Good morning.
Jose Mourinho then. Duncan Castles in the National is said to have a decent relationship with The Special One. Dunc believes that we’re in for Jose.
Well let’s look at this and try and weigh up the likely hood of it happening. First up the situation of both he and Arry as they stand.
Arry is obviously knee deep in a tax evasion case, but that ends very shortly. I say ends, if he lands a custodial sentence then his time at Spurs is over. Who will step in? Well ask yourself why David Pleat was recently brought back into the fold.
Should he swerve bird, then the next hurdle is that of the England job of which Arry is known to bee keen upon accepting should it be offered to him. Overshadowing all of this is that Tottenham have a contract with Redschnapps with nearly 18 months left to run on it.
Jose seems to have been bleating about something or other for a hell of a long time. There’s always been an element in his confessions to the press of keeping his name in the hat. Making sure nobody forgets about him. But who would blame him? Football managers can go out of favour in what seems like a heartbeat; in such a volatile market you’d be a fool to ever stop working the brand.
So would you take Jose? The pros are obvious, his pedigree is insanely good. Crucially he knows the Premiership. And unlike characters like Sluralix, he has traveled and achieved wave after wave of success wherever he went opposed to have ever really benefited from the ‘building’ process.
The negatives could therefore be potentially easy to gloss over. He needs money. And not just salary. He doesn’t do cruddy Steven Pienaar deals. He ships in nailed on talent that costs real money to not only augment the existing side but ensure that his strategies are implemented to their full effect. So where would this money come from?
Levy & Co, unlike too many fans won’t wet their pants and start signing off monster cheques just because Jose asks them too. There is a business model at the heart of the ENIC success and that will not be ‘expanded’ until we move into a new stadium.
Wee votey McVote
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maureen has come to tottenham eyes
Ha. What an awfully nice phrase old girl. Bless you. Love that.
i know there is a case for ‘no’ because of the dull unattractive football i understand this but…
what if mourinho is not only an excellent manager that understands his football and gets the best out of his team but also operates exactly to the instruction of his chairman.
Win at all costs by spending whatever you want – to be replaced with – bring back the glory years the tottenham way.
yes please
Been watching football and supporting Spurs since the mid 1940s. Not living in the south, I got to see them in the first division playing Newcastle and Huddersfield Town and Sunderland, all in range of my Norton (old army despatch rider machine, colossally heavy but a bargain at 18 pounds sterling in 1946). Just admired their style. Strange how one can pick a club to support that is two hundred plus miles away… Only got to see them at the Lane on three occasions and once at Stamford Bridge.
Point is that my admiration has been for clubs which stay with their managers (unless they really turn out to be flops) and with managers who stay with their clubs. That Spurs initiated the parting with Bill N. was an huge disappointment.
That was then. Yes, I admire Levy, and yes football these days inhabits a different world. But there is the example of Ferguson, and perhaps of Moyes, and quite a few others. Mourinho at Spurs will pay off in the short term, one trusts. It is an intriguing challenge for him to embrace. And like the rest of you, I’d love to see us win silver in a big way and consolidate our place in the top three or four in the PL. But he will prove expensive, quite a lot more than Spurs have ever had to budget for, and he will not stay beyond a few years. It’s not in the nature of the man. Look at the record. May be China will call (what a future there is in that behemoth of a country!) or the Iberian peninsular will draw him and his family back to their roots.
Perhaps, one way to go is with Jose for three years or so, with an assistant manager (of the status of a Rodgers or Lambert or Poyet) in place being groomed to take over. Doubtful that it will work; it did not with Manure (there was a Portuguese chap whose name eludes me) and it is unlikely that Jose would take kindly to the arrangement, even if the assistant did.
Perhaps, if ‘Arry does not founder on the rocks next week, and forgoes the England job, or is not offered it, he could take on such an assistant. That would be a solid course to steer. With our state of the art training ground about to open, the fog lifting from the new stadium, and Levy/ENIC offering more competitive salaries, such a pairing should persuade our stars to remain and attract top class players. Not having to pay Jose at his rate would help.
But, if ‘Arry is out of the picture, I would rather Levy go for someone in his early managerial prime – like the three already named – and stay with him. Ferguson had his ups and downs early on (most of them having nothing to do with his ability) but good players came to Manure and stayed and we know how the rest is history. Was reminded of it just today – fighting back from three goals down…
IMHO.
My son shouts I left out Wenger. Well, well! Freudian slip?
The lad’s right. Whatever his idiosyncrasies or faults, Arsenic deserves credit for staying with his club, his methods, his team.
Carlos Quieroz. Survived less than a year at Real Madrid. Had some problems/disagreements with the President of the club. Went back to Sir Alex for a few years before becoming Portugal manager, getting sacked after their tepid performances in the World Cup (one mauling aside) and now manager of Iran!
As for the Mourinho “thing”, I’d take him. Nothing wrong with his performances at Madrid trying to overcome what essentially has been the best team in club football worldwide.
But I’d also support the appointment of Paul Lambert as successor, said it before though. He is a proven winner as a player as well as proving himself to be a savvy manager.
Plus he’s on an upward curve and if the success he’s had translates he could be in place for many years to come, as opposed to coming to work for a couple of years before retiring in luxury, or finally coaching Portugal.
good read yachtsman and wenger is a good manager,no doubt about that
This whole JM thing is utter fantasy similar to wishing for Prince William to Captain the Church Bowls team. Get a grip we don`t have £10m a year wages and £150 Transfer Warchest (even allowing for FFP rules). Tottenhams priority is CL qualification, regular top 4 and the NDL with it`s 56,000 capacity. Dreamers will always be dreamers, to dare is to do. Get real…COYS.
£150m………..NDP
You’d have to let Harry have his option in the first instance: he is the man in the seat and he’s done the business and should rightly enjoy the priviledge of some job security.
However if he’s to go the Jose is the best club manager in the world by a good stretch (imo) and THFC would gain big adbvantages in him being there. We would liklely keep all the players we wanted to, be able to secure others we might not otherwise be able to and benefit from the one thing Harry can’t give us and that’s the experience in being at the top and staying there.
Opinions can sometimes be way off the mark, Guardiola is the best manager and by far the better man.