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Ramos had a highly lucrative 5-year contract. Perhaps he just made a realistic judgement as to which trophies Spurs had a chance of winning in season 2008-9.
The players have to share a lot of the blame. A lot of our players didn't show up from the Carling Cup Final to Redknapp's arrival. Perhaps they didn't like Ramos' methods, but that still doesn't excuse their massive level of underperformance.
Scolari clearly is a motivational coach, but Drogba wouldn't play for him. Drogba busted a gut for Mourinho. Didn't turn up for Scolari. And is now busting a gut for Hiddink and is back, pretty much, to the force he was under Mourinho. Why?
Only Drogba can explain that. But I'm not convinced it's all down to Scolari.
Similarly, I think some of our players have to take a look at themselves and ask why they displayed such a lack of professional pride in their performances for six months.
Whilst some players are performing very well under Redknapp - notably Lennon, Modric and Benny - others have continued to underperform when given a chance. David Bentley take a bow. Unless his agent is waving a Rolex at him...
Ramos' "science" may have alienated some players. Ramos is not a charismatic type of coach. He is a disciplinarian, and demanded - and received - respect from his players at Sevilla. Some of his calls - eg trying to slim the Hud down to make him more mobile - were probably correct but didn't succeed.
I will accept that Ramos made some mistakes, but every coach in history has. However, I don't think he can bear sole responsibiltiy for our abysmal 2 points from 8 games. We had a bunch of international players who are much much better than that level of performance, and they have to share a lot of the responsibility.
Fair enough, I don't totally agree and think that you have to look at why such players did or did not perform. It may be after a day in the sun and a long walk Epping, that I am inclined to draw a line under this. Thanks for the debate.