Career Redknapp Returns...

[arobbo92]

I've been a long term watcher of this community and wanted to have a go at a career story myself! This is my first attempt so feedback and advice is greatly appreciated.

Redknapp Returns...

BREAKING NEWS!!

"Former Tottenham and Portsmouth Manager Harry Redknapp has had his contact terminated with the Jordan National side. According to Sky Sources, Redknapp is considering a move back to England with a former club side. Redknapp is due to meet with representatives in the coming days". - Jim White - Sky Sports News.

What club will Harry Redknapp return to?

 

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"Harry Redknapp has been appointed as West Ham United Manager until the end of the season after Slaven Bilic left for Monaco. West Ham United are due to have a press conference shortly to announce their new Manager". - Natalie Sawyer - Sky Sports News.

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Harry Redknapp Press Conference

Harry Redknapp on Returning to West Ham:

"I am delighted to be back, West Ham is a club that has a place in my heart. I have always wanted to come back to the club and to have the opportunity is a great honour. I want to bring in my own players and staff to make this season as successful as it can be. We have a great opportunity to do well in the Europa League and hopefully domestically as well". 

Harry Redknapp on his time as Jordan's National Team Manager:

"I really enjoyed myself out there. I met a lot of nice people, learn a lot and spent a lot of time in the sun. It's an eye opener to see how different football is on the other side of the world. It was an experience I will probably never forget".

Harry Redknapp on appointing Glenn Roeder as his assistant manager:

"Glenn is someone that I know well. He also knows this club and I feel that his experience will be beneficial to the side. He has had a good career as a footballer and also on the sidelines, he will be a pleasure to work with".

[AndersJ]

Nice setup! Good luck ;)!

[arobbo92]

"Jermaine Defoe has agreed a 1 year deal with West Ham United after completed a £6 million move from Sunderland. Defoe expressed his interest in working with former manager Harry Redknapp and playing European football". Hayley McQueen - Sky Sports News.

"West Ham United have also competed the £1.5 million deal of former Hammer Scott Parker. The 35 year old midfielder is said to joined with a view to taking a coaching role at the club, however Parker will be a hoping to become valuable member of the playing squad this season".

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"Harry Redknapp has signed former Liverpool and Chelsea full back Glen Johnson. Johnson was a star player for Redknapp in Portsmouth's FA Cup winning team in 2008. The 32 year old has expressed his delight in signing for West Ham and hopes to show he still has what it takes to play for England". Jim White - Sky Sports News.

"Redknapp has also signed another former player in Lassana Diarra. The frenchman believed to have cost West Ham £15 million from Marseille, will add experience to the Hammers midfield. Diarra is another star from Redknapp's FA Cup winning side with Pompey in 2008".

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"Dimitri Payet has handed in a transfer request at West Ham United. The frenchman has reportedly told the club he has no interest in working with Redknapp. Interest for Payet is thought to be high after the player starred for France in Euro 2016, eventually losing to Portugal in the Final. Payet was included in the Team of the Tournament". - Natalie Sawyer - Sky Sports News.

"According to Sky Sources, West Ham midfielder Dimitri Payet is in advanced talks with four top flight clubs. The frenchman has handed in a transfer request and demanded to leave the club. Payet has refused to train or play for the club resulting in the club seeking the 'best deal possible'. Who will Payet sign for?". Natalie Sawyer - Sky Sports News.

"Diafra Sakho has agreed a deal with Chinese club Shadong believed to be in the region of £9.5 million. The striker will remain at the club until the Chinese season starts. Diafra was believed to be 'not in Redknapp's plans' after the signing of English striker, Jermaine Defoe". Natalie Sawyer - Sky Sports News.

Edited February 25, 2017 by arobbo92

[arobbo92]

17 minutes ago, AndersJ said:

Nice setup! Good luck ;)!

Thank AndersJ.

[Taff]

Very interesting Write up, good luck 

[arobbo92]

You've seen who Redknapp has signed. You know that Payet is on his way out. How is he going to get on this season?

Tactics...

A standard 4-4-2, everyone knows that Redknapp loves a Target Man and Poacher. Two banks of four and a long passing style to aid the Target Man.

A more possession based tactic with two Inside Forwards and a Poacher up top. A mixed passing style on a Balanced Team Mentality. This is the target I am likely to use Away or when Carrol is injured (majority of the time).

Start of the season...

Not the best start for Redknapp, 4 points from a possible 12. Hopefully the team start to pick up some form.

Harry's first game against a former club came in the form of Tottenham Hotspur. Equipped with the unstoppable Harry Kane, Spurs blew West Ham away. 

