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So many pundits over the past few days have given their opinion on the appointment of Juande Ramos. I can’t give my opinion as I just don’t know enough about the man to comment. What I can do though, is list the pros and cons printed by the media.

Pros

• We know that Ramos has worked with a Sporting Director in the past, both at Real Betis and most recently, at Sevilla. Working with Damien Comolli shouldn’t be a problem whatsoever as Ramos is ‘Comolli’s man’. Jol unfortunately, was Arnesen’s appointment, which may have led to the many conflicts between Comolli and Martin.
• Ramos is known to work his players exceptionally hard. This continued in Monday’s first training session with the players.
• He’s a winner. Our new coach has proved that he can bring in the trophies without spending big.
• He demands respect from his players. We have all heard the incident of when he subbed a player, failing to bring on a replacement so as to give his team a lesson in being complacent.
• The structure of the teams Ramos fields has never changed. He doesn’t play a ridged 4-4-2, but rather, allows his players the opportunity to express themselves. Ramos does use two defensive central midfielders, accompanied by left and right wingers. He also employs a wing overlapping system which allows the fullbacks to bomb forward.
• Ramos certainly knows how to get the best out of his players. Just look at what he’s done to Kanoute.

Cons

• Juande Ramos has not remained in charge of a club for more than two seasons.
• He does speak English, but not at a level that is required to get his views over to the players, although he did state otherwise in the press conference yesterday.
• Media shy – Ramos doesn’t have the media flair that Jol does and is a fairly reserved coach.

I am sure that there are many other pros and cons that will come to the limelight in due time. At this moment, I am excited about the future of our club. There’s no point in reviewing the past. Lets all look to the future, a future under the leadership of an excellent coach that is capable of bringing our great club success.

So many pundits over the past few days have given their opinion on the appointment of Juande Ramos. I can’t give my opinion as I just don’t know enough about the man to comment. What I can do though, is list the pros and cons printed by the media.

Pros

• We know that Ramos has worked with a Sporting Director in the past, both at Real Betis and most recently, at Sevilla. Working with Damien Comolli shouldn’t be a problem whatsoever as Ramos is ‘Comolli’s man’. Jol unfortunately, was Arnesen’s appointment, which may have led to the many conflicts between Comolli and Martin.
• Ramos is known to work his players exceptionally hard. This continued in Monday’s first training session with the players.
• He’s a winner. Our new coach has proved that he can bring in the trophies without spending big.
• He demands respect from his players. We have all heard the incident of when he subbed a player, failing to bring on a replacement so as to give his team a lesson in being complacent.
• The structure of the teams Ramos fields has never changed. He doesn’t play a ridged 4-4-2, but rather, allows his players the opportunity to express themselves. Ramos does use two defensive central midfielders, accompanied by left and right wingers. He also employs a wing overlapping system which allows the fullbacks to bomb forward.
• Ramos certainly knows how to get the best out of his players. Just look at what he’s done to Kanoute.

Cons

• Juande Ramos has not remained in charge of a club for more than two seasons.
• He does speak English, but not at a level that is required to get his views over to the players, although he did state otherwise in the press conference yesterday.
• Media shy – Ramos doesn’t have the media flair that Jol does and is a fairly reserved coach.

I am sure that there are many other pros and cons that will come to the limelight in due time. At this moment, I am excited about the future of our club. There’s no point in reviewing the past. Lets all look to the future, a future under the leadership of an excellent coach that is capable of bringing our great club success.

Spanish soccer expert, Paul Breen-Turner, has stated that Spurs officials are in Spain this afternoon thrashing out a deal with Sevilla for Juande Ramos.

“You can probably expect an announcement this tea-time.”

“Ramos will be a breath of fresh air to the Spurs players. He’s by far the most humble coach I’ve ever interviewed but demands the best from his players and gets it”, stated Breen-Turner just moments ago.

More news to follow.