Redknapp threatens to quit.

VisionarySound wrote:Clowns perhaps Ion, but is 'arry the man to take this squad on ?

[b]Why not Vis?

The thing that gets me here is the readiness to judge him based on a poor end of season. The entirety of last season and the majority of this season has all been forgotten because we look unlikely to qualify for the CL.

Disappointing I agree, but enough to give him the gooner without the opportunity to prove he can do it? Give me a break.

We all know his squad isn't complete. We all know that the goalkeeper, and our misfiring strikers, have cost us in the region of 15 to 20 points. We'd have the title sown up with those points.

We've had complaints that he hasn't played our top scorer but he is only hitting one in three or four games. Crouch and Defoe have had the worst season in their entire careers. We finally got the midfield weighing in with goals and the strikers dried up, no matter what combination we played them in.

And like I said before, I believe 100% that this is the sole reason for our current loss of form, belief and, ultimately, our CL aspirations. Goals win games and it's hard to believe you'll win when you don't think you'll score.

One,or several additions, and we are there or there abouts. Is 'arry the man to do this ? I question if he is right now . . . . ..

Question away mate. I bet there were a plethora of ManU fans who 'questioned' whether Fergie was the man to take them forward in his first 5 seasons. I believe their finishing positions fluctuated until he got his mix just right. Then he built a dynasty from it.

But I've said all this before, like our form of last season, and the achievements that went with it, it'll be ignored again or forgotten in the quest for greener grass.[/b]

VisionarySound wrote:Now Ion, I know that you know that I am not one to call for a slightly more luxuriant shade of green when it comes to grass. But (always a but) the squad we have is only a few players short of being true quality.


[b]Been saying that for over a year now Vis.

You said at the start of the season that you believed we could win the league with the squad we had back in August. We most obviously haven't but we still have a good squad.

Let's recap on how we'd done when I made that statement. At that time our midfield couldn't buy a goal and I said that should they weigh in with 15 to 20 for the season, then we'd be up there challenging for the title because we'd made CL off the back of the goals from the strikers.

Well the midfield have scored over 20 I believe, but who saw all 4 of our strikers having the worst season of their careers? It's only Pav's goals that enable them to get into double figures in the league! Even a mediocre season for the strikers would have seen us qualify for the CL comfortably.

I was right Vis really. The squad should have been good enough but the goal scoring department went tits up in the biggest way possible.

Have you ever seen such a collapse in form from so many strikers all at the same time in one team?

I just wonder if 'arry is the man to bring in the final few pieces of the jigsaw ? Or will he bring in players that we don't really need ?

I don't honestly know mate, but until I see who he gets, and see how they perform, it's impossible to make that judgement.

I've posted elsewhere that the end of season until August could prove to be the most important passage for Spurs for many years. Is 'arry the man to see us thro' that or not ? Our form since Christmas suggests not but I will bide my time and hold my breath and, basically, hope for the best . . . . .


Our form prior to Christmas suggests otherwise. Seriously mate, I'm surprised at you. Often I've seen you advising Lought to look at the bigger picture and here you are ignoring it yourself. Granted Harry has made mistakes but so does Fergie, 'Man who sucks Lemons', even 'The Special One' has dropped clangers and still does. Yet would we sack one of these three, were they at Spurs, for not reaching the heady expectations that some fans set?
We probably would as 'some' fans would expect the title in the first season closely followed by a Double , a treble and an English first quad all in successive seasons!

Me?, I just want to see a dynasty built at Spurs that sees us constantly challenging for the top honours every season.

And the only way for us to do that is with stability and continuity in our team and, in particular, our management structure.


This is no secret, I've been banging on about this, to no avail, since the AOHELL days.[/b]

Loughtonlegend wrote:cant see all 4 going. i would love drogbra but 10 mill for 34year old. would levy go with that after all the other old players harry has brought.

falco got 4 goals at the weekend. i dont know much about lukaku.

and kane yea he should be given a chance