Tottenham Hotspur 2011-2012 Official Thread

[Corax]

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[Maurice Picarda]

Wut?

 

[Corax]

Wut?

That's all I get when I go to the address of the pic you posted (the pic just shows up as a broken pic icon).

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Oh. I can see it. Can anyone else?

It's a shot of tomorrow's Sunset Times, with a quite interesting story about West Ham having paid £26k to Dionne Knight from the Olympic Park Legacy Company.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

http://twitpic.com/5k97q8 if that helps.

 

[kained&able]

http://www.whufc.com/articles/20110703/west-ham-united-statement_2236884_2385579

all im going to say on the matter.

dave

 

[mattie]

http://www.whufc.com/articles/20110703/west-ham-united-statement_2236884_2385579

all im going to say on the matter.

dave

Both and , and maybe a bit of

 

[tommers]

"Secret Cash" from West Ham's bank account to her personal current account???

They should have stuck it in an account in the Cayman Islands. That's what Harry would have done.

Seriously though, hiring investigators to go through people's bins? Classy stuff.

And then admitting illegally gathering information in a leaked story to a national newspaper?

It's all getting a bit nasty, isn't it?

 

[London_Calling]

Well, for the not over-emotionally committed I'd say this is fantastic knockabout stuff.

They're 'in a relationship' - you think??

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

As long as it doesn't end up in some kind of unholy alliance - argh, groundshare in a stadium no-one wants...

The Spurs bid was all above board, the West Ham bid was all above board, Russia and Qatar were awarded World Cup hosting duties on merit and their ability to put on a show.

 

[London_Calling]

And everyone at the Death Star is relaxed and comfortable about an empty trophy cabinet sitting on top of a £120 million wage bill.

 

[bluestreak]

it gets better never a dull moment between our clubs. you don't get this level of silly going on between you and the goons!

 

[iROBOT]

Certainly not, but accusations of corruption linked to a move to a new ground has a familiar ring to it.

Footballing karma (maybe?)....

 

[bluestreak]

expand pls?

 

[iROBOT]

expand pls?

Just that "south london wonderers" and Noris nobbled the FA to get into the league sort of thing The Arsenal have got over the years.

Nice to see the corruption/moving ground story move to East London (gives us a bit of a rest)

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Are you denying that story, then?

 

[Refused as fuck]

Tottenham are to press ahead in their efforts to beat Arsenal to Spain Under-21 star Juan Mata, with Valencia willing to sell the winger for £21m.

Stoke are lining up central defender Jonathan Woodgate after he rejected a pay-as-you-play deal to re-sign with Tottenham.

 

[chieftain]

It's a shame about Woody, when fit he was a class defender. Scored a winner in the Carling against the West London twerps and always gave it his all.

If he and Ledders were both fit more often they would have forged a fantastic defensive partnership, perhaps one of the best we've had for some time.

Thanks and Good luck to him.

 

[London_Calling]

Agree, at least in my memory, it was him and Ledley at the back for most of the season in which we finished 4th.

 

[iROBOT]

Are you denying that story, then?

Well Mr Picarda, I was just stating that the story had a familiar ring to it. I made no mention of each scenarios individual validity. However our "incident" is over and yours is alive.

Sits back and lights a cigar.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Always felt a bit uneasy about cheering on Woodgate. I know lots of footballers are unpleasant and thuggish but the Sarfraz Najeib attack was particularly vile.

 

[chieftain]

Sits back and lights a cigar.

Did you cheat, steal or bribe your way to that Cigar sir?

 

[iROBOT]

Did you cheat, steal or bribe your way to that Cigar sir?

In honour of your esteemed club, I did all three....

 

[chieftain]

In honour of your esteemed club, I did all three....

You did Norris for us instead of on us, thank you

 

[Refused as fuck]

Manchester United are set to make an offer of £10-12m cash plus two players for Tottenham star Luka Modric.

Spurs lead a host of clubs in the hunt for 'the new Luka Modric', Hadjuk Split player Ante Vukusic.

Tottenham must fork out £20m to sign striker Pablo Osvaldo from Espanyol.

Spurs midfielder Niko Kranjcar is waiting to discover if Italian side Fiorentina have made a bid for him - the Croat remains unhappy at his club's £12m asking price and claims current boss Harry Redknapp seeks to ruin his career.

Arsenal want £15m-rated Valencia winger Juan Mata - but to play alongside Samir Nasri rather than to replace him. Obviously the player prefers Arsenal to Spurs.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is preparing an ambitious bid to sign Liverpool pair Joe Cole and Paul Konchesky.

Villa have also moved ahead of Tottenham in the pursuit of West Ham's Scott Parker, because Spurs must sell before they buy.

Aston Villa are ready to spend £5m to secure the transfer of defender Alan Hutton from Spurs.

West Ham will decide next week whether to sign Polish defender Hernani da Rosi from Korona Kielce.

(West Ham stuff included because you're all so mentally obsessed by them.)

 

[Refused as fuck]

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp will sell midfielder Niko Kranjcar to Fiorentina to raise the £20m needed to secure Espanyol striker Pablo Osvaldo.

Tottenham are ready to sign the 'new Didier Drogba' - Ivory Coast's teenage striker Souleymane Coulibaly.

Ray Wilkins thinks Tottenham will find it extremely difficult to keep hold of Luka Modric.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Tottenham are set to offer striker Jermain Defoe plus £5m in exchange for Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan.

Tottenham are planning a £22m bid for Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov and defender Jonny Evans.

Former Chelsea coach Ray Wilkins has told Tottenham they are wasting their time trying to keep midfielder Luka Modric. Spurs have told the Croat he would not be allowed to leave White Hart Lane, but Wilkins believes he will soon join Chelsea, who had a £22m bid rejected this summer. "I think it will be extremely difficult for Tottenham to hold on to Modric if you look at the numbers being thrown around."

However, Tottenham are prepared to offer Modric £80,000-a-week to stay at the club.

 

[TruXta]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/10/luka-modric-daniel-levy-spurs

A lot has been published in the press about the meeting with Levy, who gave the public a twisted account of what happened. I must say that I am genuinely disappointed about what Levy said to me. He didn't care about what I was telling him. It all only convinced me further that I was right to consider moving on to another club.

Well well well.

 

[chieftain]

Why was this gentlemans agreement not written into the contract? It's not worth a jot unless it is. I'm disappointed but not surprised at another footballer behaving like a child and commend Levy for telling him to shut it. If Modric didnt want to stay why sign a new long term contract so recently.

The solution:

A. Sell him for a massive profit

B. Make him stay and play (which he will have to or his stock will fall)

C. Make him sit on the bench until he stops behaving like a twit.

If we've already lost him as a commited player then what's to lose?

Chelsea should not have made a (refused) private bid public, it's a form of tapping up surely??

 

[London_Calling]

Yesterday, I saw 'gentleman's agreement' and 'Daniel Levy' in the same sentence. Excellent.