Harry second. i think i can speak for every Spurs fan when i say that we appreciate what Harry did for us.....but im actually quickly losing my patience with people suggesting that everything that has had success written over it that has happened to us is down to Harry..thats bollox. there are many reasons being posted up and down this forum that quite clearly state why Harry had to go....This is THFC not the Harry roadshow..he created some magic for us on the pitch and yesterday i wrote an article basically saying thank you...but all this bull**** about mid table is quite frankly getting on my knob. even if we do finish lower than 4th im not bothered as the new man deserves time....and i for one will back him to the hilt as i did with Harry...but i just find the doom mongering that i am reading here and there as utterly pathetic and disrespectful to a chairman who has always put our club first. i know for a fact that whilst we have Levy we will never ever get mugged....and if in doubt just ask Fergie,Berbatov,Pompey,Modric and now Harry...Tottenham Hotspur comes first. having said all this i think it is important to never forget when someone brings you happiness..for that i will always remember what Harry did for us....but always remember THFC first...if in doubt ask Levy
No one is saying otherwise yet remember dona that not all of us like the way Levy conducts himself so you can't expect everyone to just say "levy knows best" "trust in levy", the guy makes me cringe with his open letters and while im sure he wants what is best for tottenham, i don't believe he knows as much about football as he thinks he does and i am dreading santini/ramos strike 3 or little roberto to walk in as our "exciting young manager". Lets just wait and see who is brought in before any of us claim we will finish mid table but we have to understand there is more chance of failure then there is of success so its natural for fans to be thinking the worse until proved otherwise.
As you say the new man will need time and I hope he isn't dismissed if early results go against us as in AVB.
I totally agree Boss..and i dont want everyone to agree im trying to just put another perspective into the mix...one that actually gives Levy the credit he deserves. For sure he has not always made the right choices but i really believe that everything he has done has been done to benefit the club and not himself. you know we are doomed arent we unless we get top 3? because anything else will be seen as doing what Harry did anyway or worse....i just wanted to put this out there so that all the people who will use this excuse dont have a leg to stand on...and i know most of these people will be fans of other clubs trying to get under the skin.
Good points - well made, Dona We are fortunate to have a club that is solvent and (almost always) conducts itself in an honourable and dignified manner. Yes, there have been a few instances where I have not been happy with the way things were handled - most notably the dismissal of MJ - but I have no doubts that the Board always act in the best interests of the club. And this is one of those occasions. I do trust in DL to make the right calls now and do expect that the new man (whoever it turns out to be) will be given the time and resources to succeed. I also do not expect the club to suddenly knee-jerk and throw stupid money at either overvalued players or indeed manager. If that was ever going to happen then surely it would have been in the last 2 transfer windows when there must have been pressure 'break the bank'to make those 2 or 3 additional major signings. I am grateful for the job Harry did for us, but the bottom line is that when the push came to shove half way through the season, he effectively showed that Spurs came second to his own ambitions. Looking forward to next season already!!!
Our Spurs have sacked every succesful manager in its history and almost without fail we have gone back into the wilderness for long periods Ie. Bill Nick, Burkinshaw, Terry V, MJ and now Harry Levy is a top class money man but no football genius, we are moving in a different direction claims Levy but unless he takes on one of a very managers in "world football" that new direction will be lower by some distance than where Harry has left us
Without harry the best we can hope for is 4th and the worse that will realistically happen imo will be a 6th place finish. If we had kept him then the best we could of got was still 4th and the worse would of been 6th. The manager of a side is important but not the only thing vital to a good football club.
Spurlock, this is yet another pearl of wisdom from you, there are some other posts of yours dotted about that I haven't commented on...as there's been no need really, all of them spot on mate, thought I'd take this opportunity to mention it. I didn't realise you had it in you! The Sun today have started in their defence of their one time columnist (expect that to return now!) The village idiot that is Steve Howard condemning Levy, basically suggesting we're above our station.
Unlike Abramovich, I think he knows he doesn't and will be taking advice on such matters, he will make the final choice publicly, but it won't be all his own doing.
Well thank you Notso..coming from you...that is something.. i think over time we will all see that Levy did the right thing.
As has been pointed out above, our 2 other most (arguably) successful managers Bill Nick and Keith B were not sacked. Venables had other issues which influenced his departure, but he wasn't actually manager at that time anyway - he was made Chief Exec and was sacked by Sugar over his business dealings. But apart from that your argument holds water!! Lol
And whos advising him? the same people that told him santini was a good idea, or ramos was a good idea? or comoli was a good idea to work with jol?......who is currently levys source of advice for football matters?
There are certain figures in and connected to the club, all managerial changes are overseen by a number of people at all clubs, its normal, I'm afraid unless you're privvy to such details you're never likely to know.
Aye, ive no doubt its normal yet its also dangerous to have people in suits trying to be "clever" and think "why not go down this route" as im sure these people in suits were thinking how clever they were when they thought santini and ramos were great appointments to take us to the next level.
ok Boss how do you think we should deal with this? are you not going to back our next man? you may be disapointed with Levy with this..but over the course of the years he has done wonders for us..all these mistakes he made in the past were a learning curve..everyone deserves the chance to learn..im afraid it was obvious Harry is not someone who is willing to learn.
Of course ill back the next manager, even if it is AVB! as you have to don't you, club comes first yet i'm worried we are going to screw this up by trying to be clever. As for arry, yes im disappointed with him also as if he was willing to learn and change some of his ways he could quite clearly be a great manager yet even in his current state he offers much more then the names being branded about to take us to the next level. And this is what concerns me, it seems we have made the change for a "different approach" rather then going for a specific target.
