Chicken. AVB out of his depth ???

Chicken. If avb is so out of his depth(compared to rednapp) can you respond to the following.

I posted this in another article but felt it warranted an artical of its own.

The difference between 2011-12 and 2012-13 for Tottenham Hotspur was, when it boils down to it, one game.
Tottenham's record for the two seasons was virtually identical. Except, they won one more league match in this past season than they did the previous year. This three extra points gave them their highest points total (72) of the Premier League era. Yet, Andre Villas-Boas' side still managed to finish a place lower (fifth) than a season earlier.
It illustrates how misleading some statistics can be in not telling the full story.
In Tottenham's case, they could not account for Chelsea's improved league form this season. Nor the impressive late run Arsenal strung together to pip their North London rivals to fourth. Spurs were actually unbeaten in their last eight matches and lost just two league outings in 2013. In comparison, post-Christmas in 2011-12, they lost six times.
Given the changes they had undergone in coaching and playing personnel, despite the eventual disappointment, Spurs put in a commendable year's work.


The greater resilience Spurs showed later in the season was testament to the increased understanding between coaches and players who had gotten use to each other. Earlier in the season, those relationships had not yet been established. With new signings bedding in and new tactics being implemented, understandably this process took time.

That was something Harry Redknapp did not have to worry about a year earlier. His well-established side bounced back from two opening defeats and would lose only one of the following 19. Yet as noted earlier, Redknapp's side fell apart in dramatic fashion late in the campaign. A humiliating 5-2 loss away at Arsenal severely bruised his unprepared team's ego.

Villas-Boas led his team to 10 away wins, compared to the seven Redknapp managed in his last season. In addition, while the latter's team won just once on the road after the turn of the year, his replacement's side managed a healthy four victories in a similar time period.

In 12 matches against teams ranging from champions Manchester United to seventh-place Liverpool, Spurs picked up 15 points for an improvement on 12 a year earlier

The September win over the eventual table-toppers was Spurs' first in 23 attempts since their last league win over them (May 2001). April's 3-1 win against Man City was the North Londoners' first in six versus a team they had previously enjoyed quite a hold over

Perhaps it is a case of two steps forward and one step back, considering the frustrating losses to the weaker Merseyside pair of Everton and Liverpool. Still, getting positive results against the two best teams is something Villas-Boas can point to in getting his side up.

Prior to Christmas, much was made of Tottenham's fragility late in matches.

While it was true they conceded more goals in the final 30 minutes than the year before—18 rather than 13—they also scored more as the clock wound down—30, over 27 in 2011-12