Quote from: Holtenderinthesky on March 06, 2011, 09:29:36 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on March 06, 2011, 09:05:29 PMQuote Houllier inherited a young Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher at Liverpool. And what did Redknapp inherit at Spurs?An average squad that had never been in the Champions League and were 2nd bottom. He took them to the CL in 1 and a half seasons and added some real quality along the way. If Redknapp left Spurs tomorrow he would leave them a far better team than when he arrived.It was a squad that would have played Champions League football the season before he turned up, had it not been for the first team squad getting food poisoning the night before the last game.Once Levi had bladed Jol after an iffy start to the next season, and bought in that clown Ramos, our 'Arry systematically plundered Spurs with money Pompey hadn't got, before leaving when the shit hit the fan and then buying them all back at the fraction of the cost.If it wasn't for Harry's unblemished character, you'd almost think he'd had the nod from Levi 12 months before and conducted this elaborate stunt to line his and Spurs pockets.
Quote from: Chris Smith on March 06, 2011, 09:05:29 PMQuote Houllier inherited a young Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher at Liverpool. And what did Redknapp inherit at Spurs?An average squad that had never been in the Champions League and were 2nd bottom. He took them to the CL in 1 and a half seasons and added some real quality along the way. If Redknapp left Spurs tomorrow he would leave them a far better team than when he arrived.
Quote Houllier inherited a young Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher at Liverpool. And what did Redknapp inherit at Spurs?
Houllier inherited a young Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher at Liverpool.
If Redknapp left Spurs tomorrow he would leave them a far better team than when he arrived. The same can not be said for Houllier's time at Liverpool.
Redknapp took a side that was in the bottom two and got them to the Champions League, where they're doing very well. Houllier has taken a side that finished 6th to a relegation battle, destroying the defence along the way. One's a very good manager indeed, the other isn't.
Quote from: Holtenderinthesky on March 06, 2011, 09:29:36 PMIf Redknapp left Spurs tomorrow he would leave them a far better team than when he arrived. The same can not be said for Houllier's time at Liverpool. No? Didn't Liverpool win the Champions League the season after Houllier left? Spawny maybe but Benitez's team was full of Houllier's players.
Redknapp's an undeniably good manager but he did inherit a far better team than GH has, so the comparisons are utterly worthless.
Quote from: Monty on March 07, 2011, 01:05:21 PMRedknapp's an undeniably good manager but he did inherit a far better team than GH has, so the comparisons are utterly worthless.Did he really? I wouldn't have said so at all.