Ok for Redknapp to talk, but please don't talk about him!
It’s nice to note that the FA have sent a letter to all managers asking them not to discuss the vacant England manager role in the wake of strong speculation linking Harry Redknapp with the job.
The rather hypocritical letter briefs all managers to stay quiet on talk of the vacancy citing the fact that employees of clubs should not be talking about contracted employees of other clubs in public. Tis o course comes after the widespread approval from his counterparts tipping Redknapp for the role.
Hypocrisy or what?
So it was fine for Redknapp himself to talk about employees contracted to other clubs when he referring to Demba Ba in January, but now the boot is on the other foot all of a sudden everyone should keep quiet all of a sudden?
You couldn’t make it up.
This has really annoyed me, but I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s my own fault for expecting the rules the FA have cited to be applied across the board in a fair and correct manner. Silly me.
At the end of the day, if the FA are going to get uppity about something like this then I expect them to do the same in all circumstances which contravene the rule they have decided to reiterate on this occasion, as it suited.
How can they honestly expect to garner respect when two similar things get treat with different approaches?
Postcode bias anyone? Jobs for the boys? Looking after their own?
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I really can’t stand the FA or Redknapp. It’s like you say, it’s one rule for the chosen ones and another rule for the others.
If Pardew came out and talked about clauses and details of the contract of Scott Parker, he’d be sanctioned and fined by the FA. Redknapp essentially whips a copy of Ba’s contract out on the press table and nothing happens.
How does he know this anyway? To know of it, he has to have been talking to representatives without the club’s permission. Isn’t he admitting tapping up?
Can’t stand the old rick with a capital P.
FJ….I agree with you on this one
Maybe you should write the FA (again) asking why its ok for Floppygob to talk about other players contracts but not other managers talk about him & the England job????
C’mon stoke city try beating chelsea with 10men.
This is the FA we’re talking about, so don’t be surprised!
FFS Toonsy lad get a grip do you not realise that sloppy chops is above the law
Toonsy- I don’t let it rile me anymore ,i’m sure they love all the negative attention in a perverse sort of way. The only ones more incompetant than our FA are Sepp Blatters lot
Sunderland winning against Liverpool.
Anyone else happy with this result? Is it right to want them to win?
FFS feckin Bindippers . Scum 1.0 up aargh
Kimtoon,
For our chances of making Europe this season, we need Sunderland to win.
F.J@8 – I don’t care what suits us I HATE seeing Scum win.
Think of the greater good.
I hate the FA and all they stand for. The media accuse FIFA of being bias and corrupt (which they are) but the FA is just as bad.
FJ- I know that’s a daft attitude but i can’t help it ,i can’t get passed the hate
Would like Liverpool to get a last minute equaliser here. Cannot have them winning.
You don’t need to tell me, I am a Celtic fan and want Rangers to disappear really but reality says they need to survive.
It’s conflicted.
Andymag@13 -Sadly corruption runs throughout football like words in a stick of rock
Funky@16 -I’ll say. What do you think will happen with Rangers then ? .I heard /read the Blue knights will buy them.
Aargh Chelski winning .This is why i hate monday games ,all other results in and just adds more pressure .
Kimtoon,
Rangers will survive, there is no doubt. Not sure how strong they will be for a few years though. I am not sure how Europe will work for them or if being in administration is the only problem.
They’ll still be top two regardless.
if ever any teams finishing 5th and we are below,we only can hope the fa cup final is either chelsea vs. Liverpool, or chelsea vs. spurs.
I’d have preferred 5under1and to have drawn…I think
I think we’ve done well in the other MNF games we’ve played, wasn’t man u at home and stoke away both Monday night games?
Kimtoon
unbelievably corrupt sport, right up there with boxing and racing (of any kind).
The only problem that I can see with the scum winning is that they’ve made the gap smaller between us and the few clubs catching up on us, though l’pool losing does help that some what. Only really care about sunderland’s results when we’re playing them as I’ve only ever met one mackem (to my knowledge) and that was Simon Pryde, the radio guy from total sport, when I was at my cousin’s wedding, he seemed pretty sound so I have nothing really against them, just for the local banter.
