I sat there last week and watched a poor Spurs grab a draw with Villa. They acted as if they had won when they equalised, but they drew. This is not good enough. At the start of the season Levy said ‘I want 4th this year Martin’, Martin said ‘Give me financial backing and I will give it to you’. Levy then went to the bank and withdrew £40,000,000 and gave it to Jol in 3 black suitcases, then said ‘There, now I want a good season’. In simpler terms, Levy wants 4th and Jol was given backing, however has failed to deliver so far.

Ramos was offered the job and Levy was left red faced when the media found out. Jol knows Ramos was offered the job, but my question is, why is he still here? If my manager offered my job to another person behind my back, I would say ‘Feck off you twat, I’m walking!’. The board and the manager need to have a good level of trust, and at the moment, this is non existent at Spurs. They have the best strike force in the league, they just need confidence. Bent, Defoe, Berbatov and Keane are perfect for each other; they are a match made in heaven, but players without confidence is the equivalent of eating cereal without milk.

Spurs saw another disappointing weekend draw to a close as they let in a last minute header against Liverpool. Things aren’t clicking for Spurs, and when things aren’t clicking in football life gets tough. Football can be a cruel game, and for Martin, it is very cruel.

So when will Jol go? Soon. Soon enough? Nope. Fact is, Levy can’t sack Jol because at the moment no manager would want to come to Spurs. Klinsmann would, but is he the right man? Would he know what to do? Probably not. Germany was a big experience, but not enough. He needs club experience first. Would Ramos be good? No. He might have turned Sevilla into a good UEFA cup team but prior to Sevilla he has been sacked/walked out more than the amount of goals Spurs have let in from set pieces this season, and believe me that is a lot. The media have made the most of their 2 year UEFA cup runs and made him out to be something spectacular. Ramos will either be amazing, or crap. I have not decided yet.

Would Scolari come? Maybe. He wants a job in England and Spurs could be that club. The media hate him because they were the reason he turned down the national team job, but if he took Spurs into the top 4 he could change that.

The question is, can Spurs break into the top 4 with anyone or are they a team that will always fall at the last hurdle? A good team needs quality throughout the ranks, at youth level, reserves and first team. A good team needs good back room staff because people behind the scenes are as important as those on the pitch. Spurs may need to keep battling away to getting 4th place for another 5 years or so, however once they break into the top 4, they will be bloody good. The problem is, Spurs are trying to break into the top 4 at a time where the top 4 are strengthening, therefore they are in a predicament. Either two things will happen, Spurs will keep strengthening and others will as well thus they won’t break into the group, or Spurs will keep strengthening and eventually they will break in the top 4. I think the first.

Chelsea broke into the top two when other teams were not strengthening, thus they made life easier for themselves. If they strengthened now, their impact would not have been so big, if much at all. But, one thing Spurs need is a consistent manager. It’s no good Spurs trying to break in the top 4 and sacking their manager for not delivering, they need to get behind their manager. Jol is the right man to take them into the top 4, he just needs time. Arsenal have had 1 manager in 11 years, Spurs have had a ridiculous amount in that time.

 However, Levy is the man who can call the shots and at the moment he is doing it all wrong. Spurs will not break into the top 4 this season or next season, the earliest they will do so is 2011, and that is a long way away. If you don’t think I’m right, then that’s fine, but come 2011 you’ll see I’m right, that’s for certain.

Meanwhile, Khan outclassed his opponent the other night. Khan was quick, powerful and classy. He needs to up the level of his opponents, fighting someone like Thaxton would be good but the chances of Amir losing would be a lot, Frank Warren knows this and will not let him fight Thaxton. Frank is a stubborn bastard, just like Wenger, but Wenger has class and wit, he reminds me of Oscar Wilde. Frank is just a bastard with no class or wit, he reminds me of the tramp I see every morning on the way to the bus. I think that’s enough for now.

Ramin

Posted on October 8th, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Filed under: article, tottenham

Apparently, Owen plays for two clubs; England FC and England national team. Reason to this? All pundits, commentators and the press ever seem to talk about when talking about Owen is England, not Newcastle. Every week Big Sam is asked ‘How is Owen’s chances of recovering for the England matches,’ every week newspaper headlines are ‘Owen On Road To Recovery For England’, if I was Sam, I’d say ‘Feck England we pay his wages!’, then walk off, ring Garth Crooks’ missus and shag her to get revenge for being asked about England every week! 

I feel sorry for Newcastle fans. Over the years they have been let down season after season, but let’s stop being negative. Newcastle are on the way up, it won’t happen quickly, but it will happen. Newcastle will be a top 6 team by 2010. How do I know? Because I’m a fortune teller and today I caressed my crystal ball and I saw ‘

Newcastle=top 6 by 2010’ written on it. Honestly, I did.

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Posted on October 3rd, 2007 | 232 Comments »
Filed under: England, Newcastle, article

Avram Grant is currently Chelsea’s manager. But the real manager is Roman Abramovich. Reports are flying around that Roman appointed Avram aka his lap dog, to take care of the team and do everything a normal manager does, except for pick the starting 11. Roman was furious Essien played tight and through the middle against Rosenborg and told Sheva to translate ‘Tell the idiot to play the ball out wide next week or else he’s dropped… Rosenborg are packing the centre of the midfield so we need to go round them’. Sheva said ‘Ok Sir’ and translated that to Essien, who said ‘Piss off Roman you’re not the manager’, to which Roman said ‘I will be in an hour when Jose goes’. In truth, this conversation didn’t happen along those exact lines, but I like to think it did.

Roman was growing ever more frustrated with results and how the team played, and needed an excuse to start picking the starting 11. Sheva was bought by Roman and Ballack was not Jose’s pick of a central midfielder to accomodate Lampard, but there was nothing Jose could do about it. Roman is a stubborn man who has no real clue about football. I saw a sign against Hull City written by Chelsea fans saying ‘Chelsea Is Our club, Not Your Toy Roman, Long Live Mourinho!’. Wrong. Fact is

Chelsea is Romans. If Roman wanted to sell all the players, he could do so. If Roman wanted to fold Chelsea FC, he could do so. If Roman wanted to make

Chelsea play behind closed doors, he could do so. Therefore

Chelsea is Romans. Whether it’s his toy is another debate.

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Posted on September 27th, 2007 | 32 Comments »
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Talksport: ‘Talksport speaking how can I help?’

Me: ‘I’d like to be put on air to speak to Adrian about England’s performances’

Talksport: ‘Have you rung before?’

Me: ‘Yes I rang him about 2 months ago when Arsenal signed Bacari Sagna and Adrian was ripping Wenger apart for spending £7.5m on a foreigner’ And before I knew it…

Adrian: ‘Ramin from London… I seem to remember your name from a couple of weeks ago, what would you like to talk about this time?’

Me: ‘I’ve sat here and listened to you talk crap about England and how crap they are, but it’s time people like you realised the national team won’t get anywhere until the press and media ease the pressure off them. I know you say what you do because you’re second favourite to Five Live and you need listeners but….. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP’

That was the end. He cut me off.I was just about to tell him how he was a pleasant young chap and one of the best presenters in the radio industry… bollocks was I.

Steve has come under severe criticism in the last few months, but in my opinion it’s not all his fault. It’s not his fault the F.A appointed him when they needed someone who the players respect and listen to, it’s not his fault England players are lazy and overhyped, but hey that’s life. Read more »

Posted on September 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »
Filed under: England, Mourinho, article