Should Comolli be sacked? He seems to be the main object of Spurs fans wrath, in tandem with the general dissatisfaction with the DOF system. Second of course is Levy and third usually is Jermain Jenas.
I publish below (with kind permission of Jim Duggan of 'Topspurs from the 'Topspur' Archive) the list of all our signings since Comolli replaced Arnesen in September 2005. Since then 31 players have been signed and 29 sold or released.
Ramos became manager in October 2007. Since then 13 players have been signed and 8 released or sold.
I have included the fees involved where available so that you can have fun deciding whether we got value for money. Again we don't know precisely the Levy input at this stage.
2008/09 Frazier Campbell Manchester United Sep-08 loan
2008/09 Vedran Corluka Manchester City Sep-08 £8,500,000
2008/09 Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak Moscow Aug-08 £14,000,000
2008/09 Cesar Sanchez Real Zaragoza Aug-08 Undisclosed
2008/09 David Bentley Blackburn Rovers Jul-08 £15,000,000
2008/09 John Bostock Crystal Palace Jul-08 £700,000
2008/09 Heurelho Gomes PSV Eindhoven Jun-08 £9,000,000
2008/09 Giovani dos Santos Barcelona Jun-08 £4,700,000
2008/09 Luka Modric Dinamo Zagreb Apr-08 £15,800,000
2007/08 Gilberto Hertha Berlin Jan-08 £1,900,000
2007/08 Alan Hutton Rangers Jan-08 £8,000,000
2007/08 Jonathan Woodgate Middlesbrough Jan-08 £7,500,000
2007/08 Chris Gunter Cardiff City Dec-07 £2,000,000
2007/08 Kevin-Prince Boateng Hertha Berlin Jul-07 £5,200,000
2007/08 Danny Rose Leeds United Jul-07 Undisclosed
2007/08 Younes Kaboul Auxerre Jul-07 £8,200,000
2007/08 Darren Bent Charlton Athletic Jun-07 £16,500,000
2007/08 Adel Taarabt Lens Jun-07 Undisclosed
2007/08 Yuri Berchiche Athletic Bilbao Jun-07 Undisclosed
2007/08 Gareth Bale Southampton May-07 £5,000,000
2006/07 Ben Alnwick Sunderland Jan-07 Undisclosed
2006/07 Ricardo Rocha Benfica Jan-07 £3,500,000
2006/07 Mido AS Roma Aug-06 £4,500,000
2006/07 Pascal Chimbonda Wigan Athletic Aug-06 £4,000,000
2006/07 Steed Malbranque Fulham Aug-06 £3,500,000
2006/07 Dorian Dervitte Lille Jun-06 Undisclosed
2006/07 Didier Zokora St Etienne Jun-06 £6,000,000
2006/07 Benoit Assou-Ekotto RC Lens Jun-06 £3,500,000
2005/06 Hossam Ghaly Feyernoord Jan-06 Undisclosed
2005/06 Danny Murphy Charlton Jan-06 £2,000,000
We don't know precisely the distribution of authority within the management team: who initiates the process; who has the power of veto and under what circumstances; who conducts the negotiating process and where Comolli's role starts and ends in relation to Levy.
A wider question is of course the players we have not signed and the positions we have not filled. How far this is down to Comolli is again unclear. Were some players lined up and vetoed by the manager on playing criteria or Levy on financial ones?
I don't think that Comolli can be held responsible for the sale of players as the initial decisions on this would presumably be the manager's or Levy's responsibility.
You can obviously pore over this and draw your own conclusions. I hold no brief for Comolli but I am always suspicious when so many people are quick to attribute blame, especially at a time of collective stress and disappointment.
Of the 31 signings only 5 it seems to me are doubtful.(Gilberto,Boateng,Kaboul,Rocha,Murphy) and of these Kaboul's transfer was probably premature. You can add Taarabt and Zokora if you like, but Zokora has been our best player on several occasions and has useful flexibility. Taarabt is only 19, and Boateng 21 and should be given time before final judgements are made.
Ghaly and Chimbonda are on many fans' hate list but neither in my view were poor footballers. Their temperaments perhaps should have been an issue in the scouting process.
But if you include all these that makes 9 out of 31. I have ignored all the ITK stuff about Jol spotting Berbatov before Comolli arrived, he'd been with the club 7 months before Berbatov was signed and we just don't know.
If you are going to blame Comolli for all the bad signings and praise the manager and Levy for all the good ones you are clearly not going to be swayed by sensible argument.
My view of this is that it is by no means a poor record, particularly since Ramos arrived. I would only question, on playing merit, Murphy, Gilberto and Rocha, in the sense that we could have signed better quality players. Some might want to add Bent but mainly on the grounds of the fee paid.
Other players are young or have not had time to settle and I include Bentley,Giovani Corluka and Modric in this category. Others have been bought for the future; Rose, Dervitte, Alnwick,,Bostock
Berchiche.
