Yes he did. "Players get all the credit when we're playing well."
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Harry Redknapp: The Aftermath
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Yes he did. "Players get all the credit when we're playing well."
Wriggly
Banned
from goal.com
A cabal of players, including some of the most senior at the club, have communicated their frustrations via their agents over the last few weeks to chairman Daniel Levy during a run of just one win from nine Premier League matches.
Goal.com understands they have complained about Redknapp’s tactics and match preparation, with one enduring theme being that training during the week is providing little preparation for the weekend fixtures.
It is believed that senior Spurs figures have been so alarmed by the players’ feedback and a catastrophic run of results that they would consider replacing Redknapp as manager at the end of the season, even in the unlikely event that he does not quit Tottenham to become the new England boss.
The club has abandoned plans to try and persuade the 65-year-old to stay at White Hart Lane and will not offer him the four-year ?ú16 million contract they had prepared.
Although Goal.com has learned that Redknapp is far from at loggerheads with his entire squad – reports of a bust-up with Emmanuel Adebayor are wide of the mark - a significant number of players have questioned events on the training ground.
“The players feel they are not going into matches well enough prepared,” a Tottenham source told Goal.com. “For instance, they will practice all week in a 4-5-1 formation and then play 4-4-2 at the weekend. Or vice versa.
“They also feel there is not enough attention to detail and tactics. One common complaint is little or no practice defending set-pieces. There are question marks about the coaching and how much the players are improving through the input of the staff.”
The dressing room unrest is not just restricted to players affiliated with one particular agent who has involvement with a significant proportion of the Tottenham squad.
Some of the Spurs players are feeling the effects of a 49-match campaign in which Redknapp has tended to pick his strongest available XI for every league and FA Cup game, rather than juggle his resources.
Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Scott Parker, Kyle Walker, Brad Friedel, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Younes Kaboul and Adebayor have each started at least 28 of Spurs’ 34 league matches, an unusually high proportion even though the club's involvement in the Europa League ended before Christmas.
“Some of the players are exhausted and, as a result, their standards have dropped,” the source added. “If you look at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson meticulously manages the entire season and keeps freshening up the team while relying on a core of regulars. Harry just picks the best XI and lets them get on with it.”
Redknapp’s January dealings, in which he sold Roman Pavlyuchenko and allowed Steven Pienaar, Sebastien Bassong and Vedran Corluka to leave on loan - replacing them with injury-prone pair Louis Saha and Ryan Nelsen - has also raised eyebrows.
Senior Spurs figures are coming to the conclusion that a parting of the ways with Redknapp is desirable following a run of five defeats and three draws in nine league games since beating Saudi Sportswashing Machine 5-0 on February 11, when Tottenham were third in the table and 10 points clear of fourth-placed Arsenal.
The 5-1 FA Cup semi-final humiliation at the hands of Chelsea has also been a key factor in the change of thinking at the top of the club.
Spurs will not try and change Redknapp’s mind if, as expected, the FA make an official approach to the club to secure him as the next England manager.
ok ok its from goal.com, but the most alarming thing if true is ?ú16m contract over 4 years for Harry fudging Redknapp ????? fuk me.
A cabal of players, including some of the most senior at the club, have communicated their frustrations via their agents over the last few weeks to chairman Daniel Levy during a run of just one win from nine Premier League matches.
Goal.com understands they have complained about Redknapp’s tactics and match preparation, with one enduring theme being that training during the week is providing little preparation for the weekend fixtures.
It is believed that senior Spurs figures have been so alarmed by the players’ feedback and a catastrophic run of results that they would consider replacing Redknapp as manager at the end of the season, even in the unlikely event that he does not quit Tottenham to become the new England boss.
The club has abandoned plans to try and persuade the 65-year-old to stay at White Hart Lane and will not offer him the four-year ?ú16 million contract they had prepared.
Although Goal.com has learned that Redknapp is far from at loggerheads with his entire squad – reports of a bust-up with Emmanuel Adebayor are wide of the mark - a significant number of players have questioned events on the training ground.
“The players feel they are not going into matches well enough prepared,” a Tottenham source told Goal.com. “For instance, they will practice all week in a 4-5-1 formation and then play 4-4-2 at the weekend. Or vice versa.
“They also feel there is not enough attention to detail and tactics. One common complaint is little or no practice defending set-pieces. There are question marks about the coaching and how much the players are improving through the input of the staff.”
The dressing room unrest is not just restricted to players affiliated with one particular agent who has involvement with a significant proportion of the Tottenham squad.
Some of the Spurs players are feeling the effects of a 49-match campaign in which Redknapp has tended to pick his strongest available XI for every league and FA Cup game, rather than juggle his resources.
Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Scott Parker, Kyle Walker, Brad Friedel, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Younes Kaboul and Adebayor have each started at least 28 of Spurs’ 34 league matches, an unusually high proportion even though the club's involvement in the Europa League ended before Christmas.
“Some of the players are exhausted and, as a result, their standards have dropped,” the source added. “If you look at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson meticulously manages the entire season and keeps freshening up the team while relying on a core of regulars. Harry just picks the best XI and lets them get on with it.”
Redknapp’s January dealings, in which he sold Roman Pavlyuchenko and allowed Steven Pienaar, Sebastien Bassong and Vedran Corluka to leave on loan - replacing them with injury-prone pair Louis Saha and Ryan Nelsen - has also raised eyebrows.
