themanwhofellasleep
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- Dec 14, 2006
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We're two games into the season, and already people are calling of Ramos's head. Yes, we lost both games, and most fans are furious that our excellent pre-season has turned predictably sour. Of course it's disappointing, but does anyone really think that sacking the manager that got us our first silverware in a decade is going to help us in any way?
I was a massive Martin Jol fan and was very sad to see him leave the club. I'm also not a huge fan of Juande's. But he's our manager and he has a proven track record in Spain. He needs years, not days, to turn us into a top team. If, after five years (or a relegation) he's not doing it for us, fair enough, demand he be sacked. But to call for his head a week after the season has started is madness. The club needs stability. I'm not someone who believes that it's the duty of fans to blindly assume that the board/manager/kit man knows what he's doing - but at least give people time to either succeed or screw up. And a week is not enough time.
It's actually my love of Martin Jol that makes me defend Juande. When we had a poor season last year, people were demanding Jol be sacked, quickly forgetting all the good work that he had done for Spurs and the two top five finishes he acheived with us. Some fans took for granted his man management, his attacking mentality, his team selections, and focused solely on the fact that tactically he didn't always know how to hold onto a lead. And the same type of fans are crawling out of the woodwork now, having a pop at Juande.
Sacking Juande won't bring Jol back. He's moved on. I suspect that some fans live in the perverse hope that Juande will be a failure so that it will vindicate their defence of Jol. I don't think we should have sacked MJ, but we did and slating his replacement won't bring him back.
No-one at Spurs is above criticism. I don't agree with much of Juande's team selections, don't always like his tactics and think it was wrong to get rid of Keane, Defoe, Tainio and Malbranque, but managers don't succeed or fail over the course of two games, they succeed or fail over the course of years and decades. It will take time for him to make his mark on the game - he is still learning about what it takes to be a success in England.
We've been spoilt by our two top five finishes. Some fans seem to assume that because we've spent money we're guaranteed success. We probably won't finish in the top 4 and in my opinion it's fairly likely that we won't finish in the top 6. But so what? At the end of the season do we call for Juande's head if he finish 9th? or 12th? Do we want another season with a new manager, rebuilding, buying new players, waiting for them to bed in? Do we want another season of being a laughing stock?
I was a massive Martin Jol fan and was very sad to see him leave the club. I'm also not a huge fan of Juande's. But he's our manager and he has a proven track record in Spain. He needs years, not days, to turn us into a top team. If, after five years (or a relegation) he's not doing it for us, fair enough, demand he be sacked. But to call for his head a week after the season has started is madness. The club needs stability. I'm not someone who believes that it's the duty of fans to blindly assume that the board/manager/kit man knows what he's doing - but at least give people time to either succeed or screw up. And a week is not enough time.
It's actually my love of Martin Jol that makes me defend Juande. When we had a poor season last year, people were demanding Jol be sacked, quickly forgetting all the good work that he had done for Spurs and the two top five finishes he acheived with us. Some fans took for granted his man management, his attacking mentality, his team selections, and focused solely on the fact that tactically he didn't always know how to hold onto a lead. And the same type of fans are crawling out of the woodwork now, having a pop at Juande.
Sacking Juande won't bring Jol back. He's moved on. I suspect that some fans live in the perverse hope that Juande will be a failure so that it will vindicate their defence of Jol. I don't think we should have sacked MJ, but we did and slating his replacement won't bring him back.
No-one at Spurs is above criticism. I don't agree with much of Juande's team selections, don't always like his tactics and think it was wrong to get rid of Keane, Defoe, Tainio and Malbranque, but managers don't succeed or fail over the course of two games, they succeed or fail over the course of years and decades. It will take time for him to make his mark on the game - he is still learning about what it takes to be a success in England.
We've been spoilt by our two top five finishes. Some fans seem to assume that because we've spent money we're guaranteed success. We probably won't finish in the top 4 and in my opinion it's fairly likely that we won't finish in the top 6. But so what? At the end of the season do we call for Juande's head if he finish 9th? or 12th? Do we want another season with a new manager, rebuilding, buying new players, waiting for them to bed in? Do we want another season of being a laughing stock?
