I had a nagging feeling that his appointment was a bit of a PR stunt, but you can see his influence on the defence especially.
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Long Live The King!
One more than Kane. And King turned up for that final and played his part in the win.One League Cup
Far too early to make that call.
Quite. Was a bit tongue in cheek. Would still love if it were to happen in the future though.
Even if it is, I genuinely don't care. Having someone like Ledley at the club is important, and having him in a first team role is fantastic. I am not a Mourinho fan but he is a coaching legend and Ledley getting an opportunity like this is great for him.
I'm not going to act like I know what makes a great coach or manager - you look at great managers throughout English football and its an eclectic mix. Even if it doesn't work out it's a great opportunity for Ledley and I hope he's cut out for it. If not, there's always a place for him at Spurs.
Time will tell...
Either way, if it works out, we've given him the perfect opportunity to cut his teeth... and if it doesn't work out, there's still all the corporate stuff!
Gary Mabbutt springs to mind here... never gonna be a coach/manager, but a truly lovely bloke who was loved and respected by his peers.... so Spurs employed him in a Corporate capacity, based on the feelgood factor he brought with him!
To be honest, in today's game, there are already so many 'experts' and scientific specialists in EVERY aspect of fitness, conditioning, diet, training, psychology, mental well-being...
Fuck it, why NOT have an ambassadorial 'coach' to help inject the 'feelgood factor' and a sense of History into the players...?
...I've heard of crazier ideas!!!
Making this guy a first team assistant was another dumb move from Jose.
A crowd pleasing move no doubt but just because you were a decent defender does not mean you can coach or deal with tactics.
A crowd pleasing move no doubt but just because you were a decent defender does not mean you can coach or deal with tactics.
It's Melissa Reddy. She's actually an excellent football journalist (a senior football correspondent at the Independent, currently). She's South African, hence the accent.
As for why she's talking about Spurs, why not? She offered more than most male pundits on TV right now. Obviously I'm talking about the token appointments are former players who can just about string a sentence together, and barely offer any analysis of note. There's a lot of decent, up and coming journalists in football that offer a lot more these days, and she's just one of them.
And it's not a Sky show, it's PL & UCL Review TV, a YouTube channel.
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I sort of agree actually
Absolute legend but whenever i have seen interviews with him he doesnt really come across like a coach to me but hopefully I'm wrong
He will be what the 3rd or 4th most important coach, with a very specific, defined role.
Not sure if he has a long term future in coaching but I don't think it is a stretch to have him come in and work with the defense, maybe even the CB's specifically.
I am imagine Jose and Sacremento are doing the heavy lifting anyways with Lalin (know nothing about him) having a lot of experience as well.
I doubt we were considering bringing Laurent Blanc or someone of that level so if our 4th coach is a specialist CB coach that offers experience as a club captain and England standout and is a bit of a PR boost as well, we likely will end up being just fine.
Fixed for you.
King Ledley is criminally underrated. He's up there with Nesta, Baresi, Beckenbauer and Passarella.
Never seen better before or since.
None of them did this...
Might just be the greatest tackle of all time. Outside of Michelangelo's David.
Just looked on YouTube and I think today, Robben is offside and VAR does King's job for him
Really getting agitated on the sidelines on Sunday
Great to see and another clearly buying into the genius that is Jose!
Every word Tanganga said on learning to be a full-back and working with King
Here's every single word Japhet Tanganga said ahead of Tottenham Hotspur's final Europa League Group J match against Royal Antwerp
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From Tanganga:
Also on Jose:
I'm slagging off Jose really rather than King.