So The Board Were RIGHT

[Gilzeanking]

They saw there had been no improvement 3 games into the season...

...and they went in search of a top manager before it all went pear shaped.( its gone pear shaped )

Their reward ..a public humiliation on the mainstream media and an almighty trashing from many a deluded sentimentalist here .

Happy with our posts re the Board are we ?

 

[nidge]

Yes

 

[tony0379]

wished wed got someone else now

 

[bugsdad]

Just goes to show that the idiots in charge of our club( in the words of most of our very knowledgable posters ) , are not such idiots as our idiots think. Not only have they produced the best set of financial results ever, but they spotted ,well before our oh so clever posters, that we had a clown in charge who needed to go.Yes they did make a balls up of the way they handled it but this is only one mistake in all the time they have been in control,compare that to the fat dutch gits mistakes. Just last night there were two. Bringing on TT instead of AL .to show how scared we were of Toon,and then when he does come on the genius plays him on the LEFT.
For Fucks sake fat man have some pride and resign right now before you drive us even further into the mire.

 

[eddiebailey]

Happy with our posts re the Board are we ?

YES. You do not think perhaps the current position has something to do with the Board sawing off the manager's legs before th season had even got going?

Besides the big problem is not the manager, it is the squad. And that is due to the Board's buying policy.

 

[LSUY]

The board weren't right. They are part of the problem. They got shown up as being amateurs when it comes to running a football club. You don't see Arsenal's board hitting the self-destruct button the moment things don't go their way.

Yes their was problems after 3 games but they became a whole load worse once the board got caught. Yet again the board hitting the panic button so early in the season has ruined our season - they did the same with Hoddle. Wenger must be loving this. He, along with Ferguson, have already come out in defence of Jol, stating that the boards action is madness.

How is Jol suppose to work when everyone knows that come this time next season he won't be there?

 

[MrsKeane]

Yet I said improvement and I get interogated

 

[matjcole]

I agree with Teemu, things didn't start great but the boards actions didn't help. This issue is hanging over us like the sword of damocles. In all honesty are any of you guys, like me just waiting for Jol to be sacked? It's clear he is now effectively a caretaker manager till the end of the season, but everytime I log on I expect to see him gone. It's a shame that after watching my beloved spurs time after time I come away sad and despondant.

 

[easiman]

The Board's decision to change things may or may not have turned out well, but it has certainly hit the self destruct button for Jol and the players. We are now at a point where it appears something has to change (be changed by the board), or we will strugglle from one match to the next, with dire financial consequences.
The only this the can change is the Board (unlikely, because of the situation) or the Manager (difficult because of lack of a class replacement). So what happens next?

 

[Flatters]

Do we even know for sure what exactly the board did yet? If anything at all? Or is this all still purely based on the newspaper speculation?

 

[Turbo]

The board have contributed this problem big time.

They have treated the manager as if he was already in the relegation zone after three games. This has clearly effected the team and manager and they have played with the pressure of a team clearly with no confidence from above or alot of fans.

Jol has got the team exactly where the board didn't want them, but I put a large blame of that on the board.

 

[ChubbSpur]

Do we even know for sure what exactly the board did yet? If anything at all? Or is this all still purely based on the newspaper speculation?

Yep its still speculation. What i find funny is people saying that the board have caused this, yet we were playing exactly the same way as we are now in the opening 3 games before anybody even thought about getting on a plane to Sevilla.

Whats to say we wouldnt be playing like this even if the Jol situation hadnt happened?

 

[nidge]

Just goes to show that the idiots in charge of our club( in the words of most of our very knowledgable posters ) , are not such idiots as our idiots think. Not only have they produced the best set of financial results ever, but they spotted ,well before our oh so clever posters, that we had a clown in charge who needed to go.Yes they did make a balls up of the way they handled it but this is only one mistake in all the time they have been in control,compare that to the fat dutch gits mistakes. Just last night there were two. Bringing on TT instead of AL .to show how scared we were of Toon,and then when he does come on the genius plays him on the LEFT.
For Fucks sake fat man have some pride and resign right now before you drive us even further into the mire.

Yet for an entire summer knowing that Jol wasn't good enough they did fuck all. Ramos had a release clause in his contract that meant we could have talked to him without Seville stopping us until the end of July, meaning we could have had him in place for the start of the season yet the board in it infinite wisdom decided to wait until 3 games in and had the stupidity to get caught in one of Madrid most well known Hotels. Then they successfully manage to flame the fire by saying nothing until it was far too late.

You also mention how it is only one mistake. Oh how easy it is to forget. George Graham yes he won the league cup but, then the board fire him just before the FA Cup semi final if I remember correctly, or the Glenn Hoddle failure, lets again let him spend a lot of money and then sack him 6 games into the season rather than getting rid during the summer like they should have done. Then there is the Pleat caretaker period when Levy was trying to decide which direction he wanted to take the club and that lasted nearly an entire season. Then there is Santini that Levy had to give us a big name rather than the best man for the job. Then by luck Arnesen pushed for Jol to be appointed and Levy agreed to it. We had our best 2 season in a long, long time and then the board get caught in Ramosgate.

