Source: SKY_Sports
Pulis backs returning Redknapp
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Stoke manager Tony Pulis hopes Harry Redknapp will get a good reception when he returns to Fratton Park.[LNB] Redknapp, who spent five years with the South Coast outfit in two separate spells, will return to his former club for the Premier League clash against current side Spurs on Saturday.[LNB]Despite winning the FA Cup with Pompey last year, Redknapp is expected to receive a hostile reception on his return, although Pulis thinks he should be welcomed back with open arms.[LNB]"If you look at what he did at Portsmouth, he took a club that nearly got relegated, and they finished in a position in the Premiership that no-one would have dreamed about and took them to an FA Cup final and actually won it," Pulis, who managed Pompey in 2000, told Sky Sports News.[LNB]"So supporters should remember the good times that Harry brought to them and to their football club.[LNB]"People say about finances but Harry's a football man. You have other people who are responsible for the finances and running the club financially.[LNB]"He should be welcomed back there without a question of a doubt but I'm sure that won't happen.[LNB]"I've had it going back to Gillingham, a great reception at Gillingham, but went back to Bristol City and got slaughtered.[LNB]"You've got to take it on the chin, supporters are supporters, they pay their money and they have a right to voice their opinions."[LNB]
