Good morning.
That nursery rhyme was all about struggling and getting by in life to little purpose. When that was written to ‘pop’ was to pawn, ‘weasel and stoat’ referred to a coat. The sentiment seems all too apt this morning.
So now we supporters enter into a period of relative awfulness as the transfer window rattles and creaks as the knackered putty of threat and rumour falls out all over the shop.
We pawned any tangible achievement this season for the vanity and reptilian ambition of our manager. And that’s not up for debate.
The laughable ‘argument’ from this clown’s apologists isn’t an argument. It’s the just the utterly desperate clucking those seeking to make themselves look more considered than the angry mob.
‘But look at his record before all this England business!’ will come the cry. Well I agree. It was all rather jolly up until then.
But how do you want it? This is like saying that your son or daughter was operated on by the world’s greatest surgeon. He saved their life with a heart transplant. Then he carried out the most incomprehensibly difficult neurosurgery. The man had given hope and a future to that thing most precious.
But then one afternoon he accidentally amputated your child’s head because he was trying to get a high score playing Angry Birds.
Let me be clear. I would have fired Arry even if Bayern had won. Ideally I would have had Danny Baker do it in a Daz doorstep challenge style live on TV. It is not remotely rational to argue that Fabio getting the bullet and Arry flushing a 10 or was it in fact a 12 point lead was somehow, merely coincidental. It’s like suggesting the FA were to blame. In fact, it’s wishing. That’s what all that is. Wishing.
He spent the entire period honeymooning like it was a done deal. No other manager, no other pundit or journalist even devoted as much of their time to the England situation as Arry. The oaf was convinced he’d got it. Virtually every day he was on the phone to talkSPORT or waxing lyrical to some other poor bar stewards of the press.
And while the cat was away the mice did play.
The indulgence of Bale’s vision to become the Welsh Ronaldo cost us plenty also. No manager worth their salt would put up with something that so unrelentingly doesn’t work.
The responsibility for this fiasco lies squarely on the shoulders of Henry James Redschnapps. But Levy & Co. aren’t as daft as this cockney shyster would perhaps like to think and his inability to stay even vaguely on message will have been noted.
Will Modric flee, who knows? What is for certain is that Arry isn’t fit to hold the job and cannot possibly be relied upon to act in the best interests of the club.
Who would I bring in? Difficult to see Ian Dowie making as bigger fist of it if I’m honest. It needs to be someone with a CV. Martinez doesn’t have a CV. He’s a favourite colour. This week’s must have handbag. Brendan Rodgers I respected, but him turning down even the ‘opportunity’ to talk to Liverpool upgraded him from respect to admiration.
Leaving aside the Lollypop Land suggestions of managers that would require budgets we do not have and Champions League credentials that we do not have, the obvious choice is Capello. His big faults allegedly were that he didn’t have a rapport with the press and that his English was poor. His CV says that he speaks football fluently and if we could hire someone that didn’t turn into a tame monkey every time someone pointed a microphone at him, I’d be delighted.
Harry out
Your mum in
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I would prefer to have had QPR’s season. At least they felt like they achieved something when it all wrapped up.
Let’s get rid of Modric now, cash in on Bale too. Throw the money into the stadium, get in a modest manager who will restore our self-respect and the soul that Redknapp has ripped out of the club. I can deal with a few years of being solid, top 6 and honest. In fact I’d rather that than allow this man to drag the club any lower. Here’s a novel thought: next year lets actually concentrate on winning the Europa cup? There will be more satisfaction and pride in that than another season of promise and crushing disappointment and ultimate humiliation.
Could be time to cash in on Bale while I still have fond memories of his best form – would be interesting how he’d shape up for Barca or Real. I’d support him, he genuinely loves the club but is ambitious. Levy showed near zero ambition in the last three transfer windows.
Modric has to go, to be fair to him he put in a reasonable shift this season (never let us down like VdV) and we might as well let him go – as long as for a decent fee.
In total agreement about the Europa – it is time to show the Europey Dope Cup some respect. We played some alright stuff in that cup under Jol
The pain is almost too much to bear. However shit lucky Cheatski were. And they were. They fought like tigers so good luck to them. Would BAE, VdV, Lennon and Bale tackled like they did? I doubt it.
We only have ourselves to blame. From 26th February the wheels came off distasterously. The question is one of blame apportionment. There simply had to be a couple of decent buys in January; a defender but especially a striker. Just converting one of thosevdraws into a wing would have been enough.
Levy isn’t going to fire himself, so the sacrificial lamb has to be Arry and about time too. If he had had the run he had at the end of the season at the beginning of the season instead then he would have surely been long gone. A kind of two points from eight games in reverse. So I say get shot of him and quickly.
Just one loss into a draw would have done. Goal difference would have swung in our favour. Redknapp completely lost the plot in losses against QPR away and Norwich at home. Don’t get me started on the surrender of 2 easy points at villa.
I truly believe that if David Dein was in charge of our club he would have sacked the spiv when we qualified for the CL two years ago.
He would have the foresight but more importantly the balls to cut out this cancer at our club.
He has wasted riches that other managers could only dream of both in terms of playing staff and purchasing power.
We have let a potential golden era pass us by, it’s painful. very painful.
Do I care if Redknapp is now sacked? i’m too numb to care, the horse has well and truly bolted and i fear that we will never have such an opportunity to catapult ourselves amongst the elite in my lifetime.
Sorry spud…David Dein is a Gooner through and through…keep dreaming you tiny tot…
Replying to this at 6am?
I didn’t realise gravediggers get up that early!
Next season there is no court case and no England job, apart from the chelsea rumour what distractions could there be to stop HR from focusing soley on Spurs?
Oh wait…. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/9713251.Cherries__Redknapp_keen_to_help_Groves_and_Brooks/
You mean like he was paid to do this season?
Yep, not only has his face got a twitch, his brain has as well. Can’t seem to help himself to take his eye of the ball.