Yes the board have done a good job looking after the finances but, have still failed to show any clear indication of there plans for a new/redevolped WHL and then there seems to be the constant struggle to get the new training ground approved (which isn't entirely the boards fault.)

 

[Defsta]

Spam

 

[Turbo]

Yet for an entire summer knowing that Jol wasn't good enough they did fuck all. Ramos had a release clause in his contract that meant we could have talked to him without Seville stopping us until the end of July, meaning we could have had him in place for the start of the season yet the board in it infinite wisdom decided to wait until 3 games in and had the stupidity to get caught in one of Madrid most well known Hotels. Then they successfully manage to flame the fire by saying nothing until it was far too late.

You also mention how it is only one mistake. Oh how easy it is to forget. George Graham yes he won the league cup but, then the board fire him just before the FA Cup semi final if I remember correctly, or the Glenn Hoddle failure, lets again let him spend a lot of money and then sack him 6 games into the season rather than getting rid during the summer like they should have done. Then there is the Pleat caretaker period when Levy was trying to decide which direction he wanted to take the club and that lasted nearly an entire season. Then there is Santini that Levy had to give us a big name rather than the best man for the job. Then by luck Arnesen pushed for Jol to be appointed and Levy agreed to it. We had our best 2 season in a long, long time and then the board get caught in Ramosgate.

Yes the board have done a good job looking after the finances but, have still failed to show any clear indication of there plans for a new/redevolped WHL and then there seems to be the constant struggle to get the new training ground approved (which isn't entirely the boards fault.)

:clap: :hump:

 

[bugsdad]

When someone can answer me about how the board were to blame about putting TT on instead of AL last night and then when he does come on he is put on the left I will concede that they are the root cause of our problems.
They are not ,we have a manager who is rooted in fear, not only this season but for the last two as well. He is defeatist minded and has managed to see his team grasp defeat ,or a draw, from the jaws of victory more than ant other manager I have ever known.
As evidence of his defeatist attitude was our first half performance last night. In the first half not once did our two center midfielders venture beyond the center circle. At one down the second half starts and Jenas and Zok are suddenly making surging ,although ineffective ,runs into their half ,carrying the game to them and making them worry about us. 45 minutes to late as we had already surrendered the initiative to a very poor Toon team.
This is of course the boards fault as they decide the tactics and give the team instructions before they go out don't they.Bollocks they do that is down to the fat man and the fat man only.
As for the crap excuse the poor MJ does not stand a chance as the board have cut off his legs before the game that doesn't wash.Jol if he was any good should have stuffed their lack of confidence in him down their throats by producing results . The fact that he has been unable to do so due to his own misgivings in himself totally support the view that the board are right.

 

[The Apprentice]

Terry Venables.

 

[bugsdad]

Yet for an entire summer knowing that Jol wasn't good enough they did fuck all. Ramos had a release clause in his contract that meant we could have talked to him without Seville stopping us until the end of July, meaning we could have had him in place for the start of the season yet the board in it infinite wisdom decided to wait until 3 games in and had the stupidity to get caught in one of Madrid most well known Hotels. Then they successfully manage to flame the fire by saying nothing until it was far too late.

You also mention how it is only one mistake. Oh how easy it is to forget. George Graham yes he won the league cup but, then the board fire him just before the FA Cup semi final if I remember correctly, or the Glenn Hoddle failure, lets again let him spend a lot of money and then sack him 6 games into the season rather than getting rid during the summer like they should have done. Then there is the Pleat caretaker period when Levy was trying to decide which direction he wanted to take the club and that lasted nearly an entire season. Then there is Santini that Levy had to give us a big name rather than the best man for the job. Then by luck Arnesen pushed for Jol to be appointed and Levy agreed to it. We had our best 2 season in a long, long time and then the board get caught in Ramosgate.

Yes the board have done a good job looking after the finances but, have still failed to show any clear indication of there plans for a new/redevolped WHL and then there seems to be the constant struggle to get the new training ground approved (which isn't entirely the boards fault.)

Couldnt agree more about the board screwing up Jols replacement a major cock up that should have been settled in the summer.What I am saying is that Jols shortcomings on the field justify their actions,imagine the outcry on this board if they had got rid of him in the summer!As for the ground lets wait until December when Levy has promised to reveal all before slagging them off on this issue.

 

[TheBigMatch]

The board were wrong. Undermined the Manager and the team from the start.

"4th place or else".... they effectively called the squad and Manager that came 5th twice running failures before the season had really begun.

They went for Ramos too soon and in the wrong way. Now where are we, a team and manager demoralised without a top quality manager in sight. Fat chance we'll get top quality with an interfering board like that.

Why was Bent bought when we needed a leader in midfield? I haven't seen too many people claiming that it was Jol's idea. You'd be hard pressed to find a quote from the end of last season of Jol saying his priority was to strengthen the forward line... it's not there.

The board have created a squad with no leadership in midfield and none in defense. Hard to build a team around nothing.

If Jol fails to win 4 of the next 5 games he and Spurs are in big trouble. Win them and there is recovery on the way with the return of King.

 

[yiddotilidie]

Our board acted disgracefully. And once they made their bed they have to lie in it. Whats the point in having a manager that knows he will be sacked?