times, excruciatingly poor decision making in this regard.
Personally, if we have the choice, I would much rather see Capello at the helm.
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June 30th, 2012 at 9:31 am
Leighton Baines – on the Wikipedia, his ‘Current Club’ has been changed to ‘Manchester United’.
Now there’s presumption for you.
We are in the closed season and Fergie’s already got my back up. I really hope that we snatch now.
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June 30th, 2012 at 9:39 am
It’s just been changed back to Everton
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Spurstacus Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Any update on Baines playing status?
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June 30th, 2012 at 9:43 am
I have never known any PL manager talkdown the aspirations of the club they manage, the history and heritage of the club they manage, the supporters of the club they manage. Before we had kicked a ball last season Redknapp made statements to the press that he would take the England job if offered it. Is that the action of a manager who has the clubs best interests at heart.. yes i thank redknapp for getting us out of a bad position when he arrived. I credit him for getting us into the CL.. let us not forget that apart from Bales amazing performances in the CL our team performances on the whole were not that “impressive”. However last season and this season his total ineptitude at managing a squad system, competing on several fronts in different competitions, training on dead ball defensive and offensive tactics and pre match preparations plus his constant outpourings of media soundbites to enhance the Redknapp brand have made it impossible for him to remain as a manager of this club. AVB is to my mind the best option available to us in terms of a young manager who prior to his Chelsea experience was being hailed as one of the top new managers around.His reputation was damaged at Chelsea and he cannot afford another failure so I would say he is probably coming to us with a point to prove and that may do us a favour.. Will the players respond to him ? One thing is for sure the regime will change, players will have to get fit and keep themselves fit, they will ned to work on tactics and prepare for each match and they will be accountable for their performances as they will be subject to detailed scrutiny which for professionals in any walk of life paid millions for what they do is not unreasonable is it? I will give the guy my full support from the outset if he joins us. All I want is to see THFC playing at the highest levels of the game throughout Europe.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:58 am
Nicely put. The remark there about how he talked down Spurs put me into a spin I’m only just coming out of.
Bolton and Wolves are two good examples here.
Owen Coyle always spoke with affection about the Wanderers. He knew they had no money and maybe what, two and half players worth fielding, but he never said, ‘Bolton fans need a reality check, this is a Championship side waiting to happen.’
Mick McCarthy, sacked in a quite humiliating way, replaced by his number two who was completely unqualified for the task. Even then, Mick said he would consider going back. Never say never is what he said. He never said Wolves were two bob and few would have blamed him if he had.
The moment Arry felt the heat his first reaction was to blame others.
Anyway, he’s gone now, so naff him.
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kojac Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:02 am
i bet sky get him as a pundit for the first live game we have on the tv
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Chirpy Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:04 am
Exactly! So why are we talking about him! Who cares what he says now, let’s talk about Spurs!
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Devonshirespur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
we were so bad in the CL in fact that we only managed to set the record for the most goals scored in the group stages….lucky for us Bale scored all of them.
As for that game in the San Siro in the 2nd round, when we won, I know Bale wasn’t playing but it was definitely his spirit that carried us through that game. I’m sure I remember hearing that Bale gave the team talk and set the tactics.
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cyril Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
we were 3-0 down against young boys within 22 minutes and 4-0 dwon at the san siro and 4-0 in madrid. bale saved our dignity and harry was so far out of his depth it was staggering. and dont forget he had baalegoing out on loan to forest until beeny got injured and three months later was claiming how great he was to bring bale along when he scored against arsenal and chelsea after a semi final defeat
he had not a clue about bale depite 18 moths on teh training pitch and bale was not injured for even the majority of that
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Devonshirespur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
get real.
We had 10 men at Inter for 80 minutes….we were at the home of the Champions (CL & League). It was the biggest game/occasion most these players had ever seen.
How do you account for us doing them at WHL….just lucky I suppose….and AC away…Lucky Harry again!
SO STAGGERINGLY OUT OF HIS DEPTH that we topped the group of death…..you remember the group where all the Arsenal and Liverpool fans were laughing saying at us in August saying we’ll be lucky to get a point.
As for Young Boys that was a bad start, but we recovered. Indeed it was a tactical change by Harry @ HT (Huddlestone on) that swung things our way. We then demolished them at WHL.
You pick one half of football, early season, on a plastic pitch on our nervy debut in the CL to demonstrate his failings. There is clearly no convincing you otherwise.
