but lack of stability rarely breeds success
This is very true, and that’s why I disagreed so much with the Redknapp sacking. I know there was the court case and the England speculation, but they had been resolved and Spurs should have renewed his contract to bring in that much needed stability.
Spurs have suffered their biggest away and home losses for many years, good teams are playing through them, and much of that comes down to AVB’s managerial shortcomings (which had already been demonstrated at Chelsea). He’s turned a fairly decent team into a pretty mediocre one (Levy and Baldini also share some blame). I wish him well but I don’t think he has what it takes to succeed at the top level (the Porto side he managed had been largely built by the Porto director of football).
Ultimately I blame Levy (and Joe Lewis) for the situation, as they should have kept Redknapp.