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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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bus-conductor said:
For example, last season possession stats were

1. Bayern 61%
2. Leverkusen 60%
3. Dortmund (Favre) 58%
4. Leipzig 54%

Generally speaking his teams have the ball when it's required (ie in the BL quite a lot) but he's not a possession for possession sake type of guy, who will also play a counter attacking game when the circumstances fits.

The problem I think was more in game management of those two things at times. His Dortmund struggled to shut down games (over simplification maybe?)
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I don't think you're oversimplifying. They definitely failed on that front, and sometimes just plain did not show up for the game. I think my possession concerns might be more about his times before Dortmund. Gladback and Nice were both lower on possession than average under him, but I still think he would very much not be the guy we'd want.
 
I said a few days ago the Potter train will come around again. He's young enough to watch and wait on.

I very much suspect he'll go to Everton and keep Everton where Everton typically are. 6th-10th not pulling up trees.

If not and he sets the league on fire, eventually he'll be available.
They ALL are.
 
MasonBall said:
Thing is you can't become a self-sustaining super club without success. No matter what the owners are doing off the pitch or in marketing we need to remember that the product is ultimately the football. To become a club like United you need to get those American/Chinese fans to start buying your stuff, why would they do that at Tottenham?
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Oh, I totally agree. Which is why it takes a helluva a long time for it to happen organically. First you need to raise your revenue, then you can spend on players and coaches, then comes success which raises your profile even more. Each one of these is a very long cycle in and of itself and it's not even guaranteed, because you're competing with 4-5 other clubs that are bigger or equal sized fish as you.

We were very close to that in the Poch era. Young team, overachieving, captured the hearts and imagination of a lot of fans worldwide. The next logical transition is into established top team. We didn't get that part quite right. And we need to sort it out within the next year or two, else it will have been one step forward, two steps back. Now how we sort it out, I do not know. Appoint a star coach and spend loads of cash at a time when everyone is reeling from the impacts of the pandemic? Find a coach that again manages to build a young attractive team (with a couple more star players than we could previously afford)? Only baldy knows what the state of our finances will allow us to do.
 
Tomo said:
Not sure what Clarke was to be honest. Ndombele and Lo Celso came injured and so didn’t get used much.

Maybe when we scout we should look at fitness and injury records as well as they are both very talented players although part of me has come to the conclusion with Anderton, King, Woodgate, Lamela and now these two we have had a curse placed on the club, every 2nd player we buy is a perma crock.
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It's amazing really, when we signed those four, we had an intensity program at the club under Poch which all four did not come near to being able to cope with.

It is the double edged sword of philosophies such as Poch, Bielsa et al. That you need superhuman conditioning/nutrition/medical teams and youth with exceptional recovery due to outstanding lifestyle habits/nurture.

Makes utter mockery of rumours we didn't want Conte due to him wanting Conditioning/Medical staff of his own, when you see how management and back office have left us with about 1 full season of full fitness between those 4 (at a cost of what £140M odd). That is a scandal!!!
 
Notabadsquad said:
I would laugh my fcuking head off if he is a success for them.

Honestly I have got zero clue what we are after.

Like our play for however long it is literally hit and hope.
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I honestly don't think Levy knows what we really want/need either.

We all know what he said in his chairman's letter, but that just reeks of attempting to appeal to the masses. The real goal is "whoever will help me be more successful without needing to spend any significant money".
 
ShutUpPatrik said:
Because modern football doesn't operate like that.

Zidane didn't pick his players at Madrid. Poch is not picking his players in Paris. Klopp and Guardiola are not picking their players at their clubs either.

Scouting and recruitment has moved past the era of the manager being heavily involved. All well run clubs have sporting directors that make sure that the manager has what they need these days. Not necessarily who they want, but what they need.
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I beg to differ. Sporting directors are the first line to identifying possible candidates. They don't just buy. Do you think for one minute Pep wasn't involved in each and every signing?

Sporting directors have a role to play but, in a great team, the manager ultimately has the final say.
 
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