Harry To Take England Job Next Week, Queen To Be Named Terry's Replacement As Skipper

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Feb 10, 2012 7:00 AM GMT in Tottenham Hotspur News

HARRY TO ENGLAND NEXT WEEK! You heard it here first. Actually you heard it from the Mirror first, but my sources at The FA are equal to that of the Mirror so you should believe me on this one just like you believe them. How about we call the race to this scoop a tie? One point apiece, I'll get them on the return leg.

So Harry Redknapp will be named England manager next week and it will be a boon for England. They will obviously win Euro now because a comparison of resumes shows he is the far superior manager to Fabio Capello. Also, as Jermain Defoe says in the Mirror, "he makes players' dreams come true." There is no word on who last rubbed Harry's bottle.

If the FA was cool, they would insist upon this set of requirements for Harry to get the job: 1) He has to also take on the title of "Wheeler Dealer" along with manager. 2) All players must eat bacon sandwiches for lunch. 3) He does all interviews from a car. 4) Sandra Redknapp must be referred to as a WAG for Harry's entire tenure.

The back page of The Mirror can be found below the jump.

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"He makes players dreams come true."

Somehow, can’t see Defoe actually saying that.

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by Willman on Feb 10, 2012 12:22 PM GMT reply actions

Is that why Defoe was angling for an exit this January (supposedly)?

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by Uncle Menno on Feb 10, 2012 1:14 PM GMT up reply actions

I understand why we like Harry. But how did he get to become so loved by the whole country?

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by johnf34 on Feb 10, 2012 1:28 PM GMT reply actions

easy

he’s the only English manager leading a top 5 team, and it’s not one of the traditional big teams (well, not really) and you can’t say he’s successful because he bought a ton of players. So people look at him and say he must be a great manager and he’s English. In terms of success no other Englishman comes close. Add to that that he’s affable and nobody save for maybe Portsmouth fans have any reason to be upset at him and there you go.

Plus, don’t discount the timing issue. Redknapp was on everyone’s mind already when Capello quit. If it happened a week later we might have a more reasoned conversation about Redknapp vs. O’Neil/Warnock/McCarthy/etc

by rubbercarp on Feb 10, 2012 2:53 PM GMT up reply actions

Thanks.

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by johnf34 on Feb 10, 2012 2:56 PM GMT up reply actions

You're right about timing

Think about it, if this had all happened in the summer of 2010, the obvious candidate would have been Hodgson. Everyone thought he was the best english manager and the obvious choice for liverpool. Then it all went pear shaped.

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by Skipjack on Feb 10, 2012 4:03 PM GMT up reply actions

Hodgson!

I was trying to remember his name as I was typing. I was too lazy to google and didn’t want to just write “that bloke at West Brom now”.

Mark Hughes might’ve been the “obvious” choice when he was managing the ascendant Man City team as well. Only nobody was thinking about replacing Capello too much back then.

by rubbercarp on Feb 10, 2012 6:00 PM GMT up reply actions