But it seems it was not helped when he had to virtually beg his Bulgarian striker to go on in the second half.
Dimitar Berbatov heaped more problems on the Spurs boss— as if a 3-1 defeat at Newcastle which left Tottenham buried in the relegation zone was not enough.
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Jol dropped last season's top scorer to the bench and then had one hell of a struggle to get him onto the pitch when things weren't going to well.
Jol had to ask him three times before he eventually stripped and came on as Spurs fought desperately to recover from goals either side of half time by Obafemi Martins and Brazilian defender Claudio Cacapa for the Toon Army.
And though Robbie Keane gave Tottenham hope with his seventh goal in the last seven games, a brilliant volley in the 74th minute by England Under 21 winger James Milner settled the issue.
Berbatov walked off at the end as though he wished he was somewhere else ... ANYWHERE!
And now Jol is waiting for the bullit that has his name on it.