Harry Redknapp: Tottenham's signings have been a disaster since I left

[Norwegian Spurs fan]

Portsmouth was a mess when you left Harry, do you remember?

 

[Syn_13]

He is kind of right. Our signings haven't been great. But it's got fuck all to do with him.

 

[Samson]

do people still think saha and nelsen were players harry specifically requested rather than players he was given/settled for?

He asked for Cahill and Tevez. Which was unrealistic. So was Andy Carroll, fortunately.

 

[willy white wonka]

It was easy for hazard to say that while we were tearing up the league clear of arsenal, chavs fighting for europa seemingly on their way out of the CL. Then what happens, Harry starts flirting with the England job runs the team into the ground, arse beat us to 3rd and the chavs park the bus all the way to winning the CL

To be fair HR had as much right as anybody else to fancy managing his country, Levy didn't need to sack him for it, in the end that decision back-fired massively. Think Levy could have supported him more in the transfer market too - that was the time to invest and really go for it, instead Levy went into a coma.

 

[Dillspur]

You mean like he was supported at Portsmouth and QPR?

 

[king26]

To be fair HR had as much right as anybody else to fancy managing his country, Levy didn't need to sack him for it, in the end that decision back-fired massively. Think Levy could have supported him more in the transfer market too - that was the time to invest and really go for it, instead Levy went into a coma.

levy sacked him because he was going on about a new contract when levys mother was ill and also he kept opening his big gob to the press

 

[bat-chain]

levy sacked him because he was going on about a new contract when levys mother was ill and also he kept opening his big gob to the press

Exactly, he even tried to hire a 'super agent' to try and put Levy over a barrel, basically he spent 6 months touting for another job and when it didn't tried to strong arm us and went on Sky spouting crap on a golf course while Levy was going through a tough time.

He misread the situation.

 

[NEVILLEB]

Those who suggest the team caved in because Redknapp didn't rule himself out of the England job are insulting them.

Do you not think they are mentally strong enough to cope?

Would it not have been more likely that having Ledley at the back in the first half of the season made us a lot better than when he started getting injured?

Enough of the blame game. It's pathetic.

 

[scat1620]

Not too relevant to this particular recent media comment by Harry (and I'm rolling my eyes with everyone else about him sounding off about Spurs in 2015), but I always love the way that people who don't think he did a good job with us focus on the way we let leads slip in the league table in 2010/11 and 2011/12 without ever mentioning that he got us those leads in the first place. The narrative always unfolds like he was brought in mid-way through the season when someone else had us cruising and then he went on to dismantle that: laughable! There's never any mention that those multiple-points leads over Arsenal might have been a result of him significantly overachieving compared to the richer clubs he was up against in the first half of those seasons. Absolutely the ends to 2010/11 and 2011/12 were ultimately disappointing, but I never get why people refuse to give him credit for the excellent job he did earlier on in those seasons. People are still entitled to be overall frustrated with his tenure at Spurs if they wish (personally, I still have him down as easily the best manager I've seen at the helm since I began watching in 1995), but for Christ's sake be just a little bit balanced about it and don't act as though someone else made the bed up with crisp linen sheets before he shat in it.

And I automatically disregard anyone who brings up AVB's record points total as a better achievement in absolute terms than Redknapp's two 4th place finishes. Leaving aside the squabbles about who had a better squad at their disposal, when you're talking about achievements League Positions always trump League Points. Always. (No one remembers the team who finished second in the league with 85 points more fondly than the team who won it the season before with 84 points.)

 

[Shadydan]

Those who suggest the team caved in because Redknapp didn't rule himself out of the England job are insulting them.

Do you not think they are mentally strong enough to cope?

Would it not have been more likely that having Ledley at the back in the first half of the season made us a lot better than when he started getting injured?

Enough of the blame game. It's pathetic.

We caved in because the players were physically and mentally exhausted and were suffering from burn out

It happened two seasons in a row, it cannot be a co-incidence.

 

[Lighty64]

We caved in because the players were physically and mentally exhausted and were suffering from burn out

It happened two seasons in a row, it cannot be a co-incidence.

Even in AvB's 1st and only full season,and so far even in Poch's 1st season we have suffered at the end of the season with burn out, only difference with Redknapp's last season didn't we fail to get out of the group stages of the Europa League?

The trouble with the main article is when the reporter asked him about Spurs, being a football man, he has answered it with his opinion. Okay he could of come back with "I'm not interested in what's happening at Spurs", but 1 he is a football man, and after having his best 3 yrs and over 30 odd games including cup games I'm sure we are to be part of his life, and there are many on this board that feels we also wasted most of those funds.

Yes he might of been guilty of not buying a striker in that January we got Saha, but so much was happening or just happened (can't remember when the court case was held), rumours of being next England manager, rumour flying about he wouldn't sign an extension because of England job, perhaps Levy didn't want to give him the funds knowing Redknapp would of most probably not been with us following season.

There seems a lot of hate for the man on this site, but surely even those haters can't deny we was 1 of the most exciting teams to watch, I know many opposing fans accepted it, even if they don't like us.

The 1 thing I do know, in his 3 full seasons our football was exciting and after 1 game finished I couldn't wait for the next match to come. This last 2 seasons I've not had that same gut feeling and excitement.

