I'm a nominal Spurs fan, on account of having acquired a Spurs shirt (Holsten sponsor, circa early 90's) in a London secondhand shop in the heady days of my youth as a semester abroad student in London when I fancied myself a bit of a local, which for my purposes meant smoking hand-rolled Old Holborn cigarettes, saying "cheers," drinking bitter ales (I didn't know at the time that most Britishers my age were actually lager drinkers), and stuff like that. Real authentic. Now my possession of a super old (so old its cool, some may say, and you'll brook no argument from me on that point) just serves to tweak my bandwagon-jumping Arsenal fan brother-in-law, who I tend to dominate when playing Spurs v. Arsenal in FIFA '08. In any event, I'm not sure Jol should have been fired weeks/months ago. If Spurs were even middle of the table at this point in the season (or in the top 6 or so, which seemed to be reasonable expectations going into the season), he probably would have held on, but Spurs are in the relegation zone for crying out loud. Of course, as lawn_wrangler points out, Jol being on the hot seat could not have created an atmosphere conducive to winning, but when you were expected to contend for a Champions League spot and your sitting on 7 points after 10 games, sorry Charlie. Oh yeah, and reports now are suggesting the Wanda thing is not necessarily a done deal.
Maybe that gets old. Maybe? Holden's link has another theory; "4.8million-a-year deal for four years". That helps. 4.8mill goes a long way in Leicester, Coventry, and Darby, where he could be coaching next season.
I hate to see Jol go, as a casual Spurs fan suffering greatly with their play this season. If Man U doesn't get the equalizer in extra time a couple weeks ago, I think that could've turned things around for him.
Are you a fan of track suits or just guys that look like noir movie Heavies?
What I don't get is why does Ramos want that job? Seville is a great team. If you look at his career, three years seems to be his limit for staying in one place and he's been with Sevilla about that long now.
Holden: Just to set the record straight, I don't necessarily think they should have sacked Jol months ago. But if it was inevitable, then they should have done so sooner rather than later--at least after they botched the super-secret meeting in Seville. To rcade's point, it seemed premature since, at that point, Spurs had only lost a couple games. (Although, when you look at the embarrassment that is Bolton, the lesson is to have your backup plan secure before sacking your manager.) And I am a FIFA god, and will destroy you.
Doesn't seem to me...at least, that this has anything to do with Jol's managing ability. The players don't seem to get along. I mean, come on! Keane is amazing...Berbatov?! Unreal, the talent on the team is great, but they all seem to be waiting for something...like a big contract at another club.
Lost to Friedel's Blackburn today so no "Jol is gone" bump.
