Jamie Redknapp's hit-piece on Levy and THFC

[thinktank]

'Levy enjoys sacking managers'

ESPN staff
April 8, 2014 «


Jamie Redknapp has hit out at Daniel Levy's treatment of Tim Sherwood and claimed the Tottenham chairman's trigger-happy approach could scare off reputable replacements.

The club's former midfielder is a close friend of Sherwood after the pair played together for Spurs and is angry that the head coach is facing a summer exit just four months after being appointed.

"I don't know how many managers Levy has gone through in his time there but he does enjoy sacking managers," Redknapp said. "Because no one came out and said anything, I always felt Tim was a dead man walking there.

"Sometimes you've got to look at the people close to you, it's not always the managers that are making the mistakes. Sometimes the recruitment could have been better.

"Franco Baldini and Levy have to take some responsibility because which players have really come in after the sale of Gareth Bale and made an impact? Maybe you could say Christian Eriksen but apart from that there haven't been too many.

"If Tim Sherwood does leave at the end of the season, how can a Director of Football like Baldini keep his job? I find that amazing.

"The young managers get the sack and the people that bring the players in don't have any responsibility. The club looks like it is in disarray again. The fans deserve a lot more than they are getting."

Sherwood is facing what Tottenham have called a "review" at the end of the season but they issued a statement before Monday's 5-1 win against Sunderland which failed to give any indication they want to keep him on next season.

He was only appointed as Andre Villas-Boas's successor last December and was given an 18-month contract but a bright start has tailed off; the likelihood of missing out on a Champions League place and the impact of a 4-0 thrashing by Liverpool last month appears to have sealed his fate.

If he is stood down from his post Sherwood, the eighth manager to be appointed by Levy in 13 years, could be asked to take up a different role. However, he has made it clear that he would refuse to work as a No.2 to any replacement should the club decide to name a ninth.

"Tim was put into a position that wasn't easy," Redknapp told Sky Sports News. "A lot of the players that came in at the start of the season just haven't been good enough; the managers take the brunt of this. They've gone through two managers already.

"They've got ideas of grandeur there, that's the problem. They think they have a divine right to be in the top four and the players aren't good enough. They've done it twice in the last 20-odd years, so all of a sudden they start thinking this is going to happen every year.

"They are miles off and until they get that [player recruitment] right it doesn't matter what manager they bring in - because Levy will keep sacking every manager they bring in.

"[Louis] van Gaal, [Mauricio] Pochettino - they're good managers; they're not silly.That's not the sort of club that gives a manager a great deal of time and your reputation could be as high as kite and then go to Tottenham, lose a couple of games, get sacked and all of a sudden you're scrapping around for another job."

Van Gaal heads a long list of well-regarded managers who have been linked with a move to Tottenham. He claims to have held talks with Levy already and, with his contract to coach the Netherlands expiring after the World Cup, has made it clear he is keen on a move to the Premier League.

But Redknapp warned it may not be the opportunity the Dutchman has said he hopes for. "It's not really working for Tottenham," he said. "Levy enjoys buying the players and I think that's the problem. He's an owner and a fantastic shrewd businessman but when it comes to knowing footballers, I don't think that's really his game.

"They were doing brilliantly a couple of years ago and now you look at clubs like Everton who are going past them quickly and that isn't Tim Sherwood's fault, that isn't Villas-Boas' fault; that's because of the players they are bringing in who aren't quite good enough to play for Tottenham.

"You can bring in anyone to work with that group of players and they would struggle to get the top four."


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That is not just an attack on Levy and his proclivity to sack the odd manager, that is an attack on this club and Jamie 'man at C&A' Redknapp and his twitchy xxxx of a dad and Tim 'only fools and horses, but mostly fools' Sherwood can get the fuck out of THFC's affairs!

Utter fucking vermin.

 

[Nocando]

Nothing that hasn't been said more than once on here. I'm sure a few will even agree with him (if it hadn't been JR saying it, at least).

 

[Sir Henry]

I loved his comments yesterday... 'Spurs are in turmoil' then we go smash Sunderland 5-1, it makes him look really stupid, let him dig his own holes as people are laughing at what he says.

 

[NEVILLEB]

Everything Redknapp has said has been repeated on this forum and by lots of other pundits, ex players and journalists.

He has a point. We've been through loads of managers and they've all left looking stupid.

 

[beats1]

Funny how the wanker ignores his fathers unprofessionalism and the fact that his dad was away for about 8 or more weeks trying to get the england job.

If I was levy I would highlight the reasons for the sackings as thats make us look trigger happy but if you tell everyone what happened it makes it more understandable for those attacking us.

 

[Cavehillspur]

Can't stand the smarmy git.........HOWEVER....I think that this

Jamie Redknapp has hit out at Daniel Levy's treatment of Tim Sherwood and claimed the Tottenham chairman's trigger-happy approach could scare off reputable replacements.

is why Rodgers decided not to come to Spurs, I read an interview with him recently alluding to this anyway - but yeah Redknapp is just a wally, it's got to the point were I change the channel when he comes on.

 

[Nocando]

I loved his comments yesterday... 'Spurs are in turmoil' then we go smash Sunderland 5-1, it makes him look really stupid, let him dig his own holes as people are laughing at what he says.

Apart from those on here that agree with him, of course.

