• Dear Guest, Please note that adult content is not permitted on this forum. We have had our Google ads disabled at times due to some posts that were found from some time ago. Please do not post adult content and if you see any already on the forum, please report the post so that we can deal with it. Adult content is allowed in the glory hole - you will have to request permission to access it. Thanks, scara

OT: What next for Harry?

"When I see some of the headlines coming out of Emirates Marketing Project, I wonder how Roberto Mancini puts up with it all," Redknapp wrote in his column in The Sun. "The way I see it, he deserves a medal for the way he has coped with some of the egos he's got in that dressing room. I don't think I'd have the patience to put up with them."

Redknapp feels his man-management methods would not have worked on Balotelli, who is currently out of favour at City.

"If all that nonsense with Carlos Tevez wasn't bad enough last season, he's now got Mario Balotelli sitting on the bench most weeks with a face like thunder," he said. "I once tried to sign him (Balotelli) for Spurs before he went to City. I spoke with his brother and had a meeting with his agent after he'd had a fall-out with Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan. But we wanted him on loan and Inter weren't interested.

"And that's when I thought: 'If Jose can't handle him, what chance have I got?' Maybe it was a lucky escape because I don't think I'd have been able to handle the way he has behaved in England."
 
Jordinho said:
"When I see some of the headlines coming out of Emirates Marketing Project, I wonder how Roberto Mancini puts up with it all," Redknapp wrote in his column in The Sun. "The way I see it, he deserves a medal for the way he has coped with some of the egos he's got in that dressing room. I don't think I'd have the patience to put up with them."
Click to expand...


Its mancini's fault for signing most of them
 
Probably a post for a new thread, but as the mods on here are so merge happy and it relates to Redknapp I'll stick it in here.

Redknapp last season came under a fair bit of pressure for not taking the cups seriously and especially came under a lot of pressure for the Stevenage away performance and result (despite rotating the squad massively for that game).

We've taken the cups very seriously this season and pretty much fielded the majority of our available first team players in each and every game. The net result has been a shambolic Europa League where we failed to win the group and look totally unconvincing, and early knockouts from both the domestic cup competitions.

During these games we haven't rested many players, so the question is. Was Redknapp making the right call when he rested large amounts of first teamers for the cup competitions, or should we play our best players whenever possible? And a side issue is, does our poor cup performances and showings this year mean that although the management care about the competitions deep down the players couldn't give a brick?
 
Push and Run said:
Probably a post for a new thread, but as the mods on here are so merge happy and it relates to Redknapp I'll stick it in here.

Redknapp last season came under a fair bit of pressure for not taking the cups seriously and especially came under a lot of pressure for the Stevenage away performance and result (despite rotating the squad massively for that game).

We've taken the cups very seriously this season and pretty much fielded the majority of our available first team players in each and every game. The net result has been a shambolic Europa League where we failed to win the group and look totally unconvincing, and early knockouts from both the domestic cup competitions.

During these games we haven't rested many players, so the question is. Was Redknapp making the right call when he rested large amounts of first teamers for the cup competitions, or should we play our best players whenever possible? And a side issue is, does our poor cup performances and showings this year mean that although the management care about the competitions deep down the players couldn't give a brick?
Click to expand...

What a surprise that YOU jump on the bandwagon.
 
That would be a good post for a thread, if it hadn't been so Redknapp focused. It's a discussion that's been had many times before though.
 
Push and Run said:
It's unavoidable to not bring Redknapp into it when discussing his vs AVB's approach to cup competitions surely?
Click to expand...

No, it isn't. You can easily discuss what AVB should prioritize without making it a comparison to what our last manager did.
 
Push and Run said:
Probably a post for a new thread, but as the mods on here are so merge happy and it relates to Redknapp I'll stick it in here.

Redknapp last season came under a fair bit of pressure for not taking the cups seriously and especially came under a lot of pressure for the Stevenage away performance and result (despite rotating the squad massively for that game).

We've taken the cups very seriously this season and pretty much fielded the majority of our available first team players in each and every game. The net result has been a shambolic Europa League where we failed to win the group and look totally unconvincing, and early knockouts from both the domestic cup competitions.

During these games we haven't rested many players, so the question is. Was Redknapp making the right call when he rested large amounts of first teamers for the cup competitions, or should we play our best players whenever possible? And a side issue is, does our poor cup performances and showings this year mean that although the management care about the competitions deep down the players couldn't give a brick?
Click to expand...

Always a little kick...so strange...you really DO resemble someone who once posted here. Thank you for your meaningful contribution bolded above. Again, like it or not sunshine, we are not here for people like YOU to take cheap shots at. Just post in the bloody thread or don't. No need for the studs-up challenge...
 
The Queens Park Rangers owner, Tony Fernandes, has said that he will leave the club if they are relegated from the Premier League this season. QPR suffered a humiliating defeat at home to Milton Keynes Dons in the FA Cup and are five points from safety at the bottom of the table.

The anger in the crowd – from those who remained until the bitter end, that is – was palpable and Fernandes, who bought the club in August 2011, is feeling the heat. Despite a vast expenditure on new players QPR have struggled and Harry Redknapp is the third manager they have employed since the takeover.

"Attendance was great," Fernandes said on Twitter. "Thanks to fans Everything worked. We will fix It. I'm still optimistic. Many fans attacking me. Doing our best.

"As I said we won't stop trying. As I have said many times I take all responsibility and will face the music. Always spirit up. If can't fix it I will be first to go."

