Very well said Spurs fans!

As a Newcastle United supporter I well know the sense of frustration, disbelief and disharmony these sort of things can bring to a club. At Newcastle it is arguable that we are only NOW trying to get back to where we were under Sir Bobby and that is 3 years ago. Equally, the team of young talent that Sir Bobby was trying to build then has all but departed.

But to me, as an outsider, I think Martin Jol has done an absolutely brilliant job. Ok the Champions league place has not yet been realised and the silverware cupboard may yet still be bare BUT of all the clubs in the Premiership, I think Spurs have shown the greatest advancement over the last couple of years and the Spurs squad (plus or minus one or two) is quite exceptional.

AND he is a good guy.

This seems very much like power and money talking rather than good common sense-and decency to a very good man and Manager - AGAIN!!

Kevin Wilford, Manchester, UK

A great article, Mr Marcotti. The stats at the end are telling and it might be worthwhile for Levy and co to read them; he does after all have a first in economics from Cambridge, so stats shouldn't be a problem. Perhaps he and the other intellects on the board could generate funds by writing a book, "The art of boardroom management - how not to do it"; maybe not a book, but how about a seminal paper and then I'm sure Rogan Taylor could hand Levy an honorary doctorate.
Now there appears to be egg splattered all over their faces, perhaps they would like to engage their brains next time they think about speaking.

Harrow Cockerel, Harrow,

The board having invested heavily in the transfer market obviously do not now have a very strong stomach - this is evidenced by their reaction to the manager after only two games in. They got it wrong with Santini, they have it wrong with Ramos. If they think they can do better than Jol - then they have not learned the lessons of their recent past. We have many new young talents at the lane, Jol has given us back a future but to expect champions league silverware at this stage again highlights the the boards' unrealistic expectations . Leave Jol alone to get on with his job, leave the young talent to mature and perhaps in 2-3 seasons time it will be realistic to mount a champions league campaign.

LAP, Sevenoaks, Kent

You just have to look at the calibre of the Spurs board personel: young, brash, flash and out of their depth. Joe Lewis should wake up and get involved and start with finding some directors who can do more than rip fans off and tread water

jonathan anthony, London, London

A point behind Liverpool, a point ahead of Man Utd, who've both spent big and are trying to get a new team to gel.
Common sense would dictate that it's hardly a crisis, but that doesn't sell papers, does it?

Motd on Saturday night was similar, 3 games in to the season and Man Utd have already lost the title.

Ludicrous.

Al, Edinburgh, UK

the guy loses 2games out of 3! and they want to sack him there is 35 more games left
disgusting behaviour by the board

glide, harlow,

I think the way Spurs have gone about the whole situtation with regards the Martin Jol saga simply stinks. I don't think the board and chairman realise how good a coach Martin is. I believe that finally he has brought some stability to the club, in that we, the fans are fairly confident that we'll at the least finish in the top six and the days of flirting between 9th and 17th in the league are well and truly over.
I think that we just need to work on a mental toughness in defence and not switch off after 85 mins as was so often the case last season. The fact that we have managed to keep our most loved players- Berbatov, Lennon and Keane and attract some great sought after young players - Bale and Kaboul shows that the club are heading in the right direction.
People are not claiming that Manchester United are not going to win the league after a poor start and likewise that Manchester City surely will win it after their great start. We just need a reality check.

david basrawy, london,

This situation is embarassing and the board are dilusional. Yes we have invested a lot of money in players over the past few seasons and the board are entitled to believe we should be challenging for a top 4 finish. However to expect a top 4 finish is naive.

It is also fundamentally wrong for the board to judge Jol who is doing a fantastic job for Spurs on level of spending when he does not have full control over the players being brought. I'm sure Jol and most fans would tell you the £16m spent on Bent would have been far better invested on a left winger and a midfield playmaker. At Sunderland we lacked creativity and width, the two areas Jol asked the board to address who inturn spent £6m odd too much on Bent.

