- Jan 20, 2006
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Oh, I'm happy to be a contrarian!
Well, yes, we were in the relegation zone, but had in fact dropped just one point more than in last season's corresponding fixtures. But we were told, weren't we, that we had a squad ready to challenge for a Top Four spot? I'm sure Mr Levy said so, and I believe everything he says. Well, if I happened to bump into him on the High Road and he wished me good morning my first inclination would be to check my watch, but apart from that…
We almost certainly approached Ramos in July or early August, then again two games into the season. By the time we finally secured him, yes, there was a rather urgent need to get us out of the shit, but that wasn't the original idea. The original idea was that Jol wasn't up to it, and that Ramos was.
The idea that the squad was Top Four material got kicked out of the window in January; we're going to be spending big again this summer. If we're knocking on the glass ceiling next October, great. But don't tell me Ramos will have succeeded in his original remit, because he patently hasn't. If anything, he appears to have given up.
Well, yes, we were in the relegation zone, but had in fact dropped just one point more than in last season's corresponding fixtures. But we were told, weren't we, that we had a squad ready to challenge for a Top Four spot? I'm sure Mr Levy said so, and I believe everything he says. Well, if I happened to bump into him on the High Road and he wished me good morning my first inclination would be to check my watch, but apart from that…
We almost certainly approached Ramos in July or early August, then again two games into the season. By the time we finally secured him, yes, there was a rather urgent need to get us out of the shit, but that wasn't the original idea. The original idea was that Jol wasn't up to it, and that Ramos was.
The idea that the squad was Top Four material got kicked out of the window in January; we're going to be spending big again this summer. If we're knocking on the glass ceiling next October, great. But don't tell me Ramos will have succeeded in his original remit, because he patently hasn't. If anything, he appears to have given up.