Appy new year? It may well be if you are in the Tottingham Hotspurs Merchandising Dept.
Artful Arry’s slip highlighted it has to said by Matt Butler in the Belfast Telegraph is a corker. Here’s the quote in full. It may be entirely innocent of course.
“He’d have to fight for his place, he’s not going to play every game, he knows — he’d know — that, he’d be a good influence, he’s the type of lad that would be good at your club. He’d give the place a lift.
You need people like that around you. He has been a fantastic player and is someone the players would look up to and respect. He could still do a job for sure, if he is over his injuries and he is as fit as he thinks he is.”
I hear grumbles from some on Sir David’s signing. Chuntering about the ‘Beckham Circus’.
If by this you mean having to suffer an initial day or two of him and – the ironing board with a pair of cupcakes strategically nailed onto it that is – his wife being photographed arriving at The Lane; photographed standing on the grass, photographed ‘joshing’ with Arry …then so what?
The reality is that this guy – love him or hate him – is so good for business it hurts. Overnight we become a global brand. Within days, some kid be he in Knaresborough or be he in Nepal will say to his dad, ‘I want a Spurs shirt with Beckham on.’
As the Spurs go marching in to Europe; to a new stadium and new dawn …I’m just nipping down to the newsagents to put a card in the window. ‘New Recruits Welcome’.
There will be those who want to get embroiled in a debate about where he plays. Who cares? Hack the head off so the crowd can see him and whack him in the Chirpy suit. Get the cad selling bagels on the concourse. But get him in. Stand on me.
BIOYC!
What is this fixation with the Hud’s mobility – have you actually watched him play? He gets up and down the pitch as well as anyone and is possibly the best passer of a football in the Premiership – I personally can’t wait for him to come back and help push us to wherever we’re going in the next few years.
Happy New Year!
The Chirpy idea has legs, and it’s also remarkably funny… congratulations.
He’s our new Quarterback, making passes and spraying his hot GoldenBalls liquid football a full 40 yards directly onto Gareth Bale’s chest. Or probably hitting that lovely old lady that Rafa snogged full in the face with one of his errant cross-field ‘Hollywoods’.
It’ll be the football equivalent of The Rapture.
As a former school mate of his and passionate Spurs fan, I’d love to have diddy David back at the lane. Huddy is still out for a few months, and having dave in the middle doing what Huddlestone does would add to our performance. He would be playing for his grandad ( I loved how he mentioned him and Spurs during his world cup speech ) and Spurs is a club he has an affinity with due to his early career at the club. I think he would be great for our younger players and it’s not as if he doesn’t know any of our seniors pros from England duty, his experience will help the team, and yes his name on a shirt will help our clubs profile. But like some of the other players that start their football education at Spurs, let’s welcome another one back home.
‘Arry knows his football and if he thinks Beckham can make a difference that’s it for me. Still and all, before he got the injury, was Becks a regular starter for Milan? Did Milan’s performance/record improve tangibly when he was on the field? In the free kick department, the pin point cross? The PL gets faster, more physically challenging by the year. ‘Arry, I note, is covering himself when he says: “if he is as fit as he thinks he is.”
On another wavelength. Has our new, state of the art training facility come on line? Is it close to doing so?
No…………………….thanks!!! Too old, too slow and too everything else!
Agreed, ketchup on the burger mister?