Topic: Harry Redknapp...Court Case (*)

[Danny Boys Dad]

Well, that's even stranger then.  Why?  Did he cross us at some point in the distant past or something?  I know I dislike his involvement with the s*n but what is it that makes him so disliked before that?

He's just got one of those faces

[Red_Rich]

Merit as in today like ...or Merit over the last few years/decades....

He's been there 3 years now?  He's taken them pretty far in that time and it looks like CL football in 2 out of 3 seasons as it stands.

[rob1408]

This 'investigation' has taken six years, with an estimated cost of £8m.  The prosecution's case looked extremely flimsy.  What a clusterfuck.

[MichaelA]

[redgriffin73]

[Immoral King Brian Blessed]

Careful, you'll get the topic closed

[Crosby Wych]

 Can't believe some people think he should have been found guilty, you don't fuck over the taxman and get found innocent if you're guilty.

 The paranoia on here towards the media at times is embarassing.

[rafathegaffa83]

So he did manage to get off after all. And on the same day you now have the possibility of the FA sacking a man who has won nine league titles in order to bring in a man who has left more clubs financially bereft after leaving than he's won trophies. Oh, but Harry will put an arm round the shoulder. You couldn't make it up.

[redgriffin73]

Former FA chief executive David Davies on Redknapp's chances of succeeding England boss Fabio Capello: "If you had a poll of all the football supporters in the country, Harry would be the overwhelming top choice for the job.
"But there are a few other strong candidates, who are also English, and one or two who aren't as well."

[Crosby Wych]

 If we're after an English manager for the job there's probably not a better English manager in the world right now better than Redknapp, what he's achieved at Spurs and the squad he's created is amazing.

[Zlenpasha]

Yes!
Hodge to get it, yes!

[Red Beret]

Can't believe some people think he should have been found guilty, you don't fuck over the taxman and get found innocent if you're guilty.

 The paranoia on here towards the media at times is embarassing.

Speaking as somebody who used to work at the Inland Revenue I can say with confidence that people get away with this kind of shit all the time.

[cornelius]

Can't believe some people think he should have been found guilty, you don't fuck over the taxman and get found innocent if you're guilty.

 The paranoia on here towards the media at times is embarassing.

OJ Simpson walked out of court a free man. Plus I think the fact that HMRC have spent £8m over 6 years and haven't got a conviction shows how completely fucking useless they are.

Does anyone honestly think that Redknapp has no other skeletons waiting to jump out of the closet...or be dug up? Because I sure as hell don't.

[Red_Rich]

So he did manage to get off after all. And on the same day you now have the possibility of the FA sacking a man who has won nine league titles in order to bring in a man who has left more clubs financially bereft after leaving than he's won trophies. Oh, but Harry will put an arm round the shoulder. You couldn't make it up.

Managing an international team and managing a club side are so far apart it's untrue.

Both roles require entirely different skills and approach.

P.Scolari - great with Brazil, shite at Chelsea
T.Venables - average at club level, great with national team
G.Taylor - The Warnock of his generation, promotions galore, fuckin useless as England Boss
F.Cappello - fantastic club manager, didn't have the foggiest in international tournament footy and couldn't be arsed to learn another country's lingo

[rafathegaffa83]

Managing an international team and managing a club side are so far apart it's untrue.

Both roles require entirely different skills and approach.

P.Scolari - great with Brazil, shite at Chelsea
T.Venables - average at club level, great with national team
G.Taylor - The Warnock of his generation, promotions galore, fuckin useless as England Boss
F.Cappello - fantastic club manager, didn't have the foggiest in international tournament footy and couldn't be arsed to learn another country's lingo

Understandable, but England have far greater problems than Fabio Capello from top to bottom. Redknapp for me would be the new Graham Taylor. Pre-Italia 90, the English media wanted Taylor to take over after what he had done with Watford, Aston Villa. Robson, who had won multiple trophies and had taken England through qualifying unbeaten was derided by the media and the fans, who claimed he was too rigid, too defensive and was looking ahead to a payday with PSV. Robson is now looked upon fondly with nostalgia; Taylor was a bust. A sound tactical understanding gets you far in international tournaments. Redknapp famously eschews them, which is why Spurs have at times looked dreadful in Europe during the past two years.

