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Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

spurs_fan_intheLBC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:38:37 -0000

I agree, sacking Ramos is not going to solve the personel problem. He has had great sucess before. He needs to have the backing of the club and it's supporters. This team needs stabilty.
Look at the most consistantly succesful clubs in the EPL, ManU, Arsenal & Liverpool, they have stabilty at the manager position, and I'm sure input on who comes nad goes on their squads.
Comolli is the problem. When Spurs needed a DM he buys Bent for a redicules amount. You think Frank Arsenen would have done that to Jol??

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

thegaffer — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:51:27 -0000

I keep on doing that! I have to stop :)

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Weston — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:46:55 -0000

Christian Bale sure could help the situation...put Batman out on the wing and he'd wreak havoc!

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

lsmetana — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:40:48 -0000

I don't think sacking Ramos would really help at this point. The club has had a big overturn in personnel and its silly to expect them to gel immediately. This is not Football Manager where you can just buy players throw them together and have it all work wonderfully. Mind you, they probably should have left Jol in charge last season so it wouldn't surprise me if they did fire him. Jol, who supposedly didn't know what he was doing, has Hamburg top of the Budesliga. It's early days but clearly he's not as clueless as Spurs fans and management made him out to be. The fact that he lost his most creative player in Rafael Van der Vaart only underlines the good job he's done to start the season.

Besides who do you bring in if you fire Ramos?

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

thegaffer — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:41:27 -0000

Excellent feedback chaps regarding how to turn Spurs around. I would sack Juande Ramos and put someone in charge who can inspire his team to win matches. I agree with one of the reader's opinions about Christian Bale. I'll write an article about that in the near future.

Thanks for the kind words about the new addition to the Gaffer family.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Alex Z — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:14:57 -0000

Its amazing how few people congratulated Gaffer on the baby. Good luck mate, and hope all goes well. Wish you the best.

As for the Spurs, Ramos knows that something is missing; that is why he has been shuffling lineups so much. Personally, I think its a good, strong workhorse midfielder that can hold the team together and distribute the ball. Its a shame all the shuffling that went on on deadline day - probably really fucked up Ramos' plans.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Weston — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:56:20 -0000

PS Congrats on the kid Gaff. Hope all goes well.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Weston — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:09:13 -0000

Good point - Spurs havent had quality central midfield play since the Davids/Carrick pairing and the one possible replacement (Malbranque) was let go...

Comolli needs to go, he is hurting the team badly and recruits duds.
They need to play 4-4-2. If spurs continue to play with 5 in midfield and Roman on an island by himself up top, they wont win a game until february.

And bring up Tomas Pekhart!!! Giving the kid a shot alongside Campbell would definitely result in some goals. Hes a giant and can bring the ball down for a quick finisher like Roman, Bent or Campbell, much like Berba did for Keane.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

DoublePivot — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:56:31 -0000

I'd sell the club :)

But if I were owner, I would fire Comolli and I wouldn't reinstate the position. Comolli has bought and sold players like he's playing Football Manager. He has not worked with either Jol or Ramos to build a team. Yes there are many good players on the team, but there is no team. And for every good player, there are two completely awful ones. Adel Taraabt and Kevin Prince-Boateng anyone? We haven't had a DM since he ran Carrick out of town. And that was main thing Ramos asked for in the summer. There are clearly two agendas: Ramos' and Comolli's. And that will relegate the club.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Simon Burke. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:46 -0000

If I was Spurs manager I would get through this year without getting relegated, buy a load of foreign talent without really knowing what to do with it and then wait for blogs like this to pronounce Spurs as TOP FOUR material.. again.

Seriously they need a decent center mid, Diarra would have been ideal and of course they need more depth up top, another decent striker but its the midfield which is the least balanced right now - all their games are being lost there. Bentley is woeful but will thrive when someone can fight for the ball and then get it to him - Modric isnt that man. Modric would also thrive from said mystery man however.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

jackie — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:49:30 -0000

They concede 61 goals and buy a crap winger, a good young attacking mid, and more attacking full backs. Then they sell their two best players to teams who finished above them last season. Why was anyone expecting anything else from Sp*rs? Bentley was not good enough for Arsenal. Jenas, Lennon, and Bent are mediocre players. King and Woodgate are sick notes. A few years ago Sp*rs made a good run, their D was much more solid that season and Carrick and Davids controlled the mid. The last two seasons Defoe, Keane, and Berbatov have scored tons of goals, but they've leaked almost as many. Now they just have the leak....

