Underpants Over Your Head And Pencils Up Your Nose Time
Tuesday, 07 July 09, 02:49 AM · Comments (97)
Haig: Very well. Listen carefully, Blackadder - I won't repeat this: Put your underpants on your head and
stick two pencils up your nose. They'll think you're crazy and send you home. Right, favour returned. (hangs up)
So to recap, in the last 24 hours we've been linked with the pensioner Figo, the jackal PennantThe Mirror are saying we're back in for Bellamy. The Nutter With The Putter. What an inestimable joy that would be. and now the triumverite of tat is complete.
Elsewhere there are mumblings that Seville are dafter than we initially thought and have returned to the negotiating table in search of a solution that might allow them to capture Didier Zokora.
Clearly that pigeon problem I alluded to last week in Spain has only worsened and they see the Ivorian as an able antidote.
BIOYC!
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'I'm already detecting from certain quarters the exact kind of bullshit spin that was put on last season's transfer debacle.
The notion that less is more is sheer lunacy.'
I wrote that on the last post.
On further thought, let's get that window shut tight before Redknapp does something very silly.
getting ridiculous now! linked with sh*t every effing morning!
Cold empty feeling in my stomach
Lets hope Arry has a cunning plan
Journos filling holes wish they would fill their own
with nothing to report due to the silence and one muttering on a crazy golf course,whilst at the seaside.....the worlds gone mad!
we,ve got the talent....also .sort the boys....de santos ,tarabt .bostock etc.......over exspensive peacocks..... dont always do the trick!
Until Spurs actually sign some of the shite that's been mentioned in the last few weeks,I'm gonna try to remain calm in the face of such provocation.
However, I'll be knee-jerking as fast as the next man should any of this tat parade around The Lane holding a piss streaked scarf aloft to match the jersey they are wearing for all the world to look on and laugh at our ineptitude.
I'll be honest, some of this transfer shite is starting to make me feel worried for the first time about 'Arry's tenure at the helm of our club.
I hope it's bollocks, as I really think he's done a great, or triffic job thus far.
Jermain Defoe heads into a nightclub, goes straight up to a woman and starts feeling her up. ‘Get your coat, love, you’re coming home with me,’ he says.
‘Blimey!’ says the woman, ‘you’re a little forward aren’t you?’
Just read it somewhere...only the messenger.
I think we all know that the majority of these links are total bollox. The fact that we've been linked to every Tom, Dick and Harry shows the gimps of fleet street haven't got a clue who we are after. This is no bad thing as it doesn't take Stephen Hawking to work out we are unable to compete with the Chav's, Manure or Oman City. As such as much as it annoys us on these blogs I will be happy if the first we hear of any potential signings is on the official Spurs site.
As I mentioned before how many people would have thought Wilson would make such a positive impact? A few more signings of this ilk and we'd all be happy (although most people would turn their noses up at the time, like with Wil's)
worried
As per usual we are linked with everyone and as per usual we will buy perhaps one of the rumoured players and two that Arry has up his wizards sleeve;
my predictions;
Bellamy - nope
da Silva - nope, Arry dont need a RB
Huntelaar - nope, wont come from Real to spurs
Real Madrid players - as above
Pennant - left footer; could happen I,m afraid but believe this is spin
Hangerland - yes, logical and local
Berg - always happens after U21 tourny, cant see it but would like to
Tall Spanish striker beginning with L - 2 & 2 make er....13?
Dont be surprised if a signing happens in the next few days for someone we aint even thought of
chill
please not that no neck thug bellamy.
44 yrs a spurs fan and the greatest challenge to my loyalty will arise if i see keane and crouch run out together, it is all so depressing
Come on people, it isn't that bad - yet. What's wrong with us? If we read that someone good is coming, we don't think it's true but if they're crap like Bellamy or Pennant it's nailed on that we want them. You can't judge Redknapp on who we're LINKED with, only on who we actually sign. And so far, he hasn't signed any clangers, only good players in positions that needed strengthening (even Chimbonda was necessary at the time). The Figo rumour is cobblers of the highest order, Harry Hotspur is just milking it and he knows it (by the way HH, love your blog, been reading it for years, but you are milking this you weasel you
.
