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I'm a west Brom fan, that's the best run football club in the whole four divisions to you lot. Harry has given you your best seasons for a long time. actually made you respected by others. Remember, before Harry and to some extent Jol, Spurs were a bit of a laughing stock. The fans always went on about what a big team they were and then they would flirt with relegation and finish somewhere middling. You lived on your past reputation for a long time. Harry is the man who has delivered. Trying to keep Spurs in the top four is an impossible task and Spurs fans need to get realistic. If i was redknapp i would have left spurs this summer knowing that I wasn't going to be moaned at all year by the fans and finish top 7/6/5/ at best. harry is a shoe in for the england managers job at the moment but in 12 months time he could have blown it with a season of whinging cockneys to thank.
a note on your transfer policy with Levy getting involved. Never a good idea but a lot of teams and fans are stuck in the past with the notion that the manager should have total control over transfers. This is poor business. Managers last for on average 2 years i would guess. so these clubs are stuck in an endless cycle of having to change the team. A european model has the club set up to play in a certain way throughout , from the youth set up to the first team. Staff are recruited to coach that system. when one member leaves they are replaced by somebody who understands that they have to fit into the system. There will always be a team of people in charge of recruiting players and this will be presented to the manager for his seal of approval. If the manager is not happy then he can sit and talk to the transfer team. The manager has a say in all transfers in and out but cannot walk around demanding this that or the other and cannot negotiate contracts aka brian clough.
\it sounds like Levy is too close to the transfer policy but he has the right idea. Albion have operated this system for the past 10 years and the outcome has been 10 years of development with no major problems between managerial appointments.