Jacques Santini throws in the towel at Spurs after just a handful of games because he intends to return to France for personal reasons.

Where does this leave Spurs now?

Who do you fancy to jump into the hot seat?

Bobby Robson
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Ian Dowie would be a good choice. Spurs have under achieved for years. Time for the man who invented the word bouncebackability.

They apparently want O'Niel but I guess he's hanging out for the Man U job.

Spose David Pleat could step in :loopy:

They had a good manager - George Graham. But the short sighted fans couldn't forgive him for being ex Arsenal, but he was sorting their team out. He wouldn't have taken them to the top level, but he would have made them organised and made them a permanent fixture in the top 8.

Originally posted by Yodameister
They had a good manager - George Graham. But the short sighted fans couldn't forgive him for being ex Arsenal, but he was sorting their team out. He wouldn't have taken them to the top level, but he would have made them organised and made them a permanent fixture in the top 8.

I concur. Graham is one of the best manager around.

Having said that though, Martin Jol (dunno if that is correct spelling) does sound like he knows what he's talking about, and he was the guy Frank Arnesson wanted in the job.

I do have an irrational dislike of Tottenham though (and, no, I'm not an Arsenal fan) and would love to see them relegated.

Originally posted by Lickszz
I concur. Graham is one of the best manager around.

Since when???
He's not been in management for god knows how long..maybe 5 years and apart from leading Arsenal to a jammy double he failed at all the other clubs he managed.

I think he won the league cup with spurs just before getting the boot. Okay, its not that big, but its where Middlesbrough started last season and they are playing great football now and doing really well.

But there is no way he is "one of the best managers around" A mediocre one at best.

But probably a better manager than Glenn Hoddle, Christian Gross, David Pleat, Ossie Ardiles and any other fool who has been working with Spurs in the past 20 years.

Originally posted by wibbles
Since when???
He's not been in management for god knows how long..maybe 5 years and apart from leading Arsenal to a jammy double he failed at all the other clubs he managed.

He has turned every club around that he has ever been at. 'A jammy double' - as if there is such a thing.

In 9 years at Arsenal he won:

League Cup - 1987, 1993
FA Cup 1989, 1993
Champions 1989, 1991
Cup Winners cup 1994, 1995 finalists

That championship winning side of 1991 conceded just 18 goals all season thanks to the defense that he had slowly built up. It is where the chant "one nil to the Arsenal" came from.

When he was sacked from Arsenal they had a 20 million transfer kitty because Graham had built an excellent squad (not to mention the best defense in the league) for next to nothing. It might have had something to do with him been Scottish and not wanting to shell out for players. ;)

He has not been at any other teams long enough to make any major impact because he doesn't take crap from chairmans or boards. When he was at Spurs he had a terrific first season taking Winning the League cup and reaching the semi finals of FA cup. The next season the squad suffered badly with injuries and was sacked for making public the transfer funds.

He transformed Leeds from a bottom half of table into a Top 6 side and was making good progress from which O' Leary got the full benefit of when he took over.

What makes him a top manager his the ability to develop young players and bring the best out of existing players.