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'I'm addicted to feeding birds!' QPR boss Redknapp

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    'I'm addicted to feeding birds!' QPR boss Redknapp admits to spending almost £2,000 a year on feathered friends


    By Joe Strange

    PUBLISHED: 09:39 GMT, 15 December 2013 | UPDATED: 09:39 GMT, 15 December 2013






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    Harry Redknapp has confessed to an unlikely obsession away from football - feeding the birds that visit his garden.

    The QPR boss, who lives in Sandbanks, Dorset, is up at the crack of dawn every morning to make sure his feathered friends don't go hungry.

    Redknapp said: 'I'm a compulsive bird feeder. You'll see me out in the dead of winter at 5am, filling up our feeders and tables.'




    Even with a long commute to the R's training ground in Harlington, the former Portsmouth manager still makes time for his hobby. But it's not just time that Redknapp invests.


    He added: 'We have about 30 and I can easily spend 80 quid on bird food a fortnight in the pet shop.


    'I won't leave for work until I've fed them - I hate to think of them going hungry. Bit mad, innit?'


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...000-year-feathered-friends.html#ixzz2nXJGhvr5
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    must have been a quiet newsweek
     
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    Perhaps he should slip some Trill into the players food...<laugh>
     
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    they leave enough of a mess as it is
     
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    I guess it better than feeding the chooks .............<laugh>
     
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    5 am! Maybe he'd gone back to sleep before the game yesterday, and judging from our performance didn't wake up until an hour had gone
     
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    I love to feed the birds, not with birdseed though
     
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    I hope Sandra doesn't know about this.
     
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    Seagulls took some but not the owls
     
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    I used to be a bird feeder until their husbands found out.
     
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    Always had him down as a twitcher
     
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    I wonder what the grocery bill is for these guys?

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    Interesting observations:-

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/mos...dknapp-Managing-team-isnt-rocket-science.html

    After ability, attitude is the most important factor in assessing a player.

    "You only need two or three bad apples – when things aren’t going well they’ll be the first to poison the place. You have to be careful not to get too many of those people around you, and if you’ve got them you have to get them out of the club quickly."
     
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    The Sun has an exclusive on his next team line-up:

    ------------------------Petr Chick-------------------------------

    Dan Gosling--Rio Birdinhand--Daniel Egger--Ashley Cole(Blue Tit)

    Swan Mata--Albatross Barkley--Heron Ramsey--Raheem Starling

    --------------Jermaine DeCrow--Peter Odemwingy---------------
     
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  15. Kilburn

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    On the bench:-

    Robin van Persie, Manchester United
    Radamel Falcon, Atletico Madrid
    Dave Pheasant, ex-Wimbledon, Southampton, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest
    Chris Wood-pecker, Leicester City
    Jay Spearing, Bolton Wanderers

    http://footballburp.com/magazine/pundemic-birds-of-play-bird-footballers/
     
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    John Terry - cock
     
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