Swimming against the vitriol tide which is currently lapping against at José Mourinho’s feet, we have these supporters who are able to see beyond the end of their noses and realize that the problems are perhaps not down to a coach that has succeeded everywhere else, but to a club that has systematically neglected the squad over a sustained period of time.
Now, some will look upon these comments and scowl, but I would suggest that at least these views are based upon tangible things, that can actually be substantiated. There are players in the Spurs squad that have been with us for an extraordinarily long period of time – and neither developed themselves (those that did were sold) – or have assisted the club to move forward sufficiently for it to win silverware.
I would add that Levy and his close advisors know all of this, and have known it well for many years, to such a point that they may have joked internally that they weren’t hiring coaches, they were hiring tightrope walkers.