[Immoral King Brian Blessed]

OJ Simpson walked out of court a free man. Plus I think the fact that HMRC have spent £8m over 6 years and haven't got a conviction shows how completely fucking useless they are.

Does anyone honestly think that Redknapp has no other skeletons waiting to jump out of the closet...or be dug up? Because I sure as hell don't.

If he had been found guilty, I fully expected all sorts to come out in the press over the next few weeks.

[Trada]

Anyone know what that recording was they just played on Sky News just caught the end of it.

[shelovesyou]

Anyone know what that recording was they just played on Sky News just caught the end of it.

his 'interview' with news of the screws

[thelinnen]

He's a crook and everyone knows it but look on the bright side he is still the number one choice for the England job.

[planet--terror]

The timing is amazing as Capello heads into his showdown talks about Terry

[Grobbelrevell]

Would dearly love us to get Louis Van Gaal or Benitez when Redknapp inevitably leaves.

Rare to see a supporter of another club favouring Rafa for anything. Despite the fact that he's a fantastic manager that is.

[Lawnmowerman]

That Pride of the Midlands fella must be fucking ecstatic

[Terry De Niro]

Why am I not fucking surprised?   

I'm off to open an offshore bank account for my goldfish, Bert..

[Enemy]

[Alan_X]

Right, so lots of Liverpool fans upset that he's been found not guilty in a law court unanimously by 12 jurors based on all the evidence given and available. Unless you lot have soome unseen evidence based on more than 'he has a saggy face and tells Sky his transfer targets' then you're all just a bunch of hypocritical twats.

Nothing to do with being Spurs manager? If not, then get yourselves down the law courts; lots of non-famous people being found not guilty of this sort of thing every day to complain about.

I'm not sure what your point is. Of course the only reason this case is of interest to anyone is because it's 'Arry.

[GBF]

please let him be the manager

[Crosby Wych]

please let him be the manager

 He'd get a lot of respect from the players and bring back a good atmosphere to the team, think he could do a lot of good as the England manager personally, there's too many darlings in the squad who can't take a tough approach like Capello or Rafa for example give.

[GBF]

He'd get a lot of respect from the players and bring back a good atmosphere to the team, think he could do a lot of good as the England manager personally, there's too many darlings in the squad who can't take a tough approach like Capello or Rafa for example give.

does not matter, they will still crash and burn miserably in international football for obvious reasons.  This way it will be so satisfying (even I know the media will protect him and blame someone else)

[Armand9]

To be fair I'm confident he'd get them playing better than Capello has in a tournament - which isn't saying that much I suppose but I think he would be a good fit for the England job and personally I think the national coach should be of the nationality of the national side, kinda doesn't make sense to me that he's not - he's certainly no less important than a player and the player has to be of that nationality (however tenuous the link!)

[Camarero25]

He'd get a lot of respect from the players and bring back a good atmosphere to the team, think he could do a lot of good as the England manager personally, there's too many darlings in the squad who can't take a tough approach like Capello or Rafa for example give.

He'll do what every England manager does. Get to the quarter finals and get battered by a better team. If he somehow managed to get win the World Cup though, or even get to a final, I think I'd have to leave the country. He won't though.

[kcbworth]

Likely outcome of the past few months:

John Terry stone cold guilty - No sentence
Harry Redknapp a bit guilty (and certainly guilty of absolute idiocy) - No sentence, and lauded as the best candidate for managing the English team wtf
Luis Suarez almost definitely not guilty - Has the book thrown at him.

Pretty disappointing.

[kcbworth]

To be fair I'm confident he'd get them playing better than Capello has in a tournament - which isn't saying that much I suppose but I think he would be a good fit for the England job and personally I think the national coach should be of the nationality of the national side, kinda doesn't make sense to me that he's not - he's certainly no less important than a player and the player has to be of that nationality (however tenuous the link!)

