Jose has gone to Roma. That will reduce his compo package. Yah.
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I don't understand why Conte would be in that category when he basically plays the same football as Rodgers or Poch. Is it because he's Italian?The only pragmatist I would currently accept would be someone like Conte but that’s because he is outstanding but that won’t happen.
I’m pretty sure 80-85% of the fans would have been happy with ten Hag. I really wonder what the fuck happened in that meeting that made Levy do a 180 degrees. If it was money again..........
Flick has no track record, he's just a name because he's been babysitting a superclub.
Not as defensive.
He won the CL and is the leading candidate for one of the best national teams in the world. But hey, Potter has a nice xG so he's got a track record...Flick has no track record, he's just a name because he's been babysitting a superclub.
Flick did it with the best team in Germany.. Granted he won the UCL as well, but he had the best players possible, and funds to do what he wanted with. He's never managed outside of Germany, isn't used to working with a limited budget and clearly wants the German national job.
Which is a very valid concern. He does have significant bonafides as a guy who will coach an attacking team that wins stuff. But yeah, that youth problem is a no-go for us. Possibly the only remaining point of agreement between Levy and the fans is that the Academy and youth players matter to Spurs.Garcia would not fit at Spurs. He would kill the youth system. He's known as football's "youth terrorist" for a reason.
Spot on.Flick has no track record, he's just a name because he's been babysitting a superclub.
Out of the French managers I would look at Galtier. His Lille team plays good football. He's decent at integrating the youth. And his contract expires at the end of the season.Which is a very valid concern. He does have significant bonafides as a guy who will coach an attacking team that wins stuff. But yeah, that youth problem is a no-go for us. Possibly the only remaining point of agreement between Levy and the fans is that the Academy and youth players matter to Spurs.
I like Potter but I think it's quite easy to see why some wouldn't be sold on him if they just look at the standings and don't really look much deeper than that. They're currently 14th yes, but they're on 37 points and 17th spot is on 36. Last year they finished 15th.4 games to go? Be funny if Brighton win out and are up to 10th or so. Still wouldn't impress some people.
Shit, it wouldn't impress people if Potter stayed, got a striker, and the moved up to 8th. They would praise the striker and still blame Potter for not getting 4th.
It's a boring back and forth now.
I think that the game has changed a bit since Poche joined, in that the PL has, if anything, become much, much tougher just by virtue of there being no idiots left managing clubs. I can't think of anyone who really has shown that ability to take a club well beyond the sum of their parts, other than maybe Christophe Galtier. And while I think he'd be brilliant, I don't know if he speaks enough English, he's never managed outside France, and he plays a very counter-attacking style, rather than the Spurs style, even though a much more offensive version than what Mourinho claimed was counter-attacking.Ally Gold just had a live Q&A and of course Potter and Parker came up. He pretty much said that if Spurs end up with either, he feels like we will have not been ambitious enough. His point was Poch had Southampton at their highest finish in a long, long time and Parker and Potter have just been relegated or survived relegation. I have to say I agree.
Galtier was assistant at Pompey I believe.I think that the game has changed a bit since Poche joined, in that the PL has, if anything, become much, much tougher just by virtue of there being no idiots left managing clubs. I can't think of anyone who really has shown that ability to take a club well beyond the sum of their parts, other than maybe Christophe Galtier. And while I think he'd be brilliant, I don't know if he speaks enough English, he's never managed outside France, and he plays a very counter-attacking style, rather than the Spurs style, even though a much more offensive version than what Mourinho claimed was counter-attacking.
I think we have no clear candidate out there for us now. We don't have enough to attract Ten Hag or Nagelsmann, and there is no clear #1 choice representing "the next wave." I think we will have to accept that the next manager will likely be a transitional period where we rebuild around our fundamentals, transition the squad, and hopefully get direction and forward momentum back. Anything else may be gravy.
Did not say anything different about the market trader but Sugar did manage not to bankrupt the club even if he lined his own pockets with the behind closed doors where Amstrad made the Sky boxes very dubious quid pro quo situation.
Haha, we mentioned Galtier at the same time. If he really does speak English, then great, interview him ASAP. It's not as possession-based as I would like, but he's definitely got the right managerial ideas and knows how to take a group of young players and get them to play good football.Galtier was assistant at Pompey I believe.
It went horribly but he has worked in England before.