Harry Redknapps Spurs

[lukespurs7]

Going out of the CL with such a whimper puts in perspective how we've actually gone backwards since Harry's time in charge and we've recruited so very badly with the bale money and subsequent money from player sales.

He may not have been everyone's cup of tea or a tactical genius but Harry Redknapp had us playing beautiful exciting 'Tottenham' football. I remember being at a home game with Parker breaking up play and letting Modric,Lennon,VDV,Bale and our strikers cause havoc, popping the ball around so quickly and creating wonderful attacking moves it was gorgeous beautiful and exciting and I loved it. There were oos and arrrs in the crowd as we were astonished by the football we were being treated to. I turned to my old man and my mate and said enjoy this because we won't see this kind of football again for a long time here and it looks like I'm right.

This is for 2 reasons: 1) Our current manager is great but his style of play is slow possession based football not quick pacey stuff. 2) We've lost all those exciting players and replaced them very very badly. Bale and Lennon had pace and scared defences shitless, Modric made us tick and unlocked doors, VDV was world class and Crouch and Defoe we've very effective! This new Tottenham is more solid but pretty boring and we can't seem to score for love nor money, if our current lot that played Monaco tonight played the team under Redknapp they'd get absoloutley slaughtered.

I'm behind Potch and think he has his hands tied to an extent with our recruiting but I'm also upset because I really think we should've stuck with Harry and backed him as I think he was building something special and could've had a team to win us the league and some trophies, Sorry to say we are a mile off that now.

It's great us being more solid and defensive but we need to see some daring and doing, TO DARE IS TO DO, we are not a Spurs team right now and we're not winning games either and I don't see a quick fix until next summer when we must address these issues tactically and we need to recruit much much better.

 

[millsey]

Oh my god

 

[werty]

I loved Harry's time in charge for the most part, but we're in a better position as a club now then we were under him.

 

[felmani26]

Here we fucking go....

 

[fuzzylogic]

Can only piss with the dick you have.

 

[Danfunkel]

Oh boy

 

[eViL]

Not this shit again..

We had plenty of games where we played dog shit football under Redknapp.

They were good times in general but not as fucking good as last year.

Get over it.

 

[danielneeds]

Ah selective memory is such a marvellous thing...

 

[Danfunkel]

I loved Harry's time in charge for the most part, but we're in a better position as a club now then we were under him.

People forget we're still unbeaten in the league, and within points of top. We've made solid, and steady progress in the last three years. Last season took us all, including probably the club by surprise and raised expectations falsely.

We aren't there yet, but we are so much better all round than we've been since the 80s.

People are angry right now. It'll pass.

 

[TheVoiceofReason]

 

[lukespurs7]

Not this shit again..

We had plenty of games where we played dog shit football under Redknapp.

They were good times in general but not as fucking good as last year.

Get over it.

I'm sorry but I really disagree.

The league was piss poor last year and we hit some good form but had lots of flaws which mostly Kane's goals and a strong defence were hiding. These flaws were exposed in our last4 games and have carried over for all of this season.

Yes we had some 'dogshit' games under Redknapp but we also had so so many which were absolutely excellent and that I enjoyed watching us, our currently style when we don't press well is just atrocious and ineffective and the players aren't good enough to win anything either.

Redknapp blew the FA CUP semi but at least we got to a semi and we also got to CL Quarters only to go out to Real Madrid. That team was on the verge of greatness and winning something, we now have a plan but are a long way off the level we were under Redknapp and our football is very often boring as fuck.

 

[lukespurs7]

I loved Harry's time in charge for the most part, but we're in a better position as a club now then we were under him.

I'm some ways we are, in some we aren't.

 

[dontcallme]

Redknapp didn't buy any of the star players the OP mentioned except for Parker. It was that type of short-termism that meant sticking with HR was not a long-term option.

I like that Poch has gone with youth as this is more sustainable and like that he is trying to instill a style of play.

