magorific

I think I was saying this a year ago.... I agree with the sentiments of the interview, it's just ironic that the comments are being made by one of the men in the areas that needs an overhaul. If you were saying it a year ago, then you looked pretty stupid by the end of the season after Butt had been superb in the last 10-12 games.

And the fact he can't pass, run or header makes him an even bigger c*** in my eyes. Total waste of time, he should have stayed at Brum, that was his standard at the time and he has only got worse since! That's a load of bollocks tbh Spot on. Were "Taff" or "Kryten" at Hull, where Butt held things together single-handed? Were they even at the Everton home game, when he was outstanding? Did they watch the last dozen or so games of last season, when he performed well week in, week out? Yes, he's nowhere near the player he was, but the abuse he gets on here says far more about this board than him. My advice to him is to get a hair transplant and grow a bubble perm or pony-tail. Then he might get the same easy ride as Colo and Jonas (both vv poor recently) on here. Then maybe we should drop Colo and Jonas and see if that makes us play better football? It didn't seem to have much effect last season when Keegan had great lads like, Duff, Smith and Milner to call on as well as Butt and Geremi, but because Butt is saying all the right things it must be someoene else's fault that our midfield is s*** and SLOW. No. I backed up my point with evidence. If you want to forget the fact that Butt contributed plenty to our storming finish to last season (and, judging from your KK reference, you don't recall picking us up 15 points from our last nine games) it's up to you. themanupstairs has hit the nail on the head. Still, I appreciate you arguing your corner rather than resorting to "Nicky Butt is a f***ing c***" etc etc

And the fact he can't pass, run or header makes him an even bigger c*** in my eyes. Total waste of time, he should have stayed at Brum, that was his standard at the time and he has only got worse since! That's a load of bollocks tbh Spot on. Were "Taff" or "Kryten" at Hull, where Butt held things together single-handed? Were they even at the Everton home game, when he was outstanding? Did they watch the last dozen or so games of last season, when he performed well week in, week out? Yes, he's nowhere near the player he was, but the abuse he gets on here says far more about this board than him. My advice to him is to get a hair transplant and grow a bubble perm or pony-tail. Then he might get the same easy ride as Colo and Jonas (both vv poor recently) on here.

"I’m not big on systems and tactics. Systems are for schoolteachers." Graeme Souness, Dec 2004.

what a load of s***. mort said keegan knew the system/situation and agreed to it before he signed. any talk from keegan himself about breaking world records was sheer stupidity. Your the one talking s*** - Keegan would not have returned unless he had been promised significant funds and control over transfers. Why do some people on here prefer to believe Ashley rather than Keegan, amazing really at what point in ashleys time here has he or anyone connected to him claimed we would spend "significant funds"? the club would NOT have said "here kev have £200 million m8" as a lure. keegan most likely came back for the money he would get, not spend. sad, but very possibly true. The 16 million quid they were going to spunk on the croation tranny? and Woodgate in January again, that would have a knock on effect on other transfers we did complete. i would bet significant money on keegan being told he would have to sell to buy for the most part. what a load of s***. mort said keegan knew the system/situation and agreed to it before he signed. any talk from keegan himself about breaking world records was sheer stupidity. Your the one talking s*** - Keegan would not have returned unless he had been promised significant funds and control over transfers. Why do some people on here prefer to believe Ashley rather than Keegan, amazing really at what point in ashleys time here has he or anyone connected to him claimed we would spend "significant funds"? the club would NOT have said "here kev have £200 million m8" as a lure. keegan most likely came back for the money he would get, not spend. sad, but very possibly true. The 16 million quid they were going to spunk on the croation tranny? they thought that would be a "right deal at the right time". that doesnt mean we would follow that up with another £50 million on other players. chances are we'd not have colo if we'd got modric. Nonsense. Net outlay last summer was barely £2m, Colo included. So a) what happened to that £16m for Modric, because it sure as hell wasn't spent? and b) why shouldn't KK have expected to have it available to him?

what a load of s***. mort said keegan knew the system/situation and agreed to it before he signed. any talk from keegan himself about breaking world records was sheer stupidity. Your the one talking s*** - Keegan would not have returned unless he had been promised significant funds and control over transfers. Why do some people on here prefer to believe Ashley rather than Keegan, amazing really Spot on. Look where we are for f***s sake. Yes, KK agreed to Wise being a DOF. No, he didn't agree to players being signed on Wise's sole authority. Cue the denial brigade.......

Boumsong was gash. End of.

Worse than McKeag? I assume you weren't around pre 1990ish.

again correct. Nowt like a reality check. oh f*** me, what a load of s*** no, it isn't. YOU show ME where the club is in the league and also show me why important players have bailed out, if they are happy with the direction of the club. the post dave made was about wise, wise is not in charge of the budget is he? his boss is i'm going to assume that difficult decisions have to be made within the constraints of that budget in his role as DOF/transfer kingpin or whatever you want to call him it's not s**** from your perspective 'cause it meets your anti ashley-ism but it's s**** with regards his last sentence, blaming wise for where we are on the pitch is a f***ing joke imo since he arrived we've signed potentially the best CB we've seen for ages, another very good one for 10m, a better winger than was already at the club and a few squad fillers...if you think wise WANTED to offer owen a pay cut, or let given/zog leave then you're mental someone back up the anti wise s**** or f*** off with it, already said that but it was roundly ignored of course 'cause it ain't popular To kick off, and without mentioning the KK issue, no new right-back (Ryan Taylor has clearly been bought as a midfielder) or left-back when successive managers have pinpointed those areas as desperately in need of strengthening. No creative central midfielder (another priority) to speak of either. I would also seriously question your description of Colo as a "very good" CB - and he was hardly much of a discovery. But that's another argument.

