Juande Ramos: The Biggest Fraud In Football

After Spurs' fantastic draw in the league against Chelsea,I feel its time to reveal a fact you might not believe. That Juande Ramos is not all he's made up to be.

Spurs fans would have you believe that he is the messiah, the man to take them to the next level. The man who will get them the elusive fourth place (wasn't that man Martin Jol 12 months ago?). However, when you break down his record, he is simply not that good, he is very average.

A bit of background first off. At 53—just five years younger then Wenger—he great Ramos has had 11 jobs in 14 years. Not exactly what you would expect from a top-class manager.

Since he took over Spurs, they have been a revaluation! Spur's Premiership record currently reads:

P - 29
W - 9
D - 8
L - 12

Not exactly a great record for someone who has supposedly had a fantastic start to his managerial career.

And in Spain, he had finishes of 5th and 3rd, then jumping ship when they were mid table is pretty decent. But in my honest opinion, Sevilla in the league was more to do with having a lot of good youngster's, who were already at the club, growing up and coming good, and not as much to do with Ramos being a superb manager. Out of interest, after Ramos left, Sevilla rose from 9th to 5th under the stewardship of  Manuel Jimenez (WHO? I hear you all shout)

But one thing is not in doubt, he is a fantastic cup manager. 6 cups in 2 years surely shows how great he is.

But wait a minute, lets look at his 'fantastic' cup victories:

Copa del Rey - A competition taken so seriously in Spain that Barcelona have not won it since 1998 and Real Madrid have not won it since 1989. When you consider that the FA Cup, Arsenal or Man U have won 7 of the last 11, it shows how little respect the Copa del Rey gets in Spain! Well done Ramos, this is the first trophy you have won that no one really cares about

Supercopa de España - AKA the Charity Shield.

His record is starting to sound like Houllier's of the early 00's, were he won truck loads but bar the FA Cup, it was truck loads of garbage! But it must get better?

UEFA Cup - The competition that many teams that are in it dont care about. I remember Parma a few years back playing there youth team in every match and winning it! So he won it twice. Beating Middlesborough (out thinking that legendary England Manager Steve McClaren), and also beating Espanyol (the spurs of Barcelona!). The 3rd trophy won by Ramos that no one gives a toss about

UEFA Super Cup - AKA the Charity Shield of Europe

Wow, his record is looking more and more like houllier's fake '5 trophies in 6 months' record.

Carling Cup - A cup that, like the previous 4 that Ramos has won, no one gives a crap about and, will always be the bottom of every fans wish list. Well done, 5 trophies

So whilst he has won a lot of trophies, if everyone is honest, he has won a load of Mickey Mouse shields that no big team takes seriously.

So Spurs, enjoy your messiah, you have a manager who has never won anything of note, has a very average record, and, quite frankly, is a fraud surrounded by a great media machine. But then again, he suits spurs, an average team surrounded by a great media machine which makes them seem bigger then they are.

Sorry if I seem like a bitter old Gooner—I suppose I am, though. :)