Do you think the manager of the national side should be able to read or write?

[Crosby Wych]

does not matter, they will still crash and burn miserably in international football for obvious reasons.  This way it will be so satisfying (even I know the media will protect him and blame someone else)

 Meh, i'm not so sure, the majority of the fans are gobshites but it's clear the likes of Terry are getting phased out of the team right now and i'd like to see Jagielka and Lescott as the CB partnership with baines and Johnson. Very good player likes Wilshere coming through with Parker and Gerrard in midfield and if Rooney actually gets his act together (or start Bent) with Chamberlain and Young on the wings I can see a very strong, young team emerging. However no doubt as usual the media with overhype us, fuck over our own players and the fans will boo after a draw.

 If somebody can unite the team under one banner, like Kenny did for us then I can see them getting quite far in the World Cup.

[kcbworth]

He'd get a lot of respect from the players...

why, when Redknapp himself just said:

"I have a big problem, I can’t write so I don’t keep anything. I am the most disorganised person, I am ashamed to say, in the world"

Why would Redknapp have their respect?

[Hazell]

why, when Redknapp himself just said:

Why would Redknapp have their respect?

Because he pays too much tax? Because he would rather do that than not pay enough? Because he lied to Rob Beasley? Because he's a "fantastic football manager"?

[ashleyrose-66]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/9064928/Harry-Redknapp-tax-evasion-trial-phone-conversation-with-Rob-Beasley.html

Incredible really that Redknapp gave this interview, where he swore blind that the  money was a bonus for selling Crouch, and he continuted to state it was definitely a bonus and not an investment even when the interviewer pointed out he and Mandaric hadn't got their story straight!

And yet when questioned in court said every word he'd said to the largest selling UK newspaper (at that time) was a complete pack of lies, and that Mandaric's version of events was the version they should believe!   And the jury believed him! 

[Camarero25]

why, when Redknapp himself just said:

Why would Redknapp have their respect?

None of them can read or write either. Redknapp's like fucking Einstein compared to Rooney.

[Camarero25]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/9064928/Harry-Redknapp-tax-evasion-trial-phone-conversation-with-Rob-Beasley.html

Incredible really that Redknapp gave this interview, where he swore blind that the  money was a bonus for selling Crouch, and he continuted to state it was definitely a bonus and not an investment even when the interviewer pointed out he and Mandaric hadn't got their story straight!

And yet when questioned in court said every word he'd said to the largest selling UK newspaper (at that time) was a complete pack of lies, and that Mandaric's version of events was the version they should believe!   And the jury believed him!

Just makes me wish that the Suarez case had been dealt with in a proper court, where you actually need a semblance of proof or evidence to find someone guilty.

[Farman]

Alan - come on, of course I'm not asking why people are merely interested, I'm asking why people are so pissed off at a not guilty verdict. A lot seem to think that he should go to prison either because he had sympathy for Hicks, or because he writes for the s*n, or because he's got a bit of Del Boy about him. Not based on evidence.

A bit of gentle banter is fine, but putting your own feelings on genuinely wanting the manager of a rival team sent down above the actual outcome of a  fairly conducted court case ('justice') is stupid and crass, particularly coming from Liverpool fans who should know better. No doubt the same fans were stomping their feet over Michael Shields, Luis Suarez etc. It shouldn't matter which side of the fence you stand on - this is a higher principle we're talking about.

If people are pissed off at the verdict then they should clearly and honestly state why - no-one has been any better than pathetic on that score so far. Why do they know better than a 12 person panel that has heard all the evidence from both sides over many days, carefully considered the verdict and reached a unanimous decision? Do they have extra evidence, beyond the ridiculous name-calling? Was there a problem with the process? Or the justice system? If there is nothing serious to say here, then why all the pissing an moaning, and putting yourself in the same category of people you curse in other cases?

[81a]

 

Why would Redknapp have their respect?

Football League 3 winner, Intertotto Cup Winner, Championship winner, FA Cup Winner.