Sacking Jose Mourinho only way forward for Tottenham

Jose’s tired, outdated approach

Jose isn’t the first manager to utilize three at the back. But he continually goes with the option after repeated failure, stubbornly — and maddeningly – refusing to adapt. They say that adaptation is a key human variable. Jose missed the memo. Rarely has he shown a propensity to think outside of the box, to change systems and formations in live play. He no longer innovates, hellbent on holding onto an outdated philosophy

The gaffer has played Moussa Sissoko, Matthew Doherty, Ben Davies, Serge Aurier, Tanguy Ndombele out of position, sticking them in perilous spots, almost guaranteeing failure.

What’s even worse is Jose’s inability — due to his inflated ego — to take accountability for his mistakes. One common trait of the world’s best leaders is their selfless, rational ability to own up to folly. Jose’s early, consistent, unrivalled success as a manager has blinded him to his own destructive tendencies. His extreme hubris has annihilated any and all self-awareness, leaving him completely and utterly devoid of humility.

Jose, on more occasions than I can recall, publicly throws his players under the bus for mistakes he commits. It’s an ineffective, counterproductive, archaic form of man management. Players lose courage, confidence and, maybe worst of all, the will to play.

His risk-averse, cagey, defensive style is tailor-fitted for a side trying to avoid relegation, not for one of Tottenham’s conclusive quality. The charismatic self-anointed Special One sold Daniel Levy a lemon. Levy should have know better, but that’s a discussion for another day.

Jose, before almost assuredly ostracizing the majority of the locker room, usually yields his best results in the first two seasons after joining a club. But it is clear when the honeymoon period ends, with the affected club falling quickly off a precipitous cliff.

Regrettably, we have clearly come to that point. throughout Jose’s tenure at Tottenham, I’ve never been an ardent backer of his appointment. But I tried my utmost to give him the benefit of the doubt. And for a period, when he shored up our porous defence and started getting consistent results, I rejoiced.

Looking back now I realize that was precisely the aforementioned honeymoon period Jose has become so infamous for.

It’s time to let the misery of Jose’s reign end. Sign a manager who will allow our elite talent to express themselves and remember why they started playing in the first place, to have fun and feel joy.

Because winning is intertwined closely with the ability to find joy in ones work. It’s impossible to fulfil potential without joy. After witnessing the way our team has regressed recently, fulfilling our potential under Mourinho’s misdirection is a mere pipe dream.