Lucky for us we had a chairman a damn sight smarter than most of the fans, while they were proclaiming their undying love for a portly Dutchman, he was quietly going about securing the services of one of the world's leading coaches, a proven winner and in eventually bringing him on board quite possibly made as important signing as any made in the history of our club.
The same chairman who harpooned his teams season 2 matches in when he had all Summer to replace Jol , which I suppose only proves that smart people do do stupid things .
JJ's improvement is a matter of opinion and perception? Listen we can have a sensible discussion if you like, but I'm not going to start a silly argument over whether Ramos has improved the side or not.
I am not disputing that Ramos has improved the side , just this belief that there has been some miraculous improvement in Jenas . Jenas was making frequent goal line clearances and was our leading scorer from midfield since before Ramos arrived , stats not opinion .
But all that aside. Ramos is a vastly superior coach to Jol. It's no surprise to me that Jol remains out of work and the only clubs interested have been the likes of Fulham, Birmingham and Wigan. Good luck to the big guy, but i'm far more optimistic with Ramos than I ever was with him.
There is some doubt whether the terms of Jol's severence allow him to take another coaching job this season .
We don't know which clubs have been in talks with Jol , some act with discretion .
I suspect Ramos is better the better coach too but Jol obviously was quality or he could not have achieved consequetive qualification for Europe via the league and narrowly missed out on CL .