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Post by stokeykez on May 20, 2020 22:04:59 GMT
Again as with tv nowadays, one personality having success on the jungle results in years of over saturation.
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Post by PerCyfilth ....Captains Log on May 21, 2020 7:46:05 GMT
Am I the only miserable bugger that is sick of the fucking sight of him. Britain's latest National Treasure is never off the telly. Him and his missus sarndraa...Get right on my tits. Me too... I looked at buying his Roly Poly till they came up at £18 a pop the robbing sod ...get one in Tesco for £3.50.....
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Post by 19notbeaten72 on May 21, 2020 8:09:57 GMT
I am surprised Crouch was involved in the program he did play for Harry at Spurs. Just up big Petes street i would have thought.
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Post by noustie on May 21, 2020 12:16:03 GMT
Read his autobiography from 1998 and he came across as a right bell end.
There was a story when he was in the lower leagues where he offered £50k for a player in the conference. When he phoned the manager the next day was told someone had come in with double. Good old 'appy 'arry straight away asks if he's told the chairman and the manager said no. 'Arry then says you can either accept their offer or mine and become my assistant manager. Within a year he punted the new assistant manager as it wasn't working out.
He convinced a number of players with young families to join him playing for a second division US side created by a wedged owner. WIthin a couple of months the owner was bankrupt and the only asset the team had was 'Arry's motor. Instead of selling this to get the guys he'd convinced to come over home he fucked off in it and later sold it keeping the money as it was owed to him from the chairman - the other boys knew what they were getting into, a bit of bumf he might have sorted a couple of them out over the years as he's a geezer aye!
There was a story too where I think Jim Smith had told him he was signing someone that could save his season/job. 'Arry met this player of the plane and signed him instead - fuck knows how they were still mates!!
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Post by mattyd on May 21, 2020 12:33:43 GMT
I am surprised Crouch was involved in the program he did play for Harry at Spurs. Just up big Petes street i would have thought. I never saw him, and watched all 3 episodes...
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Post by Linx on May 21, 2020 12:34:07 GMT
Always avoid watching him. Mainly because I’m not interested. He’s an ex-football manager, so what? Beloved of the tabloids who have helped to nurture his ‘Arry persona, he may be, but what does he bring to the table? Isn’t he a best mate and a neighbour of TP?
Ex-footballers and managers should stick to punditry. Not really bothered about their opinions or lifestyles beyond that.
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Post by Squeekster on May 21, 2020 12:59:18 GMT
I thought it was all quite pathetic last night. Yes these are all ex professionals but the weight gain in a year was horrific to be honest. Some had not kicked a ball for a Year! They were seen as models for the younger generation. Given their age now they are not now. However, to be boasting how much they drank back in ‘the good old days’ was disturbing. Ruddock made himself look ridiculous. He has a wife and young children. Only Paul Mersin was strong enough to tell him to stop what he was doing.. Ruddock is being very unfair on his family and unless he makes radical changes to his lifestyle he won’t see much more of this world. Not impressed with the show last night. That's the thing though isn't it, they spend 25-30 years ( If they are lucky) watching what they eat and drink (to some extent) miss out on family life and are constantly trying to keep in shape, so when they finish most of them try to enjoy the life they missed out on. The older you get weight can creep up on you fast without much realization for some and it's hard to motivate yourself to try and get back to a normal weight/life style.
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Post by noustie on May 21, 2020 15:32:20 GMT
I thought it was all quite pathetic last night. Yes these are all ex professionals but the weight gain in a year was horrific to be honest. Some had not kicked a ball for a Year! They were seen as models for the younger generation. Given their age now they are not now. However, to be boasting how much they drank back in ‘the good old days’ was disturbing. Ruddock made himself look ridiculous. He has a wife and young children. Only Paul Mersin was strong enough to tell him to stop what he was doing.. Ruddock is being very unfair on his family and unless he makes radical changes to his lifestyle he won’t see much more of this world. Not impressed with the show last night. That's the thing though isn't it, they spend 25-30 years ( If they are lucky) watching what they eat and drink (to some extent) miss out on family life and are constantly trying to keep in shape, so when they finish most of them try to enjoy the life they missed out on. The older you get weight can creep up on you fast without much realization for some and it's hard to motivate yourself to try and get back to a normal weight/life style. Saw the bit where Merson said he had to get his shit together because he was drinking 35 pints a week. If I was retired wedged and then paid essentially put a coupon on every weekend pretty sure it would be quite easy get in the habit of drinking that. Eight pints Friday, eight Saturday, four Sunday and then a cheeky three of an evening.