GET RID OF COMOLLI, allow Jol to purchase the players he feels he needs and then judge his performance if he fails to deliver. No top class mgr will work for a board who dictate transfers and judging by their performance, no top manager will want to work for Spurs' board

matthew Kemp, Bath, BANES

I think the board is both correct and brave in tryiny to replace Martin Jol, he is noit a top manager he is lucky to be managing a team that have been outspent by only Chelsea during his reign.

Why not go for a top manager, Jol has no pedigre, just listening to him talk about football makes me think he is not up to it.

He is far to negative in his attitude during matches and in interviews. He is not a duth football man he judges a striker bt how tall they are, hence his idea of replacing Berbatov with Crouch.

Paul Wilson, London,

Juande Ramos could very well be the new Paul Le Guen. A big success at ONE club, but when taken out of his native comfort zone, is useless.

Keep Jol.

Larry, London,

What has happened during the last few days stinks of a chairman who is part of a financer's company that own majority share holdind in Tottenham Hotspur preparing to accept offers for the club. Mr Levy has never, in my openion,realy had any love for the club.that is except finantial love. Treating a Manager who has given his all to the club in his honesty,integrity, and hard work draged the team out of the quagmire they were in two years ago and led a team who can hold their heads high. Martin Jol is as has been proven the second best manager we have had, he should not and will not be treated in this way.We the supporters will not allow it. I am sorry to see this happen to him what after two games and with Man U sitting at 16th while we ars at 12th. Mr Levy look behind you while in the halls of our club because there might be someone waiting to stick the knife in your back as you have done to Martin who has the support of both the players and supporters.

Paul Farrugia, Xaghra Gozo, Malta

Amazingly inept boardroom! How to unsettle your solid, settled, accomplished manager and a team which is beginning to really gel in one easy move.
Just staggeringly poor leadership from the top. How on earth can they have thought "stick" at the end of last season and throughout a high spending summer, only to think "twist" now after just a few games??

Kwev, London,

I´m from Spain, and i think, Juande Ramos is one of the best, and Sevilla is better than Tottenham, because in 15 months he has won 6 titles ( 2 UEFA´s cups, 1 Europe´s Supercup, and Spanish Cup ) and could be 7 titles if Sevilla win Milan. I think that Ramos in 2008/2009 will be your manager, when he finish his contract with Sevilla, I think so.

Jose, Murcia , Spain

The Tottenham board are suffering from delusions! If they truly believe that by finishing fith for two consecutive seasons that they have closed the substantial gap on the 'big four' ,then they are seriously misguided. Martin Jol is the best thing that has happended to Spurs in the past 15 years!!!!!

I feal embarrassed that the board suddenly feal we are Champions League candiadtes, this is based purely on finance. The board, as are fans who pay ther hard earned money each week, know that we have stikers that are the envy of the premiershio, however, as has been proved time and time again, we have a leightweight midffield, a collection of mind bogglingly inept naturally left sided players and a defence that is famously prone to leaking goals! WE ARE NOT THERE YET!!

In conclusion, as is widely acknowledged; we are moving in the right direction. However the board need to realIsie what a period of uncertainty could do for the club!!!! MARTIN JOL, YOU HAVE THE RESPECT AND SUPPORT OF

Paul, Wareham, Dorset

Martin Jol is probably not THE best manager we have ever had in terms of knowledge or tactical nowse.
But remember he started his top flight career only 2.5 years ago when spurs where more than happy to have him dig them out of a hole when the board got Santinis apointment so badly wrong.
He was offered the job at set about on the same learning curve so many of the clubs aquired young guns have been on.
To this point Martin Jol has behaved impecably, help build the clubs growing reputation and in his own way added to the appeal of selling the club to potential transfer targets.
Wether Spurs could replace him with a better manager or not is imaterial....Martin Jol has done nothing to expect to be treated in such an appauling way. Even if it is in the name of succsess.
The vast majority of Spurs fans are saddened by the clubs strong armed tatics towards someone that has never had anything but the cliubs best intrests at heart.
We shall continue to support him even if Levy doesn't !

bob threader, roydon, united kingdom