Martin Jol

[Imy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo..._Rocha_Azevedo

[alunevans]

He needs to buy better. He has skilful players at his disposal, its just that he buys really poor players like Pyo Young Lee and Malbranque. These are players who would be good players at teams who are settling for mid table but at a club who badly want Champions League, these sorts of players just dont cut the mustard!

From what I've heard, he doesn't buy the players. The director of football does. Apparently Jol is upset that they bought players like Bent while ignoring what he felt where the areas that needed strengthening.

At Spurs, Jol is the coach, and that's that. Its a European setup.

[Kenneth]

Jermaine Jenas. Whoever does buy the players should be shot.

[Joe King]

Yeah you were saying that Derby are ****e

Their wearing black but ive seen more life at a funeral..........

Great saying! Another one is you have heard more noisier graveyards than Highbury/Emirates

[thesilverfoxlfc]

For me Jol is been stabbed in the back, terrible, he's done a good job

...but Ramos will be a good manager to come in

[Harv]

You've noticed that too, then?

He's fine in normal, "real life", but when he's on the touchline - and especially when things are going against his team - he twitches and flinches like ****!

I take it you've seen this


just watch how much his eyes start blinking when he gets hit

You've just got to love Ol 'Arry, he's a one of a kind

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Ive noticed this Harry twitch for a few years now.....its bloody weird and im sure he should get it checked out

[Gordy Boy]

I'm fairly sure Harry's twitch is a side effect from his crash in 1990 isn't it?

Probably not much he can do about it.

But you're right - I reckon he'd be great at a big club - trouble is, none of the big clubs would be brave enough to give him a go.

If Rafa went tomorrow, would you want him next through the door at Anfield?

[DeeGame]

Can I just add that Ricardo Rocha's footballing brother is called Ferrero Rocha?
Seriously.


Thanks.

and his a bit of a nutcase isnt he

[Joe Le Toff]

If Rafa went tomorrow, would you want him next through the door at Anfield?

No

Love to see him as England manager though.

[dww]

Absolutely crazy. The Spurs board have lost it. Why give the guy £40m to spend in the summer and then sack him 3 games in to replace him with somebody who might not want any of Jol's players and will need more money to buy his own??

No matter what you think of Jol as a coach, sacking him now is just plain daft. They have more points than Man Utd!

Reports late last week indicated that a lot of the purchases had been made by sporting director Comolli (who used to be Wengers cheif european scout) and that Jol was unhappy with a number of them (I remember Zakora as one ut there was a list of two or three) and the fact no left winger had been bought.

Apparently Comolli is a friend of the Chairman and blames Jol's tactics for the problems and this has been what has put the pressure on Jol. I guess in a Sporting director-Manager/coach arrangement the sacking of the manager is less unexpected than at other clubs as the spending is not necessarily related to the managers plans.

I can see both sides of that argument to be honest. No specialist defensive midfielder or left winger bought in is a real oversight but the formation used against Everton, for example, was ludicrous.

[dom9]

Seems to me Spurs are turning into Newcastle.

Give the manager zillions to spend over the summer, then sack him after three games. Bonkers.

[Nic83]

Yeah I'm a fan. Spurs fans have always been tards in general.Booing Their own players and what not.

[Shaggy]

'Give me another £17m!'

Martin Jol will test the commitment of the Tottenham board this week by asking them to back him in the transfer market with two new signings.

Jol, who feels he has been overruled by director of football Damien Comolli on transfer policy in the last 12 months, is determined to bring in Portsmouth's Matt Taylor or Luis Boa Morte from West Ham to solve the team's left-sided problem.

He is also looking for the board to meet West Bromwich's £10 million asking price for defender Curtis Davies (pictured right), who is also being strongly courted by Aston Villa.

Jol wants to see clear evidence that the Spurs board have faith in his management following the botched attempt by the club to appoint Sevilla manager Juande Ramos.

The popular Dutchman was on the brink of walking out after members of Tottenham's board were pictured with Ramos, viewing it as the final straw in their strained relationship.

Jol was angry that the club sold Mido to Middlesbrough in the summer when he would prefer to have let Jermain Defoe leave.

Now he wants the board to do things his way. Davies, who hails from north London, would like a move to Spurs but has been disappointed by their lack of urgency caused by the speculation over Jol's future.

Jol believes Taylor is available at £7m and may also take a chance on Boa Morte, who has flopped at West Ham since signing from Fulham in January.

Comolli has consistently opposed spending more money on a left-sided player, arguing that signing Gareth Bale in the summer should have been enough.

But after missing out on Morten Gamst Pedersen and Stewart Downing, Jol fears the lack of a left-sided player may jeopardise the club's chances of reaching the Champions League.

[AFII]

So he want a left sided player and a central defender when they really need a playmaker.