It's funny, I get the sense that the players are fully behind the manager. And not just in the sense of putting in the effort, but very clearly putting a tactical plan into play. The difference in the approach to Tromso and United was obvious and I think they are clearly putting what he wants into practice.
I think what may be happening is there is a bit of a divide in the Spurs boardroom/advisory circles. And that's between some of the old school still annoyed at Redknapp's sacking (probably the same guy that gave the 'he's either a genius or a fraud' comment when AVB was hired, who is now perking up because he feels he can get his agenda across easily with negative results) and some of the new school that want the club to modernise and aren't scarred by the experience with Ramos and Commoli.
I mean, Duncan Castles is reporting that Hoddle is being seriously considered by Spurs. I cannot for the life of me fathom this. Either it's a story planted to make us as fans go 'WTF, if we sack AVB for him we are mental' or it's a serious story planted by the same source from the Spurs board, who has pretty much been against AVB from the beginning. I would really love to know who the ****er is because I cannot understand why he is kept around the club and allowed to do what he is doing. Levy etc must know who it is and what he is doing.
I get the sense Levy likes keeping the old school around because he likes the club to have a sense of itself and because he doesn't want to forget where he came from (and maybe these old schoolers aren't willing to relinquish what little control that they have). From reading Sugar's book he's known Levy from way back when, so there are probably some personal ties there too. However from a purely footballing point of view, I don't really believe Levy pays serious attention to what this old school section of the club thinks, because he is a moderniser and he wants to drag us into the future. I get the feeling that as much as he will pay platitudes to the connections he has made throughout his career, when it comes to footballing decisions he trusts himself and the more modern wing. And because of that, there's a section of the club that feel it is their duty to balance it out, and it is that section we need rid of IMO.
