Harry Redknapp gone

ScottehBotteh said:
always referred to Spurs as 'them' not 'us'.
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listening to his interview(s) yesterday, he was still referring to his involvment with them as present tense when it came to certain things. title/cl push etc. i genuinely believe he is absoloutely gutted and handled it a lot better than i thought he would.

mind you, if someone bunged a few mill in my account, i'd hardly be wanting to rock the boat.
 
That doesn't surprise me, but the greedy gits should have tried a little harder, finished 3rd and then they wouldn't be in this position.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Who says Levy is as guilty, he signed players, who says he didn't want Harry to go out and grab a top quality striker and Harry thought some prem league striking experience would help them out instead so he thought Saha was a better option than someone else. Levy has spent loads of money never been scared to invest and ultimately, look at the first half of the season's form. Redknapp had a squad and didn't use it, he could have changed things up and didn't, he could have dropped those who didn't perform, and didn't, he could have done a great deal of different things and didn't.

The same team performed dramatically worse, the capability was there, the manager failed to extract it, simple as that.

You have to remember its not like Spurs were okay and Arsenal were out of this world amazing to close the gap, Spurs were terrible and Arsenal were only a little above average. Arsenal won 11 games in the first half of the season, before which Spurs were massively ahead, Arsenal won 10 games in the second half of the season........

The fact is one window is never at fault. Arsenal's squad is suffering because of mistakes made anything up to 5 years ago. Spur's season is based on squad decisions made in the past 5 years as well. Spending 12mil on Palacios, Crouch, Keane, and getting rid of them all, getting rid of Pav when he's a quality striker, turning Defoe into a bit part player for no reason. If he merely played Pav and Defoe more, they'd have done better. He could have bought a less mistake prone left back, or right back years ago. He could have bought better CB's, not played a crippled CB in important games who kept making mistakes. Bought in Kranjcar and Pienaar on high wages but barely used either. Chimbonda was clearly washed up, lazy, didn't care and Redknapp threw wages at him again. Couldn't get anything out of Taarbat or Boateng, got shot of an incredibly good Bent for no reason.

It's 99% his mismanagement of squads and insistance on buying players he'll never use for no apparent reason that has cost him. There are 5-6 players he's got shot of who could have made dramatic differences this season, 4-5 players he's bought for no reason what so ever and the fundamental fact that when the team stopped performing well he had no answer.



Spurs were not a relegation quality side, at all, suggesting so is beyond daft. At the start of that season they had Keane/Berbatov both leaving, neither playing well(or much ?) before they left, and the replacements, Modric and Pav were brand new to the country, not settled, and took a while to get into form, as did Pav. Had Ramos stayed there isn't ANY doubt they would have finished way above midtable, none at all.
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An excellent post that sums up my feelings entirely. Harry made his entire spurs career from inheriting a great squad and making it perform as it had done before. I dont see us having progressed at all. We have no strikers, too much deadwood and no formation.

Levys only failing was this January when he let corluka and pav go and allowed harry to bring in Saha and Nelson. Absolutely terrible move.

In the main Levy is the real treasure. I hope he brings back commolli and pairs him with a good manager; much of Harry's success comes from comollis work.
 
As a Spurs fan I was a little surprised he was sacked when he was, my thoughts were if Levy was going to get rid of him he should have done so earlier as I would have liked Rogers to have been the one we looked to as his replacement.

However, we have made the choice now and I am happy he has gone, as long as that means we will be able to keep the likes of Bale, Modric and VdV and they dont look to leave now purely because Harry is no longer there.

I agree totally with what DM has said, he has purchased far too many players that were stop gaps and then never used, it has completely bemused me that someone of Defoes quality has been left on the bench more often than not, the same with Crouch when he was there, continually overlooked. I didn't agree with the treatment of Pavlyuchenko either, I thought he was a superb signing that just needed the game time - another player I hope does get the chance under the new manager is Dos Santos as from what I have seen, especially for Mexico is a superbly talented player.

As for who will replace him I dont know. I think, although he did badly at Chelsea I think AVB might be a good fit, he was on a hiding to nothing at Chelsea due to player power, but that said I would like someone with an understanding of the PL and think Moyes might be the one they look to.
 
I've put a cheeky fiver on Rafa Benitez, he may not be the popular choice but he's probably the best qualified and can't afford to sit about much longer.
 
Tottenham Hotspur have contacted representatives of former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas as the club's search for a new manager gathers pace.

Intermediaries acting for Spurs have contacted the 34-year-old's agent to gauge his interest and he may even be interviewed later this week.

Chairman Daniel Levy returns to London on Monday and will personally take charge of the recruitment process.

France coach Laurent Blanc has also emerged as a potential candidate.

Villas-Boas's agent was in London over the weekend, although Spurs insist they will not be rushed into a knee-jerk appointment and plan to speak with a number of candidates.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18480662

He's at least in the running then...
 
I would be happy with Benitez, if Modric and Bale still want to leave then hopefully Levy will get a good amount for them (at least 50m for the pair), coupled with the sale of a few others would give him a good amount of money to invest.

If he did take the job then we shouldn't expect 4th again, top 6 would be a great start.
 
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