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It’s all very silly. It’s not so much MJ’s continual management while the sword of Damocles hangs so very obviously above it’s the fact that those in the press think that no one can see it. Every day there are reported “new twist” in a drama that reached it’s conclusion weeks ago. Yes, our man is going whether we like it or not and in all likelihood it’ll be Ramos who replaces him but not until the summer. Yet the tabloids continue to splash page after page about the board lining up a caretaker manager with a short list of none or talking of a £4m pay off for MJ so long as he doesn’t resign.
Where’s the news in this? Nothing has changed. Managers, like most of the country’s workforce, do get a severance pay when they’re laid off. People do work at companies knowing that they will be leaving the job in the near future. Admittedly, most sit there adding pins to their ‘Cities I’ve visited’ application on Facebook and who knows perhaps MJ’s looking up the really spelling of Anthropomorphic Fanadjuster as we speak but the point is that this has all happened already.
Now, news would be if the board were spotted in talks with another manager or if there were another name added to the hat or if either MJ or the board actually came out and said ‘you know what, yes, Martin’s leaving but not just yet.’ That’s worth printing but right now, we’re not getting any news. We’re getting olds.
I had to start reading about other clubs this morning for something a little more fresh. There’s mini spat going on between Chelsea and arsenal with Peter Hill Wood rubbishing Peter Kenyon’s ideas of making the blues the biggest club in England. He banged on about money not making a club and then pointed to his clubs success by talking about how much money they made last year. Turgid stuff really but then there’s bugger all going on anywhere in the game. I suppose that’s why they just print three week old stories with some different vocabulary.
In the mean time, we build up to tomorrow’s first venture into the domestic knock out competitions, hoping that we can look like a dangerous team or at the least watch a good game of football. The Carling Cup’s always fun, if indeed it’s still called that this season. One victory and you’re in the semis. Or is that just how I’ll feel after slightly useful home win?
“Doubles your pleasure, doubles you fun; taking on two bagels instead of one.”
The Bagel.
September 25th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Great point, i think it’s gotten worse since the transfer window thing started. No potential transfers to keep them busy so they make a huge deal out of nowt. I find the Talk Sport news room especially good at reporting on ‘non-news’… Why do i listen to that tripe? Well, that’s my own worry… but anyway.
Is Jol no good or just not good enough for the mighty Spurs? Possibly the latter but Daniel and Damien probably made their mind up ages ago, as has been pointed out…
September 25th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
The Daily Mail online makes me laugh.
‘Jol wants to quit’
‘Jol doesn’t want to quit’
‘Levy seeking new manager desperatly’
‘Levy happy with Jol’
‘…Ah make it up yourself’
September 26th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Chas Hodges and David Peacock have been linked with the managers role today. I think they would do a marvelous job….
September 26th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
not….
September 26th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
I have to say I am utterly fucking sick of all this now. Wilson’s right, but it all helps to chip away at the manager, the team and the dwindling credibility of the directors and, consequently,the club.
Irrespective of whether Jol offered himself around first. If that was the case, then why give him £40 million to spend? If the board were already convinced he wasn’t ‘up to it’, then why spend £40 million?
All of this does not make us an attractive proposition to play for, for future purchases and contract renewals. Interestingly, it has driven expectations, and our share price down, which makes it a (marginally) better time to launch a takeover bid - and I’m convinced this will happen sooner, rather than later. Whether it’s a good thing is another matter.
So, all of that said, where do your excpectations for this season now lie??
Or, did we get a good point against Bolton - may even have deserved more - after a good UEFA cup win, and with more players fit again…are things actually starting to look up?
Sorry, that was almost as long as a new Beef Bagel, only duller.
September 26th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
“….may even have deserved more - ”
Pretty much sums up our season thusfar, Toby.
A win tonight won’t do much unless we dish out a serious beating, but it would be a start.
Ah well, COYS.
September 27th, 2007 at 1:44 am
If I were manager (as if)… I’d forget about the league this season and try to win a cup - the UEFA Cup, the FA Cup, the Carling Cup, something.
Of course it’s risky business, but I mean, come on, we’re better in knock-out situations than in long-drawn-out league situations which we could potentially screw up on the very last day anyway… right?
Doesn’t get us into Champions League (just yet), but at least it’ll keep us in Europe.
September 27th, 2007 at 11:41 am
well 2 nill aint bad, 3 games unbeaten , 9 goals scored 2 conceded, not to bad. hopefuly we can extend it against villa…
COYS!
September 27th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Gloria Jol ” I will survive”
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never turn Spurs into a top four side
But I spent oh so many nights thinking how Stalteri did me wrong
Perhaps I’m wrong but I’ll just have to carry on
And we’ll be back, into fifth place
Wait till the transfer window, sign another waste of space
I should have sold Paul Robinson, I should have dropped him from the team
If I had known for just one second he’d concede more than Derby
Go on now go – Bent, there’s the door
Just turn around now ’cause you don’t score goals anymore
Weren’t you the one who cost more than Thierry Henry?
I knew you’d crumble, I’d rather have Emile Hes-key.
But I, I will survive
Oh, if we just win the next six games I know I’ll stay alive
I’ve got Tainio who is crap and Huddlestone who’s just fat
But I’ll survive, I will survive
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart
Kept trying hard to mend Defoe’s relationship with his little tart
And I spent oh so many nights trying on John Barnes’s tights
And oh I’ve cried, I want the Spurs job till I die!
And you see Keane, he hates me too
I subbed him off when we were winning then we went and fuckin’ drew!
And now I’m scratching my big chin, should I just sell Ledley King?
If I’m gonna save my skin I’ll need some Labour party spin
Oh yes I, I will survive
Levy wants the Special One because he’s got more drive
Or that bloke who’s at Seville, just the thought it makes me ill
Hang on what’s that? You say my pay off is four mill??
Go on now go, I’m out the door
Don’t need you nasty dirty scum fans any more
Tottenham have no class, so stick your job right up your arse
And I’ll survive, yes I’ll surviiiiiiiiiiiiive
September 28th, 2007 at 11:27 am
yes, he will, your smart for a gooner arent you!!
COYS!!