Has anyone heard from Jol?

[sheringmann]

Just wondering why I havent read any quotes from BMJ after the fantastic win over Chelski...has anyone else read anything?

Must be difficult for him though after the sack to congratulate his successor with such a fine win...who knows what BMJ would have achieved?

Just a little dissapointed if noone has heard anything.....

 

[Houdini]

I read that he watched the game and was pleased that we won, it went on to say he was linked to 3 jobs in Holland, or 2 in Holland and 1 elsewhere!

 

[Bonjour]

I reckon he'll be going Fayenoord.

Good luck to the chap. :up:

 

[Houdini]

3 National teams and 3 club teams have approached him, (Feyenoord is one of them) according to his agent!

http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=600388

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

I reckon he'll be going Fayenoord.

Good luck to the chap. :up:

Yeah hope he gets a good job with European footy. Would love to see him bring a team to the Lane one day. I'm sure he would get a massive cheer from all the fans. Loved the guy and part of me always will. :clap:

 

[Barmy_in_Palmy]

He rang me last night, asked how my day was, we had a good long chat.

 

[Duzza]

in the biography they released not long ago, he said that he'd get a bonus if they won the carling cup, so i assume he watched and is now spending his bonus lol

 

[SpurSince57]

Apparently the 'club' is still buggering him about over his severance package, so perhaps he isn't splashing the cash just yet.

Of course he'll be thrilled to bits.

 

[thfcsteff]

Jolly

To be fair, the fact we have not heard from Martin speaks absolute volumes for the man (though who knows, perhaps his leaving package means he has to STFU!!!)...if it is voluntary silence, then I raise a glass to the Big Man for showing class and a sense of occasion...yes, he has been good to us, but this win was not about him, it was about Juande, Gus, a structure put in place to allow them to work and the players themselves knuckling the fuck down and making sure they go "next level"...

 

[SpurSince57]

Right on. He's got too much class for gatecrashing. But no-one doubts that without the foundations he laid, Sunday's triumph would not have been possible. Unless they're complete muppets, of course.

The King is dead, long live the King, and all that.

 

[LSUY]

Right on. He's got too much class for gatecrashing. But no-one doubts that without the foundations he laid, Sunday's triumph would not have been possible. Unless they're complete muppets, of course.

The King is dead, long live the King, and all that.

This is Spurs Chat. I think you've forgotten muppets roam free here.

 

[PT]

MJ would make a great pundit on tv. His world cup coverage and tactical debates were intriguing.

 

[inegve]

Our national team was looking for a coach.That way he could've coached Berbs again bwahahahah :razz:
We're poor though, went for another bulgarian.

 

[onthetwo]

he called me up and said 'Schpurs have a dop mendalidy'...nuf said.

 

[Zammo]

I sent him a text but got nothing back.

 

[The Apprentice]

I saw him flipping burgers in Mcdonalds the other day. He's got 2 stars as well on his badge so he must be doing something right.

 

[Stoof]

My mate [who works at the LLoyd] saw him and his nephew, Robert, the other day. MJ still wears all his Spurs training gear! Legend.

 

[idlepete]

Wingwizard told me Jol was staying at his, just until he sorts himself out.

 

[sloth]

Right on. He's got too much class for gatecrashing. But no-one doubts that without the foundations he laid, Sunday's triumph would not have been possible. Unless they're complete muppets, of course.

See, the problem with that is you place far too much emphasis on the role Jol played which means when people like me dispute it we look as if we're having a go at the 'dearly departed'.

Here's what I mean, Jol was a very good coach, he was very good for Spurs and played a big role in two fifth place finishes and in getting us here today, but his was not the major role, he is not the architect, nor the site manager, but the head builder. He lay the foundations, but his were not the plans and nor was he reponsible for the over-seeing of them. Indeed, as a contractor it was felt he did a reasonable job but there were others better.

The architect is Chairman Levy (our dear leader).
The site manager was Pleat, then Arnesen and now Commolli.
The head builder was Martin Jol and is now Ramos.

As the architect, it is Levy’s vision (for good or ill) which drives this club forward. It was him who looked at Europe and decided we should follow that model. He looked at football finances and the way they were going and realised that to compete we had to invest money wisely and that meant scouts, training facilities, a DoF, specialist coaches, attention to detail etc. Levy appointed Pleat, then when he wanted someone with a wider range of contacts and connections and a better vision he went for Arnesen. As a direct result of that we got Jol in.

Now, I don’t want to underestimate the head builder, you can have the best architect in the world, an extremely competent site manager too, but if you’re builder’s incompetent you’re going to end up with a pile of shoddy bricks. On the other hand, if you employ a master builder your project can end up a gleaming palace beyond expectations. The trick is in employing the right staff. That’s Levy’s trick. That’s why Jol had to go and Ramos was brought in and while Jol was good, he wasn’t that good and while he played a part, it was not him who laid the foundations, but Levy. He continues to lay them.

 

[SpurSince57]

But with the new master builder having far more say as to the type of bricks we buy, it would seem. :wink: