Good evening.
Maison Hotspur hasn’t a spare vase, jam jar or fluted pint glass so thank you to those who threw flowers after this morning’s matinee.
What does make a real difference to proceedings is when you encounter a footballer who doesn’t get your goat. Maybe A&E is out there spending £4M on a house and having a full blown hairdressing salon installed – at least he has the gumption to keep it under wraps – as he knows the only men who could have ever let that information fall into the public domain and lived it down were Liberace and David Coverdale (c.1987).
No, old A&E deserves our praise. In a frank interview a while back he revealed that football is just a job to him. He owns a car, but also an Oyster Card. And now we get quotes far too many players seem unable to spit out.
“Like I said, I don’t want to move to another club. If I have a good feeling with my chairman I will stay. I don’t have a reason to move, even to play in the Champions League, we can do it with Spurs. We have done it once already, so why not again?”
Now I’m not getting misty eyed because he’s staying, although that’s just dandy by me. I’m genuinely impressed because here is a very honest and decent human being who actually acknowledges that he is part of the situation. We have done it once already. so why not again?
This is what we are after. Something a bit more considered than, “I like go play Chelsea big club.” Or whatever the snake oil quotes from Modders were.
Here, boys and girls is a man prepared to share the previous success and the burden of the task ahead. He acknowledges he was part of the achievement and be default part of the failure to replicate it. But he wants to go on. Not bail.
A&E we salute you.
I like Benny, he’s sort of 70’s old school….honest and hardworking but with a silly haircut…
Is he a pearly king or a pearly queen leaning on the old joanna?
Or has he leant on Joanna with a pair of his pearl earrings?
No, he was definitely a pearly queen, but more likely leaning on Joe, rather than Joanna, quite probably tinkly with his ivories.
Think he’s a top guy, honest about who and what he is. He’s a professional footballer, playing a sport he’s damned good at for money. He gives it all, and of course has had bad days at the office, but they’ve lessened and his value to us has increased considerably. Not a badge-kissing showpony, just a decent left back doing a good job, what more could any employer ask of him?
Some very unfair posts on Benni, am I wrong in thinking this was a tribute post by HH? I think he’s a very underated player who has kept many a good player quiet. This post derserves positive responce. If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything!
This blog would be out of business come the second week of the season if that were the case. :daumen:
Benny’s had a good solid season. The good has far out weighed the bad.
Mikey, think of this blog a bit like the Muppet show… It has energetic & enthusiastic Gonzo’s, amiable Fozzy bears, Animal (Felch) and a couple that sit in the press box marked Stadtler & Waldorf going ‘booo’ a lot and loving it. Now, I’m not pointing any fingers but………….. :whistle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYEJx7PkWE
I really liked that Astro it took me back…in fact it was OK, OK it was awful….NO, Terrible… :shocked2:
I think i am right in saying that benni was actually responding to rumoured interest from the nouveau rich psg. If so, nice to hear him say thanks but no thanks. An underated gem is our bae.