1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Hack Watch

Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by humanbeingincroydon, Sep 21, 2016.

  1. No Kane No Gain

    No Kane No Gain Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 2, 2011
    Messages:
    20,545
    Likes Received:
    3,416
    It's ridiculous. They spend a year slating Sterling, saying he's over priced and then after starting the season well all of a sudden he's amazing and Pep is a genius for the change in form. Son comes back, plays even better than Sterling and he's ignored like it's just a run of form that will soon end. I'd take our whole back 4(Rose should be back this week) over theirs and it's a toss up between Lloris and Bravo, as well as Sterling v Son.

    City are susceptible to pressure, their defence isn't that great, it's just that no one has really done that so far because their attack is so strong. If we can be a bit more clinical than we have lately then we have every chance. It wasn't that long ago we tore that same defence(-Stones) to shreds at WHL.
     
    #21
  2. O.Spurcat

    O.Spurcat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 13, 2012
    Messages:
    7,372
    Likes Received:
    4,069
    He is earning more now than he's ever done before. He and Gray have been based in Qatar for several years now doing the PL coverage over there.
     
    #22
  3. Spurm

    Spurm Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2011
    Messages:
    9,417
    Likes Received:
    683
    From what i saw of Bravo in the Utd game i'd have Lloris over him every day of the week.
     
    #23
  4. Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane Danny Rosebud

    Joined:
    Jul 8, 2015
    Messages:
    6,639
    Likes Received:
    6,009
    De Bruyne, Aguero, Itchy Nachos and possibly Gundogan are the only players I'd take from their ridiculously expensive squad. The rest are an odd mixture of has-beens, mercenaries and overhyped prima donnas.
     
    #24
  5. remembercolinlee

    remembercolinlee Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2012
    Messages:
    33,481
    Likes Received:
    36,866
    Very harsh on Kompany....you need another category...












    Great but crippled!!!!!
     
    #25
  6. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 28, 2011
    Messages:
    63,616
    Likes Received:
    28,260
    please log in to view this image


    :emoticon-0178-rock:
     
    #26
  7. vimhawk

    vimhawk Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 9, 2011
    Messages:
    4,883
    Likes Received:
    3,874
    Wot no Allardyce comments yet? Obviously big Sam has a lot to answer for. However on the hack side of things, there seem to be two issues. Firstly this is an entrapment setup deal, so the "crime" only exists because the Telegraph invented it. Sure big Sam would have no doubt fallen for it had it been real, but nevertheless it is an invented crime. Secondly the Telegraph were presumably in charge of when this story was released. If so, why not release it at the time, which I understand was a week after he was appointed? A few days before he picks the squad for his first home match is not great timing, so why now?

    As an aside, there are many "reputable" institutions that make a lot of money out of giving advice on tax avoidance so the people who can most afford to pay tax don't have to. There is rarely a public outcry about such things, and continual reference to tax avoidance is ok but tax evasion is bad (they both sound bad to me!) Isn't Sam kind of giving rules avoidance advice? In which case why the moral outrage at football that doesn't seem to be leveled often enough at the tax avoidance issue? Interested to hear if he's actually giving rules evasion advice.
     
    #27
  8. deedub93

    deedub93 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2011
    Messages:
    12,700
    Likes Received:
    8,707
    Tax avoidance and tax evasion are totally different things. I have to avoid tax as I pay 30% in the DRC. If I had to pay another 50% on part of my salary and another 42% on most, I would not have much left. Do I have to take advice from a tax accountant, i.e. how many days I can spend in the UK and how many times I can visit. It's not all favourable you know, my mother is about to die and I want to come home for the funeral, that will be my last allowable visit this tax year so I won't be able to return home until April 6th.
     