But, fellow fans, there are the facts make of them what you will.
I publish below (with kind permission of Jim Duggan of 'Topspurs from the 'Topspur' Archive) the list of all our signings since Comolli replaced Arnesen in September 2005. Since then 31 players have been signed and 29 sold or released.
Ramos became manager in October 2007. Since then 13 players have been signed and 8 released or sold.
I have included the fees involved where available so that you can have fun deciding whether we got value for money. Again we don't know precisely the Levy input at this stage.
2008/09 Frazier Campbell Manchester United Sep-08 loan
2008/09 Vedran Corluka Manchester City Sep-08 £8,500,000
2008/09 Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak Moscow Aug-08 £14,000,000
2008/09 Cesar Sanchez Real Zaragoza Aug-08 Undisclosed
2008/09 David Bentley Blackburn Rovers Jul-08 £15,000,000
2008/09 John Bostock Crystal Palace Jul-08 £700,000
2008/09 Heurelho Gomes PSV Eindhoven Jun-08 £9,000,000
2008/09 Giovani dos Santos Barcelona Jun-08 £4,700,000
2008/09 Luka Modric Dinamo Zagreb Apr-08 £15,800,000
2007/08 Gilberto Hertha Berlin Jan-08 £1,900,000
2007/08 Alan Hutton Rangers Jan-08 £8,000,000
2007/08 Jonathan Woodgate Middlesbrough Jan-08 £7,500,000
2007/08 Chris Gunter Cardiff City Dec-07 £2,000,000
2007/08 Kevin-Prince Boateng Hertha Berlin Jul-07 £5,200,000
2007/08 Danny Rose Leeds United Jul-07 Undisclosed
2007/08 Younes Kaboul Auxerre Jul-07 £8,200,000
2007/08 Darren Bent Charlton Athletic Jun-07 £16,500,000
2007/08 Adel Taarabt Lens Jun-07 Undisclosed
2007/08 Yuri Berchiche Athletic Bilbao Jun-07 Undisclosed
2007/08 Gareth Bale Southampton May-07 £5,000,000
2006/07 Ben Alnwick Sunderland Jan-07 Undisclosed
2006/07 Ricardo Rocha Benfica Jan-07 £3,500,000
2006/07 Mido AS Roma Aug-06 £4,500,000
2006/07 Pascal Chimbonda Wigan Athletic Aug-06 £4,000,000
2006/07 Steed Malbranque Fulham Aug-06 £3,500,000
2006/07 Dorian Dervitte Lille Jun-06 Undisclosed
2006/07 Didier Zokora St Etienne Jun-06 £6,000,000
2006/07 Benoit Assou-Ekotto RC Lens Jun-06 £3,500,000
2005/06 Hossam Ghaly Feyernoord Jan-06 Undisclosed
2005/06 Danny Murphy Charlton Jan-06 £2,000,000
We don't know precisely the distribution of authority within the management team: who initiates the process; who has the power of veto and under what circumstances; who conducts the negotiating process and where Comolli's role starts and ends in relation to Levy.
A wider question is of course the players we have not signed and the positions we have not filled. How far this is down to Comolli is again unclear. Were some players lined up and vetoed by the manager on playing criteria or Levy on financial ones?
I don't think that Comolli can be held responsible for the sale of players as the initial decisions on this would presumably be the manager's or Levy's responsibility.
You can obviously pore over this and draw your own conclusions. I hold no brief for Comolli but I am always suspicious when so many people are quick to attribute blame, especially at a time of collective stress and disappointment.
Of the 31 signings only 5 it seems to me are doubtful.(Gilberto,Boateng,Kaboul,Rocha,Murphy) and of these Kaboul's transfer was probably premature. You can add Taarabt and Zokora if you like, but Zokora has been our best player on several occasions and has useful flexibility. Taarabt is only 19, and Boateng 21 and should be given time before final judgements are made.
Ghaly and Chimbonda are on many fans' hate list but neither in my view were poor footballers. Their temperaments perhaps should have been an issue in the scouting process.
But if you include all these that makes 9 out of 31. I have ignored all the ITK stuff about Jol spotting Berbatov before Comolli arrived, he'd been with the club 7 months before Berbatov was signed and we just don't know.
If you are going to blame Comolli for all the bad signings and praise the manager and Levy for all the good ones you are clearly not going to be swayed by sensible argument.
My view of this is that it is by no means a poor record, particularly since Ramos arrived. I would only question, on playing merit, Murphy, Gilberto and Rocha, in the sense that we could have signed better quality players. Some might want to add Bent but mainly on the grounds of the fee paid.
Other players are young or have not had time to settle and I include Bentley,Giovani Corluka and Modric in this category. Others have been bought for the future; Rose, Dervitte, Alnwick,,Bostock
Berchiche.
But, fellow fans, there are the facts make of them what you will.