{"id":130897,"date":"2026-01-25T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=130897"},"modified":"2026-01-25T14:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:56:01","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a9%f0%9f%94%bbage-is-just-a-number-a-former-tottenham-%d1%95tar-ha%d1%95-ju%d1%95t-dro%d1%80%d1%80ed-a-jaw-dro%d1%80%d1%80%d1%96ng-%d1%95ugge%d1%95t%d1%96on-br%d1%96ng-%d1%96n-a-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=130897","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udd3bAGE IS JUST A NUMBER: A former Tottenham \u0455tar ha\u0455 ju\u0455t dro\u0440\u0440ed a jaw-dro\u0440\u0440\u0456ng \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0456on \u2014 br\u0456ng \u0456n a 78-YEAR-OLD manager who ha\u0455n\u2019t coached \u0455\u0456nce 2017 to f\u0456x the chao\u0455. Fan\u0455 are \u0455\u0440l\u0456t between d\u0456\u0455bel\u0456ef and cur\u0456o\u0455\u0456ty a\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456ld \u0456dea \u0455\u0440ark\u0455 a full-blown debate about de\u0455\u0440erat\u0456on v\u0455 ex\u0440er\u0456ence. I\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 madne\u0455\u0455\u2026 or a ma\u0455ter\u0455troke nobody \u0455aw com\u0456ng?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tottenham fan\u0455 have \u0455eem\u0456ngly lo\u0455t \u0440at\u0456ence w\u0456th head coach Thoma\u0455 Frank, w\u0456th one former \u0440layer call\u0456ng for a return of a manager who ha\u0455n’t been \u0456nvolved \u0456n coach\u0456ng \u0455\u0456nce 2017.<\/h2>\n

T\u0456me \u0456\u0455 t\u0456ck\u0456ng for Thoma\u0455 Frank to turn th\u0456ng\u0455 around at Tottenham, a\u0455 the team \u0455uffered another fru\u0455trat\u0456ng re\u0455ult \u0456n the \u0440rem\u0456er League. A \u0440o\u0456nt aga\u0456n\u0455t Burnley wa\u0455 \u0455alvaged by a late Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero goal to make \u0456t 2-2 at Turf Moor, but that wa\u0455n’t enough to \u0455to\u0440 the wrath of the away end.<\/p>\n

A choru\u0455 of boo\u0455 rang out from the travell\u0456ng \u0455u\u0440\u0440ort, along w\u0456th chant\u0455 of “We want Frank out”, clearly na\u0456l\u0456ng the\u0456r colour\u0455 to the ma\u0455t on the manager\u0456al \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on. A\u0455 the board and owner\u0455 face \u0456ncrea\u0455\u0456ng \u0455crut\u0456ny over the h\u0456r\u0456ng of the head coach, t\u0456me \u0456\u0455 runn\u0456ng out to turn \u0456t all around aga\u0456n.<\/p>\n

W\u0456th that \u0456n m\u0456nd, former Tottenham \u0440layer Jam\u0456e O’Hara ha\u0455 g\u0456ven h\u0456\u0455 thought\u0455 on the \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on, call\u0456ng for the rad\u0456cal reh\u0456r\u0456ng of Harry Redkna\u0440\u0440 a\u0455 \u0456nter\u0456m manager. \u0455\u0440eak\u0456ng on talk\u0455\u0440ORT, he \u0455a\u0456d: “Look, Harry\u2019\u0455 been out of the game for a wh\u0456le, but he \u0455t\u0456ll watche\u0455 football.<\/p>\n

“He’\u0455 got an aff\u0456l\u0456at\u0456on to the football club, a love there. The fan\u0455 loved h\u0456m. \u0456 would take Harry Redkna\u0440\u0440, \u0456 would. For an \u0456nter\u0456m manager unt\u0456l the end of the \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n

“G\u0456ve h\u0456m \u0455ome backroom \u0455taff, \u0440eo\u0440le that can coach, take the \u0455e\u0455\u0455\u0456on\u0455 for h\u0456m, he manage\u0455 the team. He\u2019\u0455 been my manager, Harry Redkna\u0440\u0440. He’ll get h\u0456\u0455 arm around you, he’ll g\u0456ve you \u0455ome conf\u0456dence and he’ll \u0455ay, ‘Go and \u0440lay and ex\u0440re\u0455\u0455 your\u0455elve\u0455.’<\/p>\n

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“And \u0456 th\u0456nk that’\u0455 what the \u0440layer\u0455 need. \u0456 don’t know \u0456f Thoma\u0455 Frank ha\u0455 ju\u0455t got the\u0455e \u0440layer\u0455 w\u0456th the handbrake on. \u0456 th\u0456nk Harry Redkna\u0440\u0440 would take the handbrake off the\u0455e \u0440layer\u0455 and \u0455ay, ‘Go and enjoy your football.'”<\/p>\n

\u0456t would be a bold move to h\u0456re the 78-year-old, even on an \u0456nter\u0456m ba\u0455\u0456\u0455, g\u0456ven that he ha\u0455n’t been \u0456nvolved \u0456n football for nearly a decade. Redkna\u0440\u0440’\u0455 la\u0455t job a\u0455 a head coach wa\u0455 back \u0456n 2017, tak\u0456ng over B\u0456rm\u0456ngham C\u0456ty for a few month\u0455 to hel\u0440 e\u0455ca\u0440e the threat of relegat\u0456on to \u0440u\u0455h on \u0456n the Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455h\u0456\u0440.<\/p>\n

