He demonstrated as much having avoided an FA rap following his rant about referee Mark Clattenburg earlier this week, and he did so again on Tuesday night, unleashing an attacking team that, as he put it: "know only one way to play."
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It was a bold move, given what happened to weeks ago. Inter swept Spurs aside at the San Siro, blasting four past them in just 14 minutes, before Gareth Bale’s superb hat-trick handed the visitors a respectable 4-3 defeat.
In Tom Huddlestone, he had the perfect answer to Wesley Sneijder, and an extra emphasis had clearly been placed on keeping Samuel Eto’o at bay.
And in Bale, Redknapp had the key. The 21-year-old was simply magnificent once again, giving Inter right-back Maicon an "absolute roasting," as co-commentator Andy Gray rightfully put it.
In fact, they outplayed the European champions. And after just 18 minutes, Redknapp’s attack-minded set up paid off.
Redknapp’s choice to then replace the injured Van der Vaart with Jermaine Jenas instead of defensive-midfielder Wilson Palacios at half-time was another bold decision.
On 59 minutes, the Welsh dragon ghosted past Inter substitute Nwankwo Obiora like he wasn’t there before picking out the perfect cross for Peter Crouch, who had the easy task of taping the ball into an empty net.
However, as always with Tottenham in the Champions League this season, nothing comes easy. After 79 minutes, Eto’o was allowed to cut inside on the left and curl the ball past Cudicini’s outstretched fingers. A nail-biting finish?
No. 10 minutes later, Bale finished the game off. Once again bursting down the left, once again putting the ball on the plate for Crouch’s replacement Roman Pavlyuchenko, who tapped in and sent Spurs fans into raptures.
Glory, glory Tottenham Hotspur plays over the loud speakers and on this performance, it’s hard to beat that description.
One thing’s for sure, the two games between Tottenham and Inter Milan will be
