- May 8, 2005
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I said before the game yesterday that Harry's lost the plot if he goes back to 4-4-2 again. The guy is mental. We don't have the strikers to play 4-4-2, only Adebayor pressures defenders with any conviction and is capable of picking the ball up and holding it up. Defoe and Saha don't get involved enough and don't defend from the front. Then you have the problem of the two in the middle. With two out and out strikers we have to drop Modric or move him wide (clearly not a good idea) as Modric and on of Parker/Sandro/Livermore is too weak and too open (we've all known it for weeks, months even, Redknapp still doesn't seem to get it though). 4-4-1-1 works because Rafa will drop deep, it's still not as solid as the 4-3-3 but it's not suicide. I despair at Redknapp. I defended him last year, but this is even worse. He bigged us up for the title, then top London team and third, now we'll be lucky to finish in the top 4. Has he held his hands up and accepted any responsibility for what's gone on? Has he given the team a rocket for collapsing at Arsenal and the poor performances since? He just makes excuses, it's never our fault, he never accepts responsibility or challenges the players.