In this week's debate, Matt Hughes suggested Juande Ramos (right), the Tottenham manager, will have no place to hide this season after being given generous transfer funds and clearing out all traces of previous incumbent, Martin Jol, at White Hart Lane. Reader replies were an understandable mix of bright optimism and forehead-slapping incredulity. Spurs have a long way to go. Some players I suspect are mid/upper-table quality such as Gomez, Woodgate, King, Bentley - even this wonderkid Giovanni has a lot of settling in to do. With an inferior manager in Mark Hughes, Man City could also suffer, so in my eyes the best hope of cracking the big four goes to Everton and Aston Villa, who on paper have an excellent starting 11, but desperately need to strengthen in depth. These two clubs will need a lot of luck with results and...
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