Martin Jol sacked!

Nunu

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2741245.ece

Martin Jol has agreed severance terms with Tottenham Hotspur and is expected to take charge of his last match for the club against Getafe tonight.

Juande Ramos has agreed to become the new manager at White Hart Lane at the start of next season, although he is coming under heavy pressure to take the reigns sooner.

The match at home to Blackburn Rovers on Sunday is likely to come too early for the Seville manager, however, and Clive Allen is expected to take charge for that match.

Gus Poyet, the former Tottenham and Chelsea midfield player, has been approached to become the assistant manager.

Jol’s position has been untenable since senior Tottenham officials made an embarrassingly public approach for Ramos in August. The club have been pursuing the Spaniard since.

The Dutchman appeared buoyant as he left the tunnel for the dugout before kick-off against Getafe, giving no hint of the drama that was unfolding.

Ramos will be charged with turning around Tottenham’s fortunes - expectations of challenging for a place in the Champions League this season have been crushed by a series of poor results and performances.

More soon...

This seems surreal given the fact that he is on the bench as i type this:eek:

Guy:Incognito

Someone should tell him, he probably wont want to stay till the end if he's working for free.:)


So Ramos is the new man eh?

copacetic

the fans seem to realise it with singing for Jol now?

Nunu

TV3 are onto it now too...

Mr Alan

weird weird weird!?

PHB

So weird. So, who's Ramos gona play up front, who's gona be the new captain Can he turn it around? I doubt he can make those defenders any better, so come January, expect some defensive signings

Mr.Nice Guy

Spurs are 2-1 down to Getafe so it seems the end is nigh.

Jol for the Ireland job!

Nunu

28-1 on Paddy power now...that will come in hugely.

Edit: sorry got the odds wrong

johnnyrotten

Does he want a job in Ireland?

Bounty Hunter

last two games Robbie Keane has played have ended in boos with the manager leaving, weird. wonder will both his captaincies come into question

PHB

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

last two games Robbie Keane has played have ended in boos with the manager leaving, weird. wonder will both his captaincies come into question

lol

ziggy

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mike65

Ramos has agreed terms according to SSN

Mike.

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ziggy wrote: »

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GBX

I cant see Ramos waving a magic wand and them rising above 9th/10th.

Chardee MacDennis

he is not supposed to start until next season apparently.

Sizzler

Me bollix he resigned.....lets not beat about the bush Camonoli fired him.

Running Bing

GBX wrote: »

I cant see Ramos waving a magic wand and them rising above 9th/10th.

Were 6 points off 10th with 6 months to go. It hardly takes a magic wand;)

GBX

Ive no idea what it will take. Team work and player efforts. A decent back 4.

eirebhoy

Call_me_al wrote: »

he is not supposed to start until next season apparently.

Bit of a drop. La Liga to Coca Cola Championship.

KdjaCL

eirebhoy wrote: »

Bit of a drop. La Liga to Coca Cola Championship.

2 million a year will do wonders for your ambitions


kdjac

GuanYin

Bad move by Spurs.

One bad season doesn't mean you should get rid of a manager. Spurs are not a top 4 team because their players aren't good enough, simple as. Jol has done a great job with them and they've been consistantly performing under him until this season. Personally I think they bought badly, but this season could just be a season of transition for next in terms of player and squad development. Spurs will stay up and who knows what might have been next year.

Now the team and squad start from scratch under a new manager and new system.

Arsenal underperformed last season, by Arsenal's standards they had a very poor season. Imagine they'd ditched Wenger? Do you think Arsenal would be sitting top of the premiership?

Ok, Spurs are a little worse off than Arsenal where, even by relative comparison, but sacking Jol is the move of a poor board.

Prowetod

eirebhoy wrote: »

Bit of a drop. La Liga to Coca Cola Championship.

lol

mike65

He has to start immediatly, Jol wont stick around and no-one will want to caretake for more than a couple of games.

Mike.

Chardee MacDennis

clive allen doesnt mind it seems.

GBX

According to what Tv3 were saying was Clive Allen to hold the fort till the end of the season. He'd be rightly p'eed off if he managed to get them up and then was told "right, thanks. be gone with ya"

Running Bing

GBX wrote: »

According to what Tv3 were saying was Clive Allen to hold the fort till the end of the season. He'd be rightly p'eed off if he managed to get them up and then was told "right, thanks. be gone with ya"

Clive Allen is in charge on Sunday then Ramos is taking over for the glamour of Blackpool:D

mike65

Get them up?

from the times

Tottenham are putting heavy pressure on the Spaniard to move to White Hart Lane sooner, but Clive Allen and Gustavo Poyet, the former Spurs player who is No 2 to Dennis Wise at Leeds United, will be in charge when Blackburn Rovers visit on Sunday.

