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Manager Antonio Conte

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Fourth consecutive season we’ll have changed manager during it if he goes. This is not a sign of a well run club. The mans head that needs to roll won't though.
This screams of Levy being desperate to win anything with Kane.

He will be hard pressed to sell Kane in the summer if we cannot win anything (FA Cup I guess). Because he is even more desperate to avoid Kane going on a free to Chelsea or god forbid, Woolwich.

This desperation explains our shotgun approach to everything since after the CL final. It has all been to try and capitalize on Kane's peak years.

I can't reasonably see Levy change his approach until Kane is actually gone.

It may be for the best for both parties if Kane is sold to United this summer. He can go chase titles and not be involved in another gamble. And we can fully commit to a rebuild and a new identity.

And maybe he comes back to wind down when we may be ready to fully gun for a title again.
 
This screams of Levy being desperate to win anything with Kane.

He will be hard pressed to sell Kane in the summer if we cannot win anything (FA Cup I guess). Because he is even more desperate to avoid Kane going on a free to Chelsea or god forbid, Woolwich.

This desperation explains our shotgun approach to everything since after the CL final. It has all been to try and capitalize on Kane's peak years.

I can't reasonably see Levy change his approach until Kane is actually gone.

It may be for the best for both parties if Kane is sold to United this summer. He can go chase titles and not be involved in another gamble. And we can fully commit to a rebuild and a new identity.

And maybe he comes back to wind down when we may be ready to fully gun for a title again.
I hope you’re right, it’s the only thing that makes sense of his approach and gives me hope that Levy isn’t insane.

And I agree if it’s true then Kane needs to go this summer so we can finally start our rebuild. Then we just need to hope he appoints the right manager (not Poch)
 




On days like today it feels difficult to tell whether these articles are entirely organic (because let's be honest, we've not been great on the pitch) or whether there's some cheeky club briefing of journos behind the scenes.

I'd never rule out Levy and co. doing the latter to get fans warmed up to an imminent managerial sacking.
 




On days like today it feels difficult to tell whether these articles are entirely organic (because let's be honest, we've not been great on the pitch) or whether there's some cheeky club briefing of journos behind the scenes.

I'd never rule out Levy and co. doing the latter to get fans warmed up to an imminent managerial sacking.


You’ll get something along the lines of ‘’sources close to Tottenham say the players think the training is too hard/easy/boring’’. We had things along these lines with Poch and Jose. Prep the ground for the sacking.
 
He could be gone after Fulham or Preston if you ask me.

He is not giving off positive vibes.

Why wait until we're knocked out of another cup and have dropped more winnable points?

Conversely.......Is whatever is wrong gonna be fixed by Conte winning those games? .....Of course not.

The only thing that is gonna salvage Conte's reign is both him committing to the club and then us doing some solid business in the last couple of the weeks in the window..... If not; it's game over at some point before the season's over anyway.
 
I don't think Conte is the biggest thing wrong at the club, but he's quickly become the thing that's personally pissing me off the most.

Fed up with the mind games and 4D chess. He expects the players to buy-in to his way 100% but won't commit himself. We need someone who is all in and will shout it from the rooftops.

I know this won't solve the problems with levy, but the players simply can't handle the Conte/Jose approach of being run down in the media to prove a point. (Not saying the criticism isn't justified, just that the approach is backfiring.)

Think the supporters all really need to hear some fighting talk again too.
POTD👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
 
You’ll get something along the lines of ‘’sources close to Tottenham say the players think the training is too hard/easy/boring’’. We had things along these lines with Poch and Jose. Prep the ground for the sacking.
Fuck, you're right. Even Ally Gold was saying that's the usual pathway for the narrative to go down.

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On days like today it feels difficult to tell whether these articles are entirely organic (because let's be honest, we've not been great on the pitch) or whether there's some cheeky club briefing of journos behind the scenes.

I'd never rule out Levy and co. doing the latter to get fans warmed up to an imminent managerial sacking.

Bit of both. The journalists aren't dumb.
You’ll get something along the lines of ‘’sources close to Tottenham say the players think the training is too hard/easy/boring’’. We had things along these lines with Poch and Jose. Prep the ground for the sacking.
Already had one of those articles earlier today about how they don't enjoy Conte's tactics.

 
I hope you’re right, it’s the only thing that makes sense of his approach and gives me hope that Levy isn’t insane.

And I agree if it’s true then Kane needs to go this summer so we can finally start our rebuild. Then we just need to hope he appoints the right manager (not Poch)
Maybe I'm just seeing patterns where there are none. But it is the only logical reason I can see for all of our wheeling and dealing. It's all to give Kane something with Spurs. Bale and Ledley have the league cup at least.

It reminds me of NBA GMs trying to desperately put a team together around their star that can give them a shot at at least making the play offs so that said star doesn't leave in free agency.
 
I don't think Conte is the biggest thing wrong at the club, but he's quickly become the thing that's personally pissing me off the most.

Fed up with the mind games and 4D chess. He expects the players to buy-in to his way 100% but won't commit himself. We need someone who is all in and will shout it from the rooftops.

I know this won't solve the problems with levy, but the players simply can't handle the Conte/Jose approach of being run down in the media to prove a point. (Not saying the criticism isn't justified, just that the approach is backfiring.)

Think the supporters all really need to hear some fighting talk again too.
Great post.

A managerial change will not get Levy and ENIC off the hook, but if you told me our current manager was Tony Count rather than Antonio Conte, I'd be shocked that he hasn't been sacked already. I like Conte, I wanted us to give him all the tools he needed, but right now we're at a crossroads where his stubbornness seems to be buggering us short term - but the long term gain will be nonexistent if it's clear (which it feels increasingly like) he'll be gone by the summer anyway.

Our problems run deep but the season could be 'saved', at least a little, by a change.

Pinch of salt, but all this crap really should have been thrashed out during the WorldCup.

That sounds like something a well-run club would do, and we're...
 
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