You show me any “Bale going on loan to Forest” links and i’ll concede on that point. To me it’s just media speculation that “fans” take as gospel and use to attack Harry. Every manager needs a bit of luck. HR got lucky on that occasion and Bale took his chance, Maybe Bale was not showing it in training but took his chance….It happens (even still he was only 19 at the time)
UnkleKev Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
I’m no particular admirer of Redknapp but if there’s one thing that really irks me it’s this oft-trotted-out notion that Bale was a gnats bollock away from beomng sold/loaned to Forest until BAE was injured. Was ‘e eckaslike.
essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
The Forest loan thing was newspapers making it up and then answering their own question-totally refuted by both clubs, Bale and both managers at the time. There was also a sum of 3m Forest were supposed to be prepared to pay-they didn’t 3m at the time.
Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
I think that on here,you have to have selective memory.It’s seems the thing to do is not look at the whole picture,but zero in on the negatives,ignore or forget the postives,run the guy down on a personal Level,and hey presto Bobs your Uncle,your in HH’s gang.
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June 30th, 2012 at 9:52 am
winners tend to be arrogant and avb is a winner,i don’t know if he will be any good for us or not but we will never know unless he is given a go,he is a winner though so worth a go in my opinion
i couldn’t give a monkeys what ex-pros or tv,paper journos think about him not a monkeys most of them think balotelli is an idiot and a liability,balotelli looks pretty good from where i am sitting
i liked harry and he did do a good job for us,i wished he would have shut up after the first year but he didn’t,it is like he doesn’t understand what his job is and i think he will regret this even after his op and court case he didn’t quiet down,he is still talking but it doesn’t effect us now
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kojac Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 9:58 am
apart from every thing that comes out of his mouth ending up as a link to us to whatever footy page you visit
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June 30th, 2012 at 10:03 am
This the manager that took us to two top four finishes……..all your Harry out shit will come back and bite you on your fat fucking arse HH.
Your such a turd HH
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kojac Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:05 am
levy sacked him
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Boy Charioteer Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:22 am
Please be reasonable. Mal earlier put HR’s case in a passionate and entertaining fashion. It does nobody any good to hurl abuse at the man that runs the blog.
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Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:49 am
They’ll see.I’ve copied all of the comments on here and I don’t want to hear a bloody peep out of all the Harry Haters and some of the more ignorant haters come November /December if Spurs are hanging around the big fat middle of the PL or worse.I want to see my club finish as high as possible and challenge for honours.I hate small mindedness and stupidity and haven’t got the time of day for either.I read this crap on here and I can’t even get my head round the hatred that spews out of these people like snake venom.And for what? Anybody who didn’t know better would think we just dumped a manger who got us relagated.These people spoeak about Reknappin the same way that Blackburn supporters went on about Steve Kean.The culture of the hater.
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Summerspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:08 am
I’m kinda with ya buddy but how can we answer such cultured responses such as ” arrys a saggy faced Cnut who ain’t won nuffink innit ”
To be honest I was never a Harry fan but you would have to be, well a bit a bit thick to not admit what he done for the team .
Trouble Is to many barclays bankers on here
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Razspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:08 am
Most of us are unhappy about the way Our team under HR capitulated in the last 3 months of the season, repeating the feat of season 10/11. Are you not hugely disappointed ? Should we go through the mill for a third term ? That and the fact that the man could not keep his mouth shut, even when Levy was grieving the loss of his mother is abhorrent. He was never a Spur and I am glad he is banished from this land.
However I must make it clear I never hated him, most of us don’t, we just wanted rid of the clown.
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Summerspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:21 am
I sat on the shelf and watched it unfold before my very eyes. Been through all the emotions as you have. In all honesty I think the England job distraction was our downfall . Is that harrys fault? Maybe. Is Harry human? Yes.
Let’s get behind avb and quit all this saggy faced Cnut bollox and show some respect or to be honest with ya sometimes this blogg has as much class as a Chelsea blogg
Razspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:59 am
I am in complete agreement Essexian, he played many times when unfit, not fully recovered from injury etc. it must have been contractual, his place was always nailed on. Whoever agreed to that clause was an idiot !
ColinSC Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:20 am
I don’t hate Harry.. to be honest I don’t hate anyone. I know the team played well at times but I think in many ways this was in spite of Harry. I would like some of the “Harry lovers” to describe what he actually did in the way of being the head coach at Tottenham.
He had assistants for each capacity and tactically he famously didn’t have any. he as per his own admission could barely write. His strategic planning for games consisted of one lot plays in the premier league and the others play in Europa. Substitutions were sometimes crazy, he for some reason didn’t like playing Defoe who was scoring well whenever he was played. His preference for VDV wreaked the balance of the teams at times but he persisted even if VDV was not moving well due to injury. One of our best results of the season was when VDV had a calf injury and Defoe and the whole squad played together. Poor Newcastle could not cope with Bale and Walker on their right sides Mods in the middle and Ade and Defoe spreading the defense wide. For some reason we never did that again?
he had a good squad and alienated half as soon as our Europa league bid died.