Next up for QPR is the visit of Emirates Marketing Project. "We will pick a different team on Tuesday," said Redknapp, who is hopeful Löic Rémy will be available after hamstring trouble.

Despite the mess at QPR this was undoubtedly the greatest day in MK Dons' short history. They had never reached the fifth round before and their veteran striker, Alan Smith, savoured every moment of a match in which they led 4-0 after 56 minutes. The 32-year-old was part of the Leeds side that reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2001 but said this victory rivalled that run.

"This one will be remembered as fondly as some of those results," Smith said. "Obviously it was not as spectacular as who you were playing against – they were all European giants. But it is a Premier League team who have spent a lot of money and we came and played good football. It is not as though we were backs to the wall. It proved how good we can be.

"It is one of the best results of my career. For a League One team to come to a Premier League team and be 4-0 up with 25 minutes to go … It was a strong QPR team as well. It was not as though they put young lads out as well or part of the reserve team – there were international players out there."

Smith is the same age as his manager but, while his career is drawing to a close, Karl Robinson's is in its infancy. The manager turned down an approach from Blackpool earlier this month and Smith believes he can go as far as he wants in the game.

"He plays a style of football that is very attractive to watch," Smith said. "People say we overplay and try to play too much for our division but everyone who comes to watch can see that everybody is confident on the ball and wants to play. We have brought some steel to the team and some characters and some winners – that is important.

"That is where Karl's coaching is first class. He has worked under some great managers and is doing a great job. Fingers crossed we can keep him because I am sure the vultures will be circling. It is difficult to keep a manager of that age and that quality."

Blackpool's offer was attractive but Robinson is trying to build something at MK Dons. Loyalty is important to him. "At this moment in time I'm in a good place personally," he said. "My family mean a lot to me. My dad had a heart attack last week and thankfully he's come over the back of that now. I think loyalty's a gift and I love the club that I work for and the group of players."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/27/tony-fernandes-qpr-mk-dons

Not exactly what he said though. :lol:
 
This thread has become an embarassment - like the weird loner alcoholic Uncle at a wedding hitting on the bridesmaids - everyone knows he'll do it after dessert is served
 
Last edited:
Push and Run said:
It's far easier for them to have digs at me for daring to mention Redknapp in the Redknapp thread than actually answer the points I raised.
Click to expand...

I'm not interested in discussing what Redknapp did while with us. He's gone. What's the point? Wouldn't it be far more useful to talk about what AVB is doing?

And before you start accusing others for taking digs, read your own post.
 
Push and Run said:
Probably a post for a new thread, but as the mods on here are so merge happy and it relates to Redknapp I'll stick it in here.

Redknapp last season came under a fair bit of pressure for not taking the cups seriously and especially came under a lot of pressure for the Stevenage away performance and result (despite rotating the squad massively for that game).

We've taken the cups very seriously this season and pretty much fielded the majority of our available first team players in each and every game. The net result has been a shambolic Europa League where we failed to win the group and look totally unconvincing, and early knockouts from both the domestic cup competitions.

During these games we haven't rested many players, so the question is. Was Redknapp making the right call when he rested large amounts of first teamers for the cup competitions, or should we play our best players whenever possible? And a side issue is, does our poor cup performances and showings this year mean that although the management care about the competitions deep down the players couldn't give a brick?
Click to expand...

Because Parker clearly didn't give a brick yesterday......

We are Spurs, and we should take ALL cup competitions seriously and I am pleased AVB takes them more seriously than Redknapp. What I am not pleased about is how we have floundered in them even though we have taken them seriously.
 
Jordinho said:
I'm not interested in discussing what Redknapp did while with us. He's gone. What's the point? Wouldn't it be far more useful to talk about what AVB is doing?

And before you start accusing others for taking digs, read your own post.
Click to expand...

I would ask you what's the point of posting in the thread then if you don't want to discuss the job he did he but I think we already know the answer to that.
 
Jurgen the German said:
I would ask you what's the point of posting in the thread then if you don't want to discuss the job he did he but I think we already know the answer to that.
Click to expand...

If the title was - 'What was of Arry?' then you might have a point. ;)

What he did for us has been done to death - what's the point of going over it again and again, seeing that you and The Moonlit Knight harbour insatiable hunger to clear his name (from what, to this day I have no idea) and build a living thread shrine to this unappreciated miracle worker of a Tottenham Hotspur living legend

Let it go - in fact - I think this thread even in its current format is obsolete and I've changed my mind to agree with Crawley - mostly because the disciples will always come and spark it up again, and again, and again.
 
ArcspacE said:
If the title was - 'What was of Arry?' then you might have a point. ;)

What he did for us has been done to death - what's the point of going over it again and again, seeing that you and The Moonlit Knight harbour insatiable hunger to clear his name (from what, to this day I have no idea) and build a living thread shrine to this unappreciated miracle worker of a Tottenham Hotspur living legend

Let it go - in fact - I think this thread even in its current format is obsolete and I've changed my mind to agree with Crawley - mostly because the disciples will always come and spark it up again, and again, and again.
Click to expand...

First of all, clear his name of what? I don't what he did that was so wrong.

Interesting that all the people that don't like him have no problem going over the England stuff and his tendency to talk too much even though THAT has been done to death, but we can't compare the job he did to AVB?

It's my right to defend him even if I am in a minority just as it is your right to defend Berbatov and Modric even though you might be in the minority.

And btw, your condescending tone really isn't necessary.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back