happie chappie
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I don't know why (actually, I do), but whenever I hear the word "bung" used in relation to football I automatically think of 'Arry.
Happie Chappie
Happie Chappie
What do you think about Redknapp?
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kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
I met Tony Mowbray once and he is an out-and-out good guy. Frankly, the personal tragedy that he has endured in his life seems to have given him a proper perspective on the game. And he always seemed like a nice bloke in the first place. I'd happily have him mind my seat, so to speak.
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
Jesus christ, what is this?
I'll tell you what I think about Redknapp. I think he's a twitchy, bung-taking, corrupt, mate-stabbing, unscrupulous, face-on-fire-and-put-out-with-a-shovel, you-were-aiming-for-the-goal-no-wonder-you're-in-the-reserves, abou's-come-back-with-an-illness-must-have-eaten-a-dodgy-missionary, my-missus-could-have-scored-that twat.
Perfect for spurs then.
I'll tell you what I think about Redknapp. I think he's a twitchy, bung-taking, corrupt, mate-stabbing, unscrupulous, face-on-fire-and-put-out-with-a-shovel, you-were-aiming-for-the-goal-no-wonder-you're-in-the-reserves, abou's-come-back-with-an-illness-must-have-eaten-a-dodgy-missionary, my-missus-could-have-scored-that twat.
Perfect for spurs then.
Yeah. Not a Baggies fan but whenever I see Tony Mowbray interviewed he seems to be the nearest thing I've seen to a principled nice guy sitting in a football manager's chair IYKWIM
He used to be pretty himself. Therefore Jamie's gonna end up looking like him.
Good.
Refused as fuck
"ethnic pakistani tosser"
Thank you, captain obvious.
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
his face was actually on fire and a kind hearted passing spaniard put him out with a shovel.
that, my friend, is FACT.
mattie
missing in inaction
Interesting. Even passing Spaniards wouldn't piss on him when he was on fire.
Wouldn't it have been an Italian?
apparently he nearly got the job instead of keegan
would you really prefer to have had keegan for 6 months and then joe kinnear (till the end of the season i'd imagine) over 'arry?
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
mattie
missing in inaction
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
martin samuel in today's Nail said:
Batboy
Trumpeting is good for you...
no he's not.
You lost then (and when he was manager of Bournemouth) and that's your rationale?
Whatever you want to say about Redknapp he has in a time of domination by 4 clubs brought success to a club that was in nowhere land. It may not be success by your clubs financially advantaged standards, but it is success nevertheless.
I think there is a chance he will bring success to Spurs and that is very difficult for Hammers fans to swallow hence the increased negativity towards him. The Craig Bellamy affair hasn't helped (And incidentally also highlights his kudos amongst particularly UK players), but I am sure if Redknapp was still manager of West Ham and 'tapping' up players there would be no complaints from them. Portsmouth fans are pissed because he has dumped them and you get a sense that they are returning to the position they were in when he first joined them.
Redknapp is smart and savvy, he seems to know when to walk. His 'dodgy' dealings to me highlight more what is wrong with the game than his moral ethics. His transfer mistakes at West Ham are what he may consider as a learning curve -and all managers make shitty transfer decisions at some point in their careers.
His refusal to take on the Newcastle job shows him as smart and intuitive. Newcastle Uniteds internal problems have made it difficult for any manager to succeed there at the moment.
As regards the financial situations of clubs he has worked for, well that responsibility lies with the board of directors, it is a business after all.
His relationship with the press I feel can be put down to his savviness and the fact if you were to ever analyze the largely tabloid batch of Football reporters they are from similar backgrounds/cuts of cloth.
I like him but recognise his foibles and still believe he would have made a good England Manager.
good post
and @revol - we don't all have the luxury you have of choosing a club that you can love through the bad times (like not winning the league)
some of us are stuck with shit clubs by being unfotunate enough to being born near them andthem being our team rather than you living in north ireland and having the luxury to pick the premier league soccer team most likely to win something when you decided you liked football
mattie
missing in inaction
I don't know where to start. Read up on what he did to Bily Bonds and then see if you still think it's simply part of the modern game. It's not, he has little decency, stitching up his (now ex) mate and the bloke who first gave him a job at West Ham.
The bloke's a moral vacuum, perhaps a good man-manager with a certain type of player but fucking disasterous with others - Dumitrescu, Raducioiu, Boogers (fucking hell, Boogers) all failed under Redknapp and failed big time. That had fuck-all to do with learning the job, it's all to do with open decent interaction with people, and that's one of many areas he fails completely.
Spends shedloads of cash but maintains he's always wheeling and dealing on shoe string, revisionist on every aspect of his career - still thinks he did a great job at West Ham despite inheriting and selling the family jewels (not that he'd give anyone involved in scouting, coaching and developing these young lads any credit, no it was all Harry) - bungs, less-than-transparent deals. That's why he was sacked from West Ham - Paul Alridge: 'you've stitched me up for the last time' - but of course that's not how bungpuss portrays it.
The bloke's a twat. Really.
It was the 60s/70s, it's all relative
Hear hear!
Then again, there are also masochists like me, from an Arsenal supporting area, went to a primary school a stone's throw from Highbury, none of my friends or family (other than people I've met in the ensuing years) support west ham, yet i chose randomly to support west ham
chieftain
Mega Gammon
Is that why "Thick as fucks" got the right 'ump with all things Spurs this season?
chieftain
Mega Gammon
No problem Corporal Cockinbrain
Refused as fuck
"ethnic pakistani tosser"
You were shit before you had Good Ole God Bless 'im 'Arry.
I love the way Newcastle fans try to play up the whole 'poor benighted us, we're cursed with supporting such a shit club' angle. Yeah, seeing Shearer, Asprilla, Ginola and the rest at your team in your lifetime must be such a trial
See how I look bigger if I stand here than if I stand over there? It's called perspective, get a little
See how I look bigger if I stand here than if I stand over there? It's called perspective, get a little
I love the way Newcastle fans try to play up the whole 'poor benighted us, we're cursed with supporting such a shit club' angle. Yeah, seeing Shearer, Asprilla, Ginola and the rest at your team in your lifetime must be such a trial
See how I look bigger if I stand here than if I stand over there? It's called perspective, get a little
One thing I will say about the Toon though, which is very different from teams like Spuds, is that they really are the team of the city.
When I went to the West Ham game (in the Toon end) I noticed that it was almost impossible to select a 'type' who was at the game. With London teams it's easy: our fans are all either white-van driving burberry wearing nouveau riche, dodgy nutters, or eccentrics; Tottenham's are all middle management and norf london cockneys. Arsenal's are the most middle class.
It was impossible to generalise like that with the Toon fans; there were just about every type you could imagine there.
When I went to the West Ham game (in the Toon end) I noticed that it was almost impossible to select a 'type' who was at the game. With London teams it's easy: our fans are all either white-van driving burberry wearing nouveau riche, dodgy nutters, or eccentrics; Tottenham's are all middle management and norf london cockneys. Arsenal's are the most middle class.
It was impossible to generalise like that with the Toon fans; there were just about every type you could imagine there.
kained&able
Here for the football.
I love the way Newcastle fans try to play up the whole 'poor benighted us, we're cursed with supporting such a shit club' angle. Yeah, seeing Shearer, Asprilla, Ginola and the rest at your team in your lifetime must be such a trial
See how I look bigger if I stand here than if I stand over there? It's called perspective, get a little
Yeah but we have had frank lampard, dicanio, joe cole, tevez and we still have a hell of a lot of bullshit to suffer through.
dave
Sadly except Di Canio, the others have either left before they realised their potential.
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