Author: Harry Hotspur

Good morning. A four day weekend in some parts of the world. Triffic. He’s been a busy little bar steward that Slaven Bilic.  The Croatian coach has been  paving his way into Levy & Co.’s hearts by publicly urging the boy Modric to stop at Spurs and not be distracted by the bright lights of Second Hand Fridge. I’m not sure about doing your urging in public. This is White Hart Lane, not Hampstead Heath. And now he’s revealed his ambitions to become Arry’s replacement. He told the Metro or somebody who then told the the world’s press… ‘I would…

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Good morning. A novelty item and so straight to our friends psychological case studies down the road in Woolwich. Two brothers have been banned for eight years, yes eight years from the Emptycrates after an altercation over ‘standing up’ escalated into an incident where the pair were restrained by coppers HERE. The charges ranged from abusive behaviour to causing fear of violence and in addition to the bans the dastardly duo picked up fines totalling a little over a grand. Was this harsh? Well, I’m not privy to the specifics of just how they instilled a fear of violence. Making…

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Good morning. After all the well earned plaudits for Swanselona and Brendan Rodgers (t/a Christ Is Risen plc) it was fantastic to see us play coherently for the third game in a row and look every inch a team that deserves to play Champions League football next season. Now this next bit won’t surprise some but will infuriate others; but I do hope Arry isn’t waiting for a round of applause from the fans anytime soon for that sumptuous feast? We’ve just had an entire week of increasing praise for Rodgers and ability to lay on the most amazing football…

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Good morning. Arry Redschnapps is about to become one of the most recognisable faces on the planet this summer, but not on the back of being announced as the new England manager. The Olympic Deliverance Commission apparently first contacted The Premier League back in October last year to discuss football’s involvement in the 2012 Games. From what can be gathered, the natural candidate to emerge as an ambassador was our very own, Arry Redschnapps. An ODC aide Dame Paumne told Marketing Woche magazine: As a committee we were very conscious of the need to maintain the profile of the Games…

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Guten Abend und herzlich willkommen auf das weekend, my dearest friends.  QPR caused a welcome stir then by beatin’ the Woolwich Wotters. Sparky Marky Hughes will be relieved that his ‘group of death’ style closing run to their season has had a rather…well, relieving start. ‘The boy Tarapit done more brilliant than we’d hoped’ the ghost of Neil Warnock was heard to say. Elsewhere, die hard Citeh fans were seen streaming out of the Etihad from the before the 70th minute as Mancini’s boy’s dropped a testicle. Unbelievable scenes. At least in the Paxton the booing may start at any time…

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Good morning and welcome to 48 hours of bridging the gap between nothing happening and a game of football breaking out against Swansea City on Sunday at o’clock. Terry Venables has obliged his old mate and engineered a, ‘where’s that letter from the FA?’ piece in The Sun.  “I don’t see any benefit in someone coming in at the last moment with a rah-rah-rah. He has to get to know those players.” …said Tel  whilst having being fitted for some oscelot lined slippers. Proof that this is a put up job if for an nanosecond it was thought otherwise. The…

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Good morning. The Daily Seige Heil is reporting an impasse in the negotiations to secure the services of Adebayor. Allegedly we’re prepared to pay the old girl £100,000 a week. I do hope our illustrious medics were close by if and when Levy & Co. said they’d be prepared to sign of that one. But is there a problem? Ade was on the telly last week, on ESPN in fact saying he knew that a financial sacrifice had to be made and that he was prepared to make it. Part *groans* of the piece is here, but he did continue…

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Good morning. Well we won despite ourselves. And if you listen to Owen Coyle, against adversity. As previously on ER, I’m bored now. Nobody died and Bolton fans need to look at themselves reviving the Muamba chant late in the game to rouse their players. By the same logic maybe we could have got more out of our lot last season by flashing up images of Wilson Palacios’ relatives on the Jumbotron? So in a football context… The positives were certainly Bale who looked like a man restored. Modric planted in front of PNB and Livermore worked excellently. Adebayor and…

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Good evening. The first half was touch and go… oh look I won’t go on if you promise not to either. The reality is that the Bolton fans used the ‘Fabrice Muamba’ chants in a cynical fashion. Nothing for the whole of the second half, then as Bolton won a free kick in the 87th minute and up they rose… or sank… you tell me I’m wrong. Owen Coyle’s post match comments were nothing shy of disgraceful. Not only am I bored with the grief junkies, I take exception with supporters and a manager trying to dine out on a…

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