Greenridge

Nicola's had it removed He's coming for Bearsy too

On many an occasion. Didn't get much playing time under 'Arry whilst here though if I recall correctly?

Remember how hard he tried to get rid of Bale early on, now's he's touting him as one of, if not the, best player in the world.

One million percent

The way we've been defending we need someone with the stature of Wayne Shaw in goal not a skinny 17 stone fella.

Don't get me wrong I'm not promoting his return. I have utter disdain for the guy but the more I consider the parallels of the two clubs in terms of structure, figurehead personalities (alledgedly), money spent and league positions (at the comparative time) then it's an intriguing scenario.......

Maybe never 'full' but I think it's highly likely he was very influential in the players which came to the club. It's important to remember the dire straits Spurs were in when he went there. Redknapp had the bargaining power not Levy. I think it's also likely that, eventually, Levy wanted to revert the structure of the club to the continenal model and and hence why the relationship deteriorated in recent times leading to Redknapp's sacking.

We're digressing somewhat although there are some interesting parallels between the two clubs. Redknapp went to Spurs when they were in the bottom 3 having tried the Director of Football ('Continental way') with Damien Comolli (?) and Levy needed a quick fix. There's no way Redknapp would have gone there with that set-up and it seemed he got his way, convinced Levy he could sort the situation - as long as he had full control.....

I would imagine it would take a lot of 'give' on both sides and maybe they could put up with each other in the short term for a mutual benefit but I couldn't see it lasting long. Maybe it could be the stop-gap we need but it didn't work out last time Harry came to save us.

...until Levy had had enough of him

If we are to believe some of the stories of Cortese stewardship and management style it seems inconceivable that he and Redknapp could work together. If, of course, that is the case.

Lol, sorry I couldn't resist. Mind you, they're all 'ghost' written anyway so you could have been on to something

As he's just written an Autobiography that would make sense I guess

That adds to the debate alpine. Can I take it you dismiss this concept in it's entirety?

Assuming they are his selections.....

If he lives in Nursling yes.

Are you definite? He met all your criteria.

Officially he is. He was given 24 hrs notice, his contract runs till 10.00pm tonight.

Peter Taylor - sacked yesterday as Bahrain coach. That's not a 'Europe mainstream league'

Sort of a cross between Wes Brown, Robbie Savage and Alan Biley. Wierd.

He was back in the media spotlight this weekend doing some punditry, maybe he's putting himself in the frame for a new job somewhere....

Fingers crossed. Sweepers et al

It will be a Continental manager, possibly Italian, who is used to working in a southern Continental club structure where he is Head Coach and that alone.

Didn't we chase Buttner for weeks on end?

Adkins rates him so much he tried to get a replacement during the summer and has been happy to play the right-back there instead of a fit specialist left-back.