That will be a weekend of Mackem gloating now
I see they have charged our players for ‘misconduct’ as well after the derby. If the same thing happened in the Spurs/ Arsenal game do you think they would charge them?
DJG
no, they’d be praised for being passionate.
they are a pack of dicks the whole lot,remind of the tossers that run the cricket game if you dont kiss ass and wear the right school tie your donald ducked
Ice didn’t know you were into cricket
The toffees have been playing well, and deserve to win this
DAVE ime not kean of any dick heads and snobs
mind richie not a bad lad
keen
Ice I suppose you have to make an odd exception
shut up you pair of old moaning farts
Normally I can’t stand Fergie, but have to admit to having a chuckle when he told the press about these letters. He really shown how stupid they are!!!
Let’s get this right … The FA send a SCOTSMAN a letter telling he has to stop discussing individuals for the role of ENGLAND manager … I mean what were they expecting … an apology and an “I won’t do it again” reply?!
So yeah, we can add double standard to completely incompetent!!
It’s thanks to there incompetence that they are sending the letters out in the first place, as had they dealt with Terry the racist in the correct manner instead of pissing about postponing the matter then taking the decision to strip him of the captaincy that made Capello walk.
Newcastle are to have disciplinary action taken against them thanks to a late tackle from a little scummy prick?!
Yet old droopy dog can – on more than one occasion – speak openly about a clause in another clubs player. Not just him though, David Gold as spoke about it but that must be allow.
The English FA is and has always been made up of fat cats, to desperate to make a name for themselves to actually do a good job. I don’t ever see England winning anything during my time.
Fuck em!!!
I agree with Batty@34
This has to be the daftest question asked on a blog…ever! “ps How is this blog going “down the tubes” exactly?”
rich
who said that
dave aye wanky has let me back on
the house hunter returns
Think we are defo in for a game Monday night now like.
Gunners would want to win anyway but with Spurs loosing today they can make up ground on them with a win against us.
Does anyone know if Cisse is fit for the game?
If so I’d go -
Krul
Simmo/Willo/Collo/Santon
Oba/Cabaye/Tiote/Benny
Ba/Cisse
I think that would give a natural balance to the team with an attacking edge from the wings.
Batty….it was on another blog, asked by said blogs creator
Ice
Thats good Batts glad to here it he has banned me again I think, but I don’t know why
Ice aye Richie loves to view the houses hopeing to get a cuppa and a few biscuits
Dave…..I’ve viewed about 60 and had a cuppa in one
…that was a German couple, nae bicuits though 
Richie don’t know why he asked that question because the lying cheating bastad has probably banned him now anyway
i see billy bunter was on wankys
Richie do you view them taking a mental note of the lay out
Dave…I’m getting the vibe that you’re not keen on them
Dave…..as in to pass on info of entry points and alarm systems to Batty, or to imagine where we’d put all our gear?
Just having a quick squint there and see that he is still giving it the Ma and Pards are habitual liars
fuk he would fit right in there then and to think he has such a high opinion of himsel 
he must look up to Liars, Cheats and thieves 
RICHIE divnt dee that,batty will send me over to spain,me battery will not gan that far
Richie I hate him as much as Jabba
oh and I was thinking more of passing the info on to Batts 
Ice….ya’d better get your spare on charge then
Dave….I do both
Ice im sure Batts would give you a spare one just incase
who you on about now info wanky
DAVE ime not ganning i telt batty ive nee sun glasses,hes giveing me a welders mask to get bye
Ice you’ll be better with a welders mask it cuts out more uv’s
Batts is that you on
dave on where
dave
thats you
on the darkside
Batts I cant get on from the other night
dave i cant niether
I use to be able to log in but not comment but now I cant log in either,
it must be rich then using my nick as well
I was thinking the same as he has went all quiet now
Where are ye Rich don’t lower yersel
batty fuking excellent lad
your still the fav dave
Not me, I never use “mince” and “bum bandit” in the same sentence…….oh bollox…….except this one
its fckin you dave
Batts I haven’t lauhed as much in yonks
you c@nt
its rich dave using our nicks
Richie do one under your own name
he hasent got the bottle dave
ice has legged it as normal 1st sign of trouble hes of like a shot
DAVE ime about mate,trying to get that black paint off my hands that batty gave me
Batts maybe he is getting the battery charged up ready for spain I think he has a few jobs lined up ready
Ice try petrol it should take it off
Batts I haven’t heard that term used in yonks I didn’t think others used that phrase
whats ganning on here,ime lost
Ice I think its to do with the darkside
Ice do you’s ever use the term left footer
DAVE kna mate dont use that term,maybe something like,he/she has hard skin on there knees
they say you get that keep kneeling up and down 
Ice just wondered as it used over here as a term for your religion
Where has the Batt man went to anyhow and Richie has done a runner ?
