Contingency planning : When Ange is sacked, who should replace him?

[Bishop]

For me, that was one of our best summers ever - Hugo, Verts, Dembele, Siggy, Dempsey although we made a mistake signing Adebayor permanently. Of course that was only achieved with the Modric, VDV, Corluka, Kranjcaer money. We still ended the summer with zero net spending.

Harry was one of the very best wheeler dealers. Just remember his run at West Ham achieving over expectations. There is absolutely no reason to think he could not and would not have bought and sold just as well at Spurs if allowed to do so. We see with the players brought in under his tenure we improved, we see with the players earmarked also under his tenure we improved (the likes of Vertoghen etc) where went astray is actually after Harry was fired. I know you don't like Harry but your analysis of his time always reads as quite biased tbh.

 

[billyiddo]

You're Daniel Levy do you do what is best for the club or do you let your pride or ego make your decisions for you...

Shhhh you're not supposed to tell anyone

 

[Muttley]

Harry was one of the very best wheeler dealers. Just remember his run at West Ham achieving over expectations. There is absolutely no reason to think he could not and would not have bought and sold just as well at Spurs if allowed to do so. We see with the players brought in under his tenure we improved, we see with the players earmarked also under his tenure we improved (the likes of Vertoghen etc) where went astray is actually after Harry was fired. I know you don't like Harry but your analysis of his time always reads as quite biased tbh.

No, you're putting words in my mouth.

I really rated Harry as a football coach. He had some amazing strengths.

He just needed help in the areas he wasn't very good at because he had never managed at this level before. He wasn't in a position where he needed to scratch around an polish turds like he had to do at his other clubs. What we needed him to do was to get a lean and effective squad of good players who fitted his philosophy. He needed to offload his deadwood and let the squad repopulate naturally. He didn't do that. He stockpiled just like he did at every club he managed and it became help the aged.

It's one of the reasons it's a shame that Ange isn't a great coach. He genuinely gets the other side of the job. He'll actually be ruthless with guys like Dier and Reggie and he will narrowly focus on the players that fits what he's looking for. He won't be Mr Nice Guy and just keep everyone happy. When you think back to how long Harry was with us, by season 3 that squad should have been in great shape. I'm sure you've seen me lambast the guy who was head of football ops at the time as well. It wasn't Levy's finest hour either. They made mistakes together in their 2 in a box model. It doesn't work when you have someone with as little football DNA as Levy has. He needs to be the CEO role, which he has now become.

 

[tommysvr]

I really enjoyed Redknapp's time and absolutely did not want him fired when he was, but his flirting with England was more than just ambition. It actively hurt us. Just have to look at the results following the "we want you to stay" thrashing of Saudi Sportswashing Machine. We won 2 league games between then and when Roy Hodgson was appointed on May 1st.

We were genuine title challengers that season. Had we beaten Wolves at home on the 14th of January we would have gone top. Then the following week we're Jermain Defoe's studs / Balotelli not being sent off for stamping on Scott Parker away from beating Emirates Marketing Project away.

 

[metalgear]

harry redknapp got WHL roariing, the players were genuinely happy, in interviews making jokes about bale never winning, pavlyuchenko running around a bit and BAE wanting to be a pornstar etc.

famously we went from "2 points from eight" bottom to eighth, and onwards to CL semi final. what a ride. and in typical spurs fashion everything came crashing down after we finished fourth but missed out on CL because some technical reason.

i believe levy was emotionally triggered because he'd backed harry in a court case, and could not tolerate harry having eyes for the england job. not sure why, because he was certainly better than hodgson or fat sam

 

[Lilbaz]

No, you're putting words in my mouth.

I really rated Harry as a football coach. He had some amazing strengths.

He just needed help in the areas he wasn't very good at because he had never managed at this level before. He wasn't in a position where he needed to scratch around an polish turds like he had to do at his other clubs. What we needed him to do was to get a lean and effective squad of good players who fitted his philosophy. He needed to offload his deadwood and let the squad repopulate naturally. He didn't do that. He stockpiled just like he did at every club he managed and it became help the aged.

It's one of the reasons it's a shame that Ange isn't a great coach. He genuinely gets the other side of the job. He'll actually be ruthless with guys like Dier and Reggie and he will narrowly focus on the players that fits what he's looking for. He won't be Mr Nice Guy and just keep everyone happy. When you think back to how long Harry was with us, by season 3 that squad should have been in great shape. I'm sure you've seen me lambast the guy who was head of football ops at the time as well. It wasn't Levy's finest hour either. They made mistakes together in their 2 in a box model. It doesn't work when you have someone with as little football DNA as Levy has. He needs to be the CEO role, which he has now become.

Eh? He brought through players like ferdinand, lampard, carrick and cole at west ham. Bale with us.
We brought in polished players like vdv.

He was good at working with the resources he had. Which was a zero net spend at spurs at the time.

 

[Jordinho]

harry redknapp got WHL roariing, the players were genuinely happy, in interviews making jokes about bale never winning, pavlyuchenko running around a bit and BAE wanting to be a pornstar etc.

famously we went from "2 points from eight" bottom to eighth, and onwards to CL semi final. what a ride. and in typical spurs fashion everything came crashing down after we finished fourth but missed out on CL because some technical reason.

i believe levy was emotionally triggered because he'd backed harry in a court case, and could not tolerate harry having eyes for the england job. not sure why, because he was certainly better than hodgson or fat sam

Once the England speculation started he claimed it wouldn't affect the players. He didn't get the job and then he wanted a new contract. Suddenly it was crucial for the players to have some certainty about next season. Talked himself out of the Spurs job.

