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Seems like we have bought attacking players for a manager that doesn’t like attacking football.
Whilst I agree wholeheartedly with
Guido 🇺🇦
that devolving football decisions is very positive, surely questions have to be asked about the people who now have those responsibilities.
It appears Nuno was Paratici’s man. Levy promised a return to our core “to dare is to do” values. And it would appear that neither the MD or the manager share those values.
I would love to know how Paratici sold himself to Levy. Because sure as shit, one of them has been lieing. And given that we ain’t seeing the back of ENIC any time soon I hope it was FP that was neck deep in the BS and Daniel sees the error of his ways really soon.
Guido 🇺🇦
that devolving football decisions is very positive, surely questions have to be asked about the people who now have those responsibilities.It appears Nuno was Paratici’s man. Levy promised a return to our core “to dare is to do” values. And it would appear that neither the MD or the manager share those values.
I would love to know how Paratici sold himself to Levy. Because sure as shit, one of them has been lieing. And given that we ain’t seeing the back of ENIC any time soon I hope it was FP that was neck deep in the BS and Daniel sees the error of his ways really soon.
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If he cannot understand the prem and modern attacking football and the nature of Spurs and Spurs fans wanting entertainment he needs to be sacked. He comes across as putting ice cream into the roast dinner, just not compatible.
I liked some of his signings so maybe scouting he can remain if he wants that but the philosophy of the club needs to be positive.
I liked some of his signings so maybe scouting he can remain if he wants that but the philosophy of the club needs to be positive.
Absolute fraud
Really? No back up striker and we started Dier and Sanchez at centre back today. Central midfield is a huge mess. I’d say the jury is out on him massively. It will take some convincing to me to prove otherwise.
He must have been surprised when he got offered a role at Tottenham. Who else was gonna give a job to the guy who destroyed the wage structure at Juventus and oversaw them losing their grip on Serie A? Nearly all his so called 'squad building' at that club was a joke, and that was at a team who have their pick of talent in Italy and could attract guys like De Ligt or Ronaldo.
He was very good at signing players on a free by offering them massive contracts. That's it.
He was very good at signing players on a free by offering them massive contracts. That's it.
You were the one Levy put in charge of the football, so how now Mr Paratici?
Seems like what we heard about Juventus situation is true.
He has eyes for talents, but he doesn't have a vision for the team. Getting talented players in, but they don't complement as a team. Pissed off Allegri who left. Paratici tried to exercise his authority with his own appointed coaches which turned out to be disaster, as Juventus losing their stronghold as Serie A champion.
Now Allegri is back, Don Fabio has to leave, so Juventus can rebuild. However, doesn't seem like he learned from his stint at Juventus. While we have signed some promising players for the future , it still feels as if we have the same issue right now: no reliable back up CF; bare bone midfield options relying on on going trouble player like Dele, NDombele, GLC to meet the expectation; only one CB signing with no senior CB left at the club. All compounds with a shitshow of new manager search to end up with Nuno and falsely advertised "DNA" PR campaign.
I don't know how you can say he didn't significantly improve the squad. It's too early to judge one way or another, but if I had to decide now, I'd say Romero, Emerson, and Gil are a big improvement. Romero and Emerson are much better than their alternatives, and Gil is a good rotation player on top of being a young talent with obvious potential.
We upgraded CB & RB whilst adding a player who is one for the future, but also lost Bale from last season who was by a distance our 3rd top scorer, and lost CF depth in Vinicius who was providing cover for Europe. Sissoko and Lamela were pretty useless, but again .. depth which wasn't replaced.
So 'significantly' improving the squad from last season is certainly debatable. As is saying Emerson is 'much better' than the alternatives when so far for my money he's had one solid game and one poor/meh one. I fully expect him to be better, but the jury is still very much out.
Yeah, I said it was too early to judge, but if I had to say, Emerson definitely looks better than any RB we had for a long time. Saying he had one poor match, without mentioning it was after he was with the squad for two days, with the team down to ten men, and with Davies at CB, is a borderline misleading.