Hero Harry!

Once again Harry 'Houdini' Redknapp is there to save the day. His ambition is still there. Is this the right time to move onwards and.....upwards? Do Spurs really match his ambition? A policy of selling your best players and the source of your success would suggest otherwise, no matter how much money has been pumped in elsewhere.

It is no surprise Spurs find themselves in the predicament they're in. The Jol fiasco brought about a manager devoid of understanding of the English game. Juande Ramos was left without his side-kick (sporting director at Sevilla), and, to begin with, couldn't speak a word of the English language. And to top it off the 'sporting director' (Damien Comiolli) was given the authority to interfere with football affairs and ill-advisedly determine and direct transfer policy. It just doesn't work in this country. Like Alex Ferguson says, a manager must have complete control, something which Keegan found to his cost. Comiolli HAD to go. It's the same story of an incompetent starry-eyed chairman that has dominated football headlines all summer.

But to Levy's credit he has come across an ounce of common sense and has this time acted decisively. It is, after all, his last chance to prove himself as a big fish, and after the appointments of Santini and Ramos, and the shameful dismissal of Jol, this is truly last chance saloon.

Spurs are a British owned club, and to that we must be grateful. And their policy of investing in youth must be acknowleged. Spurs do at least, in comparison to other Premier League clubs, have a large contingent of British players. These ethics havn't been seen throughout though. Spurs are in dire need of a British manager, and perhaps Harry is the right man for the job. Lest not forget he is the very least that Spurs fans expect.

It's good to see a British manager given a chance, and Harry is fully deserving. The fact is he's in his autumn years of his managerial career and with Pompey he can only go so far. Why he left Pompey merely a third of the way into the season though beggars belief. Having brought in Crouch and Defoe he had HIS strikeforce at his disposal. But he's left that for the shining lights of London, and the glitz and glam of a club staring relegation in the face; and in his wake he's left a ship without its captain.

'Tottenham is a club that has massively underachieved this year - to be sitting there with two points and, let's be honest, in a real desperate situation, a relegation battle'

Yes Harry we know the situation, we know it's a tough task! But hey, if he pulls it off!?! To be honest though, with all the talk of the inability of Spurs' strikers, there is still more talent there than many Premiership clubs. With the quality in the squad, even a trained monkey could keep them up. Perhaps Glenn Roeder would argue otherwise! Lets just hope it's not the poison chalice that Newcastle is. All the best Arry!

P.S. I'll take Poyet back at Leeds, he was the real brains behind Wise (I'm not suggesting Wise had much brains, but he did, it has to be said, get results!)