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I wonder what kind of week Harry Redknapp's had
Remember he got a bit tetchy in a press conference after QPR's win against Southampton
Although he cheered up a bit when he managed to drive back home in 20 minutes.
What got him riled was a story about his team's alleged heavy drinking on their warm weather break to Dubai
Do these little jaunts help team building or are they just another excuse for young men to go a bit crazy, away from the prying eyes of the press? Bob?
I understand sometimes that the conditions are so bad in this country that you can't really train
I don't really understand warm weather training
They take them all out to Dubai, then we call train them... Ian: It's a team bonding exercise!
Yes, but then they have to come back and play in the snow against Shrewsbury or something like that
Oh, you think it's a bit of a shock? To actually go to Shrewsbury in the snow
Exactly, you train where you're going to play
But I think he was fine, Redknapp... I like him.
Ian: We all like Harry Bob: because he doesn't refuse to comment
Some of the guys said: "it was a good result, especially given what was in the paper today"
And he said: "what a load of old... a disgusting story.
Ian: Disgusting story Bob: And... And I know who it was
So the bloke said "do you think there are problems with the players?" And " No. It wasn't a player, it wasn't a player"
And he more or less said it was a football agent, so you could very easily narrow it down
Because listen, for all the glamour, and the burnabout and the Emirates, and all this
It's a game run mainly by pretty seedy blokes
And it's agents, and manager, and they are probably always rocking.
And I think it's nice every now and again, they just lift that little curtain, and you see what really goes on.
It's obviously some agent who has it in for Harry, who has just found his mate at the papers and told him a lot of lies which are then printed
Well, Harry wasn't happy Bob: it's football.
Omid, what do you think about this "warm weather training" idea?
I have to say I agree with mr Mills here
I think it's ridiculous, if you've been to Dubai, it's about 40 degrees heat.
I have. You have? It's too hot to even train
If I had a team and we were bonding I take them to the indoor snow piste and see Muslim women in veils flying down like Franz Klammer
And for comedy reasons;;; it's funny.
And there is a restaurant, where you can actually eat, and watch people do that.
I mean, we had a bit of bonding before, we went for warm weather pizza.
I think anything that bonds... because we don't really know what happens behind closed door, we don't know how "bonded" they are
Just because they train, doesnt actually mean they spend time with each other.
Cause sometimes they don't pass, you saw that thing with Kieron Dyer and... what't his name? Bowyer, Lee Bowyer
Lee Bowyer could have a fight in an empty room though, to be fair.
Because I tell you, why. Yhat had been building up. He wasn't passing to him during the game
Because apparently, for weeks in training he never passed to him
They didn't spend time with each other. Ian: do you know what they needed? They needed a heavy drinking sessions, in a bar in the Middle East
where they... where they would all get in prison for it! Ian: you know what?
the England team, look at the England team before Euro 96
They went to Hong Kong, Gazza got in a dentist chair, they all got horribly, horribly drunk, but it worked for a team building exercise
You don't need to get drunk, but when you go away and spend time with each other, you're more likely to put little grudges aside and pass the ball.
Because that Bowyer - Kieorn Dyer thing, they weren't passing the ball to each other in training, for weeks
So I think that kind of thing is really helpful