 

[makeveli]

Yea so has your career...jog on droopy

 

[adamthfc]

Do people really think Real Madrid randomly chose to offer us vdv on deadline day out the blue just because they think we might be interested . We had obviously enquired earlier in the summer and he was too expensive at the time. Madrid needed him off the books so offered him at a deodorant rate to a club who had obviously shown interest. Redknapp obviously wanted him and was never expecting him
To sign due to him
Being to expensive

 

[adamthfc]

Even in AvB's 1st and only full season,and so far even in Poch's 1st season we have suffered at the end of the season with burn out, only difference with Redknapp's last season didn't we fail to get out of the group stages of the Europa League?

The trouble with the main article is when the reporter asked him about Spurs, being a football man, he has answered it with his opinion. Okay he could of come back with "I'm not interested in what's happening at Spurs", but 1 he is a football man, and after having his best 3 yrs and over 30 odd games including cup games I'm sure we are to be part of his life, and there are many on this board that feels we also wasted most of those funds.

Yes he might of been guilty of not buying a striker in that January we got Saha, but so much was happening or just happened (can't remember when the court case was held), rumours of being next England manager, rumour flying about he wouldn't sign an extension because of England job, perhaps Levy didn't want to give him the funds knowing Redknapp would of most probably not been with us following season.

There seems a lot of hate for the man on this site, but surely even those haters can't deny we was 1 of the most exciting teams to watch, I know many opposing fans accepted it, even if they don't like us.

The 1 thing I do know, in his 3 full seasons our football was exciting and after 1 game finished I couldn't wait for the next match to come. This last 2 seasons I've not had that same gut feeling and excitement.

The same fans who accuse him of bankrupting clubs and spending too much money are the same ones that say he should have signed more than Saha and nelsen. If there was money available that January Harry would have spent it

 

[adamthfc]

Do people really think Real Madrid randomly chose to offer us vdv on deadline day out the blue just because they think we might be interested . We had obviously enquired earlier in the summer and he was too expensive at the time. Madrid needed him off the books so offered him at a deodorant rate to a club who had obviously shown interest. Redknapp obviously wanted him and was never expecting him
To sign due to him
Being to expensive

Discounted not deodorant

 

[NEVILLEB]

levy sacked him because he was going on about a new contract when levys mother was ill and also he kept opening his big gob to the press

Do you really believe that?!

He got fired for asking for a new contract? Do you know how stupid that sounds.

Whether or not the Chairman's mother was ill has absolutely nothing to do with him fulfilling his role at the club. If he needed time off he'd have taken it.

Everyone has personal situations causing them stress but you don't bring it to work.

Of all the stupid accusations levelled at Redknapp this is the lowest.

Yes he's got a big ego and is a massive self promoter but he also always got on with players who generally liked having him as boss. He's a bit of a dick sometimes but these character assassinations sound just like girlie school yard bitching.

 

[dontcallme]

I'm just going by what is in the public domain. Redknapp, Sherwood & Ferdinand have all said they wanted to bring in a striker as they felt they needed one to push for the title but they weren't given any money.

Do i really believe that? Absolutely. We had a football manager notorious for buying players and a chairman famed for protecting the pennies. Redknapp had a negative net spend as Spurs Manager.

But this is exactly where the short sighted approach of Redknapp leads to his downfall.

He spent £40m on Keane, Defoe and Crouch. Adding to Pav he left us with 4 pretty average strikers hitting their late 20s on a good wage so were difficult to sell.

I don't think a single player Redknapp bought could be sold at any profit so he creates his own problems.

 

[NEVILLEB]

But this is exactly where the short sighted approach of Redknapp leads to his downfall.

He spent £40m on Keane, Defoe and Crouch. Adding to Pav he left us with 4 pretty average strikers hitting their late 20s on a good wage so were difficult to sell.

I don't think a single player Redknapp bought could be sold at any profit so he creates his own problems.

You well know the conditions that caused Redknapp to re-sign Defoe and Keane.

To simply gloss over that indicates that you aren't being fair.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

But this is exactly where the short sighted approach of Redknapp leads to his downfall.

He spent £40m on Keane, Defoe and Crouch. Adding to Pav he left us with 4 pretty average strikers hitting their late 20s on a good wage so were difficult to sell.

I don't think a single player Redknapp bought could be sold at any profit so he creates his own problems.

Also I think the fact he targeted players such as Forlan, Fabiano, Phil Neville and Joe Cole led to his demise. All players who were coming into the twilight of their careers. And were indicative of Redknapps perchance of showing absolutely no foresight or imagination in the transfer market. When he left apparently Levy had told him we wanted to go in another direction. I actually believe that. Redknapps preference for fading pros on high wages is totally against the business model of the club. With the new stadium on the horizon Levy obviously wanted a manager who was interested in developing young players and taking a more long term outlook. Something which was never Redknapps forte.

 

[dontcallme]

You well know the conditions that caused Redknapp to re-sign Defoe and Keane.

To simply gloss over that indicates that you aren't being fair.

Yes a lot short termism approach that got short terms results then hit a brick wall. He didn't need to buy both.