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OT: What next for Harry?

Listen, you are judging his popularity purely on the views of the people who post on this forum, which is what a couple of hundred regular posters? Compared to nearly 33,000 WHL regulars, over 20,000 of which attend EVERY HOME GAME. I did not encounter many people calling for his head is all I'm saying. I'm not re-writing history, people were quite rightly disappointed and angry after the end to last season, but at the end of the day, we finished 4th which is what we were aiming for at the start of the season. No doubt we cost ourselves a CL place, but how could anyone have possibly predicted Chelsea would win the damn competition? And the manner in which they won it was even harsher on us.

If you don't attend the games regularly or even live in this country, there is no way you can get the complete picture of what is going on here and what the overall opinion of the fanbase is, which is close to a million supporters in England last time I looked.
 
Jurgen the German said:
So what's wrong with that quote?

News flash: Redknapp says the world is round. GG goes ballistic- "no it ain't, saggy faced ****."
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Jurgen you're really trying to debate with him about this? he's gutted that Arry hasn't said nothing bad at all so he's literally trying to post everything he says in order to find just one thing wrong. He's becoming desperate now.
 
Superhudd said:
Why mention the game where we went up early and everyone loving everyone else at that point, of course there would be affection aimed at Harry. I can assure you everyone can make arguments look good, like stats, every stat looks good placed in the right place. Why not mention how fans felt after the horrendous finish to the season.
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So were people chanting "Harry out" at QPR away last season then? Or at home to Fulham? Or away to Everton?
 
Jurgen the German said:
So were people chanting "Harry out" at QPR away last season then? Or at home to Fulham? Or away to Everton?
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No of course not, I haven't said they did. I like every other season ticket holder that goes knows you don't do that when your in 4th place, we just boooooooo when the whistle goes. Doesn't mean it wasn't hot topic down the pub or other discussion areas.
 
Superhudd said:
No of course not, I haven't said they did. I like every other season ticket holder that goes knows you don't do that when your in 4th place, we just boooooooo when the whistle goes. Doesn't mean it wasn't hot topic down the pub or other discussion areas.
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I must have missed all the Redknapp out meetings after the games.

Ok, so even if his statement wasn't 100% accurate, I think it's fair to say that most rational (and I use that term very loosely) Spurs fans were appreciative of what he achieved at the club during his tenure, even if a certain percentage were angry at him for our slump last season. Impossible to say how many fans wanted him gone ultimately, but if I had to put a number on it, at worst for Redknapp, it was 50-50 in regards to wanting him sacked. I myself could see why Levy got rid of him after he shot himself in the foot with all the contract talk, even If I didn't 100% agree with Levy's decision to sack him.
 
from posts on here and from discussions amongst my mates i'd say it was 50/50 for Harry at best as well, he really was marmite
 
I wasn’t a Harry Redknapp fan when he became our manager. I couldn’t believe that a manger who only a few weeks earlier after our defeat at Pompey had been castigating our fans and adding fuel to the flames that our fanbase was racist, was now at the helm of our club. I also hadn’t forgotten his sly little digs at us when he was West Ham manager. I also didn’t believe he was a good enough manager to move us forward.

Luckily in the short term he proved me wrong and in my adult lifetime gave me some of the most entertaining football as a Spurs fan. However I firmly believe he took us as far as he could and let’s not forget last season’s collapse was not an isolated event, it happened the season before as well. Our good run in the champions league, masked how we fell away after beating Milan at the San Siro. For footballing reasons alone IMO he had to go, but his courting of the England job and his blatant contradictions did nothing to help his case.

Again purely IMO, it was a dig at AVB. Harry is a clever chap, he knew he could dress it up in a way that it wasn’t a direct attack but it’s an attack nevertheless. The press know that, AVB knows that and I think most people would interpret as that. The “dope” he was referring to was the man who succeeded him in his previous job.

Whilst I appreciate what he did for our club, I didn’t like Harry the man, he was always in it for himself I felt, rather than Tottenham Hotspur. Whilst I could accept that when we were doing well, from February onwards Harry Redknapp and our goals diverged and he took his eye off the ball.
Given he hasn’t really changed at his time at QPR, I’m glad he’s gone and we can now move forward under AVB
 
galeforce said:
from posts on here and from discussions amongst my mates i'd say it was 50/50 for Harry at best as well, he really was marmite
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Agreed. But people could still clearly see he did a very good job at Spurs. I also think if there was a vote as to who was the best Spurs manager in the Premier League era, Redknapp would get more votes than any other manager. And even if some people didn't like him, they could hardly fault what he achieved so what he said isn't heinous is it?
 
RigorMortis said:
I wasn’t a Harry Redknapp fan when he became our manager. I couldn’t believe that a manger who only a few weeks earlier after our defeat at Pompey had been castigating our fans and adding fuel to the flames that our fanbase was racist, was now at the helm of our club. I also hadn’t forgotten his sly little digs at us when he was West Ham manager. I also didn’t believe he was a good enough manager to move us forward.

Luckily in the short term he proved me wrong and in my adult lifetime gave me some of the most entertaining football as a Spurs fan. However I firmly believe he took us as far as he could and let’s not forget last season’s collapse was not an isolated event, it happened the season before as well. Our good run in the champions league, masked how we fell away after beating Milan at the San Siro. For footballing reasons alone IMO he had to go, but his courting of the England job and his blatant contradictions did nothing to help his case.