Clearly, we are waiting to sell before we buy, when Zokora and Bent go, we'll dip in. Until then, don't believe all you read, most of it is BS.
I trust in Redknapp after last season, don't you lot?
Reply to hoooger:
well said
Jermaine the tagged pigeon Pennant, Bellamy, Figo?!?!Joy upon joy upon pensioner.
Our current squad improves with each signing we look at?
How much would you like us to be linked with Bentley, Modric and Defoe right now.
After demanding signings, the 'Careful what you wish for' theory, could really bite us on the ass here.
Let's stick, I'm happy!
'In Redknapp we trust'
Wibble
Reply to cyril:
So your saying seeing Andy Booth in a Spurs shirt was less depressing than seeing a man who has scored 16 times for England paired with a man with 85 Spurs goals and nearly 40 international goals?
Go see the Dr!!!!
harry, "The nutter with the putter" is brilliant!
But let's hope you're "off course" with that one, eh? 
We were linked to nearly 50 players in June alone. But who will we actually sign? It's a bit like the beginning of Star Trek, watching all the little lights and trying to work out which one is going to burst forward and become the USS Enterprise.
Think I've had too much caffeine this morning.
I am a little worried, i must admit.
but its not just a Spurs/Redknapp thing. I think we will end up with Downing and Crouch, simply because the likes of City, Man-u and Chelski with obviously have the pick of the bunch, and we ( as in the rest of the league, will have what's left. Huntlaar for example wont come, why would he ?
throw enough money at someone, and thier heads are turned ( human nature ). sad but true.
on that note, though i think he's a twat, i find myself hoping John Terry doesn't go to City. If that happens, to someone who IMO has his clubs colours running through his veins, it'll be a sad day for football in this country.
early doors to be riddled with doom and gloom i know, but i'm bracing myself for our first signing with my head between my knees.
Reply to hoooger:
Good post lad, and in Redknapp I do trust. Unfortunately it's the old chestnut of being told something over and over and over again that you start to struggle with the concept, and start to beleive it's true, against better judgement.
who has beautiful sunshine in Barcelona, and a remarkably positive outlook. Me? I slept in again this morning, drove to work in the rain, and I'm grumpy as fuck. Does it show?
As can be clearly seen, we're all a little frayed at the edges right now. Well, nearly all, apart from that DV 'c**t'
Well, frankly I don't think harry's judgement withstands a careful review, at west ham he bought Titi Camara, Rigobert Song and a certain Scott Minto, at portsmouth he blew a huge amount on Crouch; I know Defoe was injured right after we bought him and it was panic time, so Keane made sense on a loan, but why is keane still there? scores great goals now and then, but not a great goalscorer, we got a fortune to get rid of him and now we have him back
BlackAdder Goes Forth, but then gets struck down by food poisoning on the final day of the season.
dear ginge
here is the commentary i anticipate next year:
"huddlestone sends a raking pass out to the right wing, lenon knocks it forward, slips the first defender, knocks it beyond the second and gets to the by-line, he pulls it back and defoe strokes home from ten yards"
or change the last clause:
"....he pulls it back to the half way line for keane to run on to, who slides it square for the loping crouch"
There was one manager (can't remember which one) who said that his aim when signing new players was to improve that players position by 10%.
I agree with some of the other comments on here - for us to sign a world star is not realistic. We need harry to work his magic and pick up a gem (or 3). Is Sgt Wilson 10% better than Zok? I think so....
Wait, and only then, bleat.
Reply to cyril:
So who is the best manager of the last twenty years?
Rednose? Whinger? Jose 'I'm a Cnut' Mourinho?
They never bought bad players??????
Ralph Milne? Eric Djemba Djemba (so bad they named him twice)? Kleberson?, Massimo Taibi??
All of those were worse signings than any of Arry's (apart from maybe Scott Minto) plus the fact that at Man U you can pick and choose at Wet Spam & Pompey you get what you're given (to a degree). You could add the value for money buys as well £28m for Veron who did jack!
Whinger bought such legends as Oleg Luzhny, Igor Stepanovs, plus bargains like Reyes £16m!!! set the world on fire that lad!
