In today’s A-League matchup, the Central Coast Mariners are set to face off against Wellington Phoenix. This raises the question: ‘What impact will Harry Redknapp have on the game?’
Harry Redknapp took on the role of Football Consultant for the Central Coast Mariners in May of this year.
Additionally, he serves as an advisor for Derby County, a team in the English Championship.
The question posed above arises from several…irregularities.
To begin with, Harry persists in referring to his team as the South Coast Mariners.
According to club owner Mike Charlesworth, Harry is expected to be a valuable asset and will make at least two trips to Australia during the season. However, when Redknapp addressed this during a radio interview, he stated, ‘not likely – I won’t be travelling to Australia…it’s over 30 hours away…takes me a week to recover…’
Nevertheless, he acknowledged that despite Australia’s distance, it is a wonderful country once you arrive…so he’s not too unpleasant.
Thus, to respond to my own inquiry – I doubt he will have any significant influence.
While he has been an exceptional football manager throughout his career, I can’t help but think, ‘What’s the point?’
Here are some classic Redknapp quotes
- Regarding being passed over for the England position: ‘I wouldn’t trust the FA to show me a good manager if their lives depended on it.’
- About his own IQ: ‘I write like a 2-year-old and I can’t spell.’
- On foreign players in the Premier League: ‘With the foreign players it’s more difficult. Most of them don’t even bother with the golf, they don’t want to go racing…they don’t even drink.’
- Concerning Southampton striker Kenwyne Jones: ‘He took a knock on his ankle but we played him some Bob Marley reggae music and he was fine.’
- About West Ham player Dani: ‘My missus fancies him. Even I don’t know whether to play him or fuck him.’
- On footballers’ nutrition before a game: ‘If you can’t pass the ball properly, a bowl of pasta’s not going to make that much difference.’
- Regarding West Ham’s trophy cabinet: ‘First of all I had to find the bloody cabinet, when I finally did, I opened the door and out flew 2 bats, 3 Japanese soldiers and Lord Lucan.’
- On former Spurs player Gareth Bale: ‘He drove me mad in training. Technically, he was outstanding but he always seemed to be playing with his hair.’
by Buford Balony