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essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:39 am
I’m the truth about VDV will come out eventually-I’m as sure as any hunch can be that he’s contracted to play if fit-otherwise it made no sense playing him in many games last season, especially after the side played so well without him!
Doc Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
He took us to finish 3 seasons on the trot in the top 5 something no manager has been able achieve since the 60′s. He took us into the Champions League which no manager has been able to achieve before. He produced a brand of football that was exciting to watch and got people talking about and taking an interest in Tottenham.
He did well for us, yes he let things go when he expected the England job which cost us a Champions League place, the services of Modric and opportunity to sign the players we want. Well he has paid the price. Time to move on and look to the future.
As for the suggestion VDV has it written into his contract he must play when most people would select him anyway is laugable.
essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
So you think he deserves an automatic start then? that’s not laughable-it’s tragic
Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:31 am
Thank you for that enlightening contribution Darren.
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Razspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Turd seems a bit strong Darren, he can be an obnoxious cad at times though.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
We have much in common.
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June 30th, 2012 at 10:37 am
For sale: Dignity ££free££. Fellow Spurs fans, perhaps we should show a bit more. He’s gone, thank him for all he did, look to the future……It’s bright and it’s lilly white.
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June 30th, 2012 at 10:54 am
Striker we need strikers!
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June 30th, 2012 at 11:06 am
We do need strikers.
How does anyone on here know AVB is not the answer ?
I thought he did ok at CFC seeing as Terry was trying to ruin things for him.
One big mistake David Luis ….pants, but Sherwood will be guiding AVB in regard to transfers.
Do we turn round and squat when we score ?
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June 30th, 2012 at 11:09 am
Let us assume for the sake of argument that Modric departs and Vertonghen joins, as does Sigurdsson, who else do we need?
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essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:35 am
Still think we need a striker/s immediately and potentially a keeper, shame Foster’s been snapped up. Charlies gone, so we’re short a right back and we’ve still no cover for BAE. Kings absence will be massive, but we’ve got Caulker,Dawson, Kaboul and Gallas as well as Vert. I hope the new guy can see what we’ve got as a base, and improve on it, not rip it to pieces
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Chirpy Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:53 am
As usual Essexian, we are in accordance.
Actually I was slightly surprised we didn’t attempt to sign Foster in 2010, when he went to Birmingham, but there you go…
It seems however, even with no ‘re-build’ required, we still have quite a shopping list to fulfil by 31-Aug and if past experience is an indicator of future performance…
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essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Get the right man and the right players should follow-that’s what it’s all about for me
UnkleKev Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Not convinced that Caulker’s ready yet. I’d like to see him go out on loan to a smaller club for another year to further his development. Like Liverpool, for example.
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essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:09 pm
How about Chelsea, and we could keep an eye on him?
June 30th, 2012 at 11:10 am
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all woke up on the morning of July 1st and found that Levy issued a stastement that said” This morning THFC are happy and proud to announce that former French inrernational manager Laurent Blanc has signed on to be our new manager effective immediately.I know there have been many stories about Andre Villas Boas becoming our manager ,but I can assure you that Laurent has been ouir first choice all along.We’re happy to welcome him on board” That would be like waking up and realising that your horrific nightmare ,was only that..a horrific nightmare.Chance would be a fine thing.
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ColinSC Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:22 am
Mal, whoever it is I will still follow Spurs COYS
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Chirpy Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:29 am
I’m still dreaming of Capello… wait, that sounds wrong
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:29 am
Mal, can you tell me what it is, in isolation, it is about Blanc that gets your juices flowing?
I ask in all sincerity.
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`rich g Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
H mate, id like to ask you the same question regarding AVB
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ColinSC Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
I still like the sound of the Scunthorpe tea lady …
Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Read ‘Positively AVB’ blog.
Spurstacus Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
How about a Darren ‘says’ Tee?
Mal Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
I think the question needs to be put to you and everyone who wants AVB? What? Why? The guy failed in the PL.Full stop.You can blame the players( some) ,you can blame Abramovich,whatever.The fact is that he’s meant o be a professional,but completly ballsed up his job and the club were headed south with him in charge. Blancs credentials as a manager aren’t in question.AVBs are ..by many people.More questioning than not I would say by all accounts.I chose Blanc becasue of all the names on this supposed short list,his was the one that appealed most.AVB was theone that appealed least in the world to be honest ,and the one I don’t get.
Were you sat at home last season often with thoughts of how much you wished AVB could be our manager? I don’t think you were somehow.To be very honest ,other than Guardiola,there isn’t anybody that I can get overly excited about out there who is available, but Villas Boas is just a joke and I don’t get what on earth would make the board turn around and go “you know what..that Villas Boas bloke is available and would be a good bet to take us to the next level”It’s like an Alice in Wonderland scenario where white is black ,black is white,up is down and everything is fked.
