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Guest Haris Vuckic

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Redknapp is gone in the summer irrespective of whether the FA come calling.  Not saying any more than that.

 

OMG!!1 SUPA ITK!1

 

It's almost like you're trying to imply something! Something that may be obvious in the rhetoric you've delivered yet somehow SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.

 

What will happen!?!1

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gbandit

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You've got to give Jol credit for saying Modric wouldn't leave last window. Everyone expected him to but he was adamant. As for Harry, I hope he just gets the fuck out of the PL. Go take the England job, mess that up and go live abroad

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As amusing as it would be, surely Pards is second favourite these days after such a great season? After all, McLaren got the job after winning the bloody League Cup!

Said I wants to complete what he's started here, and has already pulled himself out the running.

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Raconteur

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As amusing as it would be, surely Pards is second favourite these days after such a great season? After all, McLaren got the job after winning the bloody League Cup!

Said I wants to complete what he's started here, and has already pulled himself out the running.

 

Appreciated, but that was when everyone fully expected Harry to get it. Might be a bit different if they're seriously looking at other candidates.

 

That said, I in no way shape or form want this to happen! For all I care about England they can rehire McLaren, or Hoddle or Venables or anyone really, EXCEPT Pardew!

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Question, if international football is starting to be seen as a bit of a nuisance by many of the players (allegedly) and many fans say they'd much rather see their local team do well than the national team, how long is it before the same attitudes apply to the managers and they'd much rather get success at club level?

 

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Question, if international football is starting to be seen as a bit of a nuisance by many of the players (allegedly) and many fans say they'd much rather see their local team do well than the national team, how long is it before the same attitudes apply to the managers and they'd much rather get success at club level?

 

 

Don't most managers prefer to manage a club rather than their country anyway.  They supposedly miss the day to day involvement and see international management as something for the future when they are much older and more experienced.

 

Anyway, I think Pardew still needs to show he is the real deal.  He needs to show that we are not a one season wonder and that he can achieve some sort of success in Europe (he only had limited experience in Europe with West Ham).  At some of his other clubs, he has started well and then struggled so I think he still has a lot to prove before being considered for England manager other than just being the current flavour of the month.

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I think it's already happening. Take Scotland as an example, they have 7-8 managers in the Premier League, yet do you ever see them wanting the national job?

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I think it's already happening. Take Scotland as an example, they have 7-8 managers in the Premier League, yet do you ever see them wanting the national job?

 

Aye but that's because Scotland are shit and nobody would want that job.

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Ishmael

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Someone should bring up his, now comically bad, dismissal of Pardew's England chances in his next press conference.

 

Kind of links in with him overlooking Sess' and Ben Arfa; i.e. he is a poor judge of character and lacking in foresight.

 

Unlucky Harry.

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You've got to give Jol credit for saying Modric wouldn't leave last window. Everyone expected him to but he was adamant. As for Harry, I hope he just gets the f*** out of the PL. Go take the England job, mess that up and go live abroad

 

Thank you.  Every expectation he will go in the next window, Chelsea still want him, Fergie wants him to replace to be Scholes' long term replacement, Man City want him to make sure Fergie doesn't get him (I'm not joking!) and an Italian club, don't know which one, all have made contact with Levy.  In spite of an average season, Modric's value hasn't been damaged.  Another season (or worse) like the last one and his value will plummet.

 

As for Redknapp, an article from an iffy site but accurate in content if what I've heard is true.

 

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2012/04/25/3058136/tottenham-players-revolt-against-manager-redknapp

 

A cabal of players, including some of the most senior at the club, have communicated their frustrations via their agents over the last few weeks to chairman Daniel Levy during a run of just one win from nine Premier League matches.

 

Goal.com understands they have complained about Redknapp’s tactics and match preparation, with one enduring theme being that training during the week is providing little preparation for the weekend fixtures.

 

It is believed that senior Spurs figures have been so alarmed by the players’ feedback and a catastrophic run of results that they would consider replacing Redknapp as manager at the end of the season, even in the unlikely event that he does not quit Tottenham to become the new England boss.

 

The club has abandoned plans to try and persuade the 65-year-old to stay at White Hart Lane and will not offer him the four-year £16 million contract they had prepared.

 

Although Goal.com has learned that Redknapp is far from at loggerheads with his entire squad – reports of a bust-up with Emmanuel Adebayor are wide of the mark - a significant number of players have questioned events on the training ground.

 

“The players feel they are not going into matches well enough prepared,” a Tottenham source told Goal.com. “For instance, they will practice all week in a 4-5-1 formation and then play 4-4-2 at the weekend. Or vice versa.

 

“They also feel there is not enough attention to detail and tactics. One common complaint is little or no practice defending set-pieces. There are question marks about the coaching and how much the players are improving through the input of the staff.”

 

The dressing room unrest is not just restricted to players affiliated with one particular agent who has involvement with a significant proportion of the Tottenham squad.

 

Some of the Spurs players are feeling the effects of a 49-match campaign in which Redknapp has tended to pick his strongest available XI for every league and FA Cup game, rather than juggle his resources.

 

Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Scott Parker, Kyle Walker, Brad Friedel, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Younes Kaboul and Adebayor have each started at least 28 of Spurs’ 34 league matches, an unusually high proportion even though the club's involvement in the Europa League ended before Christmas.

 

“Some of the players are exhausted and, as a result, their standards have dropped,” the source added. “If you look at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson meticulously manages the entire season and keeps freshening up the team while relying on a core of regulars. Harry just picks the best XI and lets them get on with it.”

 

4/6 Spurs are 4/6 not to finish in the top four of the Premier League with Sportingbet Redknapp’s January dealings, in which he sold Roman Pavlyuchenko and allowed Steven Pienaar, Sebastien Bassong and Vedran Corluka to leave on loan - replacing them with injury-prone pair Louis Saha and Ryan Nelsen - has also raised eyebrows.

 

Senior Spurs figures are coming to the conclusion that a parting of the ways with Redknapp is desirable following a run of five defeats and three draws in nine league games since beating Newcastle 5-0 on February 11, when Tottenham were third in the table and 10 points clear of fourth-placed Arsenal.

 

The 5-1 FA Cup semi-final humiliation at the hands of Chelsea has also been a key factor in the change of thinking at the top of the club.

 

Spurs will not try and change Redknapp’s mind if, as expected, the FA make an official approach to the club to secure him as the next England manager.

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toon25

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I cannot stand Redknapp - he's an utterly detestable character, but some of these Spurs fans make me laugh. Funny that criticism of melted face only comes out now they're struggling. At the start of the year they were supposedly 'title contenders' ffs.

 

As much as it pains me to say it, Redknapp's done a good job there. What makes some of these Spurs fans think they'll have it better under someone else I don't know. Still, will be interesting to see how this all pans out.

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I cannot stand Redknapp - he's an utterly detestable character, but some of these Spurs fans make me laugh. Funny that criticism of melted face only comes out now they're struggling. At the start of the year they were supposedly 'title contenders' ffs.

 

As much as it pains me to say it, Redknapp's done a good job there. What makes some of these Spurs fans think they'll have it better under someone else I don't know. Still, will be interesting to see how this all pans out.

 

It's the same old. A bad run comes and suddenly everyone realises his faults. Everyone decides that his 'admirable, gung-ho, maverick' style of football of just sticking his best players out there and saying 'GAOO GIT EM BOIS!!' is risky, badly planned and just plain stupid. Football is fickle. Ah well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Enjoy your shortlist for best manager in 20 years of the PL you saggy spunkface.

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