Arry playing mind games.

Newcastle United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1: If avoiding defeat through a stoppage
time goal was not enough to inject some realism into Tottenham's season,
their manager Harry Redknapp sought to do it with his analysis of Premier
League finances.

Qualification for this season's Champions League means their current standing
in fifth place is regarded as a backward step by more demanding supporters.
"Suddenly, everyone's saying it is a disaster if we don't get in the
Champions League," said Redknapp. "But it was a miracle last time, so fifth
place would not be a disaster.


"You have to be realistic. There's Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and
Manchester City – how are they going to be out of the top four when they
keep buying the best players in the world? If you want to be a top club, you
have to keep bringing in top players. They want £100,000 a week and it's not
easy to find that sort of money, especially when you have a stadium that
only holds 30-odd thousand."


It is a smart move by Redknapp to dampen expectations, although their failure
to dismiss a Newcastle team lacking Andy Carroll and Cheik Tioté did the job
well enough. Tottenham have a depth of talent that Newcastle manager Alan
Pardew envies and will even enable Redknapp to overcome the probable absence
of Gareth Bale, who went off with a back injury.


No Bale? Then Redknapp knows he can switch Aaron Lennon to the left wing, from
where he scored their last-gasp equaliser, and replace him with Steven
Pienaar. Redknapp said: "If Gareth's not fit, I could play Aaron there for
sure. I think he quite enjoys playing on that side. He gets in good
positions and I think he will score more goals if he plays off the left
because it's easier for him."


"He only had to come inside and he had a shot at goal. On the other wing, he's
coming in on his wrong side and he's not as happy. If he played wide left,
he would get a lot more goals."

well harry, i wouldnt say a*se are buying the top players in the world but wenger seems to turn them into them.so they must be doing something right cos they pushing for title without big spending.

harry talking crap again. he was sayin we could win the league 2 weeks ago now hes sayin 5th should be good enough.

harry you brough robbie keane back. you keep playin strikers that cant score and not playin your in form striker

he wants to take the praise when we win but always passes the buck when we lose. portsmouth anyone

Loughtonlegend wrote:harry talking crap again. he was sayin we could win the league 2 weeks ago now hes sayin 5th should be good enough.

harry you brough robbie keane back. you keep playin strikers that cant score and not playin your in form striker

he wants to take the praise when we win but always passes the buck when we lose. portsmouth anyone

When Keane came back we was short of strikers and we was in the bottom two and at that time we needed him for morale and he wasnt playing too bad then.