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Realisticyid — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:50:07 -0000

stefan freund would solve all our problems, with andy sinton filling on on the left.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

spur us on — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:46:53 -0000

pavlova is already starting to sook!
get rid of him.
too much of a princess like boo-boo-tov.....................

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

spur us on — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:20:13 -0000

Hi Gavo,
i think zokora has been a standout for us at the moment........

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

spur us on — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:15:17 -0000

ohhhhh...........
and what's with bentley and all the free kicks and corners....??????
shouldn't he be on the receiving end of the ball?
I haven't seen one of his kicks on target..................swap your shoes around son..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i'm over it.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Simple — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:12:47 -0000

Bring in Graham Roberts

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

spur us on — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:10:15 -0000

atlast.....someone can speak my language!
get rid of jenas!!!!!
give campbell a start.
lennon should be in starting lineup also.
you need to play with your best side from the blow of the whistle.
stop trying to play catch-up.
no more excusses regarding what works and where, you had this opportunity pre-session....!!!!!
get on with it.
if the players don't want to play, put someone in that does.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

snipes — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:02:14 -0000

Yeah, chuck more money at it. That will solve the problem. How much have we spent already? Idiot. Get rid of the DoF role. Not needed.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Gavo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:00:29 -0000

Ryan you idiot, that is not the best thing for the club. look at Hull and how well they have done, Aresenal hardly spend alot of money, because they bought wisely and young players.

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Bahamaspur — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:59:48 -0000

I think we need to take a long, hard look at Gareth Bale. He's too good to play left back or left mid. He's quick, creative, strong in the tackle and most importantly at the moment, not afraid to take a shot.
He is the answer to our midfield problems at the moment. Also, Ramos may not have wanted Campbell but we've got him so we might as well use the lad, especially agaisnt Hull on Sunday as he knows the way they play.

Gomes
Gunter Woodgate King / Corluka Assou Ekoto
Lennon Jenas Bale Gio
Pavyluchenko Campbell

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Gavo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:58:36 -0000

too right - remember the villa game when we were 4 down and came back to 4-4. that was desire. That was fight! we had it then, Keane has been our biggest loss. he was a fighter. Gomes has been a hero for us at the moment. my suggestions are,
link playing tactics in training... pass pass pass, who wants it Me Me Me.
Play closer, with 2 up front personally, bent and campbell
Dos santos in left midfield with bently on the right or lennon depending on who we are playing
build modric some muscle otherwise play zokora

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Ryan Tackoory — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:53:31 -0000

I'm fed up with these bad spell. Each season we say this will be the one where we would find ourselves in the top 4 but each time it is a complete mess.
There should be a big problem inside the club itself. So for the fans, the best option will be to sell the club to someone who has a desire to win silverware and proud of the club and if the club succeed in doing so, money will follow.
We need big cash injections to buy world class players, like Robinho, Ronaldo, Torres...don't hesitate to pay 40-50k for these top players.
Come on spurs!!!

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Maccad — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:41:44 -0000

I AGREE WITH THAT WHO WANTS THE BALL, NO DESIRE IN THE TEAM AT ALL. NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE WHEN WE LET IN A GOAL! JUST LOOK AT HOW DISSAPOINTED OTHER TEAMS LOOK AND HOW MUCH EFFORT THEY PUT IN AFTER CONCEEDING!

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

Gavo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:37:29 -0000

We need to play ''who wants the ball'' in training. Nobody out on the field seems to want the ball, they pass it around they are nervous, nobody wants to hold on to the ball and run with it apart from Zokora when he was playing against portsmouth. Our attack is not getting support from midfield. they are playing too far apart when going forward. nobody to pass too. Take Chelsea for defending... there is always 3 people round one player limiting options, take arsenal for attacking football and you will see plenty of options around one player to pass the ball. These are key! we must sort this

Re: What Would You Do If You Were In Charge At Tottenham?

harveyhotspur — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:33:26 -0000

get rid of the board for people who love spurs not just money or the profile they seem to think they have.get an english manager or one who can speak the lingo and buy players 2 months before the transfer deadline.promote the youth system and keep spurs at the lane ...