So are you looking forward to the game on mon or not really
DAVE batty and rich are rabbits popping in and oot,dave if we try to defend to much on mon we will get stuffed,do think we have to try and use benny in there somewhere need somebody to open them up imo
Ice I think your right if we go with 6 in defence we will get caught out, and yeah Benny will cause them a lot of trouble
was looking on youtube to see if any of benny’s skills were on the showboat reel (missed soccer am this morning) but none of his skills made it on
no justice in the world 
bollocks more like
That was an uncharacteristically short nocturnal monologue, Rod
Morning all, is it Monday yet?
Richie not yet tis still sunday
Dave… I hate weekends when we’re not playing
I see there’s been some deleting going on
Lovin QPR’s league position. And to think some were whinging that we didn’t show their ambition in the summer.
Will laugh my cock off if Barton is relegated. Wonder if he’ll get snapped up by a Champions League club then? Haha
Even more staggering that some fans think we missed him. Any qualities he has are cancelled out by the poison that oozes from his pores.
TC….come on, I remember that you were always his biggest fan
TC no matter what you think we have missed his drive and leadership, because a few times our players went missing and there was no one in the team to stop it happening.
and yeah these weekends are shit
Richie yeah I noticed that
Hahahahahaha hadaway an shite man Dave.
Drive and leadership? What, like he showed against West Brom when we threw away a 3 goal lead because he wa more interested in getting a bonus for helping us relegated!!??
He attacks his own players, his manager- he is scum of the earth and we’re well shot and if u can’t see that then you’re dafter than I thought.
I see Worky’s condoning the ripping down of the sports direct signs…I’m assuming the 84 year old woman that was scarred shitless & nearly blinded and her downs syndrome grandson/daughter who struggles coping with big crowds, can’t go on normal match days, so went to a reserve game weren’t his relatives
I think this demonstrates the kind of human being he is…
Now i know RVP is a brilliant player, but to read that Citeh are offering 210k a week to a guy who is 29 going on 30 is crazy the world is gone mad .
Morning all. bloody long weekend this one.
and we are next.
Cant see anything but a defeat on Monday unfortunately, and the games against WBA n Norwich aren’t going to be very easy either as they are both doing so well this season.
The chasing pack are closing the gap on the bindippers
We seem to be languishing in the low 40′s.
Seems most would be happy with a draw on Monday, but that will only be 3 points from the last 12 but will most likely be 2 from 12. This is just not good enough at the business end of the season.
I really hope I’m wrong and the lads play out of their skins and get the win.
We need the confidence boost going into the next run of games, otherwise I can see our season going pear shaped very rapidly.
The filthy slimey scum can do nowt wrong it seems, even with half their team missing.
Pardew needs to pull his finger out and change things round abit.
We need more attacking pace and flair from our midfield. So I hope we play Obertan and HBA from the off. Raylor offers us nothing from midfield and his free kicks and corners lately have been utter gash.
I would like to see a midfield 5 of:
……………………………….Tiote
Obertan…….Cabaye…….. HBA………Jonas
.
with Ba upfront on his own.
The back 4 picks itself as per usual, but I hope Santon gets his place ahead of Raylor at LB.
