Fabio Cappello

[SpursOldboy]

I'm sure Mourinho and many others (bar Wenger) would say the same thing. Results are what matter 100% to Managers.

Pretty football is a luxury for most.

We're not managers though we're fans, and we pay to be entertained. If results mattered 100% to me I'd hardly be a Spurs supporter for 40 years would I?

 

[BajanSpur]

He has a wealth of EPL experience and would certainly be respected by all the players., of that I have no doubt.

 

[chelsea - over 100 years of history]

Thing is, though, that Spurs have shown massive intent on getting int he CL, and pushing for a league title win. You can see that from the fact that AVB has been sacked, despite his stats bearing up to the best of all the managers before him. Levy clearly thinks that we should be doing better, so I doubt that he'd be willing to trade at the same level as AVB, and will want to go for someone with a proven record, even if that means splashing out on the cash needed to get him in.

All of that will be attractive to any manager, even those that our bitter rivals may think would look down on lowly Spurs.

I presume you mean West Ham fans as I really can't see what the current league leader or the back to back euro champs have anything to be bitter about!!

 

[Spursguru]

We're not managers though we're fans, and we pay to be entertained. If results mattered 100% to me I'd hardly be a Spurs supporter for 40 years would I?

I agree SOB, but I was commenting on the quote from Cappello.

If some Journo comes up to you after winning the league, saying you play boring football (and you are a proud and stubborn Italian) then you would say something to that effect.

Fact is Madrid were struggling to beat Barca, and Barca had just won the CL, so they returned to Cappello out of desperation...then sacked him after he won them a trophy! how many have they won since....

It might not be great, but I would take some success oer style atm. with AVB there was neither, just all round numptyness.

 

[Boss]

More worrying if this happens is that it means Baldini has Levy's ear...another DOF (who I had doubts over from day one) disaster is in full swing imo.

History repeating itself with Comolli MK 2?. Big Money flops, but players with potential that turn into stars. Managerial mistakes before we scrap this Dof system and go Old School.

 

[No Kane No Gain]

There were an awful lot of Spurs fans saying that results were more important earlier this season when people pointed out your poor scoring record.

If they're anything like me they don't want Capello because it's a commitment to boring, defensive football. With AVB we were willing to overlook the lack of goals in the short term because 1) he was already our manager and 2) there were a lot of new players settling in.

 

[Hoddle is a god]

I presume you mean West Ham fans as I really can't see what the current league leader or the back to back euro champs have anything to be bitter about!!

I think there has always been a bitterness from clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea, and 'Pool, because Spurs has always played the kind of football that fans of those clubs would give their rights arms for their own teams to play.

Take Arsenal during their so-called "Invincible" season. Sure, they won the league, but they did it by playing some of the most mind-numbingly dull football ever to disgrace a football field. Oh, how their fans must have looked on in mesmerised anguish as Spurs played the kind of silky-smooth football that Gooners could only dream of seeing their team play!

Of course, that's all part of the reason why AVB had to go.

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

Arsenal played far better football in their unbeaten-in-the-league-but-certainly-not-invincible season than they did under Graham.
Now that really was appalling stuff.