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seebee1944 wrote:

Agreed I think that the player we have most missed for all his faults is Ekotto. Neither Naughton or Vertonghen are really left backs and until last night both have been exposed by Bale not doubling up. The removal of Jan from central defence and Kaboul being out have meant our first choice hasn't played at all.

BazSpur wrote:
Good Article.. Found this by chance. It puts the Redknapp era into perspective far better than I ever could and makes me wonder why there are so many more articles about Redknapps failings than what he actually did that was good. By the Way If you don't want to read more negatives against Redknapp then I suggest you don't read it.

The wait is finally over for Tottenham fans; their former manager is no
longer a former manager. Finally someone has bestowed upon Harry
Redknapp a contract, a team but far more importantly for him a platform.
Redknapp will no longer be a shadow of sheer nonsense hanging over
White Hart Lane, I wish him well but QPR fans need to heed our warnings.

Late one evening In 2008, my phone went mental. These were my
pre-twitter days so Spurs news was shared amongst my friends via texts.
Juande Ramos and been disposed of along with his coaching staff and
helpers, in had swooped Redknapp and his entourage.

This
apparently was the start of a glorious period in our history; although
if you peel away The Sun and Daily Mail wrapping, it was 4 or 5
unforgettable games sandwiched with some decent performances, marinated
in some lucky results and served with a massive side salad of drubbings.

However, I can now release my Redknapp issues, he is no longer mine or
Tottenham’s problem. He has had his first game in charge of QPR, a solid
0-0 away to Sunderland and now his challenge of creating using a new
mantra: “Four points from thirteen games when I got here” begins.

For Redknapp however, there must be slight sting, as Marcellus Wallace
told Butch Coolidge: “that will be pride messing with you”. The man
whose destiny it was to lead England to Brazil in 2014 is staring down
the barrel of leading the Hoops to Bristol in 2013.

The
tabloids sold the public and all bar 95% of Spurs fans the story that
Redknapp was this old school manager able to bring the best out of every
player. He was the man to unite a John Terry fractured dressing room.
Redknapp as the next manager of England was a nailed on certainty for
all, bar those in power.

The FA offered the role to Roy Hodgson
and as Spurs threw away a wonderful chance of third place by drawing
1-1 at Aston Villa, the public started to see through the façade.

Stood on the touch line as his side was in the process of throwing away
2 vital points, he shook with concentration as he racked his brains for
a solution to his problem. Redknapp’s visionary tactical move was to
introduce a defensive midfielder with 10 minutes to go; it was all the
confirmation that the FA needed. They had made the right choice.

That summer as Hodgson led England on a battling yet once again
fruitless international campaign a now jobless Redknapp was in no man’s
land. After failing to agree a new deal at Spurs he was sacked, England
had Hodgson and every other club had their managers in place. There was
nowhere to go but wait for a job and inevitably end up on MOTD talking
about Spurs and not talking about any other manager whose position was
under threat.

The big job that he craved however never arrived
and never would have. The Manchester clubs are beyond him, Woolwich
wouldn’t go near him, whilst Liverpool gambled on Brendan Rodgers and
Chelsea preferred to face the wrath of their own fans by appointing Rafa
Benitez.

It ended up being a choice between Ukraine or QPR,
and despite what we have been told to the contrary, Redknapp taking a
job in Eastern Europe despite the pay was never going to happen. The
truth is that QPR are his level of club.

Financially well
backed, in dire straits, southern based and destined to never really
make an impact on the Premier League. This is quite a sobering thought
for a man so highly regarded by the press and who for a weeks at Spurs
led a title challenge.

Now fully entrenched at QPR, it will
take a couple of weeks for the furore to settle down. As with every
story in the Premier League, there is always another round the corner.
So in a few weeks Redknapp may well find himself sat talking to half
empty press room and it is at this very moment that all his mistakes at
Spurs will come back to haunt him.

The former West Ham boss
took Spurs and the platform they bestowed him for granted. As the years
ticked by it became Project Redknapp, not Project Tottenham, he had the
best squad we have seen in decades, millions of TV money and a chairman
intent on raising the clubs profile and asking price.

All
Redknapp had to do was keep his focus, do his job and led Spurs into
more unchartered waters than just a single season jolly in the Champions
League.

At Spurs we proclaim to have witnessed many false dawns, but Redknapp’s broke all contraband guidelines.

QPR fans take note, your club is win-win for Redknapp, he would never
have taken it if it wasn’t. If he retains your Premier League status he
will push himself back to the front of the queue if England’s Brazil
2014 campaign falters; and should he fail and well: “They had four
points from thirteen games when I got here.”

Author: ARLombard

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