Jose spent £9m on a rubbish right back about 5 years ago!!!! Shevchenko £30m!!!!!!! (I think Jose bought him)
SO I'd like to know who's judgement in your opinion 'withstands careful review'?
ps - Joey Deacon, any chance you could swap names with Cyril?
Reply to cyril:
Your point is what? Crouch has no pace? Sheringham had no pace, played with Ryan Giggs who had lots. Not sure what you're getting at hear.
I'm afraid if you were hoping to see Messi and Eto'o in a Spurs shirt you might be waiting a while.
Reply to cyril:
those West Ham signings were nearly 10 years ago, crouch has done well for portsmouth and keane was needed at the time (I'd have preferred someone else but who else would have been guaranteed to settle into the 1st team instantly like he did? - we were bottom of the league!!!). Wenger signed Cygan and Jeffers but everyone remembers the henrys and vieras. Redknapp should get credit for the likes of muntari, palacios, Kranjcar, Distin and Diarra - all top notch signings.
*here not hear!
Reply to hoooger:
forgot about Cygan & Jeffers!!!
oh and Richard Wright!!! 
Reply to Ginge1:
NO
I bite the shoulders around here !
Reply to weejp:
Something ain't right about that DV character.
Anyone selling shoes via a laptop in Barcelona (soon to fly-by-night to Prague) can't be trusted.
He's like an international Del boy, Europe is his Chapel St. LINK
Not entirely how you can go sniffing about for talent with two pencils up yer nose. But then at least you won't smell the shit.
I really think we may only buy 1 player and it won't be any of the shit previously mentioned as none of it fits in the side. We need to be a little less worried. No other club has really strengthened a great deal(other than city and that's a disaster waiting to happen). The chances are we may actually better off with a stable squad. Perhaps the odd addition and pushing those not quite making the grade out the door. We may be better off seeing how we do for once with a settled team and then dipping for what we need in Jan.
Reply to TMWNN:
He has a very 'sunny disposition' for a shoe salesman!
Al Bundy was never that cheerful!
Reply to TMWNN:
Change that last sentence to Africa rather than Europe, and it also becomes relevant to our leader.
I am sure HR has cunning plan - 'cunning as a professor of cunning plans at Oxford university'.
HR goes forth.......
Reply to TheSchoolboy:
Don't disagree with much of that at all. The only worry is that if prices are exhorbitant right now, what are they gonna be like come January?
Trust in Redknapp.
Have to remember, last season we only had 8 points after 2 games and look whot harry done for us.
CYOS
What worries me is that in previous seasons we were being linked with good players - even if they were pie in the sky and never likely. This time around they are dross, the bottom of the bottom barrel from the last warehouse on the left, horribly available at prices and wages we can afford... It fair makes my blood boil
Reply to trig:
Jesus, 8 points after 2 games? Juande was a magician!
Reply to weejp:
CYOS ?
I believe Alan Brazil was at the same golf tournament when 'Arry met Figo.
It fits in with our 'buy back' policy and he's an upgrade on Bent.
Just keep him away from the sauce (not Hudd's kind).
Reply to Ginge1:
crouch is very tall and yet hardly scores with his head and is not what you would call dominant in the area. there are plenty of players who give him 4 or 5 inches and still jump higher. once he does get off the ground, with his 6 inch vertical lift, any half decent defender can move him out of the way, clear him out; no need to foul, just lean on him and he moves. mido and ferdinand are two perfect examples of strong forward who can/could head the ball. sheringham saw a pass, crouch sees it, after someone else has done it. he is not a target man as his first touch is hopeless and the second defender steps in and clears it up. he gets no power on his headers and even less direction; long clearance from defence and he flicks it on, do you believe he has a clue where it is going? kanoute was very good, berbs is great, pav is actually at times impressive at that lone striker role. we might have had huntelaar had we moved for him last year,if we cant get him now i wd take a carew over crouch every day. happy up front with a signing such as that, or someone else from the continent with defoe and pav and dos santos. in fact i wd like to know if pekhart played well in the czech republic this last season, he has cruoch's size and twice his ability
and as for the manager i would have, well consistency or huge amounts of money seem to be what leads to success, and we don't have the latter so why are we letting a 63 yr rebuild the team so we can do it all again in two years?
