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Spurs in a familiar circle of doom, in which arguments rage over who is to blame: individual players, team, manager, owners. The answer is all of them. Responsibility is collective. But, rightly or wrongly, the manager is the key individual responsible for the day-to-day stuff.
Performances and results are his remit. Sure, any manager needs support and investment from owners, and buy-in and application from players. But it's the manager's job to get the playing resources functioning. That's why they are paid such big money and have such a big profile.
FWIW I'm one of those who think the cult of the manager is overdone in the modern game. Theire is a direct correlation between recruiting the best players (and paying them) in order to achieve success. But things like morale, cohesion, application, and a recognisable plan are...
down to the manager, especially at clubs (like Spurs) with lower budgets *relative* to competitors. They set the standards and the tone, regardless of results. Basically, if the team is at least trying, and demonstrating adherence to a plan, the manager is doing at least part
of his job. The concerning signs about Spurs and JM is that this is not evident. It's not just yesterday, it's been a feature for a while. Results at the end of last season were good but performances mediocre at best. So when the results are poor there's not a lot left to excuse.
But that's what we're getting. Complaints, moans, shifting blame onto anything and everything (the snide dig about 'I can't coach refs') but himself. Regular sufferers will know I'm no fan of Mourinho and have persistent doubts about his suitability to manage Spurs. Would love..
To be proved wrong and that all the noise and hot air is just that. But, as often mentioned, when your rep is purely based on winning then winning is all that counts. All this bluster doesn't. IMHO we've heard far too much from JM, in All Or Nothing and more generally...
It's getting tedious. Time for action. It's a new season, with new players, so any rush judgements are unwise. But yesterday felt like pattern behaviour that needs to be put right by the manager very well paid to do so.