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cyril Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
well blanc has partted ways with the french federation, so who knows. think that was only announced today
LH Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:56 am
I would much rather it would be Pep G if we are going down the “I wish” route. But I may as well wish that Hazard had singed and Modric wanted to stay and we had finished 3rd … AVB is our man. Let’s rejoice, or try to at least. I to, like HH, wonder why you are so fixated with Blanc, France where poor at the euros. And his record, although good, is not mesmerising. Not criticising just wondering?
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UnkleKev Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Blanc’s less-than-stellar final season at Bordeaux seems to have been airbrushed out of history by some as much as Villas-Boas’ successful one at Porto has been.
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June 30th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
I admit I would go for him too if his second name were Coeur – Allye (Heart lane)
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June 30th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
AVB is still being paid by CFC. He could, if he did not want to work, continue to be paid by CFC for the entirety of his old contract.This is a massive gamble for him too.
Redknapp was at best old and losing his mind, ok for a fan but not a manager.
I really do not think the players will respond to Capello , fantastic club coach but old and possibly too strict for the modern Prem.
We are buying younger players which fits in with AVB and more importantly where THFC need to be to a) sell the club.or.achieve sponsorship..b) Continue to push at the CL or be in the CL both before and when the new stadium opens.
It is a fantastic opportunity for Mr Villas Boas I wish him every success.
Is it him ?
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June 30th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
What a stupid article. He’s not even our manager and you still want to have a go. Shows when he was with us it wasn’t in the interests of the club you were always moaning but out od personal spite. Your narrow mindedness is incredible. I suppose your favourite film is Shallow Hal, that would seem to fit with your character.
Grow up and move on.
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June 30th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Let us all get behind the new man AVB, I am hoping he will get us top of the pile. I never liked the last bloke
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skysports news reporter Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Incy wincy Andre he went up the water spout,
but down came the water to wash villas boas out.
But then came the trophies to make it all okay,
Andre villas boas is the man to take the reigns!
Lol thats my new version of the incy wincy spider song.
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June 30th, 2012 at 1:06 pm
not sure what I think about crazyhorse’s squad…no scots or micks, was this due to withdrawals and pressure from their associations?
Or do they simply not have players good enough under 23?
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June 30th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
OMFG! My reliable ITK sources have confirmed that Daniel Levy is planning on doing a U turn! Harry will be brought back as manager early next week! Apparently it will cost Levy millions to pay off Harry due to a clause which was in his contract when he signed. As a result it’s cheaper to keep him on as manager. Lol this will be a a hectic couple of days! As a Harry fan I’m delighted at this news! Harry Redknapp blue and white army! Wait till Tuesday to have a go at me….it’s true what I’ve just wrote.
In other news…Hayley Mcqueen has huge melons! I often pause skysports news whenever she is on there ;)…shes reading the news but I dont even listen to her. All I do is dream of those huge melons.
Our realiable agents are giving us information that Harry will be telling Luka that if he wants to leave then the only club hes allowed to go to (and can afford him) is Anzi. If he does go, levy wont sell for any less than 40mill. As part of any deal with Anzi, Levy wants their up and coming youngster called cumonmrsmcqueenstits (I know its a long name). Hes an attacking midfielder, scores goals, look him up on youtube.
This coming week will be the best few days of transfer business!
COYS!
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Stupot Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Been looking to, i mean, at Cumonmrsmcqueenstits for quite some time now. Textbook, Using Redknapp as a cumrag. Maureen, getting a bit busy down here m’love.
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June 30th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Gentlemen, we all support Spurs so no point throwing dirt at each other. Each of us has our own opinion of who the new manager should be, but once he is appointed we should support him till results prove that he is incapable.
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June 30th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Ive missed out on some of the extreme banter this a.m.
This is becoming religious. There are the pro Harry findamentalists on one side and the pro choice advocates on the other side.
Im sorry I am a monarchist and Im for Levy and whatever he decides until further notice.
Harry R desecrated the flag by offering his ego to bigger than the Cockerel even while his heart was not anywhere close.
Yes AVB is a punt as Mal says but its all a punt.
If you hire Jose Mourinho or Sir Alex maybe its not but you would have to give away half your kingdom and maybe more.
No Im with Sir Daniel and his quest for the Golden Chalice and if he chooses AVB then so be it.
I do reserve the right to complain later but as Spurs fans we must face the new season with hope that this is the right choice and support our great team.
Pls lets all stand up and say Amen.
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Habib Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Amen! A brilliant summation!
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:49 pm
Habib we fight for the King.
Stand firm! the horse,armour and equipment is on the way
The sun’s rays are bouncing off the cockerel high up on the East Stand as we speak.