 

[Yiddo]

Harrys team was arguably Tottenhams best footballing team in my lifetime. We literally came out of the traps almost every home game and you expected us to win comfortably in every home game we played. It was entertaining, teams were genuinely frightened to play us. You can say what you want about Harry but he knew how to set up a team.

 

[Bishop]

I really enjoyed Redknapp's time and absolutely did not want him fired when he was, but his flirting with England was more than just ambition. It actively hurt us. Just have to look at the results following the "we want you to stay" thrashing of Saudi Sportswashing Machine. We won 2 league games between then and when Roy Hodgson was appointed on May 1st.

We were genuine title challengers that season. Had we beaten Wolves at home on the 14th of January we would have gone top. Then the following week we're Jermain Defoe's studs / Balotelli not being sent off for stamping on Scott Parker away from beating Emirates Marketing Project away.

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I 100% agree. I just wouldn't have sacked him after the England job role became a thing.

 

[metalgear]

Harrys team was arguably Tottenhams best footballing team in my lifetime. We literally came out of the traps almost every home game and you expected us to win comfortably in every home game we played. It was entertaining, teams were genuinely frightened to play us. You can say what you want about Harry but he knew how to set up a team.

he was really great at getting the best out of the players. it was more formation, less system and allowing the players to try their best. every game was interesting because every player was eager to play well and enjoyed themselves. we certainly didn't have the best players then

 

[billyiddo]

he was really great at getting the best out of the players. it was more formation, less system and allowing the players to try their best. every game was interesting because every player was eager to play well and enjoyed themselves. we certainly didn't have the best players then

The 10/11 first XI team was really strong on paper, one of the best in the league and depth wise it was pretty good too given what subsequent managers had to make do with and Harry's penchant for stockpiling seasoned pros.

 

[Lemonade Money]

Sir Alex Ferguson: it's inevitable Harry Redknapp will get England job

Sir Alex Ferguson is preparing his farewells for Harry Redknapp in recognition of the fact that the game at White Hart Lane is likely to be the last time the two meet as rivals

www.theguardian.com

 

[glasgowspur]

Sir Alex Ferguson: it's inevitable Harry Redknapp will get England job

Sir Alex Ferguson is preparing his farewells for Harry Redknapp in recognition of the fact that the game at White Hart Lane is likely to be the last time the two meet as rivals

www.theguardian.com

The interesting part of that interview is his comments on managing the modern player, keeping your voice at the club as the dominant one and making the club aware of it.

I've never thought of Ferguson as a great football coach, but he's is an absolute genius man manager and that is what brought him success.

 

[Surfless]

Ahh Redknapp. A man who built himself a caracature and then told everyone how much he hated it. He was a great manager and treated the players like people, which was definitely a shortcoming of AVB after him. He really should have kept his mouth shut around the time he was being touted for the England job, as he managed to lose two jobs the way he acted.

The football was so much fun to watch though!

 

[Muttley]

Harrys team was arguably Tottenhams best footballing team in my lifetime. We literally came out of the traps almost every home game and you expected us to win comfortably in every home game we played. It was entertaining, teams were genuinely frightened to play us. You can say what you want about Harry but he knew how to set up a team.

What I liked about Harry's football is that the opposition had no clue how we were coming at them. It could have been from the wide areas, it could have been a slide rule pass or it could have been an individual running directly at the centre halves. I guess Harry would be pigeon-holed as a 4-4-2 man but it was far cleverer than that. He could have Corluka barely going over the half way line with Lennon running riot. On the other side Ekotto would be playing the full-back role very differently. Then Bale came along and Ekotto adjusted again.

It's such a shame that Levy and Harry didn't manage the off field operations as well. The squad was plateauing if not declining. It was getting too old and too bloated. We had no manoeuvrability in the transfer market as we were always in sell to buy mode. Then you had bad calls from Levy and Harry like over-empowering Sherwood. Sending a rookie like that to assess Suarez was incredibly naive.

 

[thfcsteff]

Redknapp over played his hand after being passed over by England - went in hard with the club over a new contract having just fudged our season. A bit of humility and he'd have likely seen it through.

Agreed. That and the timing of his complaint, jesus, what a fool!

 

[Dicko]

Saw a link to Niko Kovac today

Tottenham now in talks with 'world class' manager who once inflicted 7-2 defeat on Spurs, he wants Premier League job

Tottenham have now made an approach to hire Niko Kovac from Borussia Dortmund as Ange Postecoglou looks set to be sacked.

tbrfootball.com

 

[Daisuk]

International football is not a step up from the PL.

It’s about 5 steps down.

Oh, I agree, but Harry must have seen it as a step up, otherwise he wouldn't have wanted the job.

 

[parklane1]

Once the England speculation started he claimed it wouldn't affect the players. He didn't get the job and then he wanted a new contract. Suddenly it was crucial for the players to have some certainty about next season. Talked himself out of the Spurs job.

Thankfully he did, rent a quote is/was a crook and a liar.

 

[Bishop]

Thankfully he did, rent a quote is/was a crook and a liar.

But a great manager for us and far better than the man who proceeded him and the one who followed. A bit of a cutting off your nose to spite your face scenario.