12/03/24
November 05, 2004
Santini quits Spurs.: No link. Breaking news on BBC. Former French coach Jacques Santini has resigned as Tottenham Hotspurs manager, after less than six months in the position. Meanwhile, the Guardian has rumors that previous Spurs manager Glenn Hoddle is off to West Brom.
posted by worldcup2002 to soccer at 01:08 PM - 8 comments
So what!?! Won't anyone think of the Wolves?!?!! ;)
posted by scully at 02:12 PM on November 05, 2004
Private issues like he can't manage a freakin' football team...
posted by StarFucker at 02:37 PM on November 05, 2004
Santini probably got sick of the crap the English call food /French snark
posted by billsaysthis at 04:44 PM on November 05, 2004
Snark?
posted by StarFucker at 08:11 PM on November 05, 2004
Well, he'll be missed.
posted by Fat Buddha at 05:11 AM on November 06, 2004
When Santini was hired by the London club and after France's dismal performances at Euro2004, [someone] on TV over here said "[i]Santini has been hired to make Spurs play like France. Instead, he's made France play like Spurs[/i]." Which still makes me chuckle now. Meanwhile, Tottenham have announced Martin Jol will take over as head coach, as they continue with the whole Director of Football > Coach thingy, which has worked so well for them the last few years. Possible relief for Spurs comes with the rumour that West Brom will install Bryan Robson as their manager, meaning there's one less relegation spot for anyone to worry about.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:07 PM on November 08, 2004
Arse. I really need to stop swtiching between UBB and HTML. "[I]" Indeed.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:08 PM on November 08, 2004
OK. The Beeb finally posted a proper link. "Private issues in my personal life have arisen which caused my decision."