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Time for Redknapp to move on...

Frozen_Waffles

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Jan 26, 2005
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What is Harry doing, I cannot fathom how he is still managing this football club. I have seen a lot of Harry out comments and I have to agree with some of these statements. This is not Tottenham Hotspur!

During the transfer window we have only signed 3 ‘first team signings’, in previous years it was not a good window unless we signed 10 players, 5 of which had to be players we had not heard of before. Some may argue that people like Emil Halfredsson is not the sort of player that we need nowadays but I have to disagree, if we do not sign random panic buys and estranged Icelandic wingers what is the point.

I mean Scott Parker, he is 30! Ok some may argue that he was player of the year last year in a relegation team and an England international and that we paid a reasonably low price for such an experienced player. However he is not a highly rated young player plying his trade outside the premiership who is excellent on football manager, so what are you doing Harry?

I find this sort of transfer business highly irregular, 3 premiership proven players who have been revelations in the premiership for years. This is not our Tottenham. Brad Friedel is older than some of our coaching staff and why do we need him? I mean we have already made our high priced (good on footy manager) signing in Gomes a couple of years ago. It is madness for Harry to think that we didn’t enjoy those blunders last season, it’s what makes the game exciting. Now with Friedel it will just be dull, a solid keeper at Spurs, it just beggars belief.

Adebayor – a world class striker at spurs that does not break our wage structure and cost us nothing, what are you thinking Harry. This is short sighted management, we should have paid 35 million on a young Newcastle forward when we had the chance. While I am on transfer business - letting Jenas go on loan, what a silly decision. I don’t think he realises how much enjoyment Spurs fans get from endless forum posts about whether you can still be a quality midfielder if you cannot pass the ball 3 yards.

Getting Champions league qualification grinds me as well, we all know that we prefer to fail in style than actually succeed. Then we have the cheek to play brilliant football the likes of which the champions league has not seen for years. Outrageous management, we suffered as well for it by finishing 5th in the League. City and Arsenal finished ahead of us at the end of the season and why? Because we did not play Niko Krankjar enough, that is why. Niko Krankjar should be played at all times, and Harry should know this. All spurs fans know how good Niko is, he does not have to play football to prove his brilliance to us.

He does not give youth a chance as well, apart from in the Uefa cup and people like Bale, Sandro, Livermore, Rose and Walker. But if we concentrate on the outfield and look at how many over 30’s spurs are playing – it is like watching pensioners with people like Gallas, Parker and Gallas.

To top it off we get beat off the two Manchester teams. I could forgive being beat by the champions at OT and I am not a fan of knee jerk reactions so I decided to give Harry one more game and he lost this as well. They may have spent 30 million for every player in their team and their third spare left back may be on more wages than our highest earner but this is no excuse, we are Spurs.

I have not even mentioned his endless press action, he dares to speak about matters Spurs when anyone asks him a question, the cheek. He says what’s on his mind no pretence, we expect cloak and daggers here at Spurs and he will do well to remember that. He recently stated that spurs “did well” in their UEFA cup tie. Some may see this as a relatively harmless comment but we at Spurs know that he was taking a swipe at the greatest player at Tottenham Hotspur ever, the hard working and on form legend (that has been good on footy manager for years) Giovanni Dos Santos, why Lennon is not shot and replaced by this midfield maestro is beyond me.

He can still redeem himself though, the resigning of Robbie Keane in January is a must otherwise Spurs will be in real trouble.
 

JimmyG2

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Dec 7, 2006
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We are doing very well under Harry but that does not mean that everything is perfect and that critics of Harry, of which I am sometimes one, don't have some valid points.
'If it aint perfect it can be improved' is my take on life in general and football, especially at Spurs, in particular.

Harry's press performances are often embarrassing and sometimes contradictory.
But I don't really care because it doesn't actually relate to what happens on the pitch.

In my view, and you may well disagree, the end does not justify the means.
I am not a paid up member of the 'a win is a win' school of fans.
Only a fool would want 'Harry out' after Harry's record at Spurs but every sarcastic point you make is at least worth a discussion.

This is a discussion site not a Harry Redknapp Tribute Forum.
Nicely put together if a little heavy handed.
Putting your head on the front page 'columns' block can be quite daunting as I know to my cost.:)
 

rupsmith

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Jul 29, 2006
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I just do not understand the Harry out brigade. Sure this is a discussion forum and obviously everyone is entitled to their opinion but does anyone even remember the 90's and the early 2000's? I mean do they really? Other that the Anderston, Sheringham, Klinsman, Barmby year is any other season worth mentioning? This is the absolute best team I have ever watched us play since I started supporting the club in 1989. And a lot of it is down to Harry and Daniel Levy. I cherish every single game we play, who know how long it will last.

We are a financially stable club, we play the Spurs way, we will have one of the best stadiums in the world in about 4-5 years, and have Rafael VDV, Modric, Adebayor, Bale and Parker all of whom I believe can play in any team in the world, including Barcelona.

