Arsenal Thomas Cruise, Roarie Deacon, Mark Randall
Aston Villa Durrell Berry, John Carew, Ellis Deeney, Calum Flanagan, Harry Forrester, Arsenio Halfhuid, Isaiah Osbourne, Robert Pires, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou
Birmingham City Marcus Bent, Lee Bowyer, Sebastian Larsson, James McFadden, Mitchell McPike, James O’Shea, Stuart Parnaby, Kevin Phillips, Daniel Preston, Luke Rowe, Robin Shroot, Maik Taylor
Blackburn Rovers Jordan Bowen, Jason Brown, Zurab Khizanishvili, Benjani Mwaruwari, Michael Potts, Maceo Rigters
Blackpool David Carney, Daniel Coid, Ishmel Demontagnac, Rob Edwards, Jason Euell, Marlon Harewood, Richard Kingson, Malaury Martin, Paul Rachubka, Andy Reid, Salaheddine Sbai
Bolton Wanderers Tamir Cohen, Johan Elmander, Ricardo Gardner, Joey O’Brien, Jlloyd Samuel, Samuel Sheridan
Chelsea Samuel Hutchinson, Carl Magnay, Danny Philliskirk, Jan Sebek, Michael Woods
Everton Kieran Agard, Hope Akpan, Nathan Craig, Gerard Kinsella, Lee McArdle, Iain Turner
Fulham Zoltan Gera, Edward Johnson, Diomansy Kamara, John Pantsil, Matthew Saunders
Liverpool Jason Banton, Deale Chamberlain, Douglas Cooper, Sean Highdale, Steven Irwin, Nikola Saric
Manchester City Javier Garrido, Scott Kay, James Poole, Shaleum Logan, Andrew Tutte, Javan Vidal, Patrick Vieira, James Wood
Manchester United Conor Devlin, Owen Hargreaves, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Edwin van der Sar
Newcastle United Sol Campbell, Shefki Kuqi, Patrick McLaughlin
Stoke City Abdoulaye Faye, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Ibrahima Sonko
Sunderland Michael Kay, Nathan Luscombe, Daniel Madden, Robert Weir, Nathan Wilson, Mvoto Jean-Yves, Bolo Zenden
Tottenham Hotspur Jonathan Woodgate
West Bromwich Albion Giles Barnes, Marcus Haber, Dean Kiely, Abdoulaye Méîté
West Ham United Anthony Edgar, Holmar Eyjolfsson, Daniel Gabbidon, Lars Jacobsen, Filip Modelski, Jonathan Spector, Adam Street, Matthew Upson
Wigan Athletic Steven Caldwell, Daniel De Ridder, Joseph Holt, Jason Koumas, Thomas Lambert, Thomas Oakes, Francis Pollitt, Abian Serrano Davila
Wolverhampton Wanderers Adriano Basso, Jody Craddock, John Dunleavy, Marcus Hahnemann, David Jones, Nathan Rooney
No, I don’t see it, I don’t see that HR makes moves to keep the fans onside. If every season ticket holder tore up their ticket when [rather than ‘if’] Modric goes, the stadium would be full the following week with the season ticket queue. The problem with blogs and people who join in discussions they generate [me included] is that the very presence of a high tech forum seems to give us all a sense of our own importance [individually and collectively]that isn’t there in reality – all that counts is how much money Joe Lewis makes; how much he is prpared to spend of it on Tottenham; and how well Levy translates this into club-running decisions. HR is an odd fish. I think most Spurs fans would have Jol as top manager since Burkinshaw but Harry ‘delivered’ the CL football that Jol couldn’t quite, but last season was crap outside of a handful of CL games [Spurs would be back in if they could have beaten teams in the bottom four; when that doesn’t happen its down to the manager]. HR is cautious because he’s not a great manager, not because he or anyone else truly gives a fuck about the fans – and that’s not to say that fans aren’t imporatnt and creative – look at Wimbledon, but there’s more to being a force to be reckoned with than posting regularly on the internet, that’s for sure [and that’s not a snipe so don’t take it as one, this always an interesting blog].
Er, you’re out of date, The Financial Fair Play rules will mean he can’t invest his money in Tottenham, that is the whole idea of them to stop billionaire owners buying success.
er… the Financial Fair play rules mean wages can’t be over 60% of Turnover. If he wants top spend his own money on the stadium and I even think transfers he can… as long as the wages remain affordable within the structure…
If rules preventing financial mis-management worked the existence of the FSA would have prevented the banking meltdown we’re going to be paying for for the next few generations.
That’s not quite how it works. The wages to turnover ratio is a guideline, set by the FA I believe.
The Financial Fairplay regulations (the ones that threaten to ban teams from European competition if they do not comply) have to do with ensuring that teams are not running a loss on ‘football related activity’ over a period of three years.
Basically it’s a requirement on the cash flow statement rather than the balance sheet.
It seems our little man has got taller ambitions could this be the only shock we get . My team are now being called Tottenham dominoes if we sell Modric the rest will collapse Harry Modric Bale Defoe could all leave. This was said on talk sport Lewis will not bankroll Spurs any more and he wants to sell Spurs this was said by an Agent i wonder why?. Chelsea wont be the last bid but we should hold out on principle alone Chelsea robbed us of three points the very week City got three points wiht a blatant offside goal we finished seven points behind and the rest is History. This stolen Oil money should not buy Modric and next year this wont happen and Chelsea could be booted out along with City and Spurs and Liverpool could benefit. We should only sell Modders for 40 million plus Sturridge and Drug-ba
Financial Fair Play rules again, they kick in 2012/13 season preventing owners ploughing money in.
no they don’t,clubs can run at an acceptable loss for years and super rich owners can sponsor their clubs anyway they want,
harry does not go to tried and tested players because of concern for the fans’ reaction; he cares not at all about the fans. he cares about the england job, he can smel;l it and taste it just about touch it. go with established players and max imise the cahnce for the promotion in one years time. simple
and unfortunately while we langusih in a small stadium, with which i am happy, we will eventually sell the modrics of the world. what annoys me is that many those who ranted against moving to the olympic site will now rant against a richer club that can afford higher wages unsettling our players. as i say, i am not campaigning for the olympic site but i do accept that with so much less in gate receipts our role in life is to keep finding the stars and getting the best out of them but then selling them on when the want to double or treble the wages. many fans objected to moving, or the idea of it and so having made that bed they must lie in it; i am comfortable in it because on balance i like whl so much and it has great memories after 40 plus years of going there. but the next generation will have great memories i hope, just not of great success.
Here, here, we did try to tell them but they wouldn’t listen. If no Champions League next season then the stars will go and we return to our days as a mid table club with ideas beyond our station. But that is what these guys wanted, that is what they made all the noise about.
Like the title of the post, HH! Can we please have one soon that unites us all … think we’re all in desperate need of that instead of simply venting our spleen! Football being as it is today could well provide the scenario that edspur and H mention above. A select group just go on making meaningless statements for ‘our’ proletariat benefit … knowing that they’ve probably already decided on a transfer and all this smoke & mirrors goes on for a gullible audience. We then, the true fans, are the ones who end up picking up the effluent. Sorry, I know I’m an old cynic … but one who just needs a positive post to hang on to right now!
just a passing thought – Giles Barnes, how’s your career?
Weren’t we linked with him at one point? Significant money for the latest boy wonder from the Derby academy?
Best XI from released players anyone?
Linked with him? We pulled out at the 11th hour from signing him! Funny how things turn out…