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Management Poll: Who do you want most as our next manager?

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Who would be your first choice?

  • Graham Potter

  • Scott Parker

  • Ten Hag

  • Rafa Benitez

  • None of the above - comment below

  • *Marcelo Bielsa

  • *Ralf Rangnick

  • *Ralph Hasenhüttl

  • *Steven Gerrard

  • *Julen Lopetegui

  • *Christophe Galtier

  • *Marcelo Gallardo

  • *Oliver Glasner

  • *Ryan Mason

  • *Maurizio Sarri

  • *Gian Piero Gasperini

  • *Mauricio Pochettino

  • *Antonio Conte

  • *Eddie Howe

  • *Gareth Southgate

  • *Nuno Espirito Santo

  • *Paulo Fonseca

  • *Gennaro Gattuso

  • *Ernesto Valverde

Results are only viewable after voting.
ElTel said:
Well we did go from Poch to Mourinho, Redknapp to AVB, so Levy has proven he doesn't have a real continuous football plan that he sticks to. Same goes with having or not having a DoF.
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In some ways he's gone for authoritarian whip crackers that micro manage player fitness. Ramos, AVB, Pochettino, and to an extent Mourinho were all known to have very regimented ways of running things.

The exceptions (Jol and Redknapp) were hired due to circumstances beyond Levy's control.
 
MemphisWill said:
TBF, you're working under the severely flawed assumption that shit thats posted on Twitter is actually true. So. Who never learns, again?
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It's not shit posted on twitter, it's shit written by journalists who are paid to source and write shit. Their shit was right about Mourinho was spot on when none of us fans would believe Levy would go there, again they were right about Levy talking to Ten Hag, is it unreasonable to assume he has approached Rodgers and been rejected like has happened twice before?

I can genuinely believe our search for a manager is chaotic because of the types of managers we have employed before
 
Amoeba said:
I believe Levy is on the verge of appointing himself as manager.
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I think the reaction on here would be initial outrage and 100% condemnation.
(with accompanying poll)

Then after a few days a few of the usual suspects will peep out from the bushes and start testing the water for possible justification.

After a couple of weeks "Don" Levy will be offered high praise and adulation for his courage and innovation.
 
Dr Rocktopus said:
In some ways he's gone for authoritarian whip crackers that micro manage player fitness. Ramos, AVB, Pochettino, and to an extent Mourinho were all known to have very regimented ways of running things.

The exceptions (Jol and Redknapp) were hired due to circumstances beyond Levy's control.
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It would be worrying if that's true. Fitness is not the number one criteria for me at least.
 
Joan Thomas said:
He's definitely got better credentials than Parker or Potter
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What credentials? Mourinho had amazing credentials but the football was painful to watch and still we didnt win anything.

If it's about credentials I guess you would be happy with Benitez. A winner, experience, available, it doesn't matter again that the football is eye wateringly dull.

I just want to enjoy watching the team again, I know we are not going to win anything so why not have fun in the meantime
 
Signing Parker would show a lack of imagination and balls on the part of the Board.

And if Levy means it when he's quoted as saying he wants a manager who plays attacking football, then Parker isn't it.

I think a lot of roads point to Potter at the moment, but will Levy be bold enough to go for such a "small" name? I think he'll worry (unnecessarily) about fans' reaction, but also about whether the likes of Kane will accept him.

I hope that Levy will properly speak to Potter (and others), and that the best candidate will shine through. We all want the best manager, someone who can get us playing the attacking football our club is (or at least was) known for, not just a familiar name.
 
Belgrano said:
I think a lot of roads point to Potter at the moment, but will Levy be bold enough to go for such a "small" name? I think he'll worry (unnecessarily) about fans' reaction, but also about whether the likes of Kane will accept him.
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Levy had the greatest success in his tenure by appointing a "nobody" in Pochettino. After being badly burned by a big name in Mourinho I don't see why he would have an issue appointing a less glamorous manager.

Levy needs to understand that the successes we have had under him have come from bringing people with the right personality and principles of football that align with what our fans want to see. Not from bringing the biggest names or spending big money.

All our big money signings have been flops and the big name managers have flopped too. Our success came with younger, hungrier players and managers who didn't have a glittering CV but who understood the culture of the club. Players like Modric, Eriksen, Dele, young talents with big potential. Managers like Jol, Redknapp, Poch who built a togetherness in the squad and a synergy with the fans.

