Absolutely terrible
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As the other reviewer said, this book feels like it was rushed out to cash in on Martin Jol's sacking. Apart from the appalling spelling mistakes on pretty much every single page, it has also been so poorly researched it's laughable. There are some glaring and bizarre mistakes regarding Jol's early career and family life that any Dutchman would spot from a mile. It makes me doubt Jol had anything to do with the book other than the first few pages.
It feels as if the author set out to write about Tottenham and their problems rather than a real take on Jol's life and career. Shame really, because I reckon Jol's got an interesting back story. In this book, his pre-Tottenham life apparently only merits around 25 pages, tucked away in the middle of the book, while the rest is about Spurs. Even that is worryingly full of errors for an apparent Spurs fan, as the other reviewer pointed out, with bits like the Feyenoord final. The best part of the book is the first couple of pages with quotes from Martin Jol. Save your money - flick through that bit in the book shop, then put it back on the shelf.
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Sack the proofreader!
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By day Harry Harris is the Chief Football Writer for the Sunday Express. You've probably also seen him from time to time appearing on the Sunday Supplement show on Sky Sports. From this you would imagine that he is not short of a bob or two, certainly earning enough to buy even the most basic of word processors. You know the kind, the ones that put a red squiggle underneath every spelling mistake? Yet Harry either wrote this on an old fashioned typewriter, chose to ignore the red squiggles or left it to the proofreader to sort out the text.
As a result, no one amended the spelling mistakes. There is virtually one mistake every page, sometimes more, so by the time you've ploughed through the two hundred or so pages, you get the feeling that this was bashed out as quickly as possible, irrespective of spelling, just to ensure it was on the market before Martin Jol's name was nothing more than a memory. Even worse, yes, even worse than the spelling mistakes, is the claim by Harry Harris that Spurs beat Feyenoord on penalties to win the 1984 UEFA Cup Final (on page 11). If a general football fan made that comment I'd be disappointed, but for a Spurs fan, and a professional journalist to boot, to make that claim beggars belief. So not only do we get an incompetent proofreader, we have a book written by a journalist who can't be bothered to check basic facts (I'll save you the trouble of looking it up - Spurs beat Feyenoord in the second round; it was Anderlecht they beat in the final).
All of which is something of a pity - I liked Martin Jol, who gave us Spurs fans some of our pride back by taking us to fifth place in consecutive seasons and, had the board kept a bit of faith, might well have built on that. This book highlights many of the reasons why he was popular with the fans and, it would appear, several of his rivals. Martin Jol will have little or no trouble getting another job; Harry Harris I'm not too sure.
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Martin Jol's Blue n White Army!!
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Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
Jol Jol he's Martin Martin Jol. He's got no hair, we dont care he's Martin Martin Jol!!!
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So Impressed
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OK I admit thet I've always had time for Martin Jol as a professional and as an man. This book is superb (and timely) offering so many details about Jol the man (sold fake designer gear, into art in a big way). Jol is candid throughout and the author lets him get on with it, without interjecting any of his personality into the publication. All round good stuff and I do recommend it.
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Martin Jol The Inside Story - do not miss out on this book!
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This book is great! The first time someone has actually got to the truth and spoken to the man behind it all. It was also great to find out who the real Martin Jol is - who knew he would like Kafka....
A must-read this Christmas!
Love From A Big Fan of This Book xxx
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