Good morning ladies.
After that load of old cockerels I could do with some good news. You know, like hearing Levy & Co. have agreed a compensation figure with the FA and the cheque is in the post.
I wonder if old Arry actually knows what managing Engerland would actually be like?
“They’ve got to be more patient. They get carried away with the crowd at times and started playing from back to front to quick.
We’re a footballing team that plays and people have got to be patient. They can’t worry about the crowd being inpatient because we had lots of passes.”
England fans are unlike club supporters. The flag waving and endless honks of The Italian Job theme tune belie a ruthless need for the constant beating of Johnny Foreigner. Their support is Faustian. A Liverpool supporter will cheer Wayne Rooney but only if England are winning. That’s the deal right there and that’s why the the last half dozen or so incumbents of the Engerland hot seat are still in receipt of psychiatric care.
But Arry lives in dream world. In his head it’s the swinging sixties; Bobby Moore is still on the telly ordering a cheeky half Watney’s Red Barrel and Sandra’s doing liver and onions after she’s run an iron over his Fifty Shilling Tailor suit. ‘Come on England! Come On England!’ The man’s a fool.
Look at Sunderland. A veritable, ‘Underachievers R Us’ under poor and old but lovable Steve Bruce. A gang of second string players and journeymen. Yet under the auspices of Martin O’Neil they moved up the table like a ferret up a particularly enticing trouser leg.
Have Spurs achieved all that they have under Arry despite him? I wish it were that simple. There’s your headline, ‘Harry’s A Conman!’ and goodnight Gracie. But he’s not. He is as I have maintained since he arrived, an excellent crisis manager. Cynics and wannabe stand up comedians might argue that this is true as he normally manages to leave clubs in a state of crisis, boom boom.
He started off brilliantly. No two ways about it. But you’ve got to be less open minded than your average extreme Muslim cleric if you haven’t noticed we’ve gone right off the boil. Arsenal are having one of their worst seasons in years and they’ve just overtaken us in the league. Not because they are on fire, but because we’re falling apart at the seams.
I’d be happy for him to stay (which is incredibly gracious of me) but only if he’s prepared to demonstrate an interest in managing the team. Since his, ‘Not Guilty’ his only contribution to THFC has been to irritate everyone by failing to remotely coach the side, make an endless stream of ‘fascinating’ comments about the England job and snatch at any opportunity to deflect blame from himself.
6.828 Hornby have announced this morning that the prototype of the track trialed on Brad will not be released for general sale as simply going up and down one line won’t be popular.
7.010 Had some quality moments. I wish Bale took over more once he hits the halfway line and I wish defensively he gave players less time and space.
7. 111 A nice game. Love him going forward and I hear the attempted manslaughter charges have been dropped by the Stoke bloke he hit with the ball.
0.003 He survived an assassination attempt earlier in the week. Apparently the bullet went though his head narrowly missing his brain by 3 feet.
4.321 At this rate he couldn’t win the Egg & Spoon race in the under 9’s category. I’d love him to be rested for a few weeks and treated with some respect.
6.578 Someone was going to get the bullet to accommodate the it Midget Gem and it was Krankie. I thought he did alright, but the right wing is no place for him.
7.122 Some insightful passing and some Championship stuff mixed in for good measure. I bet he was being coached right a guy like him could learn to take corners.
7.121 He’s being run into the ground every game and by the time the second half arrives he’s done in. Another one that needs managing to give him focus.
7.008 What goes on in that boy’s head? That cross to vdV was breathtaking. He made one or two others from the left that were borderline breathtaking. His play everywhere else was, ‘okay’.
6.007 A prime example of what happens to players who fall out with Arry. I wonder how good Gomes is these days, or Bentley is worth playing? Sorry I forgot, we must not question the master.
7.009 Coaching again. His corners were improved a little , but it’s unacceptable that a player at this level skying most of his dead balls into row K.
