Adebayor - Harry is a Fantastic Manager

[stemark44]

I was actually looking forward to getting some insight into what makes Harry a fantastic manager but all we learn, once again,is that he tells them all to run about and do their thing.

 

[stemark44]

Great to hear a player praising the manager and acknowledging how much he focuses on getting the best out of his squad.

Harry is old school and knows all about this, as did Bill Nicholson and as do all the other great managers who understand as much about communication and encouragement as they do about training and tactics.

I am delighted with Harry's man-management and that all our players are happy to come into work.
I would love him to be assisted by a coach who is a tactical genius when things are going badly wrong and running around isn't really getting anywhere.
However Kevin Bond doesn't really give me that confidence.

 

[spurslenny]

We love you and your mum too ade my son

His dad's a top, top bloke too, apparently.

 

[stemark44]

[FONT=&quot]He's been playing triffic for CSKA from the start and is in great form now.
Skilful and awesomely quick, and scores lots of goals. I really want us to get him in January. Doumbia that is. Last week he scored hat-trick against Anzhi and was better than Eto'o.
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Ostrov, have you any idea what he would be worth in the transfer market?

 

[spurslenny]

I was actually looking forward to getting some insight into what makes Harry a fantastic manager but all we learn, once again,is that he tells them all to run about and do their thing.

IMO, once a player, or players reach a certain level of proficiency, the thing that makes the difference is confidence. This applies to all sports and sprotsmen/women IMHO.

And that is what makes HR the manager that he is. He instills the confidence, the players perform, and they love him for that.

Redknapp is the polar opposite of Rafe Benitez, who IMO, puts far too much emphasis on tactics, and not enough on man management.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

Ostrov, have you any idea what he would be worth in the transfer market?

£30m rated if you believe what you read

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/901356-tottenham-hotspur-transfers-is-seydou-doumbia-mr-right

 

[dickyid]

IMO, once a player, or players reach a certain level of proficiency, the thing that makes the difference is confidence. This applies to all sports and sprotsmen/women IMHO.

And that is what makes HR the manager that he is. He instills the confidence, the players perform, and they love him for that.

Redknapp is the polar opposite of Rafe Benitez, who IMO, puts far too much emphasis on tactics, and not enough on man management.

This is why the threads on here that BBLG (sorry dude!) starts about "Team for next match" are a bit pointless when it gets into "we should play a 4-3-3 but with one of the wide front men dropping off, while full back plays as an inside-half then we turn to 3-5-2 with 2 holding men pressing".

It's always 4-4-2 with simple instructions and an instruction to express yourself. HR will not change, and I am perfectly happy with the fact we play like a bit of a throwback - quick wingers, two in the middle, two up top. It's what he did at Pompey to great effect & what he's doing for us to great effect.

 

[StartingPrice]

Look, you know these players have no idea of what they're talking about, don't you?

Joey Barton is surprisingly cogent mg:

Reminds me of Colonel Kurtz :rofl:

IMO, once a player, or players reach a certain level of proficiency, the thing that makes the difference is confidence. This applies to all sports and sprotsmen/women IMHO.

And that is what makes HR the manager that he is. He instills the confidence, the players perform, and they love him for that.

Redknapp is the polar opposite of Rafe Benitez, who IMO, puts far too much emphasis on tactics, and not enough on man management.

This.
Everytime this argument crops up I feel a compulsion that Forest players used to comment that they would hardly see Cloughie untiol match day, but it was his man management, the belief he instilled, that set himaside as exceptional.

 

[ostrov]

Ostrov, have you any idea what he would be worth in the transfer market?

I am afraid not cheap. I don't know how long his contract is, some say 4 years to run. So in this case they can command up to 30 m euro considering he's not in major league. He's only 23.
SFOT guys.

 

[eddiebailey]

Everytime this argument crops up I feel a compulsion that Forest players used to comment that they would hardly see Cloughie untiol match day, but it was his man management, the belief he instilled, that set himaside as exceptional.

The other thing Cloughie got right was having Peter Taylor scout out the players he needed so that all the parts fitted together, which is another area in which Harry has improved us, certainly compared to the Comolli years.

 

[spurslenny]

The other thing Cloughie got right was having Peter Taylor scout out the players he needed so that all the parts fitted together, which is another area in which Harry has improved us, certainly compared to the Comolli years.

This.

Maybe it wasn't apparent during the TW, when we were all (some of us anyway ) bemoaning the signing of Friedel and the lack of the many superstars that we were being unrealistically linked to, but we just have to face the fact that a manager that has been in the job for 30+ years may, just may, know a damn sight more about recruitment and management than we do.

For the job that HR has done so far :bowdown:

 

[tRiKS]

what else is he gonna say?

The bloke who's opinion matters most with regard to his selction and when interveiwed praises him shock horror.

Of all the things you could list of a amanger , motivation is one skill set but there are many others.. i think the lack of praise of other aspects of Harry's skills is conspicuous

 

[StartingPrice]

what else is he gonna say?

The bloke who's opinion matters most with regard to his selction and when interveiwed praises him shock horror.

Of all the things you could list of a amanger , motivation is one skill set but there are many others.. i think the lack of praise of other aspects of Harry's skills is conspicuous

He could say "Yeah, that RouteMap, he's an Immanuel...he's not a football manager...fack orf, fack orf...he's a fackin' Wheeler-Dealer" Eek

 

[spurslenny]

what else is he gonna say?

Answered your own question.

i think the lack of praise of other aspects of Harry's skills is conspicuous

Possibly.

But a player when asked 'what's it like playing for Redknapp?' is unlikely to come out with some in-depth monologue about all the tactics deployed by HR.

Ade's just come out with your bog standard player response.

 

[stemark44]

I am afraid not cheap. I don't know how long his contract is, some say 4 years to run. So in this case they can command up to 30 m euro considering he's not in major league. He's only 23.
SFOT guys.

Thanks Ostrov...........he won't be coming to us then.

 

[OmarsComing]

In the Russian campaign so far he's got 17 goals from 25 league matches, as well as 25 goals in 36 games in all competitions.

That's a goalscoring ratio of 0.68 goals per game in the Russian Premier League, and a 0.70 goals per game ratio overall this season.

Considering most managers dream of signing strikers in the 0.50-0.60 ratio, it's no surprise Doumbia's ratio means his club values him at around £30 million.

Having a higher goal scoring ratio in the EPL is a lot harder than the Russian league

 

[Coyboy]

Why does he always sing in interviews?

He's like the JimmyG of the Spurs squad.

 

[ostrov]

Having a higher goal scoring ratio in the EPL is a lot harder than the Russian league

Doumbia scored second consecutive hat-trick last night. It's 22 in 29 games. True, EPL is harder than RPL but the guy is a goal machine nonetheless.

 

[VegasII]

I don't know who, but some player said that all African players love Harry. Apparently he's fluent in 50 African dialects.

Is Harry Spursking in disguise? Or vice versa?

 

[StartingPrice]

Is Harry Spursking in disguise? Or vice versa?

:grin: