Tottenham Hotspur have been a huge disappointment in reality and fantasy. Many owners - PTG players, not just Daniel Levy, the Spurs chairman - expected a strong showing from Tottenham's stars but it hasn't happened. Far from it.
Aaron Lennon: no goals, no assists, for a player with a Times rank inside the top fifty. Poor, despite his injury problems. Paul Robinson and Ricardo Rocha: just one clean sheet each. Darren Bent, one goal; Jermain Defoe, none. Younes Kaboul's average goals against is 2.75; Michael Dawson's, 2.76. Ouch.
But now that Martin Jol has lost his job as head coach, is now the time to sign or trade for Tottenham's players? Things, surely, can only get better, as long as the new man is in place soon. Spurs's fixtures from now until Christmas look very kind; after Blackburn Rovers on Sunday, every game looks emininetly winnable until the north London derby just before Christmas.
If you own underperforming Tottenham players, you might as well keep them, even if your patience is sorely tried. You won't get good value for them in a trade and that old cliche about results improving just after a manager's been sacked keeps being trotted out for a reason - it often comes true.
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I would just like to say that Spurs before Jol were finishing in the bottom half of the table for the past five seasons. He took them to 5th place twice.
What reason do they have to sack him?
Its the players who should get the boot i.e
Defoe, Berbatov, Dawson, Chimbonda, Kaboul, and Jenas.
Have a look at Robbie Keane 110% every game and thats why he gets picked Berbatov and Defoe. Stop sulking and fight for your jersey. No-one is bigger than the team.
Posted by Paul Smitham | October 27, 2007 11:24 AM
Posted on October 27, 2007 11:24