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Camden New Journal - CROW by RICHARD OSLEY and PIP WROE
Published: 9 October 2008

Juande time is ripe for Gooners to sign up for the Ramos fan club

RICHARD Osley has become a fan of Juande Ramos... as the “live feed” reads this morning.
Don’t worry it’s not the crazy new Facebook misfiring again. Last time I checked, you dossers can still while away your working day pointlessly poking people, playing mindless word games and exchanging pictures of chance meetings with minor celebrities.
Don’t be jealous but I met celebrity bellower Brian Blessed once. Beat that.
Facebook is still going and I’ve decided to do the sensible thing and sign up to the online Ramos fan club.
Why wouldn’t I? We are clearly kindred spirits. Me and the great man are obviously united in a dislike of Tottenham Hotspur.
Of course, a mere mortal like me can only do his bit with a few cheap and repetitive gags at the Bottom One Tottenham’s expense each week. Boring.
Ramos, in contrast, is godlike in his proactive approach. He should be honoured for his work. No doubt a statue will be chiselled out in years to come – as a more effective tribute than a Facebook fan club.
No silly back page columns for him; he appears to have devoted his entire life to running the club into the Championship. Sell all the strikers. Lose to Sunderland and Hull. Send Gus Poyet out to explain it all. They were all inspired moves, capped by the latest piece of genius: Playing David Bentley at right back.
Clocked his gameplan yet?
If you are on the red and right side in the Arsenal-Spurs divide, sign up straight away.

THE situation’s fast becoming comical. In an ironic twist, Hull have shown themselves to be the iceberg and Spurs are sinking without trace after their clash on Sunday. (Although comparing the Titanic with Tottenham as a footballing force seems ludicrous, it is the mix of surprise and tragedy that makes it appropriate). Amazingly Spurs actually created some chances last weekend, but our goalscoring record remains disturbingly consistent.
The game itself changed little. It just allowed the opportunity for more jokes and rumours.
The idea that Daniel Levy would sack Ramos at this point is laughable for two reasons. First, having been prepared to haggle for three months for a couple of million pounds as he did over Berbatov’s sale, it seems more plausible he’ll keep Ramos till we’re languishing in League Two before paying £15 million compensation to terminate his contract.
Second, if Levy did sack Ramos, it would be proof that the Spurs board are stupid and don’t know what they’re doing. (Not that they haven’t proved that already!)
To distract our attention from the doom and gloom of White Hart Lane, it appears that Arsenal have somehow turned into Liverpool, doing their utmost to rule themselves out of the title race by Christmas. But we at Spurs have too many problems right now to worry about anyone except Stoke. It’s time to organise a rescue package.

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