Should Levy sack Mourinho and we go back to the Tottenham way of playing?

 

Should Levy sack Mourinho and we go back to the Tottenham way of playing?

By Don Scully

Many fans say Mourinho should be sacked, while another group says, let him stay as we are still in two competitions. Personally, I can't see Levy sacking him while we are in a final and Europa League. And we are still within a shout of a top four spot.

"The Tottenham way" or style of playing.

Fans scream that Mourinho isn't playing "the Tottenham way." That Tottenham way, which has brought us an abundance of trophies in the last 39 years. In fact, we can go back to the beginning (1882) and look at all those beautiful trophies that "the Tottenham way" has bought us, hundreds of league titles, even more FA and league cups, and as for European trophies, my god! We've been swamped under. I bet United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool are all jealous of our Tottenham way of playing and all those trophies that we've won.

You are probably thinking, what fucking trophy haul? I've looked through Tottenham records and ain't seen anything as near the trophies you've mentioned… exactly!  But I am presuming many fans are quite content with the little we have won, so long as we play "the Tottenham way" and at least finish between 4^th and 6^th?

Two fucking league titles in 139 years of history. Even with the FA Cup, we are behind Arsenal & United. Granted, we are in third position, along with Chelsea (both on eight FA Cups), but there are quite a few teams below us who are in striking distance. It won't be long before those others catch up and take over, unless we stop the rot.

As for the European Champions League: Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are the five English clubs that have won Champions League (previously European Cup) titles, with Liverpool victory over us in 2019 being the most recent English club in that competition, and if we extend that to British clubs then we would have to include Celtic.

How about the League cup? Well, we are behind Liverpool, City, Villa and Chelsea. Of course, we did win the Cup Winners' Cup, so that is something (and the first British club to do so!). Oh, I nearly forgot the two UEFA titles we won in 1971-2 & 1983-4 (silly me!). "The Tottenham way" of playing, you can't beat it. Sadly, all this is in the past, and in some cases over 50 years in the past (but only 3 trophies in 39 years, breath-taking!). "The Tottenham Way," eh!. And don't forget that we won the double in 1960/61, that is unique… erm, no. There have been 11 other double-winning teams, with Manchester United and Arsenal leading the way on three apiece. Never mind, we've still got the memories of Bill Nicholson.

Mourinho is the most successful manager we've ever had (even though he hasn't won trophies for us yet), even beating Bill Nicholson, Keith Berkinshaw and fans favourite Pochetino (who has won fuck all for us). But some fans still want Mourinho fired because he is not playing "the Tottenham way".  It is a bit like, in war terms, let's get Neville Chamberlin back and stick our two fingers up at Winston Churchill. OK, I know what you are thinking, who the hell is Neville Chamberlin and Winston Churchill. Exactly!

But the Spurs way is what we want.

Mourinho and getting him the sack?

Why Levy should think about sacking Jose, regardless of all he's achieved throughout his managerial career at Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Porto. How about dire football, we need to play a certain way (think of all those trophies we've won) No-trophy-Pochettino was very popular, and his teams played good football; that is what counts! "The Tottenham way" of playing!

Under Mourinho, things have been poor. Especially when Harry Kane was injured (we won't mention that things were poor under Pochettino when Harry wasn't playing, it is our secret).

Mourinho was hired because he's a winner, and this season might be no different.

As for unrest behind the scenes, when isn't there unrest when things go a bit off balance?

What do you think? "the Tottenham way" with all we've achieved throughout our history (more so in the last 39 or so years) or the Mourinho way with all the potential he brings?

By Don Scully