So Redknapp has gone.
Clearly a contract extension wasn't on the cards and Spurs will now begin the task of looking for yet another manager. What effect this will have on the players, particularly the 'big guns' such as Bale and Modric, is anyone's guess, but whoever the new man is, he'll have his work cut out.
All we can hope for now is that the Tottenham board has the foresightedness to appoint a manager on a long-term basis. We don't want another 60-something, we need a younger man, someone under 50 who will be given the time and money to develop the side properly, over a decade or more. What are the chances ?
Since Daniel Levy became Spurs' chairman in 2011, the club has 'enjoyed' a regular turnover of managers; George Graham, Glenn Hoddle, David Pleat, Jacques Santini, Martin Jol, Juande Ramos and, now, Harry Redknapp. Is it any wonder that the team has failed to prosper ? With such change and uncertainty at the top, how can the players ever feel secure ?
Jol and Redknapp both had a degree of success and yet were dismissed at the whim of Levy and without being given long enough to really shine. Levy wants success today without providing the essentials - money and stability. Having just sacked his 7th manager in 11 years, it is surely time for the board to sack him, and get in someone who knows a bit more about running a major sporting enterprise.
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