I suppose it depends which agenda it suits on how much of a **** he is. Personally I don't take much issue with it, I take more issue with how some of our fans convey their opinions and reject any outside view as though their being probed analy.

Whilst I don't agree with a lot of what @NEVILLEB says, I certainly respect his views and how he conducts himself when he responds.

 

[WestBelfast Spurs]

he's just bitter that used to knock one out over his wife and he's never forgiven me or the club I love

 

[SpartanSpur]

Whilst I don't agree with his (personal) motives, I'm glad that these criticisms of Levy are getting out there. As far as I'm concerned Levy is 90% there to being an exceptional chairman, however his greatest flaw is in the recruitment of managers and to a lesser extent players.

The more these flaws get published, the greater chance he may change his ways somewhat. I'd prefer an improved Daniel Levy over 'Levy Out' every single time.

 

[beats1]

Everything Redknapp has said has been repeated on this forum and by lots of other pundits, ex players and journalists.

He has a point. We've been through loads of managers and they've all left looking stupid.

Does he. I see good reasons for the sackings of
Ramos: 2 points from 8 games
Harry: Lost the dressing room whilst leaving the team for a month or two trying to get a new job
AVB: Lost the dressing room and the team was regressing under him as the season went on
Timmy: I heard stuff that he wasn't as responsible as we were led to believe with the youth team and he is a total nutcase with our first team.

So if the manager is not good enough why should we give them time?

Who would want to give these back over the likes of LVG, Martinez and etc and give them time over the next couple of years?

 

[OmarsComing]

I hope he gets raped by a rhinoceros.

 

[dudu]

I hope he gets raped by a rhinoceros.

ummmmmmmmmmmm

would you watch?

 

[thinktank]

Can't stand the smarmy git.........HOWEVER....I think that this

Jamie Redknapp has hit out at Daniel Levy's treatment of Tim Sherwood and claimed the Tottenham chairman's trigger-happy approach could scare off reputable replacements.

is why Rodgers decided not to come to Spurs, I read an interview with him recently alluding to this anyway - but yeah Redknapp is just a wally, it's got to the point were I change the channel when he comes on.

Mate, that quote is intended to do exactly what it states as a fault of Levy's.

It's the overt, shameless campaigning in this article and the blatant disrespect for this club that fucks me right off. Yet he wants his mate to keep his job here?? gtfo

 

[WestBelfast Spurs]

ummmmmmmmmmmm

would you watch?

course not everyday you get to watch a rhino fuck a donkey

 

[OmarsComing]

ummmmmmmmmmmm

would you watch?

Only if you hold my hand.

 

[Cavehillspur]

Mate, that quote is intended to do exactly what it states as a fault of Levy's.

It's the overt, shameless campaigning in this article and the blatant disrespect for this club that fucks me right off. Yet he wants his mate to keep his job here?? gtfo

I hadnt read the full article chief, I get ya now though

 

[absolute bobbins]

That is not just an attack on Levy and his proclivity to sack the odd manager, that is an attack on this club and Jamie 'man at C&A' Redknapp and his twitchy xxxx of a dad and Tim 'only fools and horses, but mostly fools' Sherwood can get the fuck out of THFC's affairs!

Utter fucking vermin.

Jamie, seriously, your Dad lost his job, get over it. Besides, Harry is proving his level ability with Lakshmi Mittal's bottomless funds and the nicest guy in the world as Chairman at QPR

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Sorry but he's got a lot of that right. There's obviously going to be a tinge of sour grapes in there which from a pundit is disappointing, but the meat of it is, in my 'umble onion, pretty accurate.

Far too much hiring and firing and confusion over who does what and who buys the players, you couldn't blame anyone looking in from the ouside for saying we lack direction and stability and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if Levy's track record with regard turnover of managers has led to the odd one turning us down.

But the stunted one can still turn it around. Hire the right man, back him, get some harmony and stability back into the club and just as importantly, a sense of direction, get the new stadium built and you never know. Some people might even come onto SC, hold hands and sing kumbaya.

 

[thinktank]

Whilst I don't agree with his (personal) motives, I'm glad that these criticisms of Levy are getting out there. As far as I'm concerned Levy is 90% there to being an exceptional chairman, however his greatest flaw is in the recruitment of managers and to a lesser extent players.

The more these flaws get published, the greater chance he may change his ways somewhat. I'd prefer an improved Daniel Levy over 'Levy Out' every single time.

I'm critical of many things Levy has done, but there is no way in xxxxing hell that I am gonna listen to this weaponised article from a shitxxxx catalogue model who's sole motivation is to pump up his shadey, con-man of a mate off of our back!

 

[robin09]

Jamie Redknapp is coming at the argument from the wrong angle.

Sherwood wasn't made manager of Spurs indefinitely. He is a caretaker manager, with an ego and wallet padding contract length of 18 months.

Redknapp would have a point if we had wheeled Tim out as the man to take us forward for the next 3-4 years, and then changed our mind. But we haven't. He's filling in, and his time is almost up.

That said, Redknapp is perfectly correct to state Levy has fired a lot of managers. The rest sounds like bitterness which wouldn't be a surprise.

It's not the fact we keep sacking managers that we don't finish top 4. It's that we haven't got the budget of City, Chelsea, Arsenal, United, Liverpool from which to buy and pay players. Sacking managers is a consequence of not being able to compete on the pitch with the financial heavy weights.

But that doesn't make for a good article, or poke Levy in his A hole.