sendorange
25 Apr 2004, 06:25 AM
Dalmat at it again...... I can understand him being frustrated at not being picked, and having no chance of joining permanently, but he has become a disaster. O'Hara is one of our brightest prospects, I would have kicked Dalmat's ass if I was one of the other players.
http://www.people.co.uk/sport/tm_objectid=14178448%26method=full%26siteid=55768%26headline=dalmat%2ds%2dfight%2dwith%2dspurs%2dkid-name_page.html
Gross says some interesting things about us:
http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/04/25/sfngro25.xml&sSheet=/sport/2004/04/25/ixfooty.html
"I always look out for Tottenham's results despite the hard time I had there. I may not be able to name you the first team these days but I do know that David Pleat is in charge of the side at the moment. Can you tell me who the main candidates for the manager's job are?" Gross, it seems, knows as much as we do.
Raddy Antic? Giovanni Trapattoni? Martin O'Neill? "O'Neill would be a good choice," he said. "But will whoever it is still have to work with David Pleat? It was Alan Sugar's idea to have David as the director of football and me as the manager - it is up to others to judge whether that works or not. I see David has managed the team for the past few months. Is he still doing his television work? That is a lot to take on when you are a manager of a club too."
Is that a subtle pop at Pleat? I think so.
Asked about his former charges at Tottenham, Gross revealed: "The biggest mistake I ever made at Tottenham was to replace Espen Baardsen in goal with Ian Walker," he said. "I picked Baardsen when Walker was injured for a while but putting him back in the first team is something I really do regret. I cannot believe he is England's No 3 goalkeeper. He is not a winner and never will be. He was lazy."
Gross is not the first former Tottenham manager to criticise Walker in recent weeks. George Graham levelled the same accusation at the Leicester keeper recently, prompting a passionate response from Walker, who insisted that he could not have worked any harder at the club. Gross begs to differ. "I can't say whether Walker's laziness was typical of the club at that time but it certainly wasn't easy for me to motivate him."
That's true, Walker was always more interested in doing his hair than saving goals! That was a mistake by Gross and it spread to the rest of the squad.
http://www.people.co.uk/sport/tm_objectid=14178448%26method=full%26siteid=55768%26headline=dalmat%2ds%2dfight%2dwith%2dspurs%2dkid-name_page.html
Gross says some interesting things about us:
http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/04/25/sfngro25.xml&sSheet=/sport/2004/04/25/ixfooty.html
"I always look out for Tottenham's results despite the hard time I had there. I may not be able to name you the first team these days but I do know that David Pleat is in charge of the side at the moment. Can you tell me who the main candidates for the manager's job are?" Gross, it seems, knows as much as we do.
Raddy Antic? Giovanni Trapattoni? Martin O'Neill? "O'Neill would be a good choice," he said. "But will whoever it is still have to work with David Pleat? It was Alan Sugar's idea to have David as the director of football and me as the manager - it is up to others to judge whether that works or not. I see David has managed the team for the past few months. Is he still doing his television work? That is a lot to take on when you are a manager of a club too."
Is that a subtle pop at Pleat? I think so.
Asked about his former charges at Tottenham, Gross revealed: "The biggest mistake I ever made at Tottenham was to replace Espen Baardsen in goal with Ian Walker," he said. "I picked Baardsen when Walker was injured for a while but putting him back in the first team is something I really do regret. I cannot believe he is England's No 3 goalkeeper. He is not a winner and never will be. He was lazy."
Gross is not the first former Tottenham manager to criticise Walker in recent weeks. George Graham levelled the same accusation at the Leicester keeper recently, prompting a passionate response from Walker, who insisted that he could not have worked any harder at the club. Gross begs to differ. "I can't say whether Walker's laziness was typical of the club at that time but it certainly wasn't easy for me to motivate him."
That's true, Walker was always more interested in doing his hair than saving goals! That was a mistake by Gross and it spread to the rest of the squad.