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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I fear the Special One would be a major temper tantrum waiting to happen – probably the first time Levy said no to opening his wallet. He doesn’t have a history of digging in for the long haul does he?
I think Brendan Rogers is the perfect fit – young, ambitious, succesful and a believer in playing the right way (the Tottenham way).
If Arry is convicted he’ll probably appeal which would probably take us to near enough the end of the season so this could drag on for quite a while.
Just can’t see Jose and THFC as a mix right now but I never say never so who knows ? I think he has been pencilled in for Man U.
I was once pencilled in by a penicillin nurse from Penge who did party planning part time.
That’s a piss poor piece of poorly prepared penmanship from my perspective.
Or as our Hartley would say- ‘appen”
appen I would, appen I wouldn’t….. ;-)
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I’d rather have that bloke who is Fulham manager.
Or get back to the Spurs we know and love, bring back Wendy Ram…. :-p
Anyone that says no to a manager of this winning caliber is talking out there arse. He wins and he wins well. Real are playing some stunning football this year(again). If you dont want this man in charge, you clearly dont want to win anything.
You surely cannot make comparisons to Real and Spurs in any shape or form. Spain is a two=horse race, Real are practically owned by the Spanish government and Jose inherited a multi-million pound squad and is still 2nd behind Pepe in terms of success. He simply wouldn’t have the resources at Spurs at his disposal to create the sort of team he’d envisage anyway!
He didnt have cash at Porto. He is a winner. He also has most of the resources there already. Those that want Moyes and the like have no title ambition. Jose is in the top 3 managers in the world at the moment, we cant expect and wont get better. In fact I believe Fergi is the only one better and he will be retiring soon.
It’s not a question of ambition, more one of reality. Whether or not he’s done it with Porto, it’s not the same as trying to do it with limited resources at Spurs. Porto are virtually guaranteed a CL spot every year, and the ‘brand’ of football he served up was disgusting to say the least. Equally many forget about his ‘bad’ buys for Chelsea, and that’s money we haven’t got or could afford to waste. Spurs cannot compete financially at this moment in time, and the last time I looked shirt-buttons weren’t legal tender.
Born winner,Have him all day long