- May 17, 2018
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I have a soft spot for Harry Redknapp because he is the only (I emphasise) manager to give us true Tottenham football in the PL era. I know people say that about Poch, but it wasn't the same. Redknapp made some really uninspiring players flourish, and he did it so well that I'm pretty sure we were everyone's 2nd favourite team for at least one season.
Unfortunately, the style of play also meant we were just as likely to get thumped as we were to win in a flourish. As such, it was evident that you can't be successful and sexy unless you're already successful.
I don't really know why people moan about Mourinho's football though - it really isn't that bad, and a lot of negativity I think comes from a pre-conception that is fed to us. There have been bad games, but not having fans I think lacks the 'lift' that the team would normally get to motivate them. We're not the only team that suffers from this.
I feel like the reaction is overall quite strange, as AVB's football was so bad I hated my life. It was simply horrific. Some people will point towards the Man Utd win, or finishing with the highest points blah blah, and what we've seen under Mourinho is lightyears away from that. It's almost like you'd need to combine the two so people could like AVB and talk about how pretty he looked, but still have the counter attacking football that I feel is otherwise treated based on personal feelings towards Jose.
Tim's football wasn't too dissimilar to Redknapp's imo - not as good, but the same volatile style where we could just as easily lose 4-0 to a team as we were to win 4-0.
Unfortunately, the style of play also meant we were just as likely to get thumped as we were to win in a flourish. As such, it was evident that you can't be successful and sexy unless you're already successful.
I don't really know why people moan about Mourinho's football though - it really isn't that bad, and a lot of negativity I think comes from a pre-conception that is fed to us. There have been bad games, but not having fans I think lacks the 'lift' that the team would normally get to motivate them. We're not the only team that suffers from this.
I feel like the reaction is overall quite strange, as AVB's football was so bad I hated my life. It was simply horrific. Some people will point towards the Man Utd win, or finishing with the highest points blah blah, and what we've seen under Mourinho is lightyears away from that. It's almost like you'd need to combine the two so people could like AVB and talk about how pretty he looked, but still have the counter attacking football that I feel is otherwise treated based on personal feelings towards Jose.
Tim's football wasn't too dissimilar to Redknapp's imo - not as good, but the same volatile style where we could just as easily lose 4-0 to a team as we were to win 4-0.