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One would have thought (if one had applied any thought at all to the matter, which clearly you haven't) that 'Sporting Director' involves altogether more than being a glorified Chief Scout. The clue is in the title, after all. And the canteen is not there solely for the use of the first team squad—or do you imagine that the Reserve and Academy players are slipped a couple of quid and sent off to the chippy for their lunch?
Comolli could hardly have been unaware of the type of food that was on offer in the canteen, and, quite frankly, if he was unaware, I would like to know why. So, clearly, it was OK by him. Is that too difficult a concept for you to entertain? If it had not been, then one might have expected him to change it.
Davids fighting with Keane, yes. So truly out of character for Edgar to fall out with his team-mates and manager. I'm sure it's never happened before. :roll: And what else?
If we had not been a club clearly on the up, in Europe, no offer, however 'dizzying', would have tempted Ramos to Spurs. He's well past the stage in his career when he's going to take over a total basket case. Which, before Jol took over, is what Spurs were. Anyone who fails to recognise and credit that is a fool.
He did, thats why he got Juande, yes you make some very good points and i really do hope they dont go down the chippy, i would imagine the kebab shop or the Macdonalds in Leytonstone.
But why are you so negative towards Commoli, i for one think he has done a good job, regardless of what you think, am i not allowed to make a point as that i finally think this club is moving in the right direction, because regardless of what BMJ done we all knew that tacticaly he did not seem to be able to cope against the bigger teams IMO. And yes there was in fighting regardless of what you may think, or maybe you know something more than the rest of us??
Where was the player unity when BMJ was having all the problems, where was the player unity when Glenda was on the rocks, where was the unity when GF was there or GG for that fact??
These players seem to be pulling together as a team, as one, not individuals, from the chairman down, you cannot deny that?? that is what i mean, i am sorry if my view is not the same as yours, and i do respect what you are saying, but i also think that you should not think for one minute that there has not been problems with diffrent people with diffrent agendas int he past.:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:
If you'd been on this forum for more than five minutes you'd know that I'm one of those who has refused to slate Comolli over his signings.
There seemed to be plenty of player unity when we were struggling at the start of the season. Not only the usual suspects came out in support of Jol, but players like Zokora and Kaboul, too. We were told (by 'Spurs insiders') that Jol had 'lost the dressing room', but Defoe burst into tears when he heard the news Jol had been sacked. I know as much as you or anyone else about the true facts of what was going on, which is to say, bugger all, but if there was any in-fighting it was between Jol, Comolli, and the Kemsley faction on the board. Mido alluded to that somewhat cryptically after he signed for Boro.
And whether or not Jol was the manager to take us forward, my position has always been that if he wasn't good enough in August he wasn't good enough in May. We may have a great manager in now (although we won't know that for sure for another year), but the way it was done was horribly botched and still leaves a very sour taste in the mouth.