Cant understand this negativity towards Crouch, if he didn't look like he had pipe-cleaner limbs, we would be swooning for him.
Proven partner to JD and a proven goalscorer at the top-level. Last season we needed a different option up front and he provides exactly that.
Give us Crouch and Joe Cole and I seriously believe we will be a major force next season.
(Can anyone tell me why we seem to be looking for a central defender when we have Woody, King, Daws & Charlie?)
We have been liked with a terets seven iron waving mad welsh man.A retired portugezzer legend , ex piss head convict who played his best football with his ankle tagged and he couldent fuck off to the boozzer.This could have been worse we could have signed paddy kenny .Now that would have had Davspurs ranting and raving about Epedrine
Reply to cyril:
SO he'll retire in two years? No manager has ever managed over 65 years of age?
Peckhart is / was absymal, nine games and one goal in the championship (a lot were as sub as he couldn't get a game for a dire side!!!) 2 goals in the Czech league in 12 appearances. Yeah he's got twice Crouch's ability so much so he barely plays in the equivalent of a Sunday league!!!!!
Crouch - 34 games 16 goals 0.47 goals per game
Kanoute - 32 games 20 goals 0.62
Carew - 74 games 21 goals 0.28
Pav - 27 games 11 goals - 0.41
As such apart from Freddie (who remember plays for Mali and will probably be at the African Nations Cup for part of the coming season!!!) I would hazzard a guess and say a good % of Fred's goals came against the Ethiopia's, Kenya's, DR Congo and other international no-marks. Plus I bet he takes their pens as well.
I'm not Crouch's biggest fan but he gets a lot of bad press and causes teams problems. He scores a few and I think he's got a decent touch. He may not be as strong in the air as Sir Les (but he's retired!) but I don't think many people out jump him he's about 4 inches taller than most CB's to start with!
Anyway after the Peckhart comments your opinion's should be taken with 15 bags of salt!!!
Reply to Jonders:
here, here! I'd rather we signed Kenny Jones (please swap him for Bent!) but think Crouch or Jones would give us a target man as a different option as I didn't see Pav looking like that type of player and JD / Keane are both small.
Bellend still played well for Citeh last season. Given the choice I'd never have him at Spurs, but on the other hand I won't complain if we do sign him. We're not able to offer european footie, & I recon he'd certainly help get us there. We have too many softies at spurs, & it's not like it would ever be a long term signature. You boys probably think I'm mad, but I'd take Pennant on a free too.
Fact is we're gonna be leaving it til the last minute as usual, once the teams with money decide who they want. We'll then be sniffing the left overs like the drunk fat bloke at the wedding reception, while everyone else is close to calling it a night...
I keep seeing that chimp crouchs name mentioned....is it a sick joke , hes terrible , the worst type of shite anyone could imagine, a man who is brought in to the england squad to keep heskey off a further card, if he wasnt a 6ft 7 freak he would be playing in division 1 , ffs
Reply to Ginge1:
dos santos, pekhart, taraabt, will all be transferred for large sums in future years and we screwed it up. managers change, new players, settling in time etc etc, do we never learn? redknapp has talked about the daily commute wearing him down, we cd have had him ten yrs ago and he wasnt good enough then, recognise it for what it was when we brought him in, desparation, he did a good job, that job is over. jol we wd not give time to and he will have a great post spurs career, how is this, in two years we are in 4th and three games to go and redkanpp is arrested? seems quite possible to me, his mate bond spent a fortune on lawyers fees and then dropped his action when he was told just how much more the bbc have. harry, great bloke, love to have a drink with him, long term at spurs? not for me. and as for your criticism of kanoute's international record, well crouch really bangs 'em in against andorra, trinidad, jamaica and estonia
sell Dos Santos, Huddlestone, Taraabt, Bale, Bentley
Bring in Crouch, Bellamy, Figo and Pennant.
Only a fucking retard would even think about such a ridiculous sequence of events.