The worst thing we could do right now is bring in Allegri, Benitez, Simeone etc,surely Levy must know that. It's clear that our fans will never accept a pragmatist as the manager, we had that with AVB and Mourinho and both are despised. We need to recreate that family feeling within the club and if Potter can do that he will probably get the job.

Kane is surely not so arrogant to dismiss a manager like Potter after his own development under Poch. The person who gets the job should be the person with the personality and principles that best align with our club. At the moment Potter and Parker seem to be the two that do, experience is really not that important. We just fired one of the most experienced managers in the world after getting annihilated by a Croatian side whose manager was in prison. If we appoint another Mourinho we are fucked.
 
I think there's obviously no clear favourite for the job right now. Imagine there'll be up to five or six on a list and it'll be down to how they interview, how much they'll cost and whether a deal can be done or not.

Those holding out hope of Rodgers(7/1), I just can't see it. I think he'd have the players currently in our squad playing to a top 4 level, but he'd cost more than 20m and is in a good spot where he is.

Parker 8/5 with the bookies now, but we've had Sarri, Nagelsmann etc down at that price in the past week as well, hopefully means nothing. He seems a decent coach but c'mon.

Potter down at 10/1. Rangnick 9/1. Lopetegui 12/1. Flick 20/1. Farke 25/1 I'd be happy with any of these at this stage. Would also prefer Hassenhutl over the likes of Parker, Bentitez, Martinez, Howe

Whole thing is giving me a headache, this was such an easy club to follow when Poch was in charge
 
StripiestPilot said:
Levy had the greatest success in his tenure by appointing a "nobody" in Pochettino. After being badly burned by a big name in Mourinho I don't see why he would have an issue appointing a less glamorous manager.

Levy needs to understand that the successes we have had under him have come from bringing people with the right personality and principles of football that align with what our fans want to see. Not from bringing the biggest names or spending big money.

All our big money signings have been flops and the big name managers have flopped too. Our success came with younger, hungrier players and managers who didn't have a glittering CV but who understood the culture of the club. Players like Modric, Eriksen, Dele, young talents with big potential. Managers like Jol, Redknapp, Poch who built a togetherness in the squad and a synergy with the fans.

The worst thing we could do right now is bring in Allegri, Benitez, Simeone etc,surely Levy must know that. It's clear that our fans will never accept a pragmatist as the manager, we had that with AVB and Mourinho and both are despised. We need to recreate that family feeling within the club and if Potter can do that he will probably get the job.

Kane is surely not so arrogant to dismiss a manager like Potter after his own development under Poch. The person who gets the job should be the person with the personality and principles that best align with our club. At the moment Potter and Parker seem to be the two that do.
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Agree with all of that, except Parker seems more of a pragmatist, and I'm not convinced he'll get us playing exciting football.
 
Belgrano said:
Agree with all of that, except Parker seems more of a pragmatist, and I'm not convinced he'll get us playing exciting football.
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I watched Fulham a lot this season and they try to play forward as much as they can. Against Chelsea yesterday they moved the ball much quicker and more crisply than we do. With better players I think his football would suit us just fine.

Parker knows what the Tottenham fans want to see.
 
The sad thing is not just the quality / experience of managers we are considering or rumoured to be approaching but also the fact that we seemingly have to go to them instead of receiving lots of enquiries from top drawer people.

It's a sad indictment of Daniel Levy's reputation as Chairman and a huge indicator of where our problems truly lie.
 
Dr Rocktopus said:
In some ways he's gone for authoritarian whip crackers that micro manage player fitness. Ramos, AVB, Pochettino, and to an extent Mourinho were all known to have very regimented ways of running things.

The exceptions (Jol and Redknapp) were hired due to circumstances beyond Levy's control.
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In some ways I agree with what your getting at, I also think that Jol and Redknapp where reactionary appointments instead of being part of any long term vision or strategy for the teams direction, unfortunately I think that’s the way we are heading now...I think whoever we appoint will not have been Levy’s first choice and it could potentially be an other ‘make do for a year or two’ sort of person 🤨
 
I wouldn't read too much into Parker being fav right now. Bookies seem to get away with it every time they pump a manager just before they're ruled out effectively. Fulham going down is an indicator we won't be getting Parker, not a stronger sign. Levy would only take a risk on him if he achieved something which is keep Fulham up and that looks very unlikely now after yesterday.

I would still imagine it's up in the air tbh and nobody right now is the man. Levy probably wanted a few weeks to see how it all plays out, which players now respond and who is he getting rid of. Can some of the players regain a bit of form for a new manager or add to their transfer value before now and the end of the season.

