As a Tottenham supporter, I could hardly have missed the current furore about the future of club manager Harry Redknapp. It seems that Redknapp has pretty well painted himself into a corner and it will take a lot of humble-pie eating by either him or Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy if Harry is to still be in charge of the club come August.
Redknapp undoubtedly wanted the job of England manager and the players knew it. Consequently, the team's performances dipped dramatically and a side which had been serious challengers for the Premier League title eventually finished only fourth and even failed to qualify for the Champions' League, something that had been unthinkable at Christmas.
Unsurprisingly, the Tottenham chairman is not happy. Redknapp has a year left on his current contract and says, quite vociferously, that he has not resigned and has no intention of resigning. Clearly, given the nature of such things, he actually wants to go but is holding out for a year's compensation.
The result will be that he will, almost certainly, go. Tottenham will continue their appalling habit of replacing their manager every 2 or 3 years and the club will subside to their usual mid-table position, while arch-rivals Arsenal continue to outdo them at every turn under long-term manager Arsene Wenger.
For a brief period, Redknapp had Spurs performing at a level not seen at White Hart Lane for 50 years. The failure of the Tottenham board to resolve the question of his possible translation to the England job within a matter of hours of its raising says more about their competence than it does about Redknapp's. At the same time, the question as to how good Redknapp actually is remains unanswered.
There are two choices. either get rid of him now or give him a new 5 year contract with no get out clauses and pay 75% related to performance. Let's see how confident he is in his own ability or let's get someone who is confident and committed in his place. Whichever, let's stop pissing about.
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