Sol Campbell wants to be one of the greatest British managers ever

['O Zio]

The self-proclaimed "brightest mind in football" at his finest

 

['O Zio]

I wonder if this is how he interviews?
So Sol, what formation would you play if we hired you? 10 outfield and 1 keeper with some substitutes

Who would you have in goal? The goal keeper.

Would you sacrifice a Cup game for the league? Trumpets.

Based on the well-publicised stuff you hear about him, I think it's more like:

So what formation would you play?
Formation? Pffft...I'm Sol Campbell
Who would you have in goal?
I'm not a goalkeeper, but I am Sol Campbell
Would you sacrifice a cup game for the league?
Would I sacrifice a....come off it, I'm Sol Campbell
Is there anything else you'd like to discuss?
Discuss? I'm Sol Campbell, what else is there to discuss?
OK thanks Mr Campbell, we'll be in touch.
So I got the job then yeah? After all, I am Sol Campbell.

 

[sausage]

If a genie popped out of a lamp and said he could go back in time and make it so Sol Campbell never left spurs, would you:

a) Accept that reality knowing that Arsenal might not have their "stint" of glory, and we might have had our own, but know that in the future everyone associated with the club would have the embarrassment that is Sol Campbell, or;
b) Politely thank him but decline.

 

[spurs mental]

If a genie popped out of a lamp and said he could go back in time and make it so Sol Campbell never left spurs, would you:

a) Accept that reality knowing that Arsenal might not have their "stint" of glory, and we might have had our own, but know that in the future everyone associated with the club would have the embarrassment that is Sol Campbell, or;
b) Politely thank him but decline.

Decline. I want my jelly and ice cream

 

[Col_M]

If a genie popped out of a lamp and said he could go back in time and make it so Sol Campbell never left spurs, would you:

a) Accept that reality knowing that Arsenal might not have their "stint" of glory, and we might have had our own, but know that in the future everyone associated with the club would have the embarrassment that is Sol Campbell, or;
b) Politely thank him but decline.

We’ve had plenty of embarassing players who were/are also heroes.

 

['O Zio]

If a genie popped out of a lamp and said he could go back in time and make it so Sol Campbell never left spurs, would you:

a) Accept that reality knowing that Arsenal might not have their "stint" of glory, and we might have had our own, but know that in the future everyone associated with the club would have the embarrassment that is Sol Campbell, or;
b) Politely thank him but decline.

Definitely option B.

IMO Arsenal's "stint of glory" as you put it would've still happened even without Campbell. He was a good player but he wasn't the key difference maker in that team. And likewise, by keeping Campbell I don't necessarily think we'd have gone on to any kind of glory either. We'd have been better off with him, but it's not like we just missed out on the title because we didn't have Campbell at the back etc.

 

[sausage]

We’ve had plenty of embarassing players who were/are also heroes.

How many are exclusively associated with us? e.g. Gazza had several clubs, Hoddle was also very much Chelsea etc.

 

[jondesouza]

How many are exclusively associated with us? e.g. Gazza had several clubs, Hoddle was also very much Chelsea etc.

No way was Hoddle 'very much Chelsea'. The best years of his playing career were with us. He may have been player-manager at Chelsea for a few years but that doesn't create the same attachment as he had with us.

 

['O Zio]

How many are exclusively associated with us? e.g. Gazza had several clubs, Hoddle was also very much Chelsea etc.

Since when was Hoddle "very much Chelsea"?

Out of the thousands of players weve had in our history, he's one of the ones who is most heavily associated with us out. Wasn't he voted our greatest ever player or something a couple of years ago? He spent over a decade playing for us and is one of the few players where the word "club legend" is genuinely not an exaggeration.

He played a handful of games a Chelsea player/manager right at the end of his career and then became full-time manager for a couple of years after that, but in no way is he really associated with the club. That's like saying Steven Gerrard is "very much LA Galaxy" or something.

 

[mill]

How many are exclusively associated with us? e.g. Gazza had several clubs, Hoddle was also very much Chelsea etc.

Hahahahahaha
No sorry actually
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[hellava_tough]

I wonder if we'll ever nick one of Arsenal's players in the future?

