With Peter Crouch as the main target man, Spurs were tagged as such by some Aston Villa players after the two sides played out a goalless draw at White Hart Lane on Saturday evenng.
"That's rubbish. Absolute nonsense. We pass the ball to death and hit Crouchy in the right areas," Redknapp said.
"They (Villa) 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."
"Every time we hit Crouchy against Villa he knocked the ball down and we had chances to score.
"If you are going to have Peter Crouch in your team you have to use him, you can't expect him to run up channels or to come short. That's not his game.
"He is an option when teams fill up the midfield and you can't pass through them. We have that great option to miss out the midfield, hit him and pick things up around the box.
"You can pass all day. We've seen that recently from teams. People say they are playing fantastic football but they are not winning games.
"We are playing fantastic football but also have an option with Crouchy as well, which is good."
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