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Curious to find out the overall view of El Tel. A spurs Legend cup winner as player and manager or a bit average and turned out more than a bit iffy and saddled us with loans and sugar ?
I am really split as sometimes I felt he was really close to something extra Special, but then I remember some woeful games ( mainly early days and post 91 ) where he needs to carry a lot of blame
didn't look good in 87/88 when he took over - we were awful. 3 years later - a 6th, 3rd and cup win. We played good football and had some great players. He was unfortunate to lose Waddle before Linkere arrived as well. After the cup final he knew we were fucked and moved himself upstairs and allowed Peter Shreeves to take it in the ass as we struggled badly.Curious to find out the overall view of El Tel. A spurs Legend cup winner as player and manager or a bit average and turned out more than a bit iffy and saddled us with loans and sugar ?
I am really split as sometimes I felt he was really close to something extra Special, but then I remember some woeful games ( mainly early days and post 91 ) where he needs to carry a lot of blame
*Second highest**Joint highest* league finish in my lifetime, last manager to give us the bragging rights of finishing above the goons.
If people hadn't have rated him sugar wouldn't have been ousted.
Alright by me
Agreed, although what he did with England and being generally just a cheeky Cockney chappy pushes me to still think fondly of the guy. Greedy fucker stealing from the club though, and had to be fired, but still the best Tottenham manager of my lifetime, possibly about to be eclipsed by the incumbentHard one for me. For football related stuff I love him, Spurs player FA Cup Winner, Spurs Manager FA Cup Winner and 3rd place in league. But when it emerged his businesses were stealing money from Tottenham it hurts, especially when you invest your support in him over the Sugar court case only to find this out makes it worse as it makes those who supported him look like tits.
I guess over time pictures of him holding aloft the FA Cup both as a player and manager will be what he will be remembered for more than his murky business dealings. FWIW I am fine with his murky deals all except the ones where he stole from the Club.
This popped up on the recommended in YouTube, I've never seen it before. Good watch.
venables was a bit of a cunt, cant really get away from that.Curious to find out the overall view of El Tel. A spurs Legend cup winner as player and manager or a bit average and turned out more than a bit iffy and saddled us with loans and sugar ?
I am really split as sometimes I felt he was really close to something extra Special, but then I remember some woeful games ( mainly early days and post 91 ) where he needs to carry a lot of blame