Looking for his first win in the Premier League since re-joining West Ham, Redknapp's side were involved in a epic 5 goal thriller. After going behind and then leading in the match, Andy Carroll scored the winner for the hammers handing them the 3 points.

Europa League...

You may have seen from the fixture list, West Ham have qualified for the Europa League group stage. Redknapp has expressed his excitement of the draw and looks forward to the challenge of Ajax.

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39 minutes ago, Taff said:

Very interesting Write up, good luck 

Thank you Taff.

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"West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker has been ruled out for up to 4 months with a torn groin muscle. A club spokesman has told Sky Sports News that Parker pulled up in training with the injury. Parker will now focus on the coaching part of his game whilst working with the club physios to aid his recovery". Jim White - Sky Sports News. 

[BatiGoal]

Looks great! Goodluck

[arobbo92]

Everyone knows Redknapp loves a Target Man and a Poacher. In his current West Ham United team, he has Andy Carroll and Jermain Defoe. Redknapp made the partnership of Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe whilst at Spurs and Portsmouth. Can this duo prove as effective?

Andy Carroll...

Carroll can be a real handful for any defence, but we all know his injury problems keep him from actually playing most of the time. Fortunately for Redknapp Carroll has been relatively fit this season, only have a knock which kept him out for a week.

Playing 7 times this season already Carroll has been West Ham's most effective striker scoring 4 times. The long ball style of play seems to be benefiting Carroll's game. However, is Carroll's good fortune benefiting Defoe?

Jermain Defoe...

The answer to the question above is, not really, no... Defoe form hasn't been the best so far this season, playing 9 times and scoring once. Defoe has been given the responsibility of taking penalties and has missed 2 from 2 this term. Redknapp fully expects Defoe to fire into form soon and go on a scoring frenzy for the Hammers.

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16 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

Looks great! Goodluck

Thank you BatiGoal, I appreciate the it. 

[arobbo92]

Curse of the commentator (my last post).

Redknapp: "Andy (Carroll) has damaged his shoulder in training. Thankfully it's not as bad as first feared. He will be out for about a month, but we know we have to get him fit before he gets back in the side. He's a major part to the way we play, so we will miss him, however other players will have to step up".

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FEATURED MATCH....

ROSENBORG .VS. WEST HAM UNITED
EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP STAGE

West Ham United put in a great performance in Norway on Thursday night. The Hammers won their second game in the Group Stage, which sets up a great game against Ajax. Sofiane Feghouli scored the only goal of the game with a tidy finish past the Rosenborg keeper.

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FEATURED MATCH....

WEST HAM UNITED .VS. LEICESTER CITY
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

West Ham United faced Premier League champions Leicester City this afternoon. The atmosphere was fantastic inside the London Stadium with the home fans making all the noise. It was a tight match, but ultimately it was West Ham United that came out on top.

Summer signing Jermain Defoe scored the only goal of the game after fantastic play by the Hammers. Defoe calmly slotted the ball past Ron-Robert Zieler. West Ham now jump up to 8th in the Premier League on 13 points.

Mark Noble seems to be thriving in his advanced playmaker positions completing 35 of his 39 attempted passes.

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FEATURED MATCH....

ARSENAL .VS. WEST HAM UNITED
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Arsenal hosted Harry Redknapp's West Ham United in the Premier League. Arsene Wenger is severely under pressure here at the Emirates with his side sitting bottom of the Premier League after this result. The banner boys come out with their 'Wenger Out' sings, it might not be long until their prayers are answered.

Superb performances came from Pedro Obiang and Andre Ayew who both got on the scoresheet today. West Ham took a direct game to Arsenal and really played to there weaknesses. Harry Redknapp seems to have made this West Ham United side a real force.

Again, Mark Noble absolutely dominating his passing game, Havard Nordtveit also showing that side of his game.

Wenger out indeed...

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"Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is training with West Ham United. The nephew of Harry Redknapp is on a break with MLS side New York City. Redknapp has told Sky Sports News "Frank is a great talent and even at 38 he has a lot to his game. Frank wants to keep in good shape, so we invited him to train with us. I would love to have Frank as part of our team, but I'm aware New York City don't want to sell him". Natalie Sawyer - Sky Sports News.

[kts365]

I love how much effort has been put into this and the total emulation of the way candle face conducts his business "known commodity" type players. English etc. 

[Sousa_XI]

big effort mate .. i like how you present the details 

[arobbo92]

Slight tactic change...

Redknapp seems to have changed the formation slightly to get the best out of his midfield players. Mark Noble has been performing very well in the midfield, along with Pedro Obiang and Havard Nordtveit. Jermain Defoe has become a lone striker as a result of Andy Carrol's injury woes.

Results since last update...

