Eddie B 4:25 Sat Mar 23
Guardian article on Wheeler Dealer 'Arry
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/mar/23/harry-redknapp-is-playing-a-familiar-tune-to-disown-birminghams-blues?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard
Maybe they could've asked who was the agent used for all those dodgy deals WHU did in the mid to late 90's. Mark something, wasn't it?
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charleyfarley
6:16 Sat Mar 23
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Can't see how Harry could possibly be blamed for overspending at Birmingham he can't add up and he can't text.
In any case he is too busy at the moment to deal with such trivia
Harry is too busy building his 'Go Daddy' Jam roly poly site'
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eusebiovic
7:05 Sat Mar 23
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When he was appointed QPR manager didn't he say something about the owners being good people who had their trousers pulled down by agents out to shaft them?
That turned out well again
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eusebiovic
7:06 Sat Mar 23
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The brass neck on him...fucking ell
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Oh dear
8:21 Sat Mar 23
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Harry’s agent of choice around then was Willie McKay.
Whether he was involved in anything that was even a little untoward, well you will have to ask others.
Mr McKay was even afforded an office at West Ham’s training ground.
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RBshorty
8:27 Sat Mar 23
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Arry dodgy.!
Never.
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geoffpikey
8:51 Sat Mar 23
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Arry's a saint.
It's all Rosie's fault.
Country, dogs.
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eusebiovic
10:10 Sat Mar 23
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The link in the original post doesn't work
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/mar/23/harry-redknapp-is-playing-a-familiar-tune-to-disown-birminghams-blues
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zebthecat
10:12 Sat Mar 23
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Yeah, that bloody pooch was a thieving, conniving little bitch.
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eusebiovic
10:21 Sat Mar 23
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Let's recap what happened financially to clubs shortly after Harry left...
Bournemouth - Huge Debts
West Ham - Huge Debts
Portsmouth - Huge Spending, Huge Debts
Southampton - Relegation
Portsmouth - Huge Debts
Tottenham - Did OK with a good squad - Kept on a tight leash by an even bigger crook..it takes one to know one
QPR - Huge Spending, Huge Debts
Birmingham - Huge Spending, Huge Debts
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geoffpikey
10:30 Sat Mar 23
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In seriousness, it was not Harry's money ever. He's a proper charmer and gets idiots to write cheques.
This doesn't make him any more likeable. He's a conman. CHEEKY CHAPPY. OI OI.
And people still fall for it. Mugs.
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On The Ball
11:57 Sat Mar 23
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Oh dear 8:21 Sat Mar 23
Which was completely against the rules.
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eusebiovic
12:25 Sun Mar 24
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Oh dear 8:21 Sat Mar 23
Was he responsible for the infamous Gary Charles fiasco?
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Oh dear
8:30 Sun Mar 24
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On the ball - I always thought it was a strange arrangement, but I didn’t know it was actually against the rules.
eusebiovic - I’m sorry I don’t know for sure.
What should be considered from back then is the amount of transfers between players from clubs managed by Harry, Peter Reid, Jim Smith, John Gregory and Graeme Souness.
One would think they contriving to transfer players for the fun of it, what could they possibly get out of it???
I’m not sure it is against any rule but certainly it is not in good faith.
That must be a first, a post with “Harry Redknapp” and “Good Faith” in it
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PwoperNaughtyButNot
9:20 Sun Mar 24
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Maybe they can look at Allardyce too
Unfortunately for that old guard of football managers this was the perk of the job. Get a friendly agent and work out deals amongst yourselves. How else did so much shot get moved around so many clubs for so much money?
Why did souness sign Ali Dia ? Someone somewhere got paid handsomely for that and now it’s just an object of fun
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Sven Roeder
11:45 Sun Mar 24
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Understand that when Redknapp had finished with Birmingham their wage bill was 200% of their turnover.
The other mistake Birmingham made was getting rid of Gary Rowett who had them 8th I think and appointing the utterly incompetent half wit G Zola.
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Gaffer58
6:50 Sun Mar 24
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I believe many years back when Barry Fry was in charge at Birmingham it was in his contract that he got a cut of all transfers, both in and out. Think he bought a player on one day and sold him on within a week. Within a few weeks he'd done something like 30 transfers. Nice little earner.
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geoffpikey
7:34 Sun Mar 24
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It all makes Gold's bleating about FFP look excellent diligence now, doesn't it?
Who's the stupidest in football?
The players?
The managers?
The owners?
All fucking nutjobs. But Arry slamomed his way through. The snide cnut.
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Eddie B
9:10 Sun Mar 24
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How many deals did we put through Mark Redknapp in the mid to late 90s, anyone know?
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eusebiovic
11:47 Sun Mar 24
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Apparently Richard Sasquatch Keys has been giving Arry some grief on Twitter
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Oh dear
9:16 Mon Mar 25
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Eddie. As I recall it wasn’t many, but my mind and memory are becoming old and feeble so you’ll have to excuse me if I am wrong. The two that come to mind are Rigobert Song and Titi Camara in late 2000.
Although either were hardly memorable at West Ham they would be hugely significant in the scheme of things after they had both left. Liverpool wanted the pair off of their books and was allegedly willing to let them go on free transfers. But Liverpool were delighted when Harry popped up and paid a fee for them after his son made it known they for available.
So Mark Redknapp was paid a sellers fee from Liverpool and a finder’s fee from West Ham. I suppose that it is what agents are for, to find buyers for sellers.
Eventually this information found its way back to Terry Brown and it was what started him having a serious look at how Harry was running the ins and the outs at West Ham.
Sven. That was the owners fault, not Harry’s. By this time all his dealing were being properly scrutinised by the football authorities, the HMRC and the media. So he was just paid a wage to put a team together. When it flunked he was out. But the owners had full knowledge of the money that was being spent.
Gaffer58. And guess what fucking genius handed Barry Fry a contract like that?
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