A few short weeks ago, the wailing and gnashing of teeth emanating from N17 could be heard from Land's End to John O'Groats.  Five games later and, judging by the various comments to articles on the net, there seems to be a growing epiphany, with some of the faithful transferring their allegiance from Martin Jol to Juande Ramos without breaking stride.

This doesn't mean to say that the board have been forgiven, of course. Football fans always need someone or something to moan about. They need someone to denigrate almost as much as they need someone to worship.  That is their nature. Having been a Spurs fan, man and boy, for over 40 years, I, too, have done my share of denigration and worshipping, but I've come to the conclusion that getting overheated about the boardroom antics in football just isn't worth having a stroke over.

What really happened in the boardroom over those fateful weeks will only ever be known to those present.  Even if there was some logic to their actions, that will never be believed by the majority, and Damien Comolli has such a hill to climb with the fans that he'll need oxygen and Sherpa guide before he gets to the top.

'I've come to the conclusion that getting overheated about the boardroom antics in football just isn't worth having a stroke over'


I felt a lot of sympathy for MJ but that is an episode now consigned to history. We need to move on and give our support and loyalty to Ramos.  Five games in and he seems to have steadied the ship. I thoroughly enjoyed the West Ham game, although it would have been nice if Jermain Defoe wasn't quite so anxious to score and relaxed into his normal game.

I thought Ramos showed he is very capable of some Mourinho-style inventive decision making.  Although the decision to get Younes Kaboul off wasn't a difficult one, replacing him with a striker was.

We now need to start turning these draws into wins and we will climb the table. We do have a lot of talented players and we just might have a manager who can get the best out of the likes of Jermaine Jenas, who can be a real play-maker on his day. The trouble is he doesn't know which day is his!

I guess what I'm saying is that the MJ era is now history, boardrooms are what boardrooms are, somehow businessmen who are first class at keeping their commercial empires going and conducting business in private, feel it is OK to forget every principle of decent management once they own a football club. But, as, fans we need to forget that no matter how hard that is, we need to move on because we can't affect what happens, no matter how much we delude ourselves that we can. Get behind the new era and keep the faith.