Spurs: Viva La Revolución

After an extremely bloody coup within the walls of White Hart Lane this week I am left feeling like a veritable cauldron of bubbling excitement. My natural optimism has even allowed me to gloss over another late collapse on Sunday, safe in the knowledge that it will be the last time this season we concede in injury time! I feel like the clouds have parted, the sun has come out and filled me with the belief that our season will not only be saved but that the Spurs cleaning team should immediately order a large vat of silver polish - I think we're gonna need it - huzzah!!!

Jol has gone and regular readers will know how happy that makes me! I won't bore you with the classic "nothing against him personally" and other Jol bashing caveats - the fact is we swapped an average to decent coach with no track record to speak of, for one of the hottest managers in world football right now. Simply put Ramos is better than Jol, and although the board royally screwed the latter, they must be commended for acquiring the services of the former.

Some people would have you believe that getting a new manager means another 2 years of "transition" - but why should it? We still have enough outstanding players at the club for the Spaniard to craft something exciting out of, we still have 3 cup competitions to battle for, not to mention the fact that 2 or 3 wins in the league will start to make the table look a whole lot rosier. It didn't take him too long to work his magic at Seville now did it? Before December breaks we have Blackpool in the League cup, Tel Aviv and Aalborg in the UEFA and Boro, Wigan and West Ham in the Prem - if Ramos is looking to make an immediate impact then he could not picked a better set of fixtures to start with!

The new man is already stamping his mark on the team with a double session on his first day. It appears that he shares Hoassam Ghaly's bewilderment at the lack of running done in training and, like the genius he may well be, has figured that lack of running + late goals conceded = poor fitness. Now if he could only give Kaboul a slap every time he crosses the halfway line we might start holding a lead to the final whistle...

I personally can't wait to see his take on our midfield. Will Malbranque get to play a more central role? Will Lennon be coached into finding an end product? Will we see Jenas regularly bursting through into attacking positions (for that is when he is at his best), or will Routledge finally get a chance to show us why we bothered upsetting Palace all those seasons ago?

Now Jol has gone Spurs will soon cease to be the plaything of the lazy Journo - but they're not quite done yet. Some have predictably predicted that Senor Ramos will be on the first plane back to Spain come January in order to convince half the Seville team to back their bags and move to London. What utter twaddle!!

At 30 years of age does Kanoute really fit the Tottenham buying policy - oh yes, and it would seem as though we already have 4 quality strikers. Will the Tottenham board really sanction £20m to buy Alves when we already have a more than capable right back in the form of Chimbonda and there are glaring holes elsewhere in the team? Granted Seville keeper Andres Palop could be a target, but correct me if I'm wrong - I thought that the power brokers at Seville were a tad upset with us right now, can you see them allowing their top players to leave straight after reluctantly losing their manager? I don't think so somehow, particularly if they are still in the Champions League.

If he really does have £40m to spend then he should do us all a favour and go and spend half on a left winger and the other half on a defensive midfielder. I rather suspect that this is exactly what he is going to do - well, at least I hope it is. It is true that world class players are rarely traded in January, so manage your expectations and wait for next summer.

Tottenham have at last ended a saga that went on far too long and, thank the heavens, have pulled a rabbit from the hat. Yes I would have been just as happy to see us take a punt on Klinnsman, but I am even happier that we avoided the likes of Redknapp, McClaren or other uninspiring dross like Hughes (or even Megson!). In what has been a genuine upgrade we have potentially recruited the best manager in our recent history and I am even feeling bouyant enough to predict 6 wins in a row!

Soon I may even start to remain confident when the clock turns 70 minutes, but I'm not rushing into that one...