JUANDE RAMOS has good reason to be looking over his shoulder at White Hart Lane.

Bottom of the Premier League with just two points on the board, Tottenham are suffering yet another lousy start to the season.

They have signed some incredibly expensive players this summer but it just isn’t happening.

Ramos has insisted he is happy in North London but I wonder if Spurs are already tapping up another manager. Let’s face it, they have form in this department.

Daniel Levy and his board have made some strange decisions upstairs in the past. They chose to replace Martin Jol, who had done a decent job and was going through his first sticky patch.

During Jol’s poor spell, there were strong rumours Ramos had already been approached by Spurs.

Ramos arrived, and now a year later — albeit with the Carling Cup in the trophy cabinet — not too much has changed.

Spurs defend their trophy at Newcastle tomorrow before going to Portsmouth on Sunday. Two big games. If Tottenham suffer a few more dodgy results Ramos will find himself under immense pressure.

I hope the club will see the error of its ways in the past and give Ramos more time.

Equally, Spurs have to be patient with all their new boys — David Bentley, Luka Modric, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Vedran Corluka and Heurelho Gomes. The new lads have not delivered. They are clearly not dealing with the pressure very well.

Tottenham fans always turn out in force so you cannot blame them for venting their frustration — and Sunday’s goalless draw with Wigan was another disappointment.

Bentley, in particular, was always going to have a tough job to win over the fans as a former Arsenal player.

But the fans must give him a chance as he will definitely prove to be a good signing. He’s class.

Elsewhere on Sunday, I thought the Chelsea-Manchester United was pretty cagey.

There’s no doubt Chelsea missed Deco as they didn’t have the same amount of quality passing. But I always felt they’d get something from the game.

I’d have thought both teams were happy with a point.

The one thing which saddened me was the way the United bus was attacked after the game.

In my playing days, particularly when I went to Spurs with Arsenal, we’d get a fair amount of abuse — not just from men, but from women and kids.

They’d scream all sorts of abuse but nothing was ever thrown.

It is about time those Chelsea fans showed a bit of class. They’ve got a great team to watch, so it’s a shame there is still a minority who are happy to cause trouble.

HEROES OF THE WEEK

NIGEL BANNISTER, the linesman who flagged for a goal at Watford despite the ball going wide.

He said it was an optical illusion but that’s no defence.

He must be sacked with immediate effect. The man is a disgrace.

IAN WRIGHT was talking to CHARLIE WYETT

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