True there was an FA Cup win with Portsmouth, but they were bloody lucky in the Man Utd game en route to Wembley; and even Avram Grant took Pompey to the final - beating 'Arry's Spurs in the semifinal!
Redknapp's record actually screams mediocrity. I know a few Spurs fans, and although they are now desperate to keep hold of him, not many wanted Redknapp when he was appointed to replace Oneday Ramos. He wasn't seen as a master tactician back then and most saw him as a stop gap, until a bigger name could be tempted to the Lane.
Since then, 'Arry's stock has risen, but Tottenham's success is primarily down to Bale and Van der Vaart. 'Arry didn't sign the former, and only stumbled on the latter when his price was chopped down to the same figure that 'Arry wanted to pay for Parker. Yes Spurs are doing brilliantly this season, but they missed out on the Champions League last season and are benefiting this from the decline of Chelsea and Arsenal. Oneday failed at Spurs but won a trophy; thus far, 'Arry has won nothing at Tottenham, apart from a trial for alleged tax evasion.
But if not 'Arry then who? Pardew's claims are even thinner than Redknapp's. Woy has a good wecord, Liverpool apart, and would be a safe pair of hands. But what about Jose? Now he is a winner!
But my choice would be Guus Hiddink. This is a guy who led Holland and South Korea to World Cup semifinals, Russia to the semifinal of Euro 2008, and Australia to their best ever World Cup finish. His record at Chelsea was phenomenal, losing only one game after replacing Scolari, and losing out unfairly to Barcelona in the semifinal of the Champions League.
Unlike Capello, he speaks perfect English; and unlike Arry, he has international experience and is available. It is a no brainer when you think about it.
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Yup, gotta have jobs for the boys though, innit?
Hiddink, Wenger, Mourinho or Hodgson.
Ideally I'd say Allardyce, but that's just me with my West Ham hat on.
Yeah, I am for Allardyce too...
allardyce please get him away from westham he is destroying the legend
Allardyce is lucky and deluded we need intelligence ....not SA or Redknapp
Personally I'd love the 'special one' to take the job but England would destroy even this fella.
Don't care as long as an English manager, foreign ones have no reason to go the extra distance for England and that has been shown to be the case in the Eriksson and Capello reigns, neither living out to billing and I would argue have taken us backwards.
Harry may be at that club I just cannot bring myself to name but he knows how to motivate and get a team moving forward and that is what England needs. He doesn't coach but surrounds himself with good coaches, so he ideal for the England job and he is English.
Tired of the jibes at SA, when are most of you going to wake up and understand that the so-called West Ham way died a long long time ago. SA is a pragmatic coach who will get us promoted and what then happens in the summer with incomings and how we attack our return to The PL will show the extent of Sam's ability and ambition. Lay off him, it might be as expansive as most of us would like to see but we just need to get out of this league and do everything never to return.
08:44 don't be silly they loved him.... he couldn't put a foot wrong.
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