Swansea at Home...

A great results against Swansea at the London Stadium. An even game in terms of chances and possible, however it was West Ham United who finished their chances.

Sunderland in the EFL Cup...

West Ham United hosted Sunderland in the EFL Cup. Following a 2-0 league defeat West Ham wanted revenge against David Moyes' side. The game finished 0-0 after 90 minutes, but kicked into gear in extra time. Jermain Defoe scored against his former employers, whilst Fabio Borini equalised. West Ham's Argentine forward Jonathan Calleri came on to score the winner for the Hammers.

Ajax in the Europa League...

West Ham faced a difficult challenge in Amsterdam against dutch giants Ajax. Redknapp's team put in a great performance despite the result, equalising twice through Andre Ayew and Jermain Defoe. However it was Chelsea youngster Bertrand Traore who took the 3 points for Ajax., scoring the winner.

West Ham United wanted revenge following their loss in Amsterdam in October. They welcomed Ajax to a sold out London Stadium for its biggest European tie since the Hammers moved there. Ajax took the lead through youth graduate Davy Klaassen. West Ham pushed players forward and went more direct, equalising with Sofiane Feghouli. The Hammers were then awarded a 'dubious' penalty on the 83rd minute when Jermain Defoe went down in the box. Defoe was the player to step up and put the ball into the bottom corner of the net.

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31 minutes ago, kts365 said:

I love how much effort has been put into this and the total emulation of the way candle face conducts his business "known commodity" type players. English etc. 

Thank you kts365. I'm glad you are enjoying the content. I wanted to make it as realistic as possible and easy enough to follow. 

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26 minutes ago, Sousa_XI said:

big effort mate .. i like how you present the details 

Thank you Sousa_XI, I really appreciate your comments. 

[kts365]

Just now, arobbo92 said:

Thank you kts365. I'm glad you are enjoying the content. I wanted to make it as realistic as possible and easy enough to follow. 

It's a great way to lately it out. Very fun.

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FEATURED MATCH....

WEST HAM UNITED .VS. CHELSEA
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

West Ham United hosted league leaders Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League this afternoon. Antonio Conte's side have been performing well of late and come into this game wanting 3 points. 

Chelsea dominated the game and stopped West Ham playing football in the middle of the park. Fabregas had one of his best games in recent weeks, getting his name on the scoresheet twice. Harry Redknapp threw Andy Carroll into the equation and went direct. Carroll caused a nuisance, winning the header that fell to Andre Ayew for the Hammers consolation.

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"Harry Redknapp has urged England Manager Gareth Southgate to select Jermain Defoe in his side to face Malta and Mali. Redknapp told Sky Sports News: "Jermain is the player to answer England's injury issues. Too many players get overlooked by England because they don't play for the 'popular sides'. Defoe has proven that he can score on the main stage and he deserves the change to be a part of that squad". Kate Abdo - Sky Sports News.

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"England maintain their perfect record in the World Cup Qualifying Campaign win a win over Malta. West Ham United's Jermain Defoe starred and scored a double mist of Malta. Gareth Southgate told Sky Sports News: "I was happy with the teams performance, I felt each player stuck to their tasks and got the job done. In particular, Jermain thrived under the pressure of being a late call up. We were delighted with his performance, his work rate was tremendous and he finishing is always clinical". Hayley McQueen - Sky Sports News.

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FEATURED MATCH....

WEST HAM UNITED .VS. MANCHESTER UNITED
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

West Ham United hosted Jose Mourinho's Manchester United side in the Barclays Premier League. Jose's side sat 7th in the League before the game and hadn't recorded a win 3 League games. 

The Hammers were up for this game, despite dropping some players for their EFL Quarter Final tie with Man United in midweek. Dominating midfield was West Ham's key to success and keeping Pogba quiet ultimately won them the game. Goals came from Feghouli, Defoe, Ayew and Nordtveit.

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FEATURED MATCH....

BOURNEMOUTH .VS. WEST HAM UNITED
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Bournemouth hosted Harry Redknapps's West Ham United side in the Barclays Premier League. Redknapp manager The Cherries 457 over a 9 year spell after finishing his playing career with them.

Despite being a score drew, West Ham could draw some positives out of this match. Lassana Diara started his first game for The Hammers since joining in the summer. There was also a first start for Andy Carroll since his injury last month.

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"West Ham United have confirmed that striker Jermain Defoe will be out of action for at least 3 weeks following a training ground incident on Wednesday. Defoe has been The Hammers main man this season since joining from Sunderland in the summer. Harry Redknapp told Sky Sports News: "It's a shame because he was just getting into his stride. Jermain has been instrumental for us this season and it will be tough without him".