Does this mean that Dan Ashcroft is no longer ITK??

[trasores]

Has his Source now gone?

oh well fun while it lasted.

 

[Bobishism]

I thought his source was Levy.

 

[cabinfever]

Has his Source now gone?

oh well fun while it lasted.

He's still a voice of reason though.

 

[kishman]

He's source was somebody close to Poyet.

 

[Marty]

So I'd guess his spell is over, unless he happens to know someone connected to 'Arry.

Anyway, thanks so much for your info over the last year Dan.

 

[Mullers]

It would be interesting to see what Dan thinks about this. I can imagine he isn't to happy with Harry's appointment. :think: The new ITK will probably be Jamie Redknapp.:wink:

 

[spursyido1]

To be honest I dont know if we'll need an ITK with 'Arry at the helm, he does enjoy a chin wag with the press, especially about transfer targets!!

 

[Petyr]

I doubt that s/he had any source at all. S/he knows that jornos read football forums and was trying to produce positive news and rumours. S/he was making a positive campaign as s/he thought that this could be of some help to the club. S/he fooled a lot of people but the end justifies the means.

 

[hakano]

What did he get right anyway? He posted in a positive manner and said things that we all wanted to believe. He certainly got me hooked all summer and it was only his posts after the transfer window when he was still singing the praises of DC and how great we were that I realised that he was anything but ITK.

Credit where credits due though, he sure knows how to put a positive spin on all things Spurs.

 

[nidge]

I doubt that s/he had any source at all. S/he knows that jornos read football forums and was trying to produce positive news and rumours. S/he was making a positive campaign as s/he thought that this could be of some help to the club. S/he fooled a lot of people but the end justifies the means.

I thought you had gone to Redcafe?

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

I doubt that s/he had any source at all. S/he knows that jornos read football forums and was trying to produce positive news and rumours. S/he was making a positive campaign as s/he thought that this could be of some help to the club. S/he fooled a lot of people but the end justifies the means.

Still you persist with your flannel.

When the transfer rumours forum reopens and you can't access it, you'll know why.

 

[Bobishism]

Still you persist with your flannel.

When the transfer rumours forum reopens and you can't access it, you'll know why.

ooooooooooooooooooooo... meany

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

ooooooooooooooooooooo... meany

:lol:

 

[Dan Ashcroft]

Has his Source now gone?

oh well fun while it lasted.

Yep. Gone out that revolving door too (although not as a yid or a poster).

One last titbit though - Gus was offered the chance to stay but walked because he'd put everything he had into the past year and feels as responsible as Ramos for it not coming good. I did mention this a while ago that if Ramos was sacked that Gus would go too and not (as it was then) step up to the top job.

It would be interesting to see what Dan thinks about this. I can imagine he isn't to happy with Harry's appointment. :think: The new ITK will probably be Jamie Redknapp.:wink:

Far from pleased. I don't like Redknapp as an man or a manager and think this appointment is an unfortunate repeat of November 1994.

I really hope we get a coach with serious tactical expertise (the likes of Bond, Jamie, Sheringham, Mabbutt, Roberts, Ginola from the thread about it don't fit the bill at all IMO, although I like the Bilic shout over on GG, though that's unfortunately a bit wishful) and a really well connected Chief Exec with international repute so we can continue to make signings of the calibre Ramos and Comolli enabled us to make (however ultimately badly balanced and forged into a unit they may have been).

I think we'll certainly stay up but I also think we've gone back to being a perennial mid-table side rather than an aspiring champions' league side.

I hope we also start tapping up some decent managers for summer 2010 now.

Better change my signature too...

 

[jamesc0le]

maybe poyet walked because he realises being a manager under Levy is a tad pointless..

 

[Jody]

Yep. Gone out that revolving door too (although not as a yid or a poster).

One last titbit though - Gus was offered the chance to stay but walked because he'd put everything he had into the past year and feels as responsible as Ramos for it not coming good. I did mention this a while ago that if Ramos was sacked that Gus would go too and not (as it was then) step up to the top job.



Far from pleased. I don't like Redknapp as an man or a manager and think this appointment is an unfortunate repeat of November 1994.

I really hope we get a coach with serious tactical expertise (the likes of Bond, Jamie, Sheringham, Mabbutt, Roberts, Ginola from the thread about it don't fit the bill at all IMO, although I like the Bilic shout over on GG, though that's unfortunately a bit wishful) and a really well connected Chief Exec with international repute so we can continue to make signings of the calibre Ramos and Comolli enabled us to make (however ultimately badly balanced and forged into a unit they may have been).

I think we'll certainly stay up but I also think we've gone back to being a perennial mid-table side rather than an aspiring champions' league side.