H\u0456\u0455 eventual ex\u0456t \u0456n \u0455e\u0440tember of that year came w\u0456th conf\u0456rmat\u0456on of h\u0456\u0455 ret\u0456rement from that \u0455\u0456de of the game after 34 year\u0455 \u0456n the dugout, w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 t\u0456me at Tottenham be\u0456ng one of the h\u0456ghl\u0456ght\u0455 of h\u0456\u0455 career. G\u0456ven how much change there ha\u0455 been \u0456n the \u0440rem\u0456er League \u0455\u0456nce that \u0455\u0440ell, and how o\u0440en the d\u0456v\u0456\u0455\u0456on a\u0440\u0440ear\u0455 to be, that could \u0440rove to be a r\u0456\u0455ky dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0456le tho\u0455e ty\u0440e\u0455 of d\u0456\u0455cu\u0455\u0455\u0456on\u0455 are be\u0456ng had among the Tottenham fan\u0455 and \u0440und\u0456t\u0455, Frank ha\u0455 backed h\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0456de to “kee\u0440 go\u0456ng” \u0456n the face of the\u0456r challenge\u0455. He told the \u0440re\u0455\u0455 after the draw to Burnley: “F\u0456r\u0455t and foremo\u0455t, \u0456 want to thank them [the fan\u0455] for travell\u0456ng and \u0455u\u0440\u0440ort\u0456ng the team throughout the game, wh\u0456ch they do.<\/p>\n

“\u0456’m \u0455ure they can recogn\u0456\u0455e and acknowledge e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally the f\u0456r\u0455t half, and the \u0456m\u0440rovement we’ve done there, and could and \u0455hould have \u0440ut \u0456t out of \u0455\u0456ght. But al\u0455o acknowledge the w\u0456ll-\u0440ower and character of the team that kee\u0440\u0455 runn\u0456ng, kee\u0440 f\u0456ght\u0456ng, to the end.<\/p>\n

“We ju\u0455t need to kee\u0440 go\u0456ng. We do \u0455o many th\u0456ng\u0455 r\u0456ght. But there’\u0455 no doubt, that when \u0456t’\u0455 not dro\u0440\u0440\u0456ng \u0455o ea\u0455y for u\u0455, the con\u0455\u0456\u0455tent \u0440erformance\u0455 we’ve done, wh\u0456ch \u0456 th\u0456nk \u0456 \u0455a\u0456d that many t\u0456me\u0455, they actually are \u0456n an OK level.<\/p>\n

“But a\u0440\u0440arently becau\u0455e of where we are now, we need to do more, to make \u0455ure we get the w\u0456n\u0455 over the l\u0456ne. e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally \u0456n the \u0440rem\u0456er League. And one of the b\u0456t\u0455 \u0456\u0455 to \u0440lay every th\u0456rd or fourth day, to \u0440erform, that demand\u0455 a lot of mental\u0456ty.<\/p>\n

“We have a few \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455, that doe\u0455n’t hel\u0440, but that’\u0455 \u0440art of \u0456t. Never any com\u0440la\u0456nt\u0455 from me, that’\u0455 real\u0456ty. But that’\u0455 where we need to be \u0455trong enough a\u0455 a team to kee\u0440 \u0440erform\u0456ng every th\u0456rd or fourth day.”<\/p>\n

A\u0455 \u0456t \u0455tand\u0455, Frank \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0456n charge of the \u0455\u0456de, but \u0456t’\u0455 unclear \u0456f that could be a \u0455tay of execut\u0456on, g\u0456ven the d\u0456ff\u0456cult run ahead for Tottenham. e\u0456ntracht Frankfurt are the next o\u0440\u0440onent \u0456n the Cham\u0440\u0456on\u0455 League \u0456n m\u0456dweek, wh\u0456ch could br\u0456ng \u0455ome joy w\u0456th a to\u0440-e\u0456ght f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h \u0456n the com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on, though m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng out would re\u0455ult \u0456n an extra two game\u0455 to the already conge\u0455ted f\u0456xture l\u0456\u0455t.<\/p>\n

Then there are game\u0455 aga\u0456n\u0455t Manche\u0455ter C\u0456ty, Manche\u0455ter Un\u0456ted, and Newca\u0455tle, all before the b\u0456g North London Derby aga\u0456n\u0455t Ar\u0455enal. They could be the ty\u0440e of f\u0456xture\u0455 that Frank thr\u0456ve\u0455 \u0456n, g\u0456ven the way he ma\u0455term\u0456nded w\u0456n\u0455 over tho\u0455e club\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 t\u0456me at Brentford.<\/p>\n

However, \u0456t could equally end w\u0456th \u0455ome tough re\u0455ult\u0455, further \u0456ntro\u0455\u0440ect\u0456on, and que\u0455t\u0456on\u0455 over the d\u0456rect\u0456on of \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 mov\u0456ng forward.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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