Now is the time for men of good mind and soul to wear the navy and white,have a hand on our hearts and fight for the Greatest Club Ever Seen!!!!!!
All who stand with us SAY YAE!!!!!!!
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Boy Charioteer Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
The Hollow Crown is on BBC 2 tonight. Unfortunately the sickly useless article Richard II was usurped by Bolingbroke, who became Henry VI, who in turn slew Harry Hotspur. The omens aren’t good.
Boy Charioteer Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Henry IV
essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
It’s as you said…but it also heralded a future King,who in a moment of genius,immortalised his name in history-the omens are great
Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Dont fear the future my friends (although there are a few countrymen on this blog this a.m.)
We will suffice.
The club is much bigger than its parts even though the former commander of the forces never believed that.
I believe in the king and his choices and while our castle is still relatively quaint we do have some of the best fans in the northern hemisphere of London.
Over the hill there are that group from woolwich/brittany who sometimes come here in disguise but there is no imitating our faith and our belief in the next season.
Harry Hotspur has summoned his legions (or is it lesions?) to don their quills and write signs big enough to fill Piccadilly Circus but we must never forget the might of the sword as well.
Soon we will be at the dawn of the new season.All doubts will leave for the coast and we will be left to defend and attack,
Join the fight for the crown and stand firm with Sir Daniel and his new Commander and their Merry Men as they go to Battle….
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June 30th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Thank you for showing me that youll give me time to show all you spurs fans what I can do. Unfortunately I had to manage that scum in west london…Now ill be managing the spurs from tomorrow onwards! Very excited! My formation will be a 4-2-3-1. We will play open attacking football and we will finish in the top three this season. The song I want everyone to sing for me at the lane goes as follows….
Incy wincy Andre he went up the water spout,
but down came the water to wash villas boas out.
But then came the trophies to make it all okay,
Andre villas boas is the man to take the reigns!
Cheer my name and we will win trophies!
AVB BLUE AND WHITE ARMY!
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June 30th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Have a thought for Frankie Lampard. With Redknapp gone his plan for joining us at age 40 now lies in ruins. He’ll have to bloody retire now!
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Andre Villas Boas Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Habib. You annoy me sir! You must support le arse down the road!
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June 30th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
F*ck this for a game of soldiers, anyone know what our new kit looks like?
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Andre Villas Boas Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
It will have Hayley McQueens tits as our sponsor on the front. It looks stunning.
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Billy Legit Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Puppies on a footy shirt?……
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Andre Villas Boas Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Yeah. My sis works as one of the manufacturers who are designing our shirts.
Billy Legit Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
SOLD!
hoofing Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Just googled imaged the name…now I know what all the fuse is about. Nice pair of love bags.
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June 30th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Didn’t read the article (yet) but answer is:
Np, he needs a muzzle. Cnut!
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June 30th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
Out team for next season which will grace the beautifully stunning white hart lane pitch will be…
4-2-3-1 formation
Gk: Iker Casillas
RB: Kyle Walker
CB: Jan Vertonghen
CB: Younes Kaboul
LB: Benoit Assou Ekotto
CM: Joao Moutinhou
CM: Sandro
RM: Christiano Ronaldo
CAM: Van der vaart
LM: Gareth Bale
ST: Mario Balotelli
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June 30th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
The fucking Gooners are too much
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June 30th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Bye Modders, hello Oscar.
Oscar being the next name in the hundred or so we’ll be linked to this summer.
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June 30th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
It’s done now, I just signed……
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Billy Legit Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Congratulations!
Just one question, and incredibly important it is too, New Dear Leader:
Will you be banning ketchup from the Spurs canteen?
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June 30th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
OK…. This is interesting as Blanc is no longer Les Blue…. Anything there or nothing to do with us???
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R-type Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
It could be just a co-incidence, but?
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MysteriousStranger Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
0-2, 0-2.
More to do with that?
Seriously, would think nothing to do with the vacant manager position. DoF? Doubt that too but would think that’d have more legs than the managerial spot.
Can’t think the new manager would be anyone other than AVB at this juncture, IMO.
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June 30th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
It al seems to be folowing a preordained path, with Deschamps replacing Blanc. Shame, he would have been good for us.
At least we get AVB, hopefully it doesn’t mean Guardiola goes to Chelsea next year.
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LH Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Ahh you beat me to the punch… Would hate it if Pep goes to cheatski next year.
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June 30th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Looks like Blanc has quit France… There might be a late twist to the WHL fairy tale… Or not.
http://www.spurs-web.com/spurs-news/blanc-to-tottenham/?