I have always though redknapp has a bit of a special needs face.
What happend to the three quality signings for 30 million.
THATS HOPE WE SIGN NONE OF THE SHITE WE ARE LINKED WITH . WHAT HAPPEN TO ALL DUTCH STARS WE WERE LINKED TOO FROM THE GREAT AND THE GOOD TO POOR SHIT AND JAIL BIRDS. PLEASE DONT SIGN THE SHITE
It's pretty miserable in Ireland today, but I know which I'd prefer, and I'm not in it!
Read Huxley about 7 years ago, but was during my drunken 'Uni' days, which entailed no classes, and lots of hangovers. Seems an absolute age ago now.
So, you've a thing for shoes then?
Pervert!
Crouch is a good striker. I can remeber some brilliant goals that he scored at very immportant time for Liverpool. some fine volleys.
You must be a narrow minded fool to not appreciate him.
We don't see the world as it is; we see it as we are.
Hmmnnn… a literary penchant, well how about “A Day In Life Of Ivan Pavlychenko” which might suggest that misery is relative and if you add that to Einstiens Standard Model vs Quantum Mechanics (One rule for the big things, another for the small)… well everything will sort itself out in time.
Reply to Death:
One rule for the Big 4, and another for the rest..........hmmmm, think you may be on to something there. Howard Webb is a firm advocate of this policy.
It seems Taarabt keeps nearing the exit at Spurs, but every time he approaches the door he tries a dinky little sidestep and hits his nose on the frame.
Reply to cyril:
It’s great that Football brings up so many varying opinions, but you seem to say that Harry's time should be up at Spurs!?! ...
Sounds reasonable, a new manager is exactly what we need, its not like we've tried 9 in 10 years is it?
Continuity seems to be vastly overrated and it’s purely co-incidence that 4 of the top 5 from last season have had managers for 5 years plus.
Whilst I'm sure your idea seems reasonable to any self respecting village idiot, I will choose to disagree.
Reply to cyril:
no they won't - Pechart is gash, end of!
Crouch scored goals against Jamaica & T&T - both been to world cups, both had a number of EPL players in their squad's. Most of the teams Freddie has scored against never have and never will play at world cups and have no players playing in professional leagues.
Crouch offers a target man (pref off the bench) who'll give 100% every week, Kanoute plays one week then mails the next month in, in fact you might as well pay him in stamps!!!!! Mr Inconsistent, on his day miles better than Crouch, his 'day' is once a month whereby Crouch will give you the same every week. We've had Kanoute, we didn't get anywhere with him in the side.
Oh I think we've had a bid in for Adel & J2S from Real Madrid................ oh no my mistake!!!!
I don't doubt they have talent, however don't think we'll see it blossom at Spurs. Still think we need a target man.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I'd keep J2S, Thud, Taraabt and Bale (Bentley can go) I'd have Crouch over Bent to give us a target man (but only if we've tried other better options)
Figo has retired, a journo from Portugal said he's not going to play in the EPL but if he did come out of retirement he'd go to the states.
Pennant - don't rate, think its a case of Pompey trying to get him before and journo's thinking Arry must still want him.
Bellamy would do us good, however we don't need another midget forward & Hughes needs him with all the ego's he'll have to handle at City so its not happening.
We've fucked our window of opportunity, the likes of Robben, KJH, RVN, Snjeider (?), VDV etc are not going to come to Spurs. Two 5th place finishes and we failed to gamble and make some big signings.
Unless we finish 5th next year and can persuade them we're on the verge of getting in the CL (or fluking a 4th place finish). Or we get a rich arab to come in and throw silly money at people (a la Oman City).
