I don't think it's necessarily about Harry - more that he's unhappy with how AVB has been talked up as a super-coach and he doesn't think he will fulfill those expectations. But I really rate AVB, I think he will do well with us but he needs to get some reinforcements soon and just because I think he is great it doesn't mean he won't lose games.
Don't know why people are worrying about our central midfield on the previous pages. If we are playing 4-2-3-1, we have plenty of players able to slot into the deeper 2. Livermore can do it. Jenas I think will fill in very well. And if not, we can even use someone like Carroll.
Jenas though, has been quite unlucky in his Spurs career. He's been crying out for a manager that favours a pressing game so he can show off his athleticism rather than having to use his footballing brain - which I think he has got, but is severely under-rated by football fans. But he was here under Jol, who liked a patient passing game but not really full on AVB style pressing. Then Jol's game went sour when he didn't get a Carrick replacement, so the team in general was average for a good year and a half. Then Ramos, and initially Jenas looked good. But then the post CC win lull set in, and again the whole team looked crap for another 9 months. Then Harry comes, and Jenas got some games but he is the type of manager to prefer individual flair or bloody and guts body on the line type of play, 'obvious' attributes, and it didn't really suit him all that much.
But now, I think Jenas, in a balanced team full of quality, asked to press for 90 minutes and use the ball patiently and intelligently, I think he will be well suited and be a valuable asset to us if he has to play. But Livermore/Jenas/Huddlestone/Carroll are good enough options for me to not panic.
The striker situation is more dire, but thems the breaks.