Chances of this tho pretty slim, as Pardews love affair with Raylor will probably continue, and HBA will be on the bench.
Witters@100 -Perhaps his blog name needs changeing…how about PONDLIFE, that has a nice ring to it.
KimT….it’s crazy, but I suppose in comparative terms of their income to ours it possibly may be a smaller percentage than Colo’s new deal……just guessing though, I have absolutely no facts to back it up
Aye witters, as if he hadn’t done enough to turn people away already
Kimtoon – true but its the same for anelka and eto’o
Ha ha it sounds like I hate Raylor. I dont, just dont think he is putting in good enough performances to warrant a place in the starting 11.
I could think of some other names Kim but its a start
TC sometimes you remind me of wanky, can you not put your point across without getting on like an arrogant know it all that is always right, and anyone that doesn’t agree with you should be abused.
Its true to say we have missed a leader on the park when things have started to go wrong. I wouldn’t have Barton back just for that tho. We are well rid now. But its fair to say Colo is not a good enough leader when we need one.
Actually Steven Taylor kicks ass better. We really miss him imo
Dry yer eyes Dave. Proveing you wrong is hardly abuse ya big softie
BB the season is beginning to slip away from us but we’re still in a good position. I think we’ll lose against arsenal. Would be happy to be wrong of course but can’t see it.
Regardless, i think the next three are big games, we let points slip against wolves and the scum and we need at least 4 if not 6 against WBA and Norwich with are fixtures after that. Then we play pool at st james, and that for me makes or breaks the rest of the campaign
Just a thought but with the FFP rules ,how can City get around paying such inflated wages ,i mean their income through normal means is surely not going to cover all these big wages and transfer fees. Even if you have a lot for sponsorship, t.v and gate and CL cash it’s bound to end at a certain limit , i don’t see Manure ,Chelsea et al spending quite so big ,so how are they getting around it.
Dave and BB, agree about that vocal, determined leadership, really missed Saylor. Willo’s been shown up big time the last few weeks. Doyle had him bent over and presenting. Doyles a good player but if we’re challenging for europe he can’t be allowed control one of our cbs for a full 90
Why does everyone believe the crap about how fantastic 5under1and are doing yet in the same breath say we’re not?….they have 12 points from the last 8 games, even if we get beat tomorrow we’d have 11 from 8…huge difference, if you believe the scum are doing so well then you have to think the same about us, surely?
TC I can assure you im not a big softie, but while on here I tend to treat people with a bit of respect, I go out of my way to try not to talk down to people even if I dont agree with them.
As for the you’re dafter than I thought type comments I leave that to Wanky and other dickheeds like him.
BB @ 102 spot on mate.
Kim…the owners of city also own etihad (or their relatives do) and etihad have sponsored city to the tune of £400m
Kim – FFP ? dont make me laugh.
Its all a load of tosh.
They got sponsored £400M from etihad airways. A major player in the world of airlines. NOT.
Richiie@114- MON is the luckiest manager ever.Watched the game on motd last night ,yet another freaky goal by them in a crap game where both sides looked average .
Beat ya BB
A corrupt organisation a never going to be in a position to enforce fair play of any kind
KimT…agree, but then we’ve had a few lucky ones too, I’d settle for a lucky win tomorrow
BB I wouldn’t take Joey back either but I still think we miss those leadership qualities, more so from Saylor got injuried, both will roll their sleeves up and get stuck in while rallying the troops, and will not let them drop their heads and go missing.
BB AND WITTERS- yeh i knew Etihad had subbed em
but how can they get away with it ,is what i’m asking as it’s obviously massively inflated in terms of sponsorship. What’s the point in fair play rules if you can get round them so easily.
Big Dave – you’re funny as fuck mate. You demand respect with one breath and then brandish people as dickheads with the next.
Make your mind up soft lad
I think we got to attack and go for it tommorow, as the general feeling is we are gonna get stuffed , lets go down fighting. Arsenal don’t cope too well at the back when faced with pace so Hba and Oba both need to start imo. I just don’t want to see us hoofballing again cause they will murder us if we play like that.