Reply to snagglepuss:
we've found out the following;
a. One decent signing will cost £30m
b. A decent signing will not come to Spurs
Reply to Jonders:
my point is simple, he will in all likelihood retire in two or three years (assuming his collar has not been fingered before). we have 8 months invested and he has not yet totally replaced the last guy's team (as everyone of those 9 or ten you refer to did-he), he has of course spent heavily. so in three years we cd be at it all over again. ferguson won nothing in his first three years. i for one wd like to look beyond the next two years, after 44 yrs of this i find it easier to take the longer term view, in fact the longer term view is what allows us to keep supporting them. so get in someone between 45 and 50 and bloody well stick with them, as we could have,should have, with jol, who will, with ajax, have a significantly better season than we have, just as he did last year. short termism says let harry push on to consolidate a top 6 finish for the next two years, and then replace him. there is indeed a village somewhere a person short, but it aint me it is missing
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I have to admit I`m getting a pain in my moobs looking at the useless twat
Reply to cyril:
you're already there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if by your theory, we get rid of Arry now, waste the money he just spent and start from scratch with somebody else who could be absolute pants? (but who might be good)
Either way we are where we are, I could understand you complaining last year when the Arry rumour he was joining us was about. He's here now so its too late. Stop whinging and get behind the team, changing the manager again at this stage is stupid. You whinge like a certain Frenchman who likes young boys, maybe your supporting the worng team?
i think i prefered the ramos era.
he was a shit coach, but at least he showed some real ambition to achieve something.
we know we arent going to achieve fuck all, we never do. but DONT not even bother to try.
fucking pennant.....
bolton under allardyce is what will become. hasbeens, fuckups and workhorses.
Reply to jolsgonemental:
Arry has bought JD, Keane & Wilson (forget Pascal!) not bad players (although Keane's not been great since he's been back).
Can't believe you're believing the rumours!!!!!
Ramos didn't have the free spending City to deal with or Utd with £80m burning a whole in their back pocket.
Lets just wait and see what happens. After that we'll see how we play.
A team of
Gomes
Corluka
King
Woodgate
BAE
Lennon
Wilson
Modric
JJ / Thud
Defoe / Keane
Pav
In my mind that's not a bad side.
How many better right wingers in the league are there than Azza?
How many better holding midfielders than Wil's?
How many better CB's than Woody & King
creative midfielders than Super Luka?
goalscorers than JD?
There may be one or two but the answer to all those questions is not many. I'd also say our squad is better than any club outside the sky 4 AS IT STANDS (& that includes Oman City).
Hopefully we can pick up one or two good players, if not I still think we're well set.
Reply to Ginge1:
The reason Pekhart played so little for Saints is that he broke his ankle in a reserve game against QPR (October I think).
Reply to jolsgonemental:
I have to agree, I thought we were going places last season, but the only place the dinosaur will bring us is bachwards. I hope Levy has the bollock to stand up to the clown so he does not land a load of shite on top of us
Reply to Ginge1:
you let yourself down, your earlier posts show you are too smart for such cheap and ridiculous jibes about supporting arsenal.
i cd live with redknapp if if had a good understudy who cd take over in the way liverpool used to manage it. but i see no one on his ever expanding team who seems up to it. in my life there have been two really good spurs teams, start of the sixties and start of the eighties, both had managers who had been there for more than five years and the playing field was level compared with the big money of the champions league today. radknapp himself talks of pushing into the top 6, cd say realistic, indeed i think he is, but if the top four is a longer term project i wd start it now and not have a hurdle, new manager, in the way. we have had 9 or 10 managers just because the directors cd not take a long term view. believe you me, at my age i have more reason to be impatient than most but because i want real success, if i were in chrage i wd forego the "glory " of 5th or 6th for this season and set about something of substance and more lasting; counter-intuitive i know to say fire the guy coz turnover has been too high, but i think it is a position that has some logic behind it.
Already Harry has shown himself to know what we need and to address it.
We lacked a DM for years, he got Wilson.
Bent, Pav, Campbell and GDS were misfiring, he brought in Defoe. JD got injured and out for weeks/rest of season, he brought in Keane
Hutton was injured, Bale was too, our DMs are injury prone and he brought in Chimbonda who can and has covered all three positions.
Our GK was faltering a bit, our reserve keeper was a midget so he bought in Cudicini
All of these signings make sense. At a time when we needed good cover, with premiership experience and some leadership and steel, to get us out of the mess we were in Harry delivered.
I aint his biggest fan but so far he has been almost faultless at WHL.