Senior Spurs figures are coming to the conclusion that a parting of the ways with Redknapp is desirable following a run of five defeats and three draws in nine league games since beating Saudi Sportswashing Machine 5-0 on February 11, when Tottenham were third in the table and 10 points clear of fourth-placed Arsenal.
The 5-1 FA Cup semi-final humiliation at the hands of Chelsea has also been a key factor in the change of thinking at the top of the club.
Spurs will not try and change Redknapp’s mind if, as expected, the FA make an official approach to the club to secure him as the next England manager.
ok ok its from goal.com, but the most alarming thing if true is ?ú16m contract over 4 years for Harry fudging Redknapp ????? fuk me.
GlennGoddle
Andy Sinton
Cobblers
chancer
Gudni Bergsson
Since being 0-2 up against Arse, this is what's happened in the League:
> Undeserved loss v. Manyoo
> Battling loss against a good Everton team away
> A draw against a fortunate Stoke after the difficult Muamba week
> Very good draw against CL finalists away. Should have won.
> A good win against Swansea
> A meh draw against Sunderland away
> A bad loss against Norwich
> A bad loss against QPR
There are only 2 unacceptably bad performances in those 8 games. There are 3 downright good performances. The other three - Sunderland, Stoke and Everton - are somewhere in between.
Those 8 games are what have turned feelings on this board from exultation to lynch-mob. The loss of perspective on this board is absolute at this point.
> Undeserved loss v. Manyoo
> Battling loss against a good Everton team away
> A draw against a fortunate Stoke after the difficult Muamba week
> Very good draw against CL finalists away. Should have won.
> A good win against Swansea
> A meh draw against Sunderland away
> A bad loss against Norwich
> A bad loss against QPR
There are only 2 unacceptably bad performances in those 8 games. There are 3 downright good performances. The other three - Sunderland, Stoke and Everton - are somewhere in between.
Those 8 games are what have turned feelings on this board from exultation to lynch-mob. The loss of perspective on this board is absolute at this point.
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indianspur
Guest
ahhh, very clever there......Teflon man has to maintain his halo
Wriggly
Banned
Why did the players not get touted for the England job then when we were challenging for the league ?
What a ****
3 months ago he was saying that we were title challengers
did he mention '2 points from 8 games' and 'they've never had it so good'
To be fair he is right, but its 50-50 because it wasn't just the players getting the credit it was Redknapp aswell. When we had our purple patch thats when the Redknapp for England bandwagon really started.
The players are culpable to an extent but Redknapp definitely is aswell....
What happened after Redknapp said we're still 4th? Surely the media tackled him on this?
Park Lane James
Andy Sinton
Cracking post. Various factors such as injuries, tough scheduling, tragedy (Muamba) have snowballed into one terrible run of form. Not pointing fingers, but it's been incredibly unfortunate and exacerbated by some poor team selections.
BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
All true, and while no-one can deny those facts, they will still spout absolute rubbish, 'he doesn't care about us', 'waiting to be sacked' blah blah blah.
I'm sure he does protect himself a bit, as he is absolutely entitled to do. He knows the game. Guys like Jol didn't protect themselves and made it easy for everyone to pin the blame on him when things weren't going well. I don't really care if he does protect himself, it has nothing to do with his ability as a manager.
For what it's worth I'd even put the QPR result as battling rather than bad, considering the injuries to our strikeforce, the fact they score from one of their only shots - a 25 yard free kick - and then spend 70 minutes showing no ambition whatsoever. Very similar pattern to the Everton game against a team that have beaten an in-form Arsenal and Chelsea there this season.
Rossi22
Pedro Mendes
Kind of, he mentioned we were bottom of the league when he took over and now we're fighting for cl places.
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indianspur
Guest
i dont think there was overwhelming exultation even when things were going well.....there has been a section of fans who could see something wasnt right, that we have been in a bad run of form since the christmas, that we were poor again in the Jan window, the squad wasnt being rotated enough, there was a legitimate fear that we could collapse this season like we did at the back end of last season.
take away the glory of the Saudi Sportswashing Machine game, and the fact is we havent been playing well for a long time. And against Saudi Sportswashing Machine we played them where they were without Tiote, Cabaye and Cisse and Ba had just returned from the ANC. Of course there was also the hysteria around Redknapp which also helped us that night.
loss of perspective has nothing to do with it. We have slumped from a comfortable 3rd to a precarious 5th position and our form and confidence is rotten. The manager, and the players, are paid fortunes, they are not delivering when it matters. Why shouldnt the fans expect more?
Did he actually say that ?
What a fudging idiot - good way to motivate the lads for the run in
Gordinho
Banned
Agree, they're like a bunch of weather vanes.
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indianspur
Guest
im not sure they dare.....they dont want to upset him, what would they do if he stopped delivering his cheeky chappy ****ney soundbites
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indianspur
Guest
oh and you left out the 5-1 semi final thrashing......i guess the ball over the line controversy can excuse all those concerned
GlennGoddle
Andy Sinton
Geoff Shreeves would have told him....
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
It says league games. Therefore the Bolton FA Cup win is also not included.
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
Cut him some slack. I'm sure he much to busy preparing for the Euros to look at a League table.