I do think he appeals to a certain type of footballer. If you think about the players in the English team, they have all grown up with a certain perception of what a manager should be. Without generalising it I'm guessing it's the 'arm around the shoulder' manager who provides inspiration in a few words. Whether those words are inspirational to others it doesn't matter because the player(s) in their minds kind of romanticise it. So it will probably work. Might explain why in pressure situations England tend to fail as the players may be looking for a bit of guidance rather than instruction and buckle.
Given that most Premier League players are exposed to top quality coaching at club level it may not be a bad idea to have this type of manager in charge of the national team.
I agree in theory. But the quality of English coaching staff, from youth development to PL managers is shit. Italian, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Scottish et al coaches are all highly sought after throughout Europe. Everytime an English team fires it's manager the fans march in the streets protesting "Anyone but Alan fucking Curbishley". When was the last time an English manager won a title worth remembering? Or even the last remotely decent player to become more than a halfwit manager?
'Arry's motivations might work on some players, but so what? When they meet a team that will fight them for every ball and team spirit, work rate and tactics come into question they'd get mauled. Look at Maradona as an example. Every Argentinian in that squad would taken a bullet for him but when they faced the Germans it didn't matter. Do you think it will be any different with Redknapp on the sidelines shouting "For the pwide of Ingurlend lads!" as Joe Hart collects the ball from his net for the 6th time in the first half. His self-serving mind conjures a brilliant plan and at half time hands the ref a brown envolope of cash saying "keep up the good job son" *twitch* *twitch* and after the game in an double header exclusive with the Sun and Daily Mail that he has proof that the ref was bribed and his media darlings will splash around headlines of "'Onest 'Arry's brave lions cheated by dem durrrty foweigners"
Compare that to the other nations who have done well internationally in recent years. Aragones won the Euros with Spain, when he took charge he had been manager of Atletico, Barca, Valencia and Sevilla with close to a 1000 games as manager under his belt. Del Bosque was a Real Madrid legend, having won numerous titles as a player and then winning the CL twice as their manager. Bert van Marjwik might not be the most experienced manager, but he's learned his lesson, broadening his horizon by managing in Germany and he hass one of the best records in international competitions of all time. His staff is made of well respected, former NT players and the players like and respect him. Oscar Tabarez, the Uruguayan manager has managed for over 30 years, managed in Colombia, Argentina, Italy and Spain. He made the semis at the World Cup and won the Copa America using his wealth of experience. Dunga might not have been the best manager, but he still won the Copa America and Confedirations Cup. A legend of the game and icon to any Brazilian player. And it might've been 5 years ago, but when Italy won the world cup they had one of the greatest managers of all time, Marcello Lippi who's credentials can't be doubted. Their current manager is doing a good job, a former European Cup winning player with Juventus and a man who had taken a newly promoted Fiorentina to the CL. The Germans are in a league of their own. Appointed Rudi Völler, an icon, who didn't even have a coaching licence and he got them to the '02 final. Appointed Klinsmann and he (or arguably Löw) got them to the '06 semis and won the Bronze. Löw is the only of the 3 who has any remote coaching experience, having managed in Germany, Austria and Turkey he has now gotten his team to a Euros final losing 1-0 to and then losing 1-0 to Spain (who won the competition) in the semis. HE also has the highest winning percentage of any NT team manager.
Compare that to the English staff where the best any of them can claim as a title in the past decade is an FA Cup and the only manager to have actually gone overseas and done well, at least making an attempt to learn new ways will never get hired again. English managers achieve fuck all in their careers, do fuck all noteworthy in their careers and have no intention of doing anything to change that. They are perfectly happy to roll around in their own pig pen and claim they are masters of the universe.