Harry Redknapp - A Good Manager

[CityGer]

Of course Redders is a good manager he always has been,BUT he would never have come to City we are not a club for him neither is he a manager for us.

There is only two out there to replace Hughes and we all know who they are and if we cant get them we should stick.

funny, I can think of at least 5...

You always can....

Most of them turn out to be WANK as everyone on this board knows, so I think we'll take recommendations from someone else if that's ok?

Thanks.

Do you honestly think that there aren't five better managerial candidates than Hughes out there?

of course there are

but what the hell is the point in even discussing the ones we have no chance of landing

I think there are plenty who are available or at least potentialy availale who would have delivered some progress with £250Mil.

Off the top of my head Mourinho, Rijkard, Hiddink, Mancini, Blanc.

[ant london]

sorry I didn't realise it was a retrospective analysis.

I don't disagree whatsoever that having spent what we have we should be doing MUCH better

Nor do I disagree that there are more than a couple of handfuls of managers out there who are currently better than Hughes

I just don't see the point in discussing people in the context of who might replace Hughes who are just not going to be available

I actually don't rate Rijkaard but other than that I don't disagree with your names

[lets all have a disco]

One name that has popped up there.

Blanc


Thought we was having no more rags?

[sandman]

Have Spuds beaten the Arse since he's been manager? No
Did they lose to Bolton and Wolves? Yes.

We'd hate him just as much as Leslie.

Harry is a good manager.

Harry is not good enough for City.

Harry is Better than Leslie...

[CityGer]

One name that has popped up there.

Blanc


Thought we was having no more rags?

He's not quite in the Rag category imo. He's also doing a superb job with Bordeaux and has all the credentials. I'm not saying I want him in charge, I've already given my No 1 & 2 choices. I was just pointing out that I don't believe there is a shortage of potential candidates.

[Original Dub]

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I think there are plenty who are available or at least potentialy availale who would have delivered some progress with £250Mil.

Off the top of my head Mourinho, Rijkard, Hiddink, Mancini, Blanc.[/quote]

I'd take Hiddink for a short term fix, but I still say it would be next season for top four, given the upheavel of a sacking right now.. Mourinho doesn't entertain me on the pitch and I value that very highly and I wouldn't touch Blanc.

Mancini and Rijkard are marquee managers and I have no reason to believe they can build a side into a top four club. I don't know if Hughes can, none of us do for sure.

What we're doing is unprecedented in that we've bought lots of superstars to a midtable club in one go and want them to gel and finish top four immediately. None of us can say for sure that one of the managers mentioned in this thread could definitely achieve this. They simply don't have a track record of doing so, because like I said, its unprecedented.

And the reason I said that to Socrates is because for Socrates, the answer has always been somewhere else. He always has the answers and loads of suggestions. The thing is, the managers he mentions, 9 times out of 10 turn out to be complete GASH.
I value his opinion on some subjects, but most definitely not on who we should have as manager.

[Wonderwall]

He also has a great eye for a player. Krankjar at around £2.5Mil goes down as one of the buys of the season. Some of his buys at Pompey were also top drawer.

I hope I'm proved wrong long term but at the moment, the capture of Toure, RSC, Ade and Lescott at around £76 Mil looks far from shrewd.

redknapp also buys some crap too, he bought a ton of shite at west ham. Also he bought chimbonda back after spurs sold him and then realised how shit he was and sold him again in the next window.

[CityGer]

He also has a great eye for a player. Krankjar at around £2.5Mil goes down as one of the buys of the season. Some of his buys at Pompey were also top drawer.

I hope I'm proved wrong long term but at the moment, the capture of Toure, RSC, Ade and Lescott at around £76 Mil looks far from shrewd.

redknapp also buys some crap too, he bought a ton of shite at west ham. Also he bought chimbonda back after spurs sold him and then realised how shit he was and sold him again in the next window.

I remember much more good than bad from his West Ham days. His signing of Kitson and Hartson mid season one year was the most inspired bit of transfer work ever.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

He also has a great eye for a player. Krankjar at around £2.5Mil goes down as one of the buys of the season. Some of his buys at Pompey were also top drawer.

I hope I'm proved wrong long term but at the moment, the capture of Toure, RSC, Ade and Lescott at around £76 Mil looks far from shrewd.

redknapp also buys some crap too, he bought a ton of shite at west ham. Also he bought chimbonda back after spurs sold him and then realised how shit he was and sold him again in the next window.

Yeah but Harry is a wheeler dealer. Proper used car salesman. He takes punts, some of them work some don't but in the end of the day he always ends up in profit. Always looking for that bargain. That's his style and one of the reasons why he will never be manager in top top club. That said, Redknapp is good manager for certain types of clubs. Clubs that have little money to speculate and not so much pressure to succeed. He always gets that little extra from his squads and overachieves a little.

Good manager but certainly not for us.

[avoidconfusion]

What baffles me is why people think so highly of Rijkaard? I don't think he is anything special to be honest.

[Lev Bronstein]

What baffles me is why people think so highly of Rijkaard? I don't think he is anything special to be honest.

Mostly it's because of the job he did with Barca. However, folk often forget how they were towards the end of his reign after he lost his assistant (whose name I forget).

[Nick]

Let me start by saying that I don't like 'onest 'arry and don't want him at our club.

However, if you look at the 2 squads from last night's game it would be difficult to deny that we should have murdered Spurs. How many of their team would get into ours?

Redknapp gives his players the self-belief that they are one of the best players in the world and that they can beat anybody. In return they play at the top of their game and give 100% for him.

He also uses his players to the team's best advantage, his tactics are usually spot on (as they were last night) and, when they are, they can look like world beaters.

Yep, Harry Redknapp is a good manager IMO.

Disagree about the squads mate. I think spurs have the better and deepert squad. Hughes will do anything to get bentley (a man who didnt even get in their squad) in our first 11.

They have amazing midfield creative quality, the kinf of which we should be after in jan. Stevie hasnt cut it yet.

MODRIC
KRANJAR (who i was impressed with at weekend and new the bastard would tear us apart)
LENNON

Then they have at least 3 proven strikers all competing with each other. Who do we have?! A half arsed double act of ade and RSC. Robbie keane doesnt even get in their team.