4.000 Looked bright for the first 15 minutes. Our glorious leader then waited how long before taking him off?
3.000 When he scores in a moment of individual brilliance I sing his name like I’m offering up a prayer. If he doesn’t score in a moment of individual brilliance I want to kill him.
Can’t disagree with the ratings too much. Ledley does , sadly, need putting out to grass.
We got chuffed at Le Arse (deservedly) and have had big chunks of the game for the past three games…confidence in the last third (and defending set pieces ) looks to be getting pretty shot…. but spirit is still showing. ( although Saha looks every bit a ‘one final pay packet at Spurs ‘ player. BUT…in spite of all of his faults (big gob, slow to respond to fix an obvious tactical need,bla h lah) a thing that seems to be happening, and ain’t Arry’s fault, is the rub of the green. Big possesssion, loads of attempts…good vs. bad luck = Saha hits a post vs Everton that he might have put away, Ade provides an on the line block vs Man U, great ball from Krankie to Parker who slips over …. in another time this type of thing would have gone our way, as it is for the Goons at present … injury time winners vs. Liverpool n Newcastle against the run of play, disallowed goal for Everton.
This shit happens….it’s part of the game. With 9 games left the pendulum WILL swing back.
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” W. Churchill.
If we don’t make CL ( and I still belive we will however) then is the time to judge the team / manager / etc…. the table will then be telling the full season’s truth…
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…how many soft goals do Spurs give away? Lost count. How many of our 15 corners against Stoke got over the first man? Think I could count on 3 fingers. What is going on? What is ‘Arry talking about when he says it was a vital point? It was 2 points lost. Add to the 3 lost against scum, maybe one against Toffees. Oh Gawd, he’s a busted flush, back to the drawing board again…Special One anyone? Without CL football? Fat chance……I need a pint….of vodka…….
You seem to have watched a different game to me. The only thing Krankie did was get in the way. Seems too, that he’s been given a free wandering roll. He couldn’t pass, well not to a white shirt anyway. Couldn’t beat a player, couldn’t tackle and would likely run a 100m sprint in approximately a day and a half. I reckon the boots he been supplied won’t catch on with the lump of concrete that’s been stitched in. Once again we see what damage Bale can do if he just stays out wide left. Thought Benni & the boy Kyle had decent enough games. Parker looks knackered, why Redflap doesn’t draft in either Sandro or Livermore and give him a rest beggars belief. Saha doesn’t look like a top 4 striker, which may be accurate because if we continue on the trajectory we’re on right now, neither will we be a top 4 team. Once again the shape was wrong and as everyone has already pointed out, why can’t we seem to do anything positive from a set piece, what do they do in training, compare car spec and jewellery. I can’t believe we’ve let the lead we had over scum slip and that we’re now trailing them (as usual) Twitchy and the players need to get a fuckin’ grip and earn their pay packets. I’m starting to think that if I live to be 150 I will never see us finish in higher spot than the red scum from down the road……….sick of it!!
The scary thing is I have thought all along that the F.A wouldn’t touch Redknapp with a barge pole for all the obvious reasons- media whore, tactically inept, runs his faves into the ground,persists with inadequate tactics and passes the buck when things go wrong. I wonder is there any non-Spurs supporting people who would actually want this guy managing their national side.
YES PLEASE!!!!
Went to the game last night, team playing with little confidence and the one touch instant passing from earlier in the season has now been replaced by 2 touches and a pass which is just as likely to find an opponent as a team mate.
It was a really lacklustre, stuttering performance and hard to tell if it is due to fatigue, lack of confidence or anxiety but painful to watch.
We are now entering the so called winnable phase of the season (after Chelsea) but on current form I cannot see us winning that many.
As for individuals, Krankie looked out of his depth on the RW and Parker gave away the cheapest of free kicks for their goal.
Bearing in mind Stoke would never score from open play you have to wonder what goes through players minds sometimes.
Brad’s inability to leave his line assisted their goal.
Our replacement on the RW for Lennon (GDS) is all left foot.
Think we will struggle to get fourth now, although the Chavs have a tough run-in.