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
The lastest odds from Willhill
Next Permanent Tottenham Manager – All Markets
Next Manager
1/16
Andre Villas-Boas
7/1
Laurent Blanc
16/1
Fabio Capello
20/1
Rafa Benitez
20/1
David Moyes
20/1
Pep Guardiola
20/1
Jurgen Klinsmann
20/1
Tim Sherwood
20/1
Guus Hiddink
25/1
Martin O’Neill
25/1
Glenn Hoddle
25/1
Didier Deschamps
25/1
Joachim Low
25/1
Carlo Ancelotti
25/1
Gus Poyet
25/1
Marco Van Basten
25/1
Roberto Martinez
33/1
Alan Pardew
33/1
Sven Goran Eriksson
33/1
Jose Mourinho
40/1
Slaven Bilic
40/1
Martin Jol
40/1
Sam Allardyce
50/1
Stuart Pearce
50/1
Owen Coyle
50/1
Alan Curbishley
66/1
Neil Warnock
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LH Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Just seeing pep as 6th at 20/1 gives me a little hope, the rest is a black mass… At least AVB will be entertaining.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Ronnie you wonderful loon, this is easier matey
http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/tottenham-specials/next-permanent-manager
Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Harry,William Hill takes them off the board every night still I’m thinking to have a big bet on Laurent Blanc for a place.
Its a shame he didnt play positive tactics against the Spaniards.
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June 30th, 2012 at 5:39 pm
I am sure we all agree that whoever takes up the reigns should get the full support of every player, every supported and the full board.
Exciting times are ahead and together we can become a Giant in the scheme of football, we can storm the frontiers of Europe casting aside all before us to attain our rightful place at Europes top table. COYSGBAVB
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June 30th, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Been on holiday for a few weeks. Really looking forward to seeing who Harry is going to sign this summer.
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hoofing Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
The only thing he is signing this summer is his P45 and a pledge to STFU.
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Steveo1987 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Well it won’t be his tax return..
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essexian76 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Surely you mean marking? Harry can’t write,let alone sign
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June 30th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Latest tit bit on SC ITK from someone deemed reliable is there is a huge announcement coming from the club shortly and it involves Guardiola.
One way or another, next week should be very interesting.
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MarseilleYid Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:05 pm
The announcement is it’s not him.
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LH Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Don’t tease, that would make my summer if Pep came! Although I doubt Modric would want to go if he did come!? Or maybe he would. When is this announcement coming from the heavens? So confused, first it was the 1st then Monday… Well who ever it is, every true spurs fan will shout his name from the rafters in support!
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varun Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 2:37 am
maybe our dof
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June 30th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Pep is overrated…..he had the jewels at his disposal…even redchops would of won the CL with them jewels.
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June 30th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
my ITK says its definitely not AVB. Nor Nicholson.
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June 30th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
It’s been interesting reading through all the responses to this posting from HH.
Even as a big Harry fan, I’ll say this: does he say things in the press we wish that he wouldn’t say? Definitely.
Did he take his eye off the ball when the England job appeared to be his? Quite possibly, but none of us will ever really know. You can have your strong suspicions but you don’t know.
You can criticize his ‘big mouth’ and you can criticize his level of commitment (if you think it was lacking), but what I can’t stand is the puerile references to Saggy Chops and similar sentiments. Who cares what he looks like? If you have to criticize his appearance you have a weak argument. How many of you realize that in 1990 he was involved in a serious car crash at Italia 90 in which his best friend died? His twitch, which so many of you like to mock, is related to that.
I don’t know if AVB is going to be next or not, but if he is and if things don’t go well, by all means criticize tactics etc, but don’t start slagging him off for the color of his hair, or whatever else.
We are Tottenham and the personal abuse is beneath us. COYS !!
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Steveo1987 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:51 pm
Yeah, AVB the ginger tosser..
Just to make a point. The Redknapp stuff was OTT in my opinion.
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PeterTheStoreyTeller Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
BOLLOCKS
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MarseilleYid Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:56 pm
Thanks for your carefully crafted reply.
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PeterTheStoreyTeller Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Your welcome.
Steveo1987 Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Ha Peter “no story”…
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nipper Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
thank you MarseilleYid, some perspective at last, Harry got us top 4 twice in 3 seasons….alright he lost it after going 2-0 up against the scum, but fair’s fair, the players had some part in that didn’t they? We should thank him for what he did do, and move on. But I hope its not AVB. Deschamps would do me.
HH you need to let go, its eating you up.
And its still raining in Lagos. What am I doing here??
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PeterTheStoreyTeller Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Great on a tee shirt lousy in life
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Hartley Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 12:06 am
You too is a bit Twitchy me thinks…..just like that saggy-fuckface-bollock-chin-twitchy-mouthy-pikey-cnut-sourgrapes,splurting-media-whoring-shit-car-driver/passenger fecker you is talking about…
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June 30th, 2012 at 6:51 pm
I feel like the Transfer window opens for us in just over 4 hours!!!