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Post by kentpotter on May 22, 2020 15:18:09 GMT
Enjoying Harry's Heroes to be honest. Especially Mark Chamberlain looking over the majestic panorama of the renaissance city of Florence and saying, "Looks just like Stoke-on-Trent"!!!
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Post by kentpotter on May 22, 2020 15:20:42 GMT
Sorry mattyd, just seen your earlier post, you beat me to it mar mate!
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Post by drfootball on May 23, 2020 12:32:14 GMT
I'm lucky it seems, my tv is quite new and has several different channels that can be selected by a kind of 'remote' control deely.I find I can also escape Old Saggy Chops by pressing the off button, works a treat and I commend it to the house.
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Post by Trouserdog on May 23, 2020 16:08:49 GMT
I wasn't intending to watch this, but ended up downloading it a couple of days later (always better to do that and get rid of the ads).
The biggest problem with it is that most of the players are too old to actually play football. Mark Chamberlain's 57 for God's sake and managed about 10 minutes, while Razor Ruddock was clearly only there to create a bit of a scene in the pub. There were elements of it that were enjoyable though- Merson and Seaman in particular came across really well.
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Post by silsdenstokie on May 23, 2020 17:30:15 GMT
I wasn't intending to watch this, but ended up downloading it a couple of days later (always better to do that and get rid of the ads). The biggest problem with it is that most of the players are too old to actually play football. Mark Chamberlain's 57 for God's sake and managed about 10 minutes, while Razor Ruddock was clearly only there to create a bit of a scene in the pub. There were elements of it that were enjoyable though- Merson and Seaman in particular came across really well. Agree about Mersion and Seaman Seaman comes across as a really decent, down to earth guy. Always remember him pissing himself laughing at the Boothen singing 'who drunk all the beer' to Tony Adams during the league cup game in 96
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Post by marylandstoke on May 23, 2020 17:54:48 GMT
That's the thing though isn't it, they spend 25-30 years ( If they are lucky) watching what they eat and drink (to some extent) miss out on family life and are constantly trying to keep in shape, so when they finish most of them try to enjoy the life they missed out on. The older you get weight can creep up on you fast without much realization for some and it's hard to motivate yourself to try and get back to a normal weight/life style. Saw the bit where Merson said he had to get his shit together because he was drinking 35 pints a week. If I was retired wedged and then paid essentially put a coupon on every weekend pretty sure it would be quite easy get in the habit of drinking that. Eight pints Friday, eight Saturday, four Sunday and then a cheeky three of an evening. And this, homeschoolers, is how you teach maths.
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Post by f1rew0rks on May 23, 2020 17:55:07 GMT
I think a lot of us footy fans are bored of him, because we had decades of "knowing" him due to football. The problem is that since he was on "I was a celebrity, get me a job again please!", he's found a new following with those that weren't as familiar with him i.e. the bored housewives/girlfriends of us footy fans, who never listened to anything we said over those decades on Saturday nights whilst watching MOTD, about what a droopy twat he was. They now all love him, basically because he's thick as pigshit ("Aww bless him") and looks like a shaved bloodhound. He'll be hosting Loose Women next To be fair, i live not too far from him and have done lots of work on his previous two houses. He is a perfect customer and a really nice bloke. Ive sat on his sofa with him and a couple of bull dogs, talking about Stoke (in the Pulis days) and he got Sandra to make us a cuppa. He really doesnt take himself seriously, but i can assure you, he is NOT thick as pigshit. (I cant argue with the bloodhound bit tho).
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Post by noustie on May 24, 2020 6:50:24 GMT
Saw the bit where Merson said he had to get his shit together because he was drinking 35 pints a week. If I was retired wedged and then paid essentially put a coupon on every weekend pretty sure it would be quite easy get in the habit of drinking that. Eight pints Friday, eight Saturday, four Sunday and then a cheeky three of an evening. And this, homeschoolers, is how you teach maths. Unfortunately it isn't - I've double counted Fridays
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Post by wrighter on May 24, 2020 8:42:33 GMT
Pompey fans love him They call him " Agent Redknapp" Pompey manager left them to manage Southampton, and then had them relegated !!
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Post by Godo on May 28, 2020 9:40:37 GMT
I think he's a rent a quote bent spiv who passed his sell by date 20 years ago and that the sooner his face finishes melting the better...………..so no mate, you're not the only one!