Again purely IMO, it was a dig at AVB. Harry is a clever chap, he knew he could dress it up in a way that it wasn’t a direct attack but it’s an attack nevertheless. The press know that, AVB knows that and I think most people would interpret as that. The “dope” he was referring to was the man who succeeded him in his previous job.

Whilst I appreciate what he did for our club, I didn’t like Harry the man, he was always in it for himself I felt, rather than Tottenham Hotspur. Whilst I could accept that when we were doing well, from February onwards Harry Redknapp and our goals diverged and he took his eye off the ball.
Given he hasn’t really changed at his time at QPR, I’m glad he’s gone and we can now move forward under AVB
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You do know that the quote was from before the Chelsea-QPR game don't you? It was a dig at Benitez and Chelsea themselves, who are arch rivals of his current club QPR. If the quote was from today or yesterday, you would have had a point. The quote was recycled by the media in order to get a reaction from AVB, and guess what, they've still managed to dress it up and make it look like AVB was firing back even though neither manager was having a go at the other.
 
Jurgen the German said:
I must have missed all the Redknapp out meetings after the games.

Ok, so even if his statement wasn't 100% accurate, I think it's fair to say that most rational (and I use that term very loosely) Spurs fans were appreciative of what he achieved at the club during his tenure, even if a certain percentage were angry at him for our slump last season. Impossible to say how many fans wanted him gone ultimately, but if I had to put a number on it, at worst for Redknapp, it was 50-50 in regards to wanting him sacked. I myself could see why Levy got rid of him after he shot himself in the foot with all the contract talk, even If I didn't 100% agree with Levy's decision to sack him.
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>>> Insert person on high horse picture. <<<<

The rest I agree on. I think many could see he couldn't take us that extra step.
 
Superhudd said:
>>> Insert person on high horse picture. <<<<

The rest I agree on. I think many could see he couldn't take us that extra step.
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People are not rational when they talk about Redknapp. He has not said anything disparaging about the club, the manager or our fanbase in the buildup to the game, but some posters are trying to make it look like he has.

He even said he still fancied us to get 4th after the 5-2 defeat to Arsenal. It was apparently a quote designed to put pressure on AVB, ever think that he actually rates our squad and he genuinely meant it?
 
Jurgen the German said:
People are not rational when they talk about Redknapp. He has not said anything disparaging about the club, the manager or our fanbase in the buildup to the game, but some posters are trying to make it look like he has.

He even said he still fancied us to get 4th after the 5-2 defeat to Arsenal. It was apparently a quote designed to put pressure on AVB, ever think that he actually rates our squad and he genuinely meant it?
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Unless they are of your opinion. :lol:

I think RigorMortis summed it up perfectly about Redknapp.
 
Harry Redknapp has 'no problem' with Tottenham successor Andre Villas-Boas

QPR manager Harry Redknapp has said he bears no grudge towards Tottenham counterpart Andre Villas-Boas as the rivals prepare to meet in tomorrow's Barclays Premier League clash at Loftus Road.

Villas-Boas succeeded Redknapp at White Hart Lane after the 65-year-old had been unexpectedly sacked last June and has since guided Spurs to third in the table.

Redknapp insists the suggestion of animosity between the pair is inaccurate and that he will share a drink with his Portuguese rival after tomorrow's London derby.

"I don't have a relationship with Villas-Boas but then I don't have a relationship with any other manager in the Premier League," he said.

"I don't socialise with him, he's gone to Tottenham and done a great job. What's the problem? I've got no problem with him at all.

"Good luck to him, he's doing a fantastic job there. Long may it continue for him.

"I'll shake his hand after the game and invite him in for a drink, whatever the result. I don't have any problems with him. He seems a nice guy."

Former Chelsea manager Villas-Boas, who lasted only eight months at Stamford Bridge, responded to Redknapp's suggestion that only a "dope" could fail at the European champions by stating: "Only if you manage the club can you find out. It's a different type of club."

Redknapp today stressed that his comments were being used in the wrong context after making a general observation before QPR's 1-0 victory over Chelsea two weeks ago.

"I was asked a question about (Chelsea manager) Rafa Benitez and I said he's gone in there and done very well, but you'd have to be a dope to mess up with that squad of players," he said.

"I said Rafa Benitez is not a dope, he's a top manager who will do very well there.

"I never mentioned anyone else, so why people have started relating it to the manager at Tottenham I don't know.

"He hasn't taken my job, he's got a job. When he took over I didn't have the job, I was out of work.

"Good luck to him, someone had to manage Tottenham - he's doing excellently, good luck to him.

"I don't spend my life worrying about what he or Tottenham are doing. My life doesn't work like that."

QPR also confirmed that former Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cotterill has joined QPR's backroom staff on a short-term deal.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...enham-successor-andre-villasboas-8447834.html

I don't see anything wrong with what either manager said
 
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Back to the Adebayor and Lloris threads with the moaning and 'blasting' over cherry picked quotes. Some take this football stuff a little too serious. :lol:
 
why does it, his dope remark for me was pointed at every Chelsea Manager under Abramovich.

Its unfortunate that he used the word dope because its making fun of someone, whoever that might be

Its another Redknapp moment of not engage brain before opening mouth.
 
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