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MarseilleYid Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Nah, it opens for us on the 31st August…..
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June 30th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
So as you are in Marseille… Is Deschamp replacing Blanc?
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MarseilleYid Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Good question. If he definitely leaves Marseille (dispute is over 7 million euros he is owed for last two years of his contract), he would be a strong candidate for the national job.
Interestingly, when Blanc still seemed to have a chance of the Spurs job, the fans here were all in favour of a three-way job swap: Deschamps to France, Blanc to Spurs, Redknapp to Marseille.
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BedfordshireSpud Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:18 pm
Long drive from Sandbanks each day!
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MarseilleYid Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Kevin Bond is going to have to get up very early in the mornings.
TMWNN Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 8:03 am
Like Rednapp would last 5 minutes in France.
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June 30th, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Corluka and Krankie sold for combined fee of 13 million and GDS supposed to be off for 8 million.
That is 21 million which should pay for Vertonghan and Syg (assuming they sign) and leave us with a million or 2 over.
Not bad business considering the 3 leaving have recently been no more than bit part players for us and Vertonghan will be be a regular starter with Syg a bit of an unknown quantity.
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MarseilleYid Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:14 pm
If only we could get some decent money for Jenas and Bentley too.
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david Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Now you are asking for miracles!
Maybe the new manager can get something out of them. Always the optimist!
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theapprentice Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:26 pm
yea take away what they bought for.
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June 30th, 2012 at 7:33 pm
Think we paid 8 mill for Corluka, 5 for GDS and 2 for Krankie (one of HR fire sales from Portsmouth)
so not too bad from that point of view but we have obviously paid them a lot in wages as well.
The big loss will be on Bentley, if we ever find a buyer.
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Harry Hotspur Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Fulham are mentioned today (or yesterday, I forget) part of me would like a new boss to come in an make him rock.
Oi Bentley – only you can answer that
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MarseilleYid Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
If his problems were with HR, who knows? Wouldn’t a fit, motivated and in-form Bentley be a great ‘addition’ to the squad ?!?!
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Johnny Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
He is wasted as a winger, he is to slow for that,
Good enough as a top 4 amc? No he isn’t, imo. As a squad player perhaps but my guess is that he would like to move on and play regularly and get his smile back.
Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
For me Bentley had one quality and that is the cross.
We just didnt have anyone that was that talented to nail them.
On the other hand he didnt have much else and like a Gomes was never serious about his trade.
Him and Gomes could truly put on red jackets or court jester outfits and go on the road
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June 30th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Bentley should be outsourced…
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June 30th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Bently had a great talent but sadly wasted it,he needs to move on and grow up and he could still come good.I think he fell into the category Gallas was talking about when describing that little shit Nasri
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:55 pm
That little shit Nasri is a good little shit but stillalittle shit…even a big shit little shit
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Frontwheel 2 Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 12:51 am
Your talking shit Ron.
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 2:15 am
thats only an estimation,a suppository of what I wanted to say.
June 30th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Bentley is a plum. he has been sucking the life out of the THFC tree for too long. Get rid of the Hollywood ponce.
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Ronnie Wolman Reply:
June 30th, 2012 at 10:54 pm
Blackpool Ponce
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June 30th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
Night has fallen.
We are gathered outside the Lane.The moon is the guiding light as the Cockerel projects its long shadow from the Eats Stand onto the Tottenham High street.
We know that after the last game in the Euro Campaign that a new Commander will be named and it is the opportunity for us,within the Tottenham universe,to close ranks and back the king.
In Levy We Trust and whom Levy picks we should trust too. He now ceases for me to be the crouching surveyor and rather our Commander.
Lets all get behind Levys choice and give him a shout and support.
We are Tottenham.
Lets end the turmoil even though its hmmm good for business…achem….
Lets Bless our team and maybe the Cockerel reign for centuries.
and lets all say AMEN and COYS!!!!!!!!
My eyes have seen the Glory and the possibility is still with us…within our grasp….let us take no prisoners and may the Kingdom of Tottenham rule over North London,London,England,Europe and the World.
(Hopefully we can do the first one this season)
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June 30th, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Sorry been away and haven’t had time to read through yet so if this has already been asked please, please forgive me….does anyone know how long Bentley and for that matter J***s, have left on their contracts?
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MysteriousStranger Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 12:20 am
I believe J**** signed a year’s extension after he came back from his failed injured Villa loan, til 2014!
If I remember rightly some of us went all the way to referencing him as ***** at one point. I’ll start with a J, for now, and work back as his appearances build up. I imagine a couple of Opta stat boosting sideways passing games in, and we’ll be back to calling him ***** in no time
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MysteriousStranger Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 12:23 am
Bentley too is signed to 2014 I think. Imagine what could have been if he and Bassong hadn’t poured cold water over that spiv.
