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Redknapp: Promoted teams making Premiership tougher

Source: Agencies | March 5, 2009, Thursday | Print Edition

THE qualities shown by the three teams promoted to the Premier League this season has contributed to one of the fiercest relegation fights ever, Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp said on Tuesday.

Although West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City occupy the bottom two positions and Hull City's form has nosedived with one win in 18 league games, Redknapp, whose side is also fighting against the drop, believes it has improved the league.

"A lot of the big clubs like us, Newcastle and Manchester City have all been down there this year," Redknapp said. "The clubs who came up have given it a fantastic go, they levelled it up. Hull got off to a fantastic start and obviously now they are in the relegation battle.

"Stoke are scrapping for their lives. West Brom play some terrific football so its a tighter league for sure. It's the tightest fight I can remember but we have enough players here who have the stomach for the battle, without a doubt."

West Brom lies four points adrift but only six points separate 11th-placed Manchester City from Stoke, which is 19th.

Redknapp's side, which lost Sunday's League Cup final to Manchester United on penalties, is currently 14th, but has only two points more than 18th-placed Middlesbrough, which was to visit White Hart Lane late yesterday.

"The weekend's results, with Middlesbrough beating Liverpool and Blackburn winning at Hull, opened everything up again," Redknapp said. "We played well on Sunday and it was great to be in the final, but unfortunately we are stuck in a battle at the bottom. We have got 12 games left and I think if we win four games we should be safe."
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