Harper 5? With all due respect, f*** off

Utter c*** who volunteered to walk without a penny in compo rather than stick around to be sacked and trouser a small fortune

Sad (he's only managing bloody Swansea) but probably true

How ironic that someone who can coin the word "fucktard" should worry about looking foolish...

Good piece, regardless of what the PC police say.

Gazza, Beardo, Given, Woodgate.

Don't bother trying to make the point that he was our best outfield player in the final dozen games of last season. Nobody's listening.

He did also play two fantastic long balls out to either wing - probably the best two passes played by anyone in the match. I'll get me coat.......

Odds on Big Sam hijacking the deal?

sounds about right i think I bet there's still people googling the bugger!

Press are playing Harry’s game Jan 11 2009 by Neil Farrington, Sunday Sun LET’S get this straight: football journalists love Harry Redknapp. No, let’s get it straighter still: football journalists south of Watford love Harry Redknapp. And so the rest of us — Middlesbrough FC included — must suffer him. You see, few managers talk a better game than ‘appy ‘Arry. Or talk more often. His mobile number is never out of circulation. His mobile is rarely switched off, but often engaged. Engage him, and few subjects are off limits. This Cockney sparra sings like a canary — and in a way which gives even hardened hacks a warm, fuzzy feeling inside . . . By making them feel like they’re his mates. Needless to say, that’s a sensation few sportswriters are used to in an age when they are routinely — some might say deservedly — given the cold shoulder. So the next time you wonder why Tottenham’s manager gets such a fair hearing in the national Press, think on. Thing is, in giving the papers what they want, I and more than a few other people reckon Redknapp gets a lot more in return. A lot more, like Jermain Defoe and, possibly, Stewart Downing. Middlesbrough don’t appreciate Spurs’ open pursuit of their player. Despite Harry’s protestations of innocence, I can’t say I blame them. Last week, as Boro accused Spurs of unsettling Downing, Redknapp was at pains to stress that an increasingly rancorous saga had little to do with him. “The way it works with transfers here is that I tell the chairman, Daniel Levy, we need to get players in and here’s the name of someone I want,” he said. “I ask him to ask if the club are interested in selling and if he would make an enquiry and ring them to see if there’s a deal to be done. “I don’t get involved any more in any shape or form . . .” The only words missing were “honest, guv”. Thing is, his chairman isn’t always the only person that hears about Harry’s transfer targets. Who was it that told the papers on October 26 that “if he ever came back up for sale then I’m sure we would be interested”? The who was Rednapp.The he was Portsmouth’s Jermain Defoe. October 26 was the day after Harry arrived at Spurs. Downing? Why, before Spurs made a bid for him eight or nine days ago — almost a week before, in fact — Redknapp said: “I like Downing but I don’t know whether Middlesbrough want to sell him.” By pure coincidence — how could it be anything else? — Defoe was linked with Tottenham throughout November and December before, er, joining them on Tuesday gone. Oh, and Downing, pictured right handed in a transfer request at Boro last Monday. “We can only make an offer and it is up to the clubs if they want to accept it or not,” pleaded Harry. That’s fine, as long as you do only make an offer. But Redknapp discusses in public what other managers seek to keep quiet, and the upshot in the case of Defoe and Downing was two unsettled players. A not unprecedented upshot. I wish Boro luck as they try to keep hold of Downing. They’ll need it. And yet Harry goes on his merry way, buying favour with the media via the rentaquote business. Speaking of which, let me take you back to the summer of 2005, and a comment directed at Gordon Strachan. ‘’I’m sick of it. It’s time for Celtic to come up with money for my players or keep out of my affairs. Is Gordon trying to unsettle my entire team?” I kid you not, Redknapp said that . . . after Celtic had the temerity to approach Southampton (his then club) for a player at boardroom level. All of which begs the question: just what is Harry’s game? It’s a shame so few journalists see fit to ask it.

He was class today. Looking back now, it's almost comical the amount of grief he used to get on here.

If Jonas was English, he'd be crucified. Makes me laugh how so many people can call Butt a complete waste of space five days after he was excellent against Spurs, yet Jonas gets away with being consistently mediocre Since Butt has been here, you could probably count on one hand the amount of good performances he's put in. He played consistently well during the last dozen games of last season. Conveniently forgotten now by people who won't even acknowledge he was very good against the Spuds five days ago. Don't get me wrong, Butt was utter shite today, but the leeway given to Gutierrez on here is laughable.

If Jonas was English, he'd be crucified. Makes me laugh how so many people can call Butt a complete waste of space five days after he was excellent against Spurs, yet Jonas gets away with being consistently mediocre

I don't. He was a decent-ish player that wasn't really interested when he first came here, and since his return from Birmingham hes been a generally poor player with the odd decent game here and there. Absolute rubbish. He was our best player throughout the last 12-15 games of last season.

Spot on. It was pretty clear in the few weeks after KK went that someone in or close to the Ashley camp was feeding the press - particularly the Sunday papers - anti-KK material.