This next appointment is huge for us. Jol, Redknapp and Poch were all the correct managers for what we needed at that moment to inch us that bit closer. Jol setup a team that was pushing for champions league, Redknapp finally got us champs league and poch got us there on a weekly basis, really competing and I think we've always had that potential but it was always some reason we fell short. Top players want to leave for bigger clubs, lasagne gate, lack of key signings when crying for it.

This now is the most important signing. We aren't worthy of Top 4 and that's probably the key for me, yes you win at all costs and be happy to but we are not one of the top 4 this season in Premier league so even if we somehow scraped in its papering over the cracks. Teams we've had in past seasons would absolutely tear our this seasons team apart.

We need a whole new start and project. Let's pray Kane stays around as long as possible but if the time comes he wants to leave, maybe he doesn't want to wait three years for us to get back competing at the top for example, and at that stage you would hope you can spend money on a direct replacement striker using a big portion of his money rather than using this to then fill out our squad and hope they all gel quickly.

If we get it right, we look similar to Man United, where they've had to get over the depression of losing Ferguson and change in identity. They now are competing again.
We get it wrong and we look like scum down the road, still no better than the day Wenger was sacked.
 
Mr. Voldemort said:
The sad thing is not just the quality / experience of managers we are considering or rumoured to be approaching but also the fact that we seemingly have to go to them instead of receiving lots of enquiries from top drawer people.

It's a sad indictment of Daniel Levy's reputation as Chairman and a huge indicator of where our problems truly lie.
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Totally agree mate, we are fast becoming the new chelsea in the eyes of managers around the world, trigger happy with coaches, only difference with us is working on shoe string budgets is not how most top drawer managers want to operate.
 
ElTel said:
It's not shit posted on twitter, it's shit written by journalists who are paid to source and write shit. Their shit was right about Mourinho was spot on when none of us fans would believe Levy would go there, again they were right about Levy talking to Ten Hag, is it unreasonable to assume he has approached Rodgers and been rejected like has happened twice before?

I can genuinely believe our search for a manager is chaotic because of the types of managers we have employed before
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Whilst there is a mud flinging tactic generally, the press have contacts
There's no way players, coaches and staff all keep every whisper they hear to themselves. All it takes is a small leak, a bit of gossip about what someone heard and a jurno with a snitch who will talk for a few notes.

The problem for us fans is we never know which ones are from the horses mouth or from people playing the guessing game.
Unless it's sky sports. They just reguritate other people's stories
 
The reason i think we're flapping around without much clue is even reliable journos like Ally Gold or Dan Kilpatrick seem to be adding different names every few days. Gold said a few days ago we wanted it done before the end of the season and that doesn't look likely now. Personally i think they'll try for Rodgers again at the end of the season but that looks destined to fail. Other than that i dont think they have much of a idea sadly. I hope i'm wrong. If they wanted someone out of work like Allegri, Benitez or Rangnick why weren't they appointed a week ago?
 
Belgrano said:
Signing Parker would show a lack of imagination and balls on the part of the Board.

And if Levy means it when he's quoted as saying he wants a manager who plays attacking football, then Parker isn't it.

I think a lot of roads point to Potter at the moment, but will Levy be bold enough to go for such a "small" name? I think he'll worry (unnecessarily) about fans' reaction, but also about whether the likes of Kane will accept him.

I hope that Levy will properly speak to Potter (and others), and that the best candidate will shine through. We all want the best manager, someone who can get us playing the attacking football our club is (or at least was) known for, not just a familiar name.
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It would surprise me if the club does not have people on staff that do "research" by looking at how the fans on forums like this and on social media react to the names linked.

I don't think it has a lot of influence on decisions, but the club most likely keeps track of what the fans are thinking about certain rumours.
 
Whoever gets the job is going to have to turn things around. I only hope that we give him time to do that.

Our scouting and recruitment system is dreadful. I know I keep saying it but our best signing would be a footballing DOF.
Question is would the new manager want one?
Would Levy appoint one?
If so, who would advise him on who to get?
 
Sparkplugs said:
Totally agree mate, we are fast becoming the new chelsea in the eyes of managers around the world, trigger happy with coaches, only difference with us is working on shoe string budgets is not how most top drawer managers want to operate.
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Sorry but almost any manager in the world would go there because they will be backed to the moon and back with whatever they want.
Everyone knows they're gonna be working with at least one arm tied behind their back at Spurs.
 
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