Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp warns Arsenal fans to lay off manager Arsene Wenger Some of that abuse gets directed at Emmanuel Adebayor, Tottenham's controversial former Arsenal striker who was on the Togo bus that came under fire during the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. Having seen boys get killed like that, get shot, and then people start singing about it, is unbelievable. It's crazy. No one deserves that. It's absolute filth. People sing songs about a player's mother dying. I hate to hear it. We've all grown up loving the game but when I hear that they can't be football lovers. For half of them, football is just somewhere to go and have a bit of aggro and chant some filth. Adebayor enraged Arsenal fans when scoring for Manchester City and celebrating in front of his former supporters. Asked whether he would have a word with Adebayor about goal celebrations tomorrow, Redknapp said: "I just hope he scores. Seriously, I don't think he will do that again. But it's difficult. I stuck up for him last time because he was getting almighty abuse. OK, he overreacted but if someone is giving you abuse and you are taking it and taking it, you will react at some stage. You turn around and say: 'Have that.' You can't help it. You can't just go: 'Oh well, keep calling me what you're calling me'. Redknapp has worked with many characters, including Stuart Pearce, the England caretaker. Redknapp, who says there has been "no approach" yet from the FA to become England's full-time manager, signed Pearce in 1999 while managing West Ham United. "Pearce was really quiet in the dressing-room," he said. We had a few nutters around in Paolo Di Canio but Pearce just went on to the pitch and led by example. He was fantastic, determined. We played Chelsea on the Wednesday night (March 7, 2001) and Pearce did his ankle. We were playing Tottenham on the Sunday in the quarter-final of the FA Cup and on the Friday, the physio said Pearce has gone for an X-ray and would be out for four to six weeks. When Pearce came in, I said: 'How is it, Stuart?' He said: 'It's all right. I'll see how it is tomorrow'. Redknapp relayed that information to the physio. He said: 'He's talking nonsense. There's no way he can play.' Pearce's ankle was that big swollen black and blue. On the Saturday he said: 'I'm going to take one of the kids over there and do a fitness test.' This young kid is running at him and he's tackling him. He came over and said: 'I'm all right'. He had injections before the game, at half-time, both sides of his ankle and came out as man of the match. West Ham lost 3-2 but Pearce did score with a trademark free-kick. I felt he was the best left-back in the world at one time. He was that good. Some modern players don't possess Pearce's tough mentality. "You don't get too many Stuart Pearces," Redknapp said. He was pretty much a one-off. John Terry is one now. There used to be lots of lads like that in those days. They have had them here, people like Graham Roberts or Dave Mackay who were incredible players at Tottenham. You'd have never seen anyone play who was as hard as Mackay and as good. Redknapp enjoys the resilience in the current Spurs team. "We have a team that doesn't give up," he said. Wenger's players will need to be at their very best tomorrow.