What i dont understand is how the guys who followed Spurs in the early 80's can criticise the club now. I can understand the kids who have started following the team since 2008 (the Chelsea syndrome) but how can the veteran fans be critical. In my view, it is reflective of a society that values the "get-quick-rich" approach and is why we are on the verge of a global economic crisis and possibly because Harry is an Englishman from the east end of London

I posted this a while ago -

Several players including Scott Parker (and David James on football focus) have said that they rate Harry very highly.

While its fair to disagree with some of his media comments, no one can really dispute his positive impact on the club.

He is fundamentally a good manager (Pompey, West Ham etc. - he's improved those teams significantly as well)

If you have the view that he has taken us as far as he can, what/who is the alternative?

In what aspects are we lacking as a team given our financial resources and our standing in world football? United and City have spent circa 150 million pounds over the summer between them. We have spent about 5-10 million on Parker, Adebayor and some great young players. Im sorry but United and City are in a league above and we have to accept that.

Harry has the experience, the know how and the standing in the game to take us forward. His media comments are justified in my view as he has earned the right to say what he wants to the press.
 

CosmicHotspur

Better a wag than a WAG
Aug 14, 2006
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He will prove to be the best we've had since Billy Nick IMO. The great man himself didn't have instant success, it took a few seasons to build a great team in the late 1950s and into the 1960s.

We have two games in hand which means we could be sitting in the top four if we had those six points. Hopefully, today we'll get three of those and it won't be Harry's fault if we don't.

He's taken us into the CL and I have no doubt we will be back there again under his management.

He may have his funny little idiosyncrasies, he may sometimes say too much and he certainly has an old school approach to football (of which I approve) and it seems when he takes a dislike to a player, he sticks to his opinion about them but all managers have their odd personality traits.

Plenty of SCers have taken a dislike to him and are sticking to their opinion too, despite the evidence that he is proving to be a good manager overall.

He got September's Manager of the Month award and contrary to opinion, that isn't the "kiss of death" it's made out to be. It's recognition of his knowledge and experience.

I hope he stays with us for some time yet.
 

Azazello

The Boney King of Nowhere
Aug 15, 2009
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You put Harry in.

You put Harry out.

In out, in out, shake him all about.
 

mawspurs

Staff
Jun 29, 2003
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I've been a Spurs fan since the 60's and IMHO Harry is the best we've had since Keith Burkinshaw. He just needs a trophy to put the icing on the cake, but if we stick with him I am confident we will achieve that.
 

mancman

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Aug 24, 2006
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SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT: The article is a witty parody of all the stupid kneejerk idiots who regularly criticise (sometimes in a very unpleasant manner) players, the manager, the chairman , the pie seller, the programme sellers ......................
I enjoyed the article, it being just a different way of expressing the irritation/disgust felt by a lot of SC readers/writers to the nasty unrelenting and unwelcome comments made by some. SC has a host of excellent contributers with thoughts i sometimes don't agree with but overall make SC a site worth visiting.
 

Kingstheman

No longer BSoDL
Mar 13, 2006
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I mean we have already made our high priced (good on footy manager) signing in Gomes a couple of years ago. It is madness for Harry to think that we didn’t enjoy those blunders last season, it’s what makes the game exciting. Now with Friedel it will just be dull, a solid keeper at Spurs, it just beggars belief.

He can still redeem himself though, the resigning of Robbie Keane in January is a must otherwise Spurs will be in real trouble.

These two in particular made me :rofl:
 

deadlight

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Dec 14, 2006
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Yeah, I blame in on Niko. And selling Jenas - my god, the man is a genius!

lol, what really made me laugh was the first few posters in this thrad who obviously cast a cursory glance over the OP and jumped into Harry defence!
 

Davesko

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Jan 31, 2005
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I was so excited reading the first paragraph, thinking "oooh this lad's gonna get it!!".

Took me about 3 paragraphs to realise the obvious: Heavy, heavy sarcasm.

I'm certainly not in the Harry Out brigade, he and Levy have built a platform for success and I hope he can see it through. Alas, we may be in for yet another "transition period" if England get him next summer.
 

Spur-of-the-moment

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Jul 26, 2003
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SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT: The article is a witty parody of all the stupid kneejerk idiots who regularly criticise (sometimes in a very unpleasant manner) players, the manager, the chairman , the pie seller, the programme sellers ......................
I enjoyed the article, it being just a different way of expressing the irritation/disgust felt by a lot of SC readers/writers to the nasty unrelenting and unwelcome comments made by some. SC has a host of excellent contributers with thoughts i sometimes don't agree with but overall make SC a site worth visiting.

OK, it's true, I didn't bother reading too far into the article and thought it was another idiotic, brain-dead example of the kind of stupidity that marks the anti-Harry brigade.

Am I bothered...?

No.

They are so friggin' sad that I now can't tell the difference between a wittily exaggerated parody of how low they can sink and, um, the 'real thing'.
 
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