I hope we also start tapping up some decent managers for summer 2010 now.

Better change my signature too...

Cheers for posting. You're not giving him long then mate.

 

[danielneeds]

Far from pleased. I don't like Redknapp as an man or a manager and think this appointment is an unfortunate repeat of November 1994.

I really hope we get a coach with serious tactical expertise (the likes of Bond, Jamie, Sheringham, Mabbutt, Roberts, Ginola from the thread about it don't fit the bill at all IMO, although I like the Bilic shout over on GG, though that's unfortunately a bit wishful) and a really well connected Chief Exec with international repute so we can continue to make signings of the calibre Ramos and Comolli enabled us to make (however ultimately badly balanced and forged into a unit they may have been).

I think we'll certainly stay up but I also think we've gone back to being a perennial mid-table side rather than an aspiring champions' league side.

I hope we also start tapping up some decent managers for summer 2010 now.

You pretty much mirror my feelings in the above. I think Redknapp will get us out of this mess, and then it will be back to 10th-7th place and hoping for a cup run.

 

[Mullers]

Yep. Gone out that revolving door too (although not as a yid or a poster).

One last titbit though - Gus was offered the chance to stay but walked because he'd put everything he had into the past year and feels as responsible as Ramos for it not coming good. I did mention this a while ago that if Ramos was sacked that Gus would go too and not (as it was then) step up to the top job.



Far from pleased. I don't like Redknapp as an man or a manager and think this appointment is an unfortunate repeat of November 1994.

I really hope we get a coach with serious tactical expertise (the likes of Bond, Jamie, Sheringham, Mabbutt, Roberts, Ginola from the thread about it don't fit the bill at all IMO, although I like the Bilic shout over on GG, though that's unfortunately a bit wishful) and a really well connected Chief Exec with international repute so we can continue to make signings of the calibre Ramos and Comolli enabled us to make (however ultimately badly balanced and forged into a unit they may have been).

I think we'll certainly stay up but I also think we've gone back to being a perennial mid-table side rather than an aspiring champions' league side.

I hope we also start tapping up some decent managers for summer 2010 now.

Better change my signature too...

Good on Gus for going and I think it was fair and right he should go. Unfortunately I think you are right about the tapping up of managers that will happen sooner than later. Once Harry gets the club stabilized Levy will go off looking. Levy as already been talking about getting back into the European places while Harry's goal is to get out of relegation.

 

[DJS]

Far from pleased. I don't like Redknapp as an man or a manager and think this appointment is an unfortunate repeat of November 1994.

I really hope we get a coach with serious tactical expertise (the likes of Bond, Jamie, Sheringham, Mabbutt, Roberts, Ginola from the thread about it don't fit the bill at all IMO, although I like the Bilic shout over on GG, though that's unfortunately a bit wishful) and a really well connected Chief Exec with international repute so we can continue to make signings of the calibre Ramos and Comolli enabled us to make (however ultimately badly balanced and forged into a unit they may have been).

I think we'll certainly stay up but I also think we've gone back to being a perennial mid-table side rather than an aspiring champions' league side.

I hope we also start tapping up some decent managers for summer 2010 now.

Better change my signature too...

Hmmm did briefly think about Gerry / Harry comparisons (although that is mainly my dad's fault!).

I disagree though as feel they are completely different kinds of managers.

Francis did a fantastic job with the talented players he inherited but some of his signings were awful.

Plus during the summer of 1995/96 he replaced players with British workmanlike players - Armstrong for Klinsmann, Fox for Barmby and most tellingly Wilson and Sinton.

Harry on the other hand, scouts players far and wide and goes for good footballers (English or foreign). At Pompey alone he has signed Johnson (a good attacking stylish right-back), Krancjar, Distin, Crouch, Defoe, James, etc all players that fit into his team and in the main stylish players - not workhorses which is what Francis leaned towards.

 

[danielneeds]

Francis did a fantastic job with the talented players he inherited but some of his signings were awful.

Plus during the summer of 1995/96 he replaced players with British workmanlike players - Armstrong for Klinsmann, Fox for Barmby and most tellingly Wilson and Sinton.

Harry on the other hand, scouts players far and wide and goes for good footballers (English or foreign). At Pompey alone he has signed Johnson (a good attacking stylish right-back), Krancjar, Distin, Crouch, Defoe, James, etc all players that fit into his team and in the main stylish players - not workhorses which is what Francis leaned towards.

Remember the English signings were not totally due to Francis, as post-Klinsmann Sugar decided that all foreigners were "Carlos Kickaballs" and decided to turn down players like Bergkamp, who was offered to us.

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