Well that's this years award for blinding hypocrisy sewn up my a country mile!

I read on the back of The Mail this morning that Graham is saying Spurs broke the rules re his sacking and a £1m battle for compensation is likely to ensue. This information has necessitated me digging deep and calling up on my vast armoury of anger management skills - and I'M BLIDDY FURIOUS!!!!!

Why this man avoided prison after his theft escapes me. There are those behind bars for much less. But not only that - he was allowed back into football and now incredibly, stands to net a £1m or so for slagging off his employer !!!!! As an aside, after he came back to manage Leeds he accused Alan Shearer of assault on one of his players in a match at SJP. Yes that's our Alan, the man heading the table as the most fouled player in The Premiership.

I have long ago resigned myself to the knowledge that the world is an unfair place but this is TOO MUCH. NURSE - bring the straight-jacket immediately - I feel one of my turns coming on.

There was a crooked man,
And he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence£100000,
Beside a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat,
Which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together,
In a little crooked house
Called White Hart Lane.

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001

Answers

... then he moved to SJP

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001

Apologies Jonno. That was uncalled for and I hope it hasn't caused a coronary!

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001

I haven't seen Graham give a plausible reason why the players had to be fined in cash. Especially the amounts we're talking about. I can just imagine the scenario - Graham tells fines a player £5,000 to go to charity. Does the player write a cheque out to the charity? No, Graham tells him to go and get £5,000 in cash. This would presumably have to be arranged - a bloody hassle. And the charity concerned would probably much rather a cheque. It smells.

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001

I think the Charity where the money would really end up would most definitely prefer CASH!

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001

I'm not on about the charity money/fines. I'm referring to his misdemeanours at Arsenal, transfer bungs as I recall.

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001

Let's face it, GG was the thin end of the wedge in the transfer bung saga. In fact you could argue he was the unlucky one - he was caught.

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001

Graham is a two-bit crook that's for sure, but the way Spurs have gone about his dismissal is a joke. He says he has limited funds to spend on players and is immediately sacked for breach of contract on the grounds that he is disclosing the financial standing of the club. They then try to smear him with this fines story when they knew all along about the practice and had sanctioned it. Hard to feel sorry for a git like George Graham but I think he'll win his case.

-- Anonymous, March 22, 2001