Harry Redknapp blames small squad and injuries for Spurs' sinking feeling at QPR After all, any complaint about squad depth has to be considered in the context of Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Steven Pienaar, Wilson Palacios, Vedran Corluka, Sébastien Bassong, Jermaine Jenas and Jonathan Woodgate all either been sold or lent out. "We haven't got the biggest squad," said Redknapp. Chelsea made eight changes to play Arsenal and still looked good. When you look at my bench today it was nowhere near. I could not make too many changes as I only had one striker and two centre halves. If one of those got injured I was bang in trouble. I had nobody. We were desperate. Asked if a different mindset was required now that Tottenham are outside the top four for the first time since November, he said. No difference whatsoever. You are trying to make something out of nothing. You just have to win football matches that is all. Redknapp's reaction to such scrutiny is fascinating. He has seen most things during 30 successful years in football management but, as a snapshot of what it might be like with England, this past month has probably been as close as it gets. Every decision and comment is being analysed like never before. The search for answers is relentless. With four games remaining and Newcastle, Arsenal and Chelsea all in better form in the battle for two Champions League places, Redknapp's renowned man-management is facing its biggest test. His strategy, it would seem, is to try and maintain confidence by publicly claiming, despite evidence to the contrary, that all is still well within the squad. They certainly looked fatigued, both physically and mentally, in losing on Saturday for a third consecutive game, but some credit must also go to Queens Park Rangers. They successfully withstood considerable pressure, especially when Adel Taarabt was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for kicking the ball away. Taarabt had earlier scored QPR's winner with a free kick that, while brilliantly executed, might have been saved by Brad Friedel on what was his 300th consecutive Premier League appearance. Amid all the confusion, it later emerged that Shaun Derry, the QPR midfielder, had not even realised that his team had played the last 12 minutes with only 10 men. Tony Fernandes, the QPR chairman, later went on Twitter to criticise Clattenburg. We did it we did it we did it. Despite all against us. Despite 12," he wrote. Hughes suggested that referee Clattenburg could have applied some "common sense" once he realised that Taarabt had already received one booking. Taarabt will now also miss next Sunday's derby against Chelsea, but his match-winning contribution and attitude was still praised. "I just sense that he is maturing," said Hughes. I think he understands that if he is going to be the player that his talent deserves then he has to listen to people like myself and team-mates who understand the game a little bit better. What Harry said as the defeats piled up Feb 26: Arsenal 5 Spurs 2 "Credit to Arsenal. They're capable of doing that. They're a dangerous team with real quality. March 4: Spurs 1 Man Utd 3 "I thought we were outstanding. How we came in 1-0 down at half-time... They created nothing.  March 10: Everton 1 Spurs 0 "We battered them non-stop and ended up getting done. We couldn't do any more than what we did.  April 9: Spurs 1 Norwich 2 "You have days like that. There's no easy games. Paul Lambert's done an amazing job.  April 15: Spurs 1 Chelsea 5 "He [referee Martin Atkinson] has made a big mistake. I don't see how he can give the second goal. It was a huge mistake. April 21: QPR 1 Spurs 0 "There wasn't anything wrong with us today. I wasn't happy with the free-kick and it wasn't a great goal, and we just camped in their half and simply couldn't break them down.