Zatman Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: I think he's about 3 weeks away from saying "they should play 4 4 f'ing 2" 3 cheers for Ramirez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Scary, hilarious stuff Quote Harry Redknapp was rushed to hospital after earpiece got stuck and BT Sport crew tried to pull it out with PLIERS HARRY REDKNAPP was taken to hospital while working for BT Sport earlier this month - after getting his earpiece stuck. The ex-Spurs boss, 72, appeared as a guest on the channel to help cover his former side's trip to Brighton on October 5. But he ended up having to make a rapid dash to the local A&E to dislodge a piece of plastic that was wedged in his ear. According to The Athletic, BT Sport crew even tried to pull it out with a pair of PLIERS - but to no avail. Redknapp was unhurt and returned to complete his punditry duties. But it is understood BT bosses have now banned regular-shaped broadcast earpieces with only specially-moulded ones allowed to be worn. At the time, he said: "I came in and they put an earpiece in me, and I took it out, but a piece of it broke off and got stuck in my ear. "So I ended up in the local hospital trying to get it out because the more the guys were trying to get it out, the deeper they were pushing it in. "Anyway, it’s out now." Incredibly, it was not the first time the former midfielder has got something stuck in his ear doing TV work in the last year. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/10226238/harry-redknapp-hospital-earpiece-stuck-bt-sport-pliers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Danny Mills on talksport just now, talking about Watford defensive frailties "defending is easy, 30, 45 minutes on the training ground, drill them to stay in position and tell them do not let the other team score" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Just now, Jimzk5 said: Danny Mills on talksport just now, talking about Watford defensive frailties "defending is easy, 30, 45 minutes on the training ground, drill them to stay in position and tell them do not let the other team score" how is this man not in management? tactical genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 9 hours ago, sne said: Scary, hilarious stuff https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/10226238/harry-redknapp-hospital-earpiece-stuck-bt-sport-pliers/ A few more quid on the after dinner circuit with that story, where hell embellish it with how he was about to be manager of real Madrid until he ended up going to hospital because of a faulty ear piece that he's dog ate cus arry can't read 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 13 hours ago, Jimzk5 said: Danny Mills on talksport just now, talking about Watford defensive frailties "defending is easy, 30, 45 minutes on the training ground, drill them to stay in position and tell them do not let the other team score" 'If in doubt, score a goal' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 13 hours ago, Jimzk5 said: Danny Mills on talksport just now, talking about Watford defensive frailties "defending is easy, 30, 45 minutes on the training ground, drill them to stay in position and tell them do not let the other team score" It's from the Michael Owen school of punditry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) Pretty funny dissection of Roy Keane on F365. Quote Watch Roy Keane whenever something semi-serious is happening around him in the Sky studio. The next time Presenter A, B or C is palling around with Gary Neville or Jamie Redknapp, notice how hard he tries to suppress any sort of mirth. That’s because Keane is a character and smiling is forbidden. His draw as a television personality lies in his brooding menace; the sense that, at any minute and with no notice at all, he might be about to launch himself through the screen, spray glass across your living room, and demand that you show him your medals. It’s a performance and it’s a very, very good one. Keane always comes to mind during that famous scene in Jaws, when Brody, Hooper and Quint are trading war stories on that first night at sea, and Robert Shaw is rolling through his monologue. “You know, a thing about a shark. He’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes, like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at you, he doesn’t seem to be living – until he bites you.” That’s Keane, isn’t it? The player that is. If you look back on the photographs of his career now, the ones which capture him screaming in a referee’s face or bearing down on an opponent, there’s so little life in those eyes. Every other muscle in his face is drawn tight, contorted with rage, but his expression is never authentically wild. Those images often show a body out of control, but nearly always with a mind at resting pulse. He is Noel Gallagher now, presumably an insult equally offensive to both. Like Gallagher, who seems to judge his own work’s gravity to be somewhere between Led Zeppelin IV and Pet Sounds, Keane’s relevance is determined by the fights he picks and the enemies he’s prepared to make. That has been Keane’s identity since he first appeared on television. The great irony being that it represents a perfect inversion of who he was. Keane the footballer was a dispassionate killer. He simmered with an energy which had to be contained, but which still managed to be threatening in its latency. Now, he plays the part of his younger self, losing his temper on cue and offering scripted responses to any modern player who doesn’t fit within the strict boundaries of his own dated silhouette. Coloured boots, handshakes in the tunnel, one-footed tackles; Keane is a sort of everyman in a way, existing to take umbrage with facets of the game which upset those of a certain age. The effect is so empty and tired. His role on television, seemingly, is to machine-gun insults at players who – at a guess – his 25-year-old self would have hated. He’s the child’s