Lets just keep it tight 4-5-1 stopping them playng through us like spuds did, With demba and ben arfa we have enough to cause them trouble on the counter, The options of Cisse and Shola from the bench.
—————————Krul—————————-
—Simpson—Williamson—Colo—-Santon—
——–Guthrie——-Tiote—–Cabaye————
—–Ben Arfa—————————–Gutierez–
—————————-Ba—————————-
^^^ Thats what i would pick but i expect Raylor to play instead of Guthrie…
TC its only dickheeds I don’t have respect for
Morning all. feel like shit
Anything anybody wants to see written about especially? Think of it as a request haha
Toonsy thats what drink does for ye lad
Bizarrely I agree with both Dave and TC.
Dave in the sense that we miss and need a leader at times. Colo is an inspirational player but when our backs are against the wall he isn’t the voice that’s going to rally the troops. We’ve battled well this season and shown in some games, like last weekend, that well battle til the end. But we need a leader with a voice. I’m nit saying strip Colo of the captaincy, you don’t need the armband to be a leader.
But I agree with TC – Barton wasn’t that player IMO. He certainly hasn’t lead QPR to greatness, in fact if he but as much effort into leading QPR as their captain as he does tweeting they may not be facing a relegation battle.
Kevin Nolan on the other hand is a player I think we miss for not only his goals but his leadership qualities. Don’t get my wrong, still can’t stand him for being a greedy F’er, but I recognise him as a very influential player.
Big Dave – don’t tell fibs – some of your best mates are dickheads
Toonsy what aboot a look at our final run in games vs the unwashed final run in games, potential points turtles for both? (and obviously a few lines why they are all inbreds/unwashed parasites etc.)
GQ@132-Sound
TC I do have a few mates that are dickheads but none as bad as yourself
he went missing from the start and showed no leadership qualities at all, plus a real leader doesn’t convince your best player to leave, his job was to convince him to stay 
Sharpy have to disagree about Nolan the tugboat being a leader I can remember the liverpool game the most, the one where he said he was going to kick Carroll
Say what you like about Joey and yeah I know he has turned out to be a bit of a walter, but while he was here he always rallied the players and was never scared to shout at them to tell them to give more
Kim – City have a bottomless pit of cash at the moment but they are clearly spending far more money than they will ever make back – even if they won ever trophy going. The prize money does not match their spends!!
I honesty worry for teams like Chelsea, Man Utd and City who have such a huge debt.
If Abramovic losses interest in Chelsea, which seems to be a possibility at the moment, they could well go the way of Portsmouth. I have no affiliation with either Chelsea or Portsmouth but I don’t like seeing any club in that position like.
I think what Ashley has done at Newcastle is unbelievable and defo the way forward. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see Yaya Toure or Silva in black and White stripes but success over stability is a very fine line
MASH rules OK!
SHARPY17@135-Couldn’t put it better myself . Think our financal plan is defo the way forward and if you can obtain and sustain the position we find ourself in on such a small budget so much the better. given time and more good buys we may even be able to challenge the top four which would be a hell of an achievement .
young pup sent me this its canny imo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MgNlSPb_QSM#!
Dave – all players have quiet games, even your leaders, which is why I dont put too much emphasis on the captains armband, you need a number of players to step up.
Where the Liverpool game sticks out for you for Nolan. The game that sticks in my mind for Barton was the one of the season we were relegated. It was the game he had just came back from injury – think it was against Liverpool again when he made a needless stupid tackle near the corner flag and got sent off, at a time we desperately needed our experienced better players.
The blokes a thug and a moron IMO and not someone I’d want leading my team as he is a self declared ego.
Agree about Nolan, off field he was a bad influence and showed no loyalty to Newcastle but I do see him as a role your sleeves up kind of player in most games he was involved in
Sharpy – I was at that game when Barton got sent off, and remember that was only half the story.
He then went into the dressing room and ripped into Shearer because Al told him how stupid it was.
A poisonous person who has shown his true colours too many times for them not to be considered his true colours.