Lets wait and see who he gets. I am sure he will not scrape the bottom of the barrel, where the likes of Viduka, Pennant reside. he has already said he will buy players who improve the team/squad, i see neither of the above fitting that bill.
So Harry should be criticised for the papers linking us to players that we haven't even signed? For being non-too pleasing on the eye and he's written off as being too old to bring us any success?
In that case the sack seems too good for him.
I hear he was spawned by witches... maybe we could burn him at the stake
I think HR has got a lot more right than wrong in his time at Spurs. I know it's tough to be patient right now, but let's see who the man brings in before we crush him.
I'll disavow the above if it's Downing.
COYS
Reply to Ginge1:
Totally agree. We need some fine tuning, not a total overhaul.
If we need anything then its for some current players to make the next step. Hud needs to show he can be an effective CM because we could really do with his creativity in the middle of the park. Bentley needs to show himself to be a team player, getting the basics right before he tries the holywood stuff, Pav needs to show his real quality and Keane needs to recover his form of old.
Our team can significantly improve without any new additions. If we lack anything its a bit of cover, and muscle up front.
... as for BMJ didn't he finish outside the top 4 in a far weaker league than the Prem? Had he won the Uefa or qualified for the Champs league then maybe it would be worth passing further comment.
My sister is a nurse at Holly House. She just called me to say Joe Cole is having a medical as we speak.
Reply to in the nose:
Fcuk off! Lies, Lies and more Lies!
I'd take him though. World Cup year, would that sway him to move?
In all of this depression, there is always one thing which cheers me right up
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Reply to in the nose:
My brother works in a sweet shop. He's just served Matt Le Tissier. He bought a quarter of toasted teacakes, a packet of Old Jamaica Sweet Tobacco, two bars of Cabana and a Texan.
Reply to in the nose:
my brother works at spurs lodge and said that Hudd is gonna hand in a tansfer request if they dont put jelly beans back in the canteen!
Reply to in the nose:
Can you post any photo's to prove this?
Not of Cole, but of your sister, in a tight fitting nurses uniform? Preferably with a seductive look upon her countenance?
Or with her tits out. I'm not fussy.
Reply to RJ1882:
thanks
Reply to fatfish:
Le Tiss just popped back in for a whole jar of Chelsea Whoppers too.
Reply to johnnyg:
You're very welcome!
She is without doubt amazing.
Reply to RJ1882:
She's looks great, she's not old and she's been linked to Ronaldo in the past, I think you may be onto something here... Harry out, Rhian in, anyone?
OK it was absolute bullshit. I was sick of jgm and the rest of the suicide squad caning Harry. Was hoping some of those tooth-fairy believing buggers would bite, they believe all the shite on newsnow. Changed the tone and got some of you fuckers joking though. Cheer up FFS
Reply to weejp:
Reply to charlie in the nose:
Make jokes, have a laugh. Dont lie. Someone will bite and you will be responsible for the disappointment felt resulting in further abuse for the innocent, hard done by Harry Redknapp.
Cant believe he's getting canned on here. We finished 8th FFS, were the fifth best team during his reign and had the tightest home defense in the league - something to definitely build on next year.
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Reply to Richy T:
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Reply to fatfish:
Saints were rubbish, Peckhart was on the bench every time I looked at their results (hardly 'the answer') also he came off the bench on a sky game and was piss poor.
Beckham starred for Preston
Cashley Cole starred for Palace
JD starred for Bournmouth
you get the idea, Peckhart looked rubbish (oh and he was sub for the Czech U21's when I watched them) I know he was young but Rooney / Theo even Azza were playing for their full national side by then. If your good enough your old enough. He will not come back to haunt us.
Reply to cyril:
and we'd draw a top name by sacking Arry, that would be what 4 managers in two years, a bit like the Chav's but without the dough!
Didn't Teddy play till he was 80?
re. Zokora
It will come as no surprise to anyone, except perhaps 'Archibald', that according to the Spanish (who are clearly far more reliable than the English) press: "José María Cruz, Vice President, Sporting Director Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo and Advisor, 'Monchi', travelled to London on Tuesday to try to close the signing..."
Reply to Chirpy:
As the club will no doubt shortly announce: 'We wish him well'.