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What are the chances of  Harry Redknapp winning it this year.

Is 5th place in the league and a win in the FA cup final enough to secure him the award or is Sir Alex a shoe in again.

Surely Pompey are the overachievers this season.

After not being offered the England job I think Harry has done an amazing job this season.

Anyone else in with a shout

Paul Jewell?   :dontask:

Was going to make some similar joke but couldn't think who to use.

Moyes has done alright.

Yeah hope it is Harry. Deserved imo.

He probably deserves it,but personally i cant stand the bloke. He knows how to play the media. Every club he's been at he's fallen out with the chairman,and according to Redknapp it's never been his fault. I don't know what it is, but there's something dodgy about him.

well he's a throwback isn't he? a wheeler/dealer from an era when transfers took place at watford gap services with cash in brown paper bags

He's an anachronism, one of a dying breed in this corporate football world

He's done terrifically well with Portsmouth, and probably deserves the award.

We'll probably find out some time down the line that he cut a few corners to assemble the squad he's got but on the field given the resources off it (compared to the bigger clubs) he's done the best job.

Also note, he has a real star up and coming coach with him at Pompey, a fella called Paul Groves. Going to be a big name in the future of the Premiership

Surely Slur Alex has to be a shoe-in?

KEEGAN!!!

not if you vote on a points/results to resources available ratio. if there was one.

He's also under police investigation for dodgy dealings. The premiership, outside the top four has been very poor for a couple of years now.

All the stuff about Newcastle was such BS, Chris Mort said they'd never offered him the job but he continues to claim he turned it down.

I think there is motivation for both parties to tow the line they have since it happened. Don't know who to believe. Keegan saying that they were in touch before Harry claims he was offered it, and was waiting for Ashley to get back from Asia tilts me towards Mort telling the truth though.

Do his dealings and transactions really make any differece when it comes to manager of the year, football is corrupt at every level.  Infact not only football but big business in general.  Redknapp has by far been the best manager in the EPL this year and he should have got the England job before that fool McLaren.

definetly wont be avram grant!

I actually like Harry, although he is West Ham through and through, I respect him as a manager a lot.

But at the time of the England managers vacancy, McClaren was the most appropriate Englishman to take the job. He did very well at 'boro and had been in the England set up as a main coach through the SGE reign.

Arsenal were generally expected to struggle this season, let alone challenge strongly for the title.

Arsene Wenger gets my vote as the top over-achiever.

If Redknapp finishes 5th in the league and wins the FA cup will this be the best performance by an english club manager since Howard Wilkinson won the League title?

I would say so, although Paul Jewells achievement at wigan in their first season in the premiership would have to be up there.

Not so sure Nem, that was always one of the problems for me with McClaren was that he was part of the SGE campaign there was no charisma with him, and I don't think he achieved all that much at Boro.  Anyway its bye the bye, and I think it was a lesson learnt by the FA in appointing McClaren. 

I don't ever think Harry will ever be considered for the top job due to some of the speculation that surrounds him, but I still believe he is the best man for the job, I don't think Capello will achieve much and after the next qualification merry-go-round England may well be looking for another manager.

Does Coppell top Jewell? Reading finished two places higher than Wigan managed and were only one point from qualifying for Europe.

Jose Mourinho  ;)

Redknapps done a good job at pompey but he wont get it just like torres won't get player of the year neither as altough they both may have impressed some more than the likely recipients sir alex and ronaldo the stats speak volumes for them winning it as man u r going to win the league and ronaldos scored the most goals.

Clearly it should go to keegan with our perfomances in the last 6 games.

I agree, Harry done a superb job.

Yeah, I suppose it would.  Coppel done a really good job, but I'd suggest he had more resources than Jewell, might be wrong on that though?

lol @ Redknapp being a better choice than Capello

Trust a Liverpool fan to forget Joe Royles 1995 FA Cup winning Everton side...;)

I think so. Wigan spent £5.5m on Heskey and £5.3m on Koumas.

Reading's record signings are Halford* and Fae for £2.5m each.




* Only Premiership team to have sold their record signing after three appearances?

If Pompey win the FA Cup it will certainly be a better achivement than Royle's 1995 side who finished well down in the league.

good shout Nem  im sure Joe's achievements are up there  not many other englishman in the past 15 years.

I said he was a better choice than McClaren dumbass.  Further I said I believe him to be the best man for the job, I never said he was  better choice than Capello thats yet to be confirmed. 

We sha'll see what Capello achieves first.  Although Harry and Fabio are as corrupt as each other.

Indeed he did - cracking achievement.

However, they did spend £8m+ before the 05/06 season on Camara, Francis, Taylor, Skoko, Pollitt, Henchoz, Connolly and Chimbonda. Reading spent bugger all before 06/07 - Halford didn't turn up until after Christmas.

it has to be uncle arry, done wonders for us

Just read on text redknapp saying that pompey wont be applying to enter the intertoto because he wants a holiday and doesn't want to have to come back in june. Really shitty attitude that imo.

Are you sure it's him he wants the holiday for and not the whole squad?

He's also come out and said that the only thing that matters now is the FA cup final, which in turn has seen the teams performances drop. Bad attitude for me, bot for what you owe other professionals and for having an in form team come cup final day. I hope they lose and dont make europe because of it.

I thought Everton finished 5th in 95??  

LOL I take it back they finished 15th LOL..


I wish I had googled 1st

He said "I was hoping to go on holiday,That's all i need to start playing again in June.No, I think i will give that one a swerve"