On a free? Gold is saying we are negotiating with another club to release our target
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Conte is a coach who builds and instills a vision, he's just so good he does it really quickly.
The heart of the question is whether Spurs are willing to deviate from what has clearly been a very structured, systematic process for a late-breaking opportunity.
Conte wasn't on the list, because why would anyone think we could get him? Well, here we are.
I think his 3-5-2 system fits our squad really well actually.
Meant to say on the cheap
It's slightly galaxy brained to say "our CB's stink so let's put more of them in the XI", but I actually tend to agree that there's a lot that makes sense about going to a back 3.
Suddenly Doherty has a place. PEH is potentially more viable as a 6 in that system. That ought to make the most of Reguilon and Sessegnon. Etc.
I agree, I would take a lot of what the journo’s are saying (including AG) with a pinch of salt. They can’t say yes or no to anyone because in reality, they just don’t know who it’ll be
He hasn't stayed anywhere as coach for more than two years except for a three year stint at Juve, how much can he actually build with the amount of dead weight we currently have in two years?
Could he come in and implement a new system and build some belief in the side and get some better results, most likely, but it also feels like another attempt to squeeze more production out of the same group of players. We need a bigger shakeup and this is another high-paid coach to try to accomplish what we wanted from Jose, and kicking the can further down the road in rebuilding the team.
No Conte please, he's another pragmatic coach that doesn't value possession based front-foot football.
I want to look forward to watch Spurs playing again.
I want to look forward to watch Spurs playing again.
With a back 3 of who? Dier, Sanchez, and Toby? I still rate Toby but that is not something that fills me with confidence...
One thing for sure Aurier is much better further up the field, he might be ok on the right of a 3-5-2.
Clearly our CBs need an overhaul. And that's true with either 4 or 5 at the back.
But if 5 at the back makes Aurier and Regui maximize their talents, and minimize their defensive weakness, then clearly that's a better system for us.
I also suspect with a 3-5-2 we might finally see the best of Ndombele and Lo Celso. Even if we sell one of them, I don't see us selling both. That's a lot of investment we can still see come good.
Fix our right wing, fix our CBs, and bring in one more talented midfielder and with a proper coach like Conte we have a top 4 contender who can win cups. That's the best we can hope for this summer.
But if 5 at the back makes Aurier and Regui maximize their talents, and minimize their defensive weakness, then clearly that's a better system for us.
I also suspect with a 3-5-2 we might finally see the best of Ndombele and Lo Celso. Even if we sell one of them, I don't see us selling both. That's a lot of investment we can still see come good.
Fix our right wing, fix our CBs, and bring in one more talented midfielder and with a proper coach like Conte we have a top 4 contender who can win cups. That's the best we can hope for this summer.
Ill be honest other then conte or ten hag all others are uninspiring
I don’t know loads about this guy, but some of the business/policies Juve have done - players and coaches - the last few years has been horrendous, worse than us in as much as they dominated sérieA for years and have managed to fuck it up drastically, on the pitch and off.
It's not about Conte and levy getting on. Conte doesn't/hasn't got on with ANY of his club owners.
We have an opportunity right now, that opportunity is called a blank piece of paper. A time for serious reflection of how our football operations work. A chance to take stock of what has worked and what has failed. A chance to push the reset button and address and eliminate the errors and focus back on the things that went right.
It's fair to say that most people reviewing Spurs now can identify the biggest flaw/mistake was to hire a dinosaur, a man whose football was so out of date that he made Pullis & Warnock alternatives. It is THIS error of judgement that has to be eradicated. It's not even that it was Mourinho that was hired, it was the philosophy of his football that was chosen. It showed a total lack of understanding of football, of what other elite teams around the world were playing. It was evidence that we need a SERIOUSLY GOOD DOF, with a strategy, a philosophy/an identity that is in line with how the game is played and dominated by the Elite Clubs.
Conte is a fantastic coach, I think his football is shit but unlike the Dinosaur, he's a better and more relevant coach.
BUT the coach shouldn't be hiring the DoF!
If Levy's going for a DoF, then great but we should be hunting the best there is, the most relevant for Tottenham. Not a guy that went to Ronaldo in a zimmer frame and Pirlo as a coach. What is Paratici's footballing philosophy? What do we know about him?
That fact he's a DoF doesn't make him a good one, just as Mourinho is no longer a decent football manager.
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If they hold off until after renewal day then holy shit it's going to be a stinker of an appointment.
If there is one manager I'd want more than Potter it is Conte, I just don't see it happening because currently he is one of the best in the world
Our squad is perfect for him too
Our squad is perfect for him too
Inter were average when he went there two years ago, never been in the top 3 since Jose left nearly 10 years ago