I've seen how he does when things are going well. That's not the issue. I want to see how he does, and more precisely what he does, when things are going badly. Does he stand there, sucking his cheek disconsolately, like our 'Arry seems to be doing lately? Or is he actually proactive and does he try to change things? How he responds when the chips are down will define whether I take him seriously or not. His squad rotation, his ability to manage big stars, his ability to turn things around when everything looks lost...all things that are yet to be proven. He may have done well at Swansea, but, with all due respect to them, we're on a different level. We'll have a lot more games to play, for one, and many of those will most likely be in Europe, plus the cup runs. We'll likely have a lot of egos needing to be salved when 'Arry leaves. We'll have players who will undoubtedly consider themselves on a different level to the ones he had at Swansea. We'll have massive dips in form as well, because after all that, we're still Spurs. Can he handle all of that? At the moment, there's no proof that he can. He's had one season at a fully supportive club where a lot of the groundwork was done by Martinez and Sousa. Let him prove himself before you rush to appoint him a messiah, is all.
