Good afternoon fat fighters.
Looking around at what other people achieved in their preseason friendlies it’s difficult to make a solid case for the end of the world being nigh. Looking at our lot fanny about for an hour and a half yesterday it’s easy to make a case for bellowing, ‘Sell the lot of ’em!’ at your telly box.
It was unedifying stuff. I’m a Pav fan and whilst he was really poor he was actually more interesting than Just For Men’s new poster boy PSB and the boy Defoe combined.
Krankie had some moves but that was largely about it. The game was a pedestrian affair despite the locals largely going bonkers from start to finish. My eye was particularly caught by a gentleman in the crowd sporting one tooth and a bible opened in the palm of his hand as their goal went in. Perhaps we should get him to look at the NDP for us.
What else can I tell you? the Kaiser Chiefs were a pretty insane bunch but they were as keen as custard. By contrast we looked every inch that if we’d been played someone good we’d have been not just been beaten but humiliated.
The crux of the problem (and you’ll be relieved to hear I’m not going to spend the rest of my life dwelling upon this game) was our midfield. J**** has been accused of being invisible. Well this was a masterclass. It wasn’t just the South African Broadcasting Company’s abysmal telescopic coverage that made him near impossible to identify.
We missed Modders, Wilson and Sandro any one of which would have ordinarily usurped him in the picking order.
It was only a friendly. Nothing to get our knickers in a twist about. But if you were weighing up the pros and cons of joining THFC’s playing staff you wouldn’t be swung by this if it was featured in the brochure.
Apologists will talk about ‘regaining fitness levels’ and ‘adjusting the climate’ but it was tepid on the whole and I’d rather they wore someone else’s shirt if they want to serve this fare up in future.
All in all we lacked charm.
BIOYC!
In the first half I counted SIX players we definitely want to sell, plus Defoe who we possibly might sell, and a 3rd choice keeper. If that was their idea of a shop window God help us. Levy will have to pay people to take them, so bang goes the possibility of two new strikers. Lower the prices Levy for God sake!!!
First of all, it’s our first game back. Cobwebs brushed aside, the first half line up, with the exception of perhaps The Hudd, was a whose who of “For Sale” stickers.
I must admit by the end I thought that “na na na na na” the Kaiser Chiefs deserved the win. They wanted it. 40,000 fans celebrated it. They played with passion.
I was bored with Spurs. They looked like they were fulfilling an obligation.
Bale looked ok, a few Balissimo runs. Not sure about our South African fella. He looked a bit lost. I could also just about read the words “C-O-M-P-L-A-C-E-N-T” on Benny’s back. Dribbling round people in our penalty area: not so good.
Oursmell FC drew with some Chinese outfit yesterday. I think it is meaningless. Usually Spurs win all our friendlies and it has absolutely no bearing on our results at the start of the season. Won none in eight three years ago yet I seem to remember load of rubbish when we beat AS Roma 5-0 at the Lane, Bentley getting two scorchers. Not really representative that…
It’s a warm up, we all know that, but it did sound as if we were a little lacklustre… We need a few new faces, just to get the players excited about the new season and our prospects. We need some deals to happen and some signings to get the pulse jolting just a little…. Come on Dan the man and redschnapps…lets be having you.
“If you take into account the fee of around £8m, signing on fees and wages you’re talking about a £30m deal,” Redknapp told the Sunday Mirror.
I guess that 30m includes Redschnapps’ “consultancy fee”?
whatever the bits and pieces that make up this ‘deal are, regardless as to who pockets what, what is and isn’t declared, indeed, what tax would and would not be paid on it…Good, I say, we don’t need parker;
We need a fit Sandro, a motivated Modric and a happy Hudd. And we need some fresh faces up top…BIG time.
Think Harry was trying to tell us – look we can’t get sanction to buy a guy for 8m, so if you think we’re going to get any star signings you are all in dreamland.
It could also read, We aren’t giving West Ham a single penny. They’ve gone on record as saying the same incidentally, because they somehow thought we were rivals?, yes, it confused me as well!
I actually fell asleep watching that rubbish. It was sooooooo poor
Is it finished yet?, bloody hell,that was so boring it was like watching Brazil, Alan Brazil that is!