I have listened to Redknapps full interview on TS and also to the full interview on TS by Paul Miller (who was at the game on Sunday).
I don't read too much into the Redknapp interview and he was supportive of the fact that a lot of players are new, BUT that some of those players (brought in) are in fact very similar in skill set and position (one cannot argue with that fact). Plus we had players at the club in some of those positions (Townsend and Lennon).
Miller was a little more expansive where he thought that time was needed and that AVB was struggling to figure out his best starting eleven and that when he did he simply has to STICK with those players and rotate the rest in Cups and the EL. He went on to say that all top of the table sides use their best players in the PL & CL full stop and so should Spurs. He finished by saying that we do need a "marquee" player and after losing Bale we haven't necessarily replaced his quality although we do have an upgrade in other areas.
I myself can not understand the rush by the Club to buy seven players in during the summer (or even six or five). Why not bring in say three and then look again in January. I didn't read anywhere that other clubs were clambering for the signatures of Lamela or Eriksen, even if they were did we need to go all in on Chadli, Holtby (in January) and Paulinho in the summer? The Soldier was needed though, amd Chiri is a worthy additon!
Secondly it's bloody obvious to all n' sundry that Dawson, and (to a lesser extent) Kabul just ain't quick enough for a team playing a high line tactic. Our best center half is at left back and AVB plays our record signing out of his natural position, and finally the inverted winger syndrome that simply is not working.
The Soldier should be a given as an automatic starter, but again when you look at the way he played for Valencia and Getaffe (his prowess) was a sort of Lineker finisher, just go look for yourself. He requires early balls into the area, or to run onto the ball from just inside the box. The way that AVB has set the team up to play offers The Soldier the worst possible service to use his undoubted skills.But AVB cannot see this, or can but refuses to ch change? It's like Miller said why bring The Soldier to the club and then set out the team to play to his weakness (or words to that effect)
At ChelSea AVB faced similar problems but from what i understand Terry, Lampard and Cole put an end to the high line, and inverted wingers which eventually led to the downfall of AVB. When he came to Spurs he stated that he had changed, both in management style and tactics, but i have watched three games where he manged at Chelsea at the start of his reign, and to be honest if those players had been wearing the white of Spurs you wouldn't have seen much difference between any of those three games and the way we have played all season. None at all.
I think the reason that so many players were bought was that if other clubs were aware that we were sitting on the Bale money then we would be quoted even more inflated prices than usual. I think that one player we should have bought in the summer was Sala from Basel: he tore Chelsea a new one last night. It is interesting what Paul Miller has said as I get the feeling that he is close to the hierarchy. Hytner's piece in The Guardian is interesting as a few hours earlier the same organ carried a report stating the Vertonghen had denied rumours of a rift. Furthermore, Hytner hasn't got it on his Twitter account, which is strange. The Telegraph has nothing on it: Jason Burt is very close to AVB.