But he can't be too rigid. When discussing transfers we often hear the phrase "that's not a Poch type player" often referring to the player's work-rate. But we need some different types of players.

We could do with a goascoring attacking midfield who offers creativity. If he doesn't do the high press like Poch likes then that is fine, we can afford that in certain matches.

Right now Poch needs to consider the signings that were made in the summer. He needs to correctly identify the problems we are having right now in terms of creativity and goals and look to put that right.

 

[spurs mental]

I'm sorry but I really disagree.

The league was piss poor last year and we hit some good form but had lots of flaws which mostly Kane's goals and a strong defence were hiding. These flaws were exposed in our last4 games and have carried over for all of this season.

So the defence did their job and our star striker did his. Not really sure what the issue is here. We lost like 6 games last season.

In terms of the quality of the league, you can only beat whats in front of you. We were better than 17 teams last season.

Yes we had some 'dogshit' games under Redknapp but we also had so so many which were absolutely excellent and that I enjoyed watching us, our currently style when we don't press well is just atrocious and ineffective and the players aren't good enough to win anything either.

We played great football yes, but each game you never knew whether we would win or lose, now we can be confident going in to each game that we are at worst going to get something from the game. It's not attractive right now but we are missing key players that make the system work.

Redknapp blew the FA CUP semi but at least we got to a semi and we also got to CL Quarters only to go out to Real Madrid. That team was on the verge of greatness and winning something, we now have a plan but are a long way off the level we were under Redknapp and our football is very often boring as fuck.

That team was never on the verge of winning the league or anything else for that matter. A lot of this team have recently been to a cup final at Wembley and ran it close for the title last season.

This team, when at full strength and in form, would beat Redknapp's team at full strength in form. I guarantee you that.

 

[muppetman]

Nope, nope, nope

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

it's simply staggering that were in 2016 and yet people still think Redknapp was the reason we played such good football.

The players played for themselves, and it just so happened that we had arguably 4 world class players in the team (Bale, Modric, VDV, King) 2 of whom are now in the top 10 best in the world. Luka arguably the best CM in the world.

 

[danielneeds]

it's simply staggering that were in 2016 and yet people still think Redknapp was the reason we played such good football.

The players played for themselves, and it just so happened that we had arguably 4 world class players in the team (Bale, Modric, VDV, King) 2 of whom are now in the top 10 best in the world. Luka arguably the best CM in the world.

Indeed. Only the foolish would think that what we need right now is someone who spends most of the day in his office drinking tea and reading the Racing Post.

 

[Hazardousman]

We are far better now than we ever were under Redknapp, we had more entertaining matches under Redknapp no doubt about that but that was down to the fact we had numerous World Class attacking players in the squad.

Our current side has one world class striker in Harry Kane, the rest are a working unit of players that are above average but when playing as a unit play beyond their own individual capabilities.

Harry Redknapp and Poch are two completely different managers who managed/manage two completely different type of spurs teams, the comparison is impossible and that's not even taking into account the amount of changes in the league, it's far more competitive now than it was when Harry was in charge.

 

[davidmatzdorf]

I'm an enormous fan of Harry Redknapp's time at Spurs and what he achieved. But this is a silly thread.

It was in the nature of Redknapp's team, which was based on loose inspiration, self-expression and four brilliant star players, to shock superior squads.

Pochettino is doing something different, which is building a club identity. There's nothing unusual about a club new to the CL being knocked out. The same happened to Man City.

Sure, the Redknapp campaign was thrilling. Was it sustainable? I doubt it. What Pochettino is now constructing has the potential to become sustainable.

 

[JW_Spur]

7 years ago this very day we beat Wigan 9-1.

Now it takes us 2 months (since Sep 27th) to score 9 goals and many of those are penalties we've been given.

I agree something is wrong with the current set up and I agree Harry was great and his teams were a joy to watch but he isn't the answer now.