    #28
    remembercolinlee likes this.
  9. The RDBD

    The RDBD Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 2, 2011
    Messages:
    27,301
    Likes Received:
    13,077
    #29
  10. The RDBD

    The RDBD Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 2, 2011
    Messages:
    27,301
    Likes Received:
    13,077
    In the letter of the law, yes.
    In the spirit of the law, the former (especially when practised on an industrial scale) can be
    difficult to distinguish from the latter.
     
    #30

  11. "Thanks for that Brian"

    "Thanks for that Brian" Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2015
    Messages:
    16,659
    Likes Received:
    22,037
    Someone has it in for him, that much is obvious. This has been set-up to get him to say something stupid and he's obliged them. Stroke his ego, buy him a couple of drinks and he's bared his arse for the world. Is there more? There often is in these stories. What was the point of this? Did they do it for a reason or just because they could?

    Love him or hate him, is this good for English football? There were precious few options available to the FA this summer - FFS Steve Bruce was spoken to! That is the last, desperate act of drowning men. So, what comes after Steve Bruce?
     
    #31
  12. The RDBD

    The RDBD Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 2, 2011
    Messages:
    27,301
    Likes Received:
    13,077
    The Cayman Islands as England manager ??
     
    #32
  13. deedub93

    deedub93 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2011
    Messages:
    12,700
    Likes Received:
    8,707
    It would be far better all round if in the event that one pays tax in another country, one could pay the difference in the UK, rather than paying twice. It would catch the rich who play the system and allow normal people like me to contribute a bit, but not get ripped off.
     
    #33
  14. The RDBD

    The RDBD Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 2, 2011
    Messages:
    27,301
    Likes Received:
    13,077
    Whenever I have an overseas gig, I always try to sort out the reciprocal tax landscape
    so I can meet both local and UK requirements (usually for pension contributions in the
    case of the latter) . So much so that on occasion I have taken UK tax for convenience etc
    when I could have lessened my tax bill by being fully taxed as local.
     
    #34
  15. vimhawk

    vimhawk Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 9, 2011
    Messages:
    4,883
    Likes Received:
    3,874
    Sorry to hear that. Noted that a lot of people need tax advice advice such as yourself. Obviously my views are tainted by the handful of parasites that earn fortunes and don't seem to pay their fair share, no offence intended.
     
    #35
  16. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    May 31, 2011
    Messages:
    92,543
    Likes Received:
    52,193
    Allardyce has been a marked man since his Bolton days, when his son got caught.
    He should've realised that journalists were going to be trying this stuff.
    It's one thing to do it at medium-sized domestic clubs, but the national side made him a big scalp.

    I've no sympathy for him, but the nature of this essentially rules Redknapp out.
    The FA won't risk anyone that's not completely squeaky clean.
    Who does that leave? An inexperienced Howe, perhaps?
     
    #36
  17. The RDBD

    The RDBD Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 2, 2011
    Messages:
    27,301
    Likes Received:
    13,077
    They took El Tel, when there was much muttering about his financial conduct.
    So much so that did he not say he was resigning after Euro 96 to deal with said claims.

    Never heard anything after that (the alleged wrongdoings - perhaps those hacks
    with the agenda were only interested in forcing the resignation - so held off revealing
    their "facts" etc) ...
     
    #37
  18. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    May 31, 2011
    Messages:
    92,543
    Likes Received:
    52,193
    I should've said that they won't risk it now.
    20 years is a long time in football, so I thought they'd be more careful now, anyway.
    Having been burned by Allardyce, they can't risk it happening again, surely?
     
    #38
  19. "Thanks for that Brian"

    "Thanks for that Brian" Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2015
    Messages:
    16,659
    Likes Received:
    22,037
    I very much doubt that it will be Harry. I think Sam has to go but please God don't let it be Steve Bruce!

    Slaven Bilic should be available soon?
     
    #39
  20. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    May 31, 2011
    Messages:
    92,543
    Likes Received:
    52,193
    Villas-Boas and Mancini are both out of work, IIRC.
    Hoddle? Van Gaal? Anyone?
     
    #40

Share This Page