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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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meaningless-friendly said:
That's the spirit!

We'll put it in a book of Spurs letdowns and near-misses. We can call it "Letters from Rivaldo."
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Guido said:
Conte is an EXCELLENT coach. If he doesn't become Spurs manager though there's a big upside, the football would be more enjoyable to watch under many of the other coaches mentioned (it might not be as winning).

Hiring Conte is another attempt to get this team "to the next level". I'm in absolutely no doubt he'll do miles better than the dinosaur because he's a far better coach than the dinosaur, more accurately he's more relevant today than him (they are both passive in how their teams play though).

Also, with the others linked there is a chance that we can rebuild something more tangible than the here and now, as in 3yrs from now Conte would have gone in some monumental spat and we would be still looking to rebuild the team.
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Isn’t this the football paradox? up and coming, peak, rebuild and repeat. Sometimes this is a 2/3 year cycle, sometimes you are lucky and it’s 5. In the end it’s a cyclical process?
 
Incomplete_usernam said:
Conte plays attacking football, it isn't passive imo. He had a high pressing side before and even at Chelsea he was playing an attacking brand of football, miles better than the dinosaur like you said.

I think he will take us to the next level, although I said that about Jose lol.
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Mate his football at Chavs was really, really passive.

If we appoint him, my hope - not belief, is that he realizes that this team plays better playing on the front foot than playing defensively. I mention this solely because as I said in my previous post he is brilliant at quickly identifying the right formation with the right players to win games. But his default is functional football that's highly repetitive and for my taste boring as hell.

Whilst that all sounds negative, it should in no way be interpreted that I don't think he's a good coach, on the contrary, I think he's truly Wolrd Class but I can list 10 managers (some not as good as him) that I would rather have at Spurs than him.
 
Tottenham Sean said:
I think we've all been guilty of wishful thinking at somepoint. Initially opposed to him, even i bought into the serial winner bollo after a few days.
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Because as a fan it’s tiring constantly looking at the negative side. It’s much nicer cheering your team than booing and being pissed off. So your not alone bud. I hate Jose but got behind in. Glad he has gone but would have preferred it worked out.
 
Guido said:
Mate his football at Chavs was really, really passive.

If we appoint him, my hope - not belief, is that he realizes that this team plays better playing on the front foot than playing defensively. I mention this solely because as I said in my previous post he is brilliant at quickly identifying the right formation with the right players to win games. But his default is functional football that's highly repetitive and for my taste boring as hell.

Whilst that all sounds negative, it should in no way be interpreted that I don't think he's a good coach, on the contrary, I think he's truly Wolrd Class but I can list 10 managers (some not as good as him) that I would rather have at Spurs than him.
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Yeah... I don't think we should persist with passive, or defensive football... not because I'm totally against it, (although I've had enough of it now)... but because we have shown since January that we can't do it... When we go for it in attack we win games... yeah we also lose, but generally it's better for us.
 
For better or worse said:
Isn’t this the football paradox? up and coming, peak, rebuild and repeat. Sometimes this is a 2/3 year cycle, sometimes you are lucky and it’s 5. In the end it’s a cyclical process?
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Yeah, I would agree with that in parts. The trick is having the right manager best suited for the period of that cycle you are in I guess. But there is always the layers of context that underpins this too, so where the Club is in relation to those around them, revenue, European commitments etc...
 
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