Hello.
I was diagnosed in a full an fair debate earlier in the season as the type of supporter that ought to be behind glass in a museum. I was brought up with our lot occasionally holding up cups. I like ’em. All shiny and nice.
But times have changed. The Europa with it’s endless games is like adding half a season to your campaign and the financial rewards a mixed bag. The domestic cups have lost their sparkle too. The Champions League is by so far ‘The Daddy’ that for many it’s even surpassed the World Cup as a the must see competition.
And now we sit poised for Champions League qualification. And I use the word poised like you would about a kid standing in the middle of a see saw, was poised. Balanced on the brink rather than ready to pounce if you see my distinction.
So a simple poll. If we fail to secure a Champions League qualifying spot, should Arry go? By fail, I mean just that. The manner is irrelevant. If the Blue Racists deny us by beating by beating Bayern or we achieve 5th or worse, it’s all the same.
How deep is you love?
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Something that should be remembered is that at the beginning of the season nearly all of us would have taken 4th. Many people wrote us off for the top 5 with City and Liverpool investing. Yet near the end of the season, here we are in 4th, above even Chelsea. Yes we have been poor the last 10 games, hopefully yesterday’s win and the England thing looking to be resolved with focus the teams minds again.
When are the brain dead amongst us going to realise stability is a commodity that should never be underrated! Better the devil you know, especially the devil that is no longer distracted by the lure of managing his country!
or you could just drink a cup of ambition…
Play the ball not the man…
And in any case, while Redknapp remains the media’s darling, what makes you think the England job won’t be a continuing distraction? The pressure on Hodgson will be huge, not least because there’s another England manager in waiting around. The media circus that’s erupted around him in relation to the England job won’t stop overnight. It will just wait for the inevitable failures of the national team, and the storm will start again.
Although the end result is the same, there is a big difference between coming 4th and missing out because of the CL Final result and coming 5th.
Mind you, can you imagine what we’ll have to listen to all summer if we come 4th and are denied a CL place?
Duplicitous behaviour alienates people…fact.
If Harry had been offered the England job he’d be off like a shot so I don’t feel any loyalty to him.
Two seasons running we’ve had end of season capitulations so he doesn’t even learn from his mistakes.