Free The Pompey Nine!
These men (and one woman) are prisoners of war.
They should not be criminalised.
And what is this battlefield?
The one relating to the integrity of the game of football in England.
The City of London police, who were expected to eke their inquiries into bungs, fraud, money laundering, that sort of thing, markedly forward within the next month, have announced a delay while they evaluate the impact of new information.
These new inquiries are global and one should not expect any prosecution or, for that matter, un-prosecution in the foreseeable future.
The Pompey Nine, who include Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, Leicester chairperson Milan Mandaric, agent/bookmaker/horserace trainer Willie McKay, Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady, Pascal Chimbonda and Birmingham co-owner David Sullivan, are all still protesting their innocence.
In some of these instances, such protests are laughable.
Mr Sullivan, for example, feels "personally violated", which is a little rich coming from somebody who has earned his money through pornography!
All in all, though, a delay suits all the defendants and, for that matter, the Premier League, which has enough on its plate dealing with Thaksin Shinawatra's 25% stake in Manchester City and the gathering debt crisis that will see at least one Premiership team go to that great betting ring in the sky before the end of the season.
It also allows the extended Redknapp family to jovially promote various Wii games over the consumerist season.
Whatever next?
Willie McKay joining the Samaritans?
These legal travails are just beginning to drag on a little.
Even with just the information, knowledge and data that we possess within Dietrological, there is enough evidence for some of these individuals to be prosecuted and taken out of the game.
So, for example, ############################### told me that ############# had offered him £####### to drop his interest in a Spanish player who was moving to Liverpool - £##K in a suitcase.
Presumably, in ScudamoreWorld, this falls within the rules of the game.
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When McKay has his racehorse trainer trilby on, he trains a horse called 'Harry Redknapp' (presumably a serial non-trier), and everybody thinks its just, like, really funny.
Oh those lovable Cockney and Glaswegian rogues, you gotta have a larf, haven't you?
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Meanwhile, Redknapp jumps ship at Portsmouth and, following some very rigged matches, is suddenly regarded as some type of Midas character after his arrival at Tottenham.
A few facts.
Redknapp's transfer policy at Pompey was disastrous - 90% of turnover went on wages.
We're back in the territory of non-sustainability here.
The ownership issue at Portsmouth is farcical. The whole world understands that Arkadi Gaydamak is the Real owner of the club, rather than his inconsequential offspring. But the Premier League rules are non-existent when it comes to proper implementation.
And, don't even get us onto the insider betting within the club.
The club leaked.
The leaks spoke with us.
'Nuff said...
Over the period of Juande Ramos being in charge at Spurs, our institutional bias rating on the London club was 14 (where 0 = total bias against a club by the match officials, and 100 = total bias in favour of a club). Since Redknapp took over, the rating is 100!
What a manager!
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And, while we wait, Mr Redknapp is slowly being rebranded as some kind of national treasure.
'Arry this or 'Arry that...
Harry Redknapp is an adequate manager.
He is many other things as well.
At least Italy exposed calciopoli.
At least Germany prosecuted Hoyzer.
Polish teams are relegated for financial shenanigans.
But, in the really corrupt territories, like Russia, Romania and England, the criminality continues.
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