Harry defends Aaron and tells him that he's not made a scapegoat by anyone.

[steventhfc]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...nham-winger-denies-he-bottled-Real-clash.html

Phew, well at least that's all blown over I hope some of our dickhead 'fans' haven't made him want to leave though.

 

[punky]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...nham-winger-denies-he-bottled-Real-clash.html

Phew, well at least that's all blown over I hope some of our dickhead 'fans' haven't made him want to leave though.

What about the fans? I thought Lennon was angry at Harry because he thought he was scapgoating Lennon?

 

[Misfit]

The outburst was related to a few dozen skidmarks on internet forums or the manager going out on live TV and saying he fell ill just before the game?

Hmm, tough one, let's think about which is more likely.

It's blown over, great and Lennon won't want to leave the club over it either, FFS. Such melodrama.

 

[Azrael]

Phew, well at least that's all blown over I hope some of our dickhead 'fans' haven't made him want to leave though.

Yeah, I'm sure he's asking for his P45 right now. :roll:

 

[Zimmy]

Glad Harry's cleared that up. I don't think Lennon was pointing the finger at Redknapp, more likely some 'fans' have been giving him stick on Twitter.

 

[steventhfc]

Yeah, I'm sure he's asking for his P45 right now. :roll:

No need to be sarcastic, you know what context I meant it in.

 

[NEVILLEB]

What f**king imbecile would blame Lennon?

 

[Azrael]

No need to be sarcastic, you know what context I meant it in.

No, I don't. There seems to be only one context to suggesting that fans are going to force a player to leave.

 

[steventhfc]

No, I don't. There seems to be only one context to suggesting that fans are going to force a player to leave.

I'm saying simply that I hope fans haven't pissed him off to an extent in which he wants to leave, he's a young lad and might take it all to heart.

 

[Booney]

Don't we already have a scapegoat? Do we need another one?

 

[Zimmy]

Don't we already have a scapegoat? Do we need another one?

Crouch is a terrible scapegoat. He's too lovable to be a media hate figure.

Lennon fits the bill a little better.

 

[Misfit]

Yeah, those frigging eyebrows of his. BURN HIM!

 

[Booney]

If we were going to burn an efigy, then a Lennon one would be far quicker to knock up.

Things were far easier when we could blame Sol Campbell or a lasagne.

 

[Delboy10]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...nham-winger-denies-he-bottled-Real-clash.html

Phew, well at least that's all blown over I hope some of our dickhead 'fans' haven't made him want to leave though.

His family were on the same flight home as myself and 150+ Spurs fans from Madrid last night. They would have heard some of the knee jerk, ill informed comments floating around i'm sure; "he bottled it" etc etc... :-/

 

[NEVILLEB]

If we're gonna have a scapegoat then it has to be Jenas

It's tradition

 

[Misfit]

Important lesson learned then. Say what actually happened, Harry. Would have stopped all the nonsense at source. Moving on...

 

[DJS]

If we were going to burn an efigy, then a Lennon one would be far quicker to knock up.

Things were far easier when we could blame Sol Campbell or a lasagne.

Could we still not blame him? :shrug:

 

[rich75]

Important lesson learned then. Say what actually happened, Harry. Would have stopped all the nonsense at source. Moving on...

according to news now this was posted at 6.30 this morning


"Harry Redknapp reported that Aaron Lennon was lost to illness just before kick-off at the Bernabeu.

The manager said the winger 'hadn't been feeling great all day' and had to be replaced by Jermaine Jenas as we ended up losing the Champions League quarter-final, first leg 4-0 against Real Madrid.

"We lost Aaron just as the teams were walking on the pitch," said Harry. "He didn't feel well enough to play so we had to change straight away.

"He hadn't been feeling great all day. I said 'are you ok?' and he said 'I don't feel like I have any strength or energy to run', so I had to pull him out.

"He went out to warm-up, came in and just said he didn't feel well and wasn't fit enough to play. There is nothing you can do."

Vedran Corluka later limped off with an ankle injury, adding to Harry's defensive worries with Stoke next up in the Premier League on Saturday."

so what exactly did you want him to say and when?

 

[SpursSince1980]

and who are we to shirk tradition?

 

[Misfit]

Why not just say that during the interview afterwards? I don't care either way but some obviously did last night and this morning, including Lennon.

It's a small issue which seems to have ruffled feathers and not just on the intawebz, which is evil and nasty but for some of the fans out in Madrid and the player himself.

Of course, no doubt this will be construed by some with fertile imaginations and burdened with a hint of paranoia as an anti-Harry post and anti-Harry or pro-Harry I certainly am not (more interested in supporting the club and forgetting about the individuals thanks muchly), instead of just commenting that perhaps a grown man expressing himself properly would have made a non-issue into exactly that.

But whatever. Probably unreasonable.