Juande Ramos - world class gamecoach

[wojch]

have a look on the 3rd and 5th pic.

http://tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/wembleypictures.html

Ramos is quality - team fans love him.

RAMOS is a YIDDO! :grin:

 

[stemark44]

I would say that even in these early days Ramos is the best tactician in the League!

 

[paulspursman]

top 3 at least already i would say

his record shows it all

 

[Marty]

top 3?

He's outclassed Grant already!
Benitez loves his rotation too much

oh, ok, on a par with Wan*er and Fergie for now

but not for long!

 

[stevenqoz]

It is good to see that we now recognise what a 'game' coach is. Our game allows for this manipulation during a match and he even ended with a 5 2 2 1 for good measure:wink:

 

[striebs]

We won, we played amazing, but lets not forget we had a full strength team today dont want to seem negative but the main the main reason we won was woody and king. can we count on them week in week out? well done JR love ya

Agree , all the tactics in the world would not have been enough if those two had not of been fit .

One could ask embarrassing questions about the clubs resistance to bringing in an experienced centre half before now but they have seen the light now and found a manager they can back .

 

[idlepete]

Aside from the awesome tactics, I liked all his motioning at the players to keep their chests up. He's got every angle covered.

 

[Juande]

In all the years i have been going to spurs we can finally say that we have a world class coach, RAMOS LEGEND

 

[yanno]

Dear old Pleaty giving Don Juande Ramos much deserved praise.

"Juande Ramos has shown his class. The Spaniard's impact at key moments told, his half-time adjustments followed up by a canny change after the hour, when he played his first real hand. Within 10 minutes Spurs were on their way and, ultimately, Chelsea could not argue that their rivals did not deserve it."

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/02/25/spaniard_plays_the_counters_th.html

 

[yanno]

Alan Hansen praising Don Juande:

"Football is about making big decisions and, even if Tottenham had not won the final, Ramos, tactically, would have come out on top. He made good substitutions at the right time. When he brought on a third centre-back, Ramos ran the risk of allowing Chelsea to come right on to his defence, but he did in such a way that Didier Zokora was able to come through in midfield and he should have finished the game. The introduction of Tom Huddlestone made Tottenham into a more compact, effective unit in midfield. The only substitution Grant had to make was to take Anelka off and bring Cole on."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/02/25/sfnhan125.xml

 

[DC_Boy]

yep Ramos is a top manager - I trust him more than any manager of ours since Billy Nick

for me he's already a Spurs legend

 

[yanno]

yep Ramos is a top manager - I trust him more than any manager of ours since Billy Nick

for me he's already a Spurs legend

You and me both, DC_Boy, although I only stretch back to remembering Burkinshaw.

I even forgive Don Juande for using Teemu as a FB - he was shuffling the available pieces in order to win the game. And of course Teemu gave us that memorable moment with Drogba and the scoreboard... :wink:

 

[yanno]

From The Independent:

"Before extra-time started Grant had also appeared silent, and a little bemused, as his assistant, Steve Clarke, geed up the players in their huddle.Too much can be read into such moments but it didn't appear to be the case yesterday. By the side of the pitch Grant stood, almost motionless, hunched, while Ramos issued detailed, precise instructions. He's not Jose Mourinho – and in many ways that's a compliment – but he is certainly not the Special One either. The Silent One? Exactly.
Fortune should favour the brave rather than just those backed with an outrageous fortune and, for Spurs, it did. Their victory was founded on a willingness of their coach to make changes, and of his players to quickly adapt – Chelsea's defeat was rooted in the failure of theirs to do so."

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ning-as-ramos-outwits-puzzled-one-786911.html

Good piece, but the Independent is stupid to call Juande the "Silent One" given they describe him issuing detailed, precise, instructions.

For me, Don Juande is most definitely the Real Special One.

 

[DC_Boy]

You and me both, DC_Boy, although I only stretch back to remembering Burkinshaw.

I even forgive Don Juande for using Teemu as a FB - he was shuffling the available pieces in order to win the game. And of course Teemu gave us that memorable moment with Drogba and the scoreboard... :wink:

yanno - I must admit I missed the Drogba scoreboard incident - what was that?

so pleased for TT BTW - it's great when a Spurs fan wins something with the club

 

[Chaplain]

I'm pretty sure they were calling Grant the Silent One, but I can't be sure.

 

[yanno]

I'm pretty sure they were calling Grant the Silent One, but I can't be sure.

Yup, you could be correct.

Meanwhile, for DC_Boy, basically when Drogba came over to moan at Teemu for timewasting at the throw-in, Teemu gestured at the scoreboard. Drogba then started losing it, and I think it was Ballack who had to usher him away.

Great stuff!

 

[DC_Boy]

Yup, you could be correct.

Meanwhile, for DC_Boy, basically when Drogba came over to moan at Teemu for timewasting at the throw-in, Teemu gestured at the scoreboard. Drogba then started losing it, and I think it was Ballack who had to usher him away.

Great stuff!

cheers yanno i remember their litle contretemps but missed the scoreboard pointing - ooh I love TT

 

[spurs]

Great thread! I've learnt a lot.
It's fantastic that we now have a manger who makes actual changes to the system rather than making substitutions so as to be seen to be doing something. (NB - not a dig at Jol just related to all the mangers we've had in the last 20 years.)

 

[chinaman]

I may be wrong or could just be exaggerating; but i don't think that Ramos has even made 1 substitution during his short time with us that has not had an impact.

 

[yanno]

Great thread! I've learnt a lot.
It's fantastic that we now have a manger who makes actual changes to the system rather than making substitutions so as to be seen to be doing something. (NB - not a dig at Jol just related to all the mangers we've had in the last 20 years.)

:up:

I think we've all learnt tons watching Juande. As a game coach, he's very radical - I can think right back to the match away at the Spammers when we ended up with Lennon as a RWB and Zokora as a spare CB in a 3-5-2 formation.

The players must now have almost total faith in him, which is very important when a coach switches formation partway through a match. And I think Juande's ability as a game coach gives us an edge in almost every match we play - and in a Cup Final, it may be that winning edge.

A word of warning. Inevitably, sooner or later Juande will try something radical and we'll lose. I hope our fans are tolerant of that, because I'm sure Ramos' changes will win us a lot more games than they lose us.