Mid-table clubs can produce one or two gems every few years, so you never know.

 

[spurs mental]

I wonder if we'll ever nick one of Arsenal's players in the future?

Mid-table clubs can produce one or two gems every few years, so you never know.

Gallas

 

[Col_M]

Gallas

Meh. Never liked him.

 

[spurs mental]

Meh. Never liked him.

I'll always have a fond memory of his monstrous performance away at Arsenal in the 3-2 victory, and slapping Nasri in the face as he ran away from him.

 

[aliyid]

 

[sausage]

No way was Hoddle 'very much Chelsea'. The best years of his playing career were with us. He may have been player-manager at Chelsea for a few years but that doesn't create the same attachment as he had with us.

Since when was Hoddle "very much Chelsea"?
...
He played a handful of games a Chelsea player/manager right at the end of his career and then became full-time manager for a couple of years after that, but in no way is he really associated with the club.

From knowing the Chelsea fan's side of things, he is (in my experience, to pre-RA-buyout fans) on the same par as Redknapp was with us. You don't have to be at a club for a long time to gain an association. VdV is seen as being "Spurs", as is Friedel (who played more with Villa and Blackburn), Les Ferdinand. Loads of examples.

Look at how associated with the club Klinsmann is, when he only really ever played a season and a half for us across 2 stints.

Point is, you can watch TV and Glenn will be in the studio, and the ticker under him will say something in reference to maybe "Former Chelsea Manager" or " Managed Chelsea to FA Cup final in 1994".... or even references to his odd stint with England - so the sole association to Spurs won't exist for a casual football fan in the minds of the many.

That's like saying Steven Gerrard is "very much LA Galaxy" or something.

The Gerrard comparison is ridiculous, as he played his whole career with Liverpool, then had one season at Galaxy. Hoddle played for another 8 years with 3 clubs and 200 games after Spurs.

 

[yanno]

From knowing the Chelsea fan's side of things, he is (in my experience, to pre-RA-buyout fans) on the same par as Redknapp was with us. You don't have to be at a club for a long time to gain an association. VdV is seen as being "Spurs", as is Friedel (who played more with Villa and Blackburn), Les Ferdinand. Loads of examples.

Look at how associated with the club Klinsmann is, when he only really ever played a season and a half for us across 2 stints.

Point is, you can watch TV and Glenn will be in the studio, and the ticker under him will say something in reference to maybe "Former Chelsea Manager" or " Managed Chelsea to FA Cup final in 1994".... or even references to his odd stint with England - so the sole association to Spurs won't exist for a casual football fan in the minds of the many.



The Gerrard comparison is ridiculous, as he played his whole career with Liverpool, then had one season at Galaxy. Hoddle played for another 8 years with 3 clubs and 200 games after Spurs.

I stood on the Shelf - yes you once could - and had the privilege of watching Glenn Hoddle, the greatest creative midfielder in our club's history, in hundreds of games.

Hoddle came through our Academy and didn't stop playing for us until he was almost 30 years old, jetting off to Monaco.

He also managed Spurs.

For all his sins and with all his genius as a player, Glenn Hoddle is Spurs. Not chavski.

 

[pffft]

Really chaps? We're debating, including showing all the workings out, whether a genuine Spurs (fan, player, manager) legend is actually Spurs?

Really?

Sometimes this place is proper weird.

 

[LSUY]

If a genie popped out of a lamp and said he could go back in time and make it so Sol Campbell never left spurs, would you:

a) Accept that reality knowing that Arsenal might not have their "stint" of glory, and we might have had our own, but know that in the future everyone associated with the club would have the embarrassment that is Sol Campbell, or;
b) Politely thank him but decline.

A, definitely A. Yes we would have to put up with the future embarrassment that is Sol Campbell but we'd all have memories of a centre-back pairing of Ledley King and Campbell. If we had kept Campbell then Chris Perry would not have played over 100 matches for us.

 

[nailsy]

Really chaps? We're debating, including showing all the workings out, whether a genuine Spurs (fan, player, manager) legend is actually Spurs?

Really?

Sometimes this place is proper weird.

Sometimes I wonder if you're really SC