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Hartley Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 12:27 am
Apparently it was the first wash the pikey Cnut had, had since 1978….and he wasn’t happy
July 1st, 2012 at 4:06 am
Wanker of the week must go to Colin Mafhan a hack at the Express whose deep cover and extensive research has concluded that AVB will face adressing room revolt because of his appointment”
Leading mutiny will be Ledley King, followed closely by Modric, Johnny 2 Saints, Doc Oc, Bentley and Jermain (I’m not always offside) “Offside” Defoe. Seems that these guys are unhappy and the reason for their ennui is the appointment of AVB – which of course has not yet happened – hey ITKs its 1st July here already!!!! What’s (not) happening?
I wonder if this odious twat has actually done this deliberately or was simply under pressure to squeeze it in between yet more elaborate conspiracy theories about Diana and her scurrilous relationship with the son of an arms dealer and the sundry others she put out for.
The Express really is woeful, at least the Mail knows its horrible….
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July 1st, 2012 at 5:11 am
Its been going round amongst the hacks that if you get a little bit too close to trouty he’s beginning to smell a little bit of wee wee
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July 1st, 2012 at 5:13 am
The trout flew over the cuckoos nest.
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July 1st, 2012 at 5:28 am
this was posted by a Pompey Fan way back on 29th Apri:
As a Pompey fan, we were saying very similar things about him towards the end of his tenure and when he jumped ship to join Spurs. Literally the week before, he had said he would never leave us, the club is in my blood blah blah waffle waffle. When we complained about this, a significant proportion of your fellow fans accused us of bitterness and jealousy. Even Redknapp was of the attitudes of ‘I don’t know what I’ve done wrong”. Everything he has said above, he has replicated over the history of his management career and now I’m not surprised that he is doing the same to Spurs…. Blamingothers, bare bones, signing equally as many shite players as he did good ones… I give you Collins Mbasuma, £6m for Nugent and others who were so bad I can’t remember their names, an over-reliance on older players, poor tactics etc. This is also the man regularly lauded by the media as being a fantastic man manager – yeah right! He would mug his own granny if it served his own purposes… He will happily see Spurs go to rack and ruin so long as it serves him well and he can blame someone else for it… The man is an out and out sociopath. You’re better off without him.
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Finn Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 7:04 am
You know that guy’s nearly good enough to be a Yid!
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TMWNN Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 7:31 am
http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/fb_news.php?storyid=17336&title=harry_redknapp_the_only_man_to_unite_saints_and_pompey
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July 1st, 2012 at 7:20 am
avb is a ginger
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Frontwheel 2 Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 10:03 am
rich g is nearly a biscuit
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39 39 39 Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 10:22 am
I hope he’s a ninja
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July 1st, 2012 at 7:54 am
avb is like a weasel or a stoat,the portuguese stoat,
we are certainly going from one end of the spectrum to the other if he is the new boss
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Frontwheel 2 Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 10:07 am
Yes,from an arsehole chancer to a tactical thinking manager.
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Hartley Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 10:41 am
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July 1st, 2012 at 8:15 am
Eeee e is Messy of thuu Layne.,,Bravo bravo Bravo
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July 1st, 2012 at 8:28 am
Bentley’s main talent was to seize the moment, in full glare of the TV cameras he single handedly lifted a barrel of iced water and ceremoniously tipped it over Harry Redknapp. How many of us would have loved to replicate that action over the following seasons. That was the end of his Tottenham career.
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calebray Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 9:20 am
dont forget how good he is at kicking footballs into skips for a watch worth more than my annual salary
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July 1st, 2012 at 8:39 am
John Terry and Bob Diamond in the Sunday Mirror today. Chelsea fan Bob Diamond goes in the dressing room after 2-1 defeat of Liverpool and brandishes FA Cup. Maybe he can have it melted down and transferred into a bonus package.
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July 1st, 2012 at 10:58 am
Fantastic article in the Express today about the stars queuing up for the exit if AVB gets the job. Apparently, according to their ‘hot sources’, Gio, Bentley, Gallas and possibly Defoe will be off… Blimey, that’s some scoop… How will we cope? Can I get the door for you sirs?
The article goes on to shockingly reveal that Modric might be off! *GASP* what an unforeseen shocker and that Ledders won’t want to hang around… Ledders won’t have any choice, he won’t be able to walk out as he can’t walk.
I mean, where do they get the guts to even write such twaddle, even for the
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MysteriousStranger Reply:
July 1st, 2012 at 11:31 am
Exactly.
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July 1st, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Razspur.
Bentley’s……………….. single handedly lifted a barrel of iced water ???
I know his achievements over the last five years need a bit of exaggerating,but..
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