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Post by desman2 on May 28, 2020 10:30:11 GMT
He's doing ads on a radio station for some betting company
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2020 11:28:13 GMT
His book is good ... shouldn't happen to a football manager . Probably because it's been edited .
He knows a lot of people and stories from the world of football
And in edited , polished and rewritten form , is at his best !
Some genuinely funny and interesting stories , spread across decades of football
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2020 11:46:35 GMT
Read his autobiography from 1998 and he came across as a right bell end. There was a story when he was in the lower leagues where he offered £50k for a player in the conference. When he phoned the manager the next day was told someone had come in with double. Good old 'appy 'arry straight away asks if he's told the chairman and the manager said no. 'Arry then says you can either accept their offer or mine and become my assistant manager. Within a year he punted the new assistant manager as it wasn't working out. He convinced a number of players with young families to join him playing for a second division US side created by a wedged owner. WIthin a couple of months the owner was bankrupt and the only asset the team had was 'Arry's motor. Instead of selling this to get the guys he'd convinced to come over home he fucked off in it and later sold it keeping the money as it was owed to him from the chairman - the other boys knew what they were getting into, a bit of bumf he might have sorted a couple of them out over the years as he's a geezer aye! There was a story too where I think Jim Smith had told him he was signing someone that could save his season/job. 'Arry met this player of the plane and signed him instead - fuck knows how they were still mates!! Not sure if it's the same US side . One of the players he got to come and join in him in the US was Alan Hudson . He reckoned Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson are the two most ludicrously undercapped England players ever , though obviously Matt le tissier is a great shout too . He said they had a weekend with no game in the US and he knew for a fact that huddo had spent the entire weekend partying and drinking hard . So just to amuse himself , he arranged a series of timed tests ... dribble the ball round some cones , smack it in the net ...run back to the starting point ...that sort of thing The results were interesting . Hudson was still the quickest in every test by a long way .His thinking speed and running speed combined was different class .He reckons the best way to describe Hudson , was to say , he doesn't run around on a football pitch , he glides across it .
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Post by Old School Stokie on May 28, 2020 15:18:17 GMT
Epitome of old fashioned footballer turned manager - I know he had his success, but what a crap man manager - he lets all his players get on with it, no discipline. No wonder there were so many alco's in his era
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Post by noustie on May 28, 2020 17:02:40 GMT
Read his autobiography from 1998 and he came across as a right bell end. There was a story when he was in the lower leagues where he offered £50k for a player in the conference. When he phoned the manager the next day was told someone had come in with double. Good old 'appy 'arry straight away asks if he's told the chairman and the manager said no. 'Arry then says you can either accept their offer or mine and become my assistant manager. Within a year he punted the new assistant manager as it wasn't working out. He convinced a number of players with young families to join him playing for a second division US side created by a wedged owner. WIthin a couple of months the owner was bankrupt and the only asset the team had was 'Arry's motor. Instead of selling this to get the guys he'd convinced to come over home he fucked off in it and later sold it keeping the money as it was owed to him from the chairman - the other boys knew what they were getting into, a bit of bumf he might have sorted a couple of them out over the years as he's a geezer aye! There was a story too where I think Jim Smith had told him he was signing someone that could save his season/job. 'Arry met this player of the plane and signed him instead - fuck knows how they were still mates!! Not sure if it's the same US side . One of the players he got to come and join in him in the US was Alan Hudson . He reckoned Peter Osgood and Alan Hudson are the two most ludicrously undercapped England players ever , though obviously Matt le tissier is a great shout too . He said they had a weekend with no game in the US and he knew for a fact that huddo had spent the entire weekend partying and drinking hard . So just to amuse himself , he arranged a series of timed tests ... dribble the ball round some cones , smack it in the net ...run back to the starting point ...that sort of thing The results were interesting . Hudson was still the quickest in every test by a long way .His thinking speed and running speed combined was different class .He reckons the best way to describe Hudson , was to say , he doesn't run around on a football pitch , he glides across it . Yeah mate Hudson moved to Seattle but by the time he got over 'Arry was involved with Pheonix who were the league below looking to get voted into the then MLS. In his book 'Arry says the money man disappeared so he ran off with the company car as he hadn't been paid and then sold the car to stay in a motel/ get flights home whilst leaving the players he'd convinced to come over to fend for themselves. In the exert from Hudson's book I've seen he seems to say that good old 'Arry was holed up in the money man's house whilst he was trying to get the franchise back up and running.
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