El Tel- what a man

[ho chi feen]

Man of the week

Terry Venables - seven days after rejecting Newcastle because he wanted a long-term contract (like the ones that ended in pay-offs of £2m from Leeds, £1m from Palace and £500k from Portsmouth) - using his Sun column to explain what's gone wrong at Spurs: It's about... 'Greed, mismanagement, egos and selfishness. Dimitar Berbatov kept telling us he had a "dream". Well, good for you Dimi, you had a dream - with a few extra noughts added to your bank balance.'






From the Observer's Said & Done.

 

[markinmanc]

Would that be the same El tel that may take the role of sporting director at Spurts?

 

[MonTheHoops]

Kind of like watching Sprots Saturday and listening to Tony Cotte talking about players going down easily or Le Tissier moaning about lazy foreigners.

 

[Jim Comic]

r.i.p. el tel

 

[PROCNA2018]

Just posted in Spurs thread sorry doubled up

 

[Hurricane Sterling]

He was 80 so that makes him 53 during Euro 96. Just 4 years older than i am now. And Euro 96 still feels so fresh in my mind and like it happened maybe 7 or 8 years ago. Not 27! Where does the time go..

 

[Browser Brody]

Glenn Hoddle was 41 managing England in France 98. Mental. RIP Terry, always felt he was better than remembered. I guess he is officially out of the running for the Ireland job now so.

 

[Bonbon12]

Very sorry to see this. A larger than life character if ever there was one. A diamond geeza.

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Was waiting to board a delayed flight in a pub in Gatwick one time when El Tel (manager of Spurs at the time) walked in with a buddy and bought a round for the whole bar (approx 25 people). It was the Tuesday after they beat Arsenal in the cup semi-final (the one with the Gazza free kick).



Happy times for him - and us, come to think of it. The Guinness was shite so I ordered a pint of Strongbow - I was in great shape getting on the flight to Milan.

Cheers Tel

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

r.i.p. el tel

Rest In Peace.