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Make them pay for their lack of respect!

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by keanonprawns (U8406316) 07 January 2009
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Well done Middlesbouough and Pompey too!
When a manager talks publicly about his desire to buy this player or that from another club this can not only undermine that player's relationship with his current team (whether he leaves or not) but undoubtedly sends a message to the managers' own players that he does not respect them.
Smart?
Not much use if, when the window closes, you end up having to rely on them.

Why can't managers refrain from publicly soliciting the players of other clubs? If it backfires, by ratcheting up the prices, what good does that do the buying club?

Barrow boy managers publicly pitching for a player with their loud harangues have neither style nor brains.

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posted Jan 7, 2009

and the world is a safe place for us all. What a load of tripe.
You should write for Mills and Boone. laugh

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posted Jan 7, 2009

Exactly right, We all know who you mean, a certain, twitching chancer by the name of Redknapp,

However given the credit crunch and all, you can forgive 'arry for wanting to make a few quid out of some transfers cant you

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posted Jan 7, 2009

Innit "Jellied Eels" they sell off the barrows? Tripe would be much too exotic a delicacy!

Spurs, the club of AJ Ayer, now daily vilified by the "gutter" press for the vulgarity of its Manager.

Once upon a time Mills and Boon would have rejected such a preposterous narrative.

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posted Jan 8, 2009

If you hate Spurs for whatever sad reason you do, then just come out and say it, stop hiding behind this 'unsettling players' nonsense because everyone knows it's not true.

I notice there aren't the same people bleating about Peter Storrie confirming they made a bid for O'Neill. That's something Spurs never did, but that Southgate and Lamb did.

Why's it only an issue when you think it's Spurs doing it? Is it because you have a chip on your shoulder about Spurs?

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