Comments on: It is done

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:13:14 +0000

I think Jol is a good call. I love Tottenham, but it is so hard to meet expectations there. He will be OK in Germany. Not great, and certainly not a legend. But solid and with some nice man management skills. I think he would have handled the VdV soap opera much better.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:22:35 +0000

BMJ- Legend, another spurs fan here, his sacking left a bitter taste. I think he’ll do very well in Germany where there seems to be less of a monopoly from the big teams. Never an astute defensive technician but will certainly nurture the players you do have. I can also see him signing some of tottenhams old players which is nice of him-
I’ve never had any sort of interest in the German league but now consider Hamburg my team in Beer

By: tamim

tamim — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:28:52 +0000

noooooo, this guy has a very bad history with egyptians. i hope he cope well with zidan!!!. however he is a good coach for hsv

By: Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:23:38 +0000

As a Spurs fan, I think you will see a huge increase in HSV fans in England:) When you realize that he took us to 5th two years running with a fairly dire squad, it’s becoming apparent that he was a much better manager than many thought. I think he will be a great manager for you.

By: diana

diana — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:25:25 +0000

Done-and-dusted? Chris, my source says the club is not commenting on the Bild report.

My source – http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblgernedjol&prov=afp&type=lgns

But anyhow, Martin Jol is alright with me. While the HSV is the club I have a soft spot in the Bundesliga, Spurs is the one I have a soft spot in the Premier League. I swear, I actually almost cried happily when they won the League Cup (or Carling Cup, after the sponsor) over Chelsea (sorry to you Chris …I know you are a Chelsea fan as well). I don’t know, it almost came to me.

Well, back then when Jol was at Spurs, he had led them to fifth place twice. I mean, almost breaking into the top four in the Premier League. That was his best record at the club. But rumours of him being given the sack had been starting to ring just early in this season and it was confirmed after the club’s UEFA Cup group match against Getafe. The situation back then was that there was rumours spreading around he had been given the boot and the club had sought Juande Ramos. I still remembered back then I was very angry at the way the Spurs board treated Martin Jol’s departure. Back then before the eventual announcement of Jol’s given the boot, there has been rumours Ramos is the person to replace Jol and the board had sought the Spainard already beforehand. Well, Spurs are doing okay at the moment and so much of the anger has gone.

Language-wise, should be no problem if it’s really true Jol’s coming to Germany. Used to studied German literature himself (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2005/nov/27/sport.comment3)…aha.