Last Updated: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:08
Harry Redknapp has dismissed criticism his Tottenham side are a 'long-ball' team.
The Spurs boss believes criticism levelled at his side, in particular striker Peter Crouch, is unfair after some suggested Tottenham played a long-ball game against Aston Villa at the weekend, while some Stoke players made similar comments earlier in the campaign.
Redknapp said: "That's rubbish. Absolute nonsense. We pass the ball to death and hit Crouchy in the right areas.
"They (Stoke) got labelled a long-ball team by Arsenal, maybe a couple of their players wanted to pass the buck to us but I wouldn't know what a long-ball team was.
"If you can hit a 50-yard pass, it's better than a 10-yard pass or a backwards one. It's about creating strikes on goals, if it's 50 yards then it's a great ball. It's about quality."