MON won trophies at Leicester, a club he took over in the Championship, and then became one of Celtics most successful ever managers when he took the job when Rangers had won 12 of the previous 13 titles.
Harry, despite managing in English football longer than MON, only has 1 trophy to show for it. As I said before, he needed to financially cripple a club to do that.
Redknapp is a decent manager, no doubt, but he's always spent more money than his club could afford and isn't as good as MON.
Unfortunately football has moved on since his days at Leicester when really Man United were dominating everything and everyone else was much of a muchness, and well in Scotland the only team to worry about is Rangers. MON's record in terms of trophies is admirable, but unfortunately, like Cloughie in the 1990s, I think MON has reached his peak and is in decline as a manager.
What has changed since last season really? He still plays players out of position. The football for the most part is shit, his substitutions bizarre, his tactical nuance is questionable at the very least. And he bottles the big decisions as well as, it seems, constantly sending teams out to nick a goal and defend it for their lives rather than try to WIN games!?! Hell at 1-1 Saturday we were trying to protect it... against WOLVES!?!
I and a few others said that this season was crucial for him, as he needed to show he was up with the modern game. I so little evidence of this. He had TWO right backs on the bench against Wolves yet moved his out of form left midfielder there!? Unbelieveably shocking management.
This isn't just about this season, it is about the last two seasons of decline. I don't ask for us to win things, just to play good football and show some desire and nuance to win games. With this squad we should expect better than he is delivering. Maybe he needs to change his coaching staff and philosophy. But he will not. And that is to the detriment of Aston Villa football club and quite frankly, if he is still in charge next season I see NO change at all and we will once again, be toying with better but eventually accept a top 8-6 place whilst playing the dullest, one-dimensional, predictible football out of any of the 'top teams.' Time for a change I think.