wind-up toy capable of parroting up to five different withering remarks, none of which really have anything to do with the game he’s just watched. Like Graeme Souness, give his strings a pull and hear him eviscerate a haircut, a smile, or a player for having an assumed attitude problem. The shame of it is that Keane used to possess a fascinating darkness. You hated him, of course, but he was combustible in a way which suggested that he was something other than a thug. He was a proper villain, one with depth. Even towards the end of his career, up to the MUTV incident which ended his time at Manchester United, it was easy to believe that his behaviour was the product of a rare DNA strand. He just wanted to win more than anybody else. He wanted to set a standard, an example, just with the occupational hazard of an elbow or fist. Now, perhaps, he’s showing himself for what he is. Just another ageing footballer. Another narcissist in thrall to his own out-of-date primacy. Someone happy to live out his days slandering any player straying from the path he trod, all the while clinging to an old routine which, once upon a time, very, very long ago, made him interesting. Maybe there was never quite as much behind those eyes? https://www.football365.com/news/why-we-are-not-so-keane-on-roy-the-tired-old-pundit Edited October 30, 2019 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) Keane away from football seems an engaging guy with a good sense of humor. Does a lot of work for charities which goes unnoticed against his psycho image He has admitted himself he is a contradiction https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/08/11/15/Roy-Keane-lion.jpg?width=736&height=490&fit=bounds&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=70 Edited October 30, 2019 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Mate of mine worked for ITV for years when they did Champions League. Almost the whole crew used to fly to away games from London except my mate and Keane who used to fly from Manchester. Said Keane was always very pleasant. On the quiet side, and his guard would come up for up to an hour after he'd been mobbed in the airport. Keane would always come looking for him though if he was heading into the lounge so he could check him in as a guest. Couple of times he said he waited by the lounge but got bored waiting so went to find some food or something. Keane would, very much like the shark from jaws as mentioned above, appear suddenly behind him "Alright John. Keeping well?" as he was stood in the queue for KFC. Interesting character certainly. I think he took football stupidly seriously. Yes he probably wanted to win more than anyone else, but he'd also happily fight you and literally break your legs if he felt you'd wronged him. That's not cool. Everything would be different in terms of his upbringing but it'd be interesting to see how he would get on now when you couldn't pile into someone 5 times before getting a yellow. Not sure he'd make it into a side as dominant as his 90s Utd were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I have watched Keane a few times at charity events and Q&As and such, he really isn't the guy he is painted out to be and how he does want to portray in the studio. Dried sense of humour, incredibly funny. Very strange character though, I haven't worked him out and not sure I ever will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Sky sources understand real Madrid are preparing a £70m + Gareth Bale offer for sterling Cmon man, the week before they play Liverpool? How obvious do you want to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 49 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Sky sources understand real Madrid are preparing a £70m + Gareth Bale offer for sterling Cmon man, the week before they play Liverpool? How obvious do you want to be not to mention that Gareth Bale is the opposite of a Guardiola type player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 9 hours ago, Zatman said: not to mention that Gareth Bale is the opposite of a Guardiola type player Also, Sterling is worth more than £70mil + Bale. Unless of course Bale gets some sort of a second life back in the UK. He clearly isn't loving Spain. Loving the money and the life maybe, but not the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 The obvious response is man City fans saying what a load of bollocks he's at a good team winning things and has a 6 year contract To which Liverpool fans respond that's irrelevant cos he's a snake There are a lot of reasons as to why thay deal is never even close to happening but as long as Liverpool fans get their bollocks tickled the week before the massive game who cares if its true or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I know Sky are desperate but trying to artificially create a Liverpool vs City rivalry is as bad as it gets If both continue to be successful it will naturally grow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Graeme Hunter one of biggest frauds in punditry. No idea how Sky had him and Balague employed for so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 contacts at barca / madrid, especially barca, im not sure how hunter has managed to get them but he definitely seems to get info out of them (his book is pretty good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 The bullshit is increasing. I have seen the City /Liverpool game called as biggest in world football It isnt even the biggest in North West England 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Zatman said: The bullshit is increasing. I have seen the City /Liverpool game called as biggest in world football It isnt even the biggest in North West England Today I read that Liverpool are lining up a £250m mbappe move and will pay him Messi salary of £40m a year. Edited November 8, 2019 by Mic09 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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