Top 10 foreign flops (Managers).

[Liam Liam Liam O]

 

Cross between Wenger and Ferguson wasn't it?

 

Like you didn't know I'd be looking for the article

 

Anyway.........

 

 

TOTTENHAM have just found themselves Juan hell of a manager.

 

For Juande Ramos is the man Spurs have been crying out for years.

 

Think of Arsene Wenger, throw in a bit of Alex Ferguson and mix it up with Jose Mourinho and you get Ramos.

 

For the players he is a mentor, a teacher, a man who loves spectacular, attacking football like Wenger.

 

Go out of form, take your eye of the ball and you are dropped even if you are Beckham or Van Nistelrooy. Work your socks off and you are in the team for good just like Sir Alex.

 

If you need your manager to be a leader, a friend, a confidante just like Mourinho then Ramos is your man.

 

Jermain Defoe, things are looking up for you today. You WILL play because Ramos does not care about names, reputations or transfer fees.

 

And the fans can rejoice because Ramos WILL deliver.

 

He has never failed, taking teams from oblivion and putting them on the map and you would struggle to find a player who has a bad word about him.

 

Ramos led Seville into the Champions League for the first time and won back-to-back UEFA Cups, a Spanish Cup and the European Super Cup.

 

He guided lowly Malaga to 10th place their highest La Liga finish. When he left they got relegated. When he was in charge of Rayo Vallecano he got them to the UEFA Cup. Even though they got a fair-play spot they had still finished ninth.

 

Next stop was newly-promoted Real Betis and he led them to a UEFA Cup spot in his first season, narrowly missing out on a Champions League place.

 

His only mishap was at Espanyol when he was sacked eight games into the season after a fall-out with the directors over signings.

 

A close friend of Ramos said last night: The word that best defines Juande is justice. He is a just man, a fair man.

 

Ramos goes out of his way to be a friend to his players. He wins their trust by being fair.

 

The new Spurs boss will always play the most in-form players. He will drop Dimitar Berbatov if he has to and will not think twice about it.

 

Last year, Seville paid 5million for striker Ernesto Chevanton, a massive fee for them. But he hardly got a game.

 

He did not convince Ramos. Like Andriy Shevchenko failed to convince Mourinho despite a 30m transfer fee.

 

By contrast, Fredi Kanoute and Louis Fabiano were irreplaceable.

 

In fact, even youngster Kepa Blanco who spent the second half of last season on loan to West Ham played ahead of Chevanton.

 

Ramos always prefers a rigid 4-4-2 system with two strikers. He only ever changes it to 4-4-1-1, with a second striker behind the targetman, when Seville play away from home against big clubs like Real Madrid or Barcelona.

 

He adapts his game to the squad he inherits and, like Wenger, those who have played under his guidance have increased their value.

 

Players like Joaquin at Betis and Daniel Alves at Seville burst on to the world scene under his guidance. Kanoute left Spurs as a flop and scored 20 Liga goals last season.

 

Yet Ramos is different to the legendary three Premier League managers in one way he is always calm, does not remonstrate with referees, does not moan.

 

He is serene as another close pal of his described. Whether that will change in these shores remains to be seen.

 

Unlike Mourinho, he will never court headlines and although very polite and courteous to the media he will always give an interview he does steer clear of controversy.

 

Barcelona were planning to replace Frank Rijkaard with Ramos if the Dutchman left at the end of the season. Real, too, were always following him closely.

 

However Ramos has been studying English for some time.

 

Last year, he won the prestigious �Miguel Munoz� trophy for the best manager in Spain.

 

In his homeland he is rated among the best two Spanish managers along with Liverpools Rafa Benitez.

 

But unlike the under-fire Liverpool boss Ramos loves to play attacking football.

 

[Parky]

Ramos shouldn't be in there.

 

Given the hysteria surrounding his arrival from both Spurs supporters & the media & then the amount of time he lasted he should be pretty near the top of the list IYAM.

 

Cross between Wenger and Ferguson wasn't it?

 

 

[Parky]

Ramos shouldn't be in there.

 

Given the hysteria surrounding his arrival from both Spurs supporters & the media & then the amount of time he lasted he should be pretty near the top of the list IYAM.

 

He won them a trophy in his first season in charge and they sold his first choice strikers for him in the summer.  Not too mention he weren't in charge of players purchased and he couldn't speak English properly.

 

You forget the demolition of Arsenal and the football they played?  His name shouldn't be there, it's a ridiculous inclusion.

 

These are often the most beautiful inclusions.

[Dave]

Shit, I forgot Mourinho.

 

Jermain Defoe, things are looking up for you today. You WILL play because Ramos does not care about names, reputations or transfer fees.

 

[Dave]

However Ramos has been studying English for some time.

 

 

Honestly, that article is one of the funniest things ever.

[Liam Liam Liam O]

Shit, I forgot Mourinho.

 

Jermain Defoe, things are looking up for you today. You WILL play because Ramos does not care about names, reputations or transfer fees.

 

 

The whole article is English journalism at its finest

[Liam Liam Liam O]

However Ramos has been studying English for some time.

 

 

Honestly, that article is one of the funniest things ever.

 

Studying it as in looking at it & thinking "I haven't got a fucking clue what that says" presumably.

[Dave]

However Ramos has been studying English for some time.

 

 

Honestly, that article is one of the funniest things ever.

 

Studying it as in looking at it & thinking "I haven't got a fucking clue what that says" presumably.