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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


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I think situation 2 is not that bleak. We can find a lot of very good young talent to replace players. They won't necessarily be top 4 contenders next year in that case, but will get you out of your seat. Most clubs in Europe are facing very bad financial situations and this summer will have a lot of forced sales to balance the books (especially in France).

Given that we need to overhaul the squad anyway, if we can take advantage of the situation to stock up on good players while focusing more on getting rid of bad players than getting good prices for them, we could give the new "project" manager a much more positive situation even if Kane or Son were to leave. The other plus side is if you buy kids who didn't go to the Euros, but instead had a proper summer break, you could have a fitness advantage next year over teams whose players did play in the Euros. Especially given the way the schedule gets ruined by the World Cup next year.

I don't know that we're smart enough to do this, but the potential is there to do it, and it would not be a disaster.

I'm holding on to this sentiment. Yes, it would be very sad (understatement) to sell Kane and/or Son, and no, I don't trust Levy/Hitchens one iota to manage a significant roster overhaul. But *if* we make the right appointments (a strong enough manager, and/or a true director of football), and *if* we sell for big enough money, those funds could go a *long* way this summer in what is almost certainly going to be a radical buyers market.
 
Graham Roberts on Potter's potential manager's role 🗣:
''I think he’s done okay at Brighton, they beat Liverpool, but then lost to West Brom and Sheffield United.''

''So to me that shows there’s something not right there.''
 
So he either headed here or we are getting Rodgers and he's headed to LC... anyone know Tuttosport's reliability?

It still smells like negotiations with Lazio to me

Show Me The Money GIF


Also, for all of our various Italian potential targets, the Juve situation is a confounding factor.
 
Stop the presses, the Pathletic have an exclusive.

Spurs are going to wait until the end of the season for a new manager, imagine that!

"Steve Hitchen is drawing up a three, four, maximum of five man shortlist and then they will move on to interviews.

“I would expect the announcement in late May or early June."
Is Hitchen actually making this decision? Neither him or baldy is fit to make it. I hope it goes to a Board vote.
 
So let's talk hypothetical situations that Levy and the new coach will have to sort for next season.

Situation 1. We get a Conte or a big coach with serious aspirations of winning the league. Kane and Son are onside. But the existing squad is nowhere near good enough. Levy has to cough up the cash to back his shiney new coach. He'll also need to cut his losses to get the shite out of the squad.
Can't see it.

Situation 2. We got a Potter/Parker/Farke type. Kane and Son leave. Lots of money now in the kitty to reinvest.
Can the above coaches find/scout/attract the requisite talent to put us back on course?
Can't see it.

To me, there is no win in this. The outcome both ways is failure.

And it will continue to be failure until ENIC are gone.
In your situation 2, I can see us horribly pissing away any type of Kane/Son money a la Bale and we're in the same spot as we are and about 7 league spots down.
 
It's kinda fascinating to think about whether Rodgers, an utterly cynical and self-interested person, is going to pick Leicester, Champions League football, and such a well-run organization, or Spurs and our chaos and money.

It's Rodgers or someone crazy off the board, that remains my prediction. But I have no idea what Rodgers will choose.
 
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