I thought we did a great job at WHL on Saturday of showing the board exactly what we think of Martin Jol, admittedly a goal in the 2nd minute helped, but the rumours won't die.
The world and his dog in the ITK community are falling over themselves to say that their "sources" tell them Jol is as good as gone. Whether we believe them or not, the mounting clamour can only lead us to believe there's no smoke without fire, but surely it'd be ridiculous to sack him just 3 games into the season.
One story doing the tabloid rounds is that Berbs has thrown his toys out of his pram about Jol's rotation of the strikers and in turn Jol has told the board he doesn't want a player that's making waves because he's not picked or gets substituted. Look at Ghaly, he should've been history by now.
Other gossip is that Paul Kemsley, who apparently wanted 'Appy 'Arry Redknapp to initially take over from Glen Hoddle, has been stirring the pot. Or there's the one that says Damian Comolli and Jol have fallen out about transfer targets. Or the other one about "internal politics" in the dressing room courtesy of Mr Mido.
The list is virtually endless but the upshot is pretty much the same. Someone high up in Spurs has lost faith in Jol after the 1st 2 matches, for whatever reason. Those 2 matches, stark contrasts.
Sunderland away we were unlucky to play them 1st day of the season. Roy Keane had them so fired up for their first premiership match that they fought and spoiled better than they will ever again in this league. Broke down our play and were hoping for the point. Until that fateful last kick of the game! But realistically that was never going to be an easy game and if anyone on the board thought we should cruise to a win then they know less about football than my mother!
Everton at the Lane. Terrible. Conceding in 2 minutes, already on a downer from 3 days before, the team never got started. I'm not into booing your own team but the performance was abysmal.
But considering we are now 1 point above Manchester Utd after 3 games would make me believe there is something going on behind closed doors. It's strange the way Mido refused to elaborate on his comments about "internal politics" but you wonder........
Anyway a group of Spurs fans have got together to create a petition for us to show our support for Jol.
Please sign if you agree........
Target:
To show the board that Martin Jol has the backing of the Spurs supporters
There has been much speculation in the media over the future of Martin Jol at Tottenham Hotspur football club.
Following a relatively disappointing beginning to the season, there have obviously been some concerns. But we, the fans, believe Martin Jol is still the man to take Spurs forwards.
There has been no comment from the board of Directors, so this may be pure speculation, in which case this petition simply will show our support for our beloved manager. But if his future is under consideration, this is to show that we appreciate the work of the man who has twice led us to fifth place in the table, and believe he will lead us to bigger and better things. It is acknowledged that the board has also been hugely influential in this success, and as such we feel it would be foolhardy to break up a winning team.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/keep-martin-jol