That particular type of football (alas with one obvious exception) died out in the eighties when the Premiership/Div 1 had three differing styles of footie you had the counter attacking type exemplified by a hugely successful Forest side, a “Up & At Them” style such as Joe Royles “Dogs Of War” and “Footballing Sides” such as Tottenham, Norwich & West Ham.
There was also one other mildly successful side who played possession footie called
For modern day footie, as if Spurs fans need reminding the “
For the Papers to suggest that Jacques is due to receive the Order Of The Boot is at best mischievous at worst a pretty feeble attempt to undermine him.
For the first time in ages we are actually building from the back which has been the formula utilized by all successful sides and is already an improvement on last season.
Jacques to date has been very pragmatic in everything he does; yes he has made the occasional mistake, but unlike previous managers, does not make the same mistake twice, whilst managing expectations.
Suspect that that he will be with us for a while yet.