I mean he was quick to back stab Warnock, and I’ve no doubt him and Hughes will fall out, especially as he is on about banning all of his players from Twitter. That won’t sit well with Joey. Who will massage his ego then? How on earth will he post Nietzche quotes then?
Ice – I like that, I don’t know why but I love Jonas to bits me like … He’s just class
LOL I love how Barton sees himself as this maverick intellectual, fighting the system.
I’d take Luque back over him. At least you can stick him on the bench and tell him to shut up.
Toonsy said: How on earth will he post Nietzche quotes then?
He could join .org
Oh & sorry I’ll let it go soon
See the Smoggies are getting beat in their derby
I honestly think Barton’s leadership is way way over-rated. Sorry Dave.
It’s easy or people to say about the Arsenal game or certain other games, but where was his leadership in other games like the 4-0 against Stoke? The West Brom game? The Villa game where he was made Captain etc etc?
Toonsy – is that the sunshine in Boro
Sharpy – Unlikely. It’ll be something to do with the chemicals in the air reacting with an Easterly wind. Kind of like the aurora borealis but with a tinge of rosewashed petal from the old ICI place.
end of a 9 month season comeing to a close for TOONSY
Toonsy from he went on twitter I agree with you, he has turned into a complete fuking tosser that seems to think he knows better than everyone else. before that I had lots of time for him and always supported him. but from then I don’t see him in the same light, and I wouldn’t take him back even if he paid us. But I still think we miss a player that can shout at players when needed and tell them to sort their shit out.
But I honestly believe he is only doing it to up his profile for after he leaves footie, which I think he might consider after opr are relegated
Ice @ 138 I think that is a corker mate
DAVE show it to the little fellow mate
Ice – Aye, it’s not long now. Less than 4 weeks
@Big Dave
I see the poisoned Chicken is criticising the poisoned Barton.
I think we have to bow to his superior knowledge on this one. It takes one to know one I suppose.
Witters @ 144
Ice I did show him it but he started ranting that that wee lad never really hit the ball himself that it was spiderman that hit the bar
Troy I think your right lad as I have been saying that Joey has been getting on like a knobhead lately so that would make them very similar 2 poisoned knobheads together
. Where have ye been anyway
@BD
My 3 month lay off work has come to an end .
I just don’t get the time.
Once things settle down a bit it will be easier.
Keep that poisonous chicken at arms length. I think he was dropped on his head at birth and
his head now protrudes from his ass!
Troll and big dave sitting in a tree k . i. s . s . i . n . g !!! ………..well done for bowing to TC superior knowledge .. Barton was a to sser .. and we certainly do not miss him nor his mutinous behaviour .. well rid
anyone know any site for live streaming now that firstrowsports has been closed down by the fbi?
New article incoming….
toonpipes @159 well iam watchin 1st row now
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/index.html
And the FBI are watching you Batty
Toonpipes here ye gan:
http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&competitionid=2&discipline=football
witters
mi5 more like 
TP haven’tseen you in yonks then when Troy comes on your rear your ugly head
Well young batts I take it we’re still banned ? I seen another Big Dave lastnight was on the darkside
watch yer back batty ..
with ten games to go this season, it now looks like a 2 horse race between the two manchester clubs.
with Arsenal and Chelsea still in the hunt.
Spuds seem to have shot their bolt and could easily end up 5th
Its incredible that even with a poor season from manure, that they are still in the box seat. And I think SAF has the experience to out psyche mancinni. So I tip them to win it.
But what do yous think?
Aye with you on that one BB SAF is a wise and experienced old fox, done it too many times before ……squeaky bum-time for Mancini
BB@168- It’s true Manure have hardly set the world alight this season yet there they are yet again .
I reckon Man U will nick it too. I kind of hope they do as I don’t like what’s happened at City.
If Man Utd win today they’ll be on 67 points, it took them 4 more games to get past that total last season, you have to go back to the 06/07 season to find Man Utd with more points at this stage of the season(if I’ve done my sums right
)…… another case of the media distorting peoples perception?…….mmm maybe 
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