Spurs board should sack themselves.

Mike.

yom 1

Excuse my ignorance but is this the same clive allen thats a tv pundit. Does he have any previous experience?

mike65

Thats Clive James or was it Dave Allen?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Allen

Mike.

Grid.

Apparently he resigned before the match kicked off tonight and Ramos will takeover at the start of next season says the Beeb!

kincsem

That is a bit harsh. The season has just started. Two wins would propel Spurs up the table. I'm a long-term Spurs fan. I thought Martin Jol did a very good job.

mikemac

Chris Hughton to take over until Ramos arrives?
I'd like to see it as he has a big reputation as a top coach.
And noone knows Spurs better than him

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hughton
Not a bad record when caretaker in the past, even if it was 9 years ago

Nunu

micmclo wrote: »

Chris Hughton to take over until Ramos arrives?
I'd like to see it as he has a big reputation as a top coach.
And noone knows Spurs better than him

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hughton
Not a bad record when caretaker in the past, even if it was 9 years ago

No, he's gone too with immediate effect.

CantGetNoSleep

ziggy wrote: »

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No he's gonna blame this one on the meeja

KdjaCL

Nunu wrote: »

No, he's gone too with immediate effect.

ohhh new ireland manager

I would like him to be involved again.



kdjac

yom 1

KdjaCL wrote: »

I would like him to be involved again.

kdjac

+1

Think he is an excellant coach

V9

Gonna miss him, he was a good coach and a character in the game, hope he gets a new job quick

Thanx 4 The Fish

So where is the Hughton for Ireland petition ? At least he has done the job before and has had experience under some good managers.

Nunu

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

So where is the Hughton for Ireland petition ? At least he has done the job before and has had experience under some good managers.

He wouldn't be my choice because I want an experienced successful international manager but I would put him at the head of the queue of ex-players like O'Leary, Brady, Aldridge, etc.

Chardee MacDennis

hughton is gone as well, he's been there for years.

Nunu

Call_me_al wrote: »

hughton is gone as well, he's been there for years.

Ye, must be very tough on him. I hope he sticks with Jol wherever he goes next. A lot of talk about Ajax since Ten cate left for Chelsea, but it doesn't seem they are interested. Hughton won't be long out of work though, he's very well respcted in the game.

Player from 1979-90
Coach/Asst manager 1993-2007

Snake Plisken

Martin Jol and Chris Hughton for Ireland I think it could work!

Fair play to Martin he never told the players about leaving until after the game. He is a decent manager who was undermind from the beginning of the season with that FAT CXNT Kemsley meeting Ramos in Spain with that French PR!CK Camoli along for the ride!
When Spurs went two goals down tonight ITV cut to Levy and Kemsley and they were both sharing a giggle, seriously the board should be thrown out of WHL, they got ride of the most successful managers since Bill Nicholson, shame on them!

Chardee MacDennis

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Martin Jol and Chris Hughton for Ireland I think it could work!

+1 from me!

Pepe LeFrits

-1

Mr.Nice Guy

+ 1

I think a Jol, Hughton combo makes a lot of sense. Hughton knows the set-up really well and Jol can bring the experience and talent that Staunton lacked. Yes Spurs have had a crappy season but overall I think he did a good job there and I would be confident he could do a job with the Irish team. Don't see him having any interest though.

aidan24326

Jol and Hughton is certainly an interesting option! Hard to know if Jol would be interested though. The results at Tottenham have been poor lately but like other posters I feel Jol was serioulsy undermined there, it's a sh1tty way to treat a guy who had done a decent job up to then.

Xavi6

Apparently everyone knew Jol's days were numbered when he wasn't included on the new Spurs Monopoly board released the other day!

V9

+1 from me for Jol as the next irish manager

cson

eirebhoy wrote: »

Bit of a drop. La Liga to Coca Cola Championship.

Nothing beats the Fizzy League! Interestingly, how are Sevilla doing this year?

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Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Hughton knows the set-up really well

That, my friend, is exactly why Hughton wouldn't touch the Ireland with a barge pole.