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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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AlabamaSpur said:
News coming fast. It would be just like Levy to miss out over 3m
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Easy for me to say just give him 3m but if he is the guy you want and the owner just made 383 million in the past year fuck off and pay the man.

There are times when you should be hard in negotiations and I understand if you are overpaying by 3m every time that it adds up but in this case pay what it takes to get it done, assuming he is the guy you want.
 
I must be the only one here who would be delighted both with the Poch and the Conte options. Very different approaches, maybe, but both would give me the feeling that we are doing something significant to move forward

I still find very hard to believe that Conte would be interested in the Spurs job, though. I think he wants to win big things (Title/CL) pretty quickly and I cannot see Levy supporting this enough.
 
Deckard said:
I must be the only one here who would be delighted both with the Poch and the Conte options. Very different approaches, maybe, but both would give me the feeling that we are doing something significant to move forward

I still find very hard to believe that Conte would be interested in the Spurs job, though. I think he wants to win big things (Title/CL) pretty quickly and I cannot see Levy supporting this enough.
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For me, after ETH signed the extension with Ajax, Poch is who my heart wanted and Conte was who my head wanted. Will be pleased with either.
 
Deckard said:
I must be the only one here who would be delighted both with the Poch and the Conte options. Very different approaches, maybe, but both would give me the feeling that we are doing something significant to move forward

I still find very hard to believe that Conte would be interested in the Spurs job, though. I think he wants to win big things (Title/CL) pretty quickly and I cannot see Levy supporting this enough.
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Both got pros and cons... I would love Poch back at some point, but wonder if it might be too soon... Conte is a great coach, but is ex-Chelsea...

Roy Hodgson on the other hand is all pros... can't see any downsides.
 
Deckard said:
I must be the only one here who would be delighted both with the Poch and the Conte options. Very different approaches, maybe, but both would give me the feeling that we are doing something significant to move forward

I still find very hard to believe that Conte would be interested in the Spurs job, though. I think he wants to win big things (Title/CL) pretty quickly and I cannot see Levy supporting this enough.
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I would be delighted with Conte as it would mean levy is going to back him , and he will make us compete , I get the feeling with poch it will be the same old , selling before buying and we still have Dier winks and sissoko playing next season!
 
Somebody said:
Both got pros and cons... I would love Poch back at some point, but wonder if it might be too soon... Conte is a great coach, but is ex-Chelsea...

Roy Hodgson on the other hand is all pros... can't see any downsides.
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To me there is only one ex-Chelsea: Mourinho, because of the person he is. The others? Well, at some point every manager will be ex-Chelscum lol!
 
Somebody said:
It was mixed. I didn't see him in that way and lots of others didn't either. I'd take him back if he wanted to be here, because he was one of the best midfielders in the league for many years. I'd take him back depending on his motivation though. If he didn't really want it, then I wouldn't... was only wondering about it in the context of Conte, because he's just won a title under Conte this season...
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Yeah I think it was mixed, but sadly as is often the case the negative voice will be heard over the positive, and I'm sure his lasting memory of Spurs is getting booed every moment he was on the pitch.
 
Cranston said:
Sure, of course. I appreciate it doesn’t work like that. The point is more that we shouldn’t take players for the sake of it. Is Sterling really what we need? I worry that he’s the sort of player who really benefits from those around him, rather than single handedly improves the team. Jesus, likewise. Would either of these be players we targeted, independent of Kane? I don’t think we’d go near them.

Agree on City being the better destination. As long as Kane doesn’t go to UTD.

I’d take Laporte and Mahrez. I didn’t realise the latter was 30. But, regardless, I think he’s excellent and would go a long way to resolving the right side of our attack.
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Of course Sterling is what we need, especially if he is coming with the right attitude. If we lose Kane we are going to need to improve scoring from all over the team and it is unlikely we are getting a winger with better scoring history at the PL than Sterling.

My concern would be his wages and his attitude in coming to us, but from a football perspective he would be great for what we need. A lot better than Mahrez for sure who you seem to prefer.
 
Fattynomates said:
I would be delighted with Conte as it would mean levy is going to back him , and he will make us compete , I get the feeling with poch it will be the same old , selling before buying and we still have Dier winks and sissoko playing next season!
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I admire & respect your optimism re Levy changing the habits of a lifetime.
If it's Conte, then I hope I enjoy the ride more than the one we just had with Mourinho.
Anyway, I always despised Conte when he managed chavski.
Now I suppose it's the familiar refrain:
He may be a cunt, but he's our cunt.
And bring on the TFC Conte smilies.....

:pochcmon:
 
Gatsby said:
Amazing how so many refuse to believe any good news, but as soon as bad news is mentioned they instantly believe it all.



Conte's representatives would have asked for more than what the actually expect.

Levy would have offered less than he is actually prepared to pay.

Both parties will negotiate to middle ground where both are happy.

It's standard business that every manager and club will do daily.


If it is £3m difference, they'll settle on 1.5/2m
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Its not that it is bad news that I believe it is the fact that Levy has a history of fucking up deals over amounts like this in the past- Grealish, Mane, Bruno.

So while most situations I would agree that the two parties will get it done, Levy has not shown that he deserves the benefit of the doubt in this case.
 
Igula said:
Of course Sterling is what we need, especially if he is coming with the right attitude. If we lose Kane we are going to need to improve scoring from all over the team and it is unlikely we are getting a winger with better scoring history at the PL than Sterling.

My concern would be his wages and his attitude in coming to us, but from a football perspective he would be great for what we need. A lot better than Mahrez for sure who you seem to prefer.
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I don’t rate Sterling at all
 
Benny said:
Yeah I think it was mixed, but sadly as is often the case the negative voice will be heard over the positive, and I'm sure his lasting memory of Spurs is getting booed every moment he was on the pitch.
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There's been some of that, but I'd be sad if that was the case, because for many years there were no boos. He was cheered because he was a great player. When he left he looked sad, so I don't think he left in total negativity or with bad feelings. Certain people look on it that way, but I think lots of people don't. I'd personally welcome him back and would love to see him out there again, if he wanted it!
 
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