It's a touch premature to talk of Martin Jol's sacking, but who would Spurs fans like to see in the hot-seat if the Dutchman is indeed fired?

After another painful performance on top of the disastrous trip to Sunderland, supporters cannot be blamed for wondering who would be the best person to rejuvenate Tottenham.

The defeat at home to Everton was as inept as it was gutless. Hardly any player came out of it able to hold his head up high after being roundly booed off the field.

‘Perhaps the chance to lead the club where he was shown so much adoration would be enough to encourage Klinsmann to relocate to north London’


It's hardly what Spurs fans expected after a summer of expensive signings that left them hoping for a whole lot more than they are currently getting. A side tipped for top four now find themselves at the foot of the table and already forced to play catch-up less than a week into the season.

I am not one for knee-jerk reactions, but who would supporters like to offer up as a potential replacement if the axe does fall on Jol?

Jurgen Klinsmann is one name that has been bandied about. The German hot-shot and recent international manager was a huge cult hero as a player at White Hart Lane, his short spells culminating in 30 goals in 55 games, which is even more impressive when you consider he was over 30 when he arrived the first time.

Klinsmann quit as Germany boss due primarily to the fact that he wanted to return to his family home in California, but maybe now he would consider a return to the promised land of the Premier League. He reportedly turned down a Roman Abramovich approach to manage Chelsea, which would no doubt endear him that little bit extra to Spurs fans. Perhaps the chance to lead the club where he was shown so much adoration would be enough to encourage him to relocate to north London.

Other names to fling in the hat would inevitably include Terry Venables, arguably Spurs' last manager of note. Would he fancy one last hurrah rather than trying to teach Steve McClaren how to manage the England team? I would have thought so, but maybe Daniel Levy would prefer a more youthful boss to kick-start the faltering revolution which he has helped to fund.

It cannot be said that the Jol has not been backed to the hilt with finances and, while injuries have played their part in the stumbling start to the season, nothing can protect him from the fact that his side look well and truly out of sorts.

Maybe a dream-ticket would be either of these bosses alongside a boss-in-the-making, someone like Teddy Sheringham, whose vision on the pitch would surely translate off it?

Of course, this is all mere speculation, driven –perhaps too quickly – after viewing 90 minutes of calamity last night. Maybe in the cold light of day and after the dust on another defeat settles, the situation might not seem quite so desperate. Jol clearly has the support of most of his north London flock, but for how much longer?