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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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Shadydan said:
Pure banter if he comes in.
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One of the ultimate dialogue exchanges from one of my favorite movies, Necessary Roughness about a university American football team composed purely of rank amateur students (because the team had previously been caught cheating). The team needs a kicker, so they turn to the women's football (soccer) team and bring in Kathy Ireland (wowie!). McKenzie is an Australian foreign exchange student.

McKenzie : [after Lucy is brought in as the team's kicker] Will ya look at that, they're putting a bloody Sheila on the team!
Sargie : We'll be the laughing stock of college football.
Charlie Banks : What do you think we are now?

I don't want Southgate, but my point is it's not a step in the wrong direction even if it's not a step in the best direction.
 
MemphisWill said:
Said before I am just about onside with Southgate if the contract was structured right. Namely directly incentivizing him to win the Europa League, so a 6 month contract that automatically renews for a further 2 years if we win the Europa League and are not relegated. Otherwise the club have an option, but not an obligation, to renew and can walk away for free if we so choose.

I think we'd be shite with Southgate, but if he won the EL that's all that would matter. Winning the EL is paramount at this point. Unlikely, but it's the most important thing we can do (and always was, but has only grown moreso).
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Yes Gareth Southgate, the perfect man to lead us to our first trophy in 14 years.
 
If you actually analyse Ange's appointment from a distance, it's fucking weird. He's never managed in an elite league and doesn't work with a consistent coaching staff, so he's assembling a team of novice coaches from scratch to help him compete at the highest level. It's bizarre.
 
Jaynola said:
Iraola will face the same constraints and though he's doing well at B'mouth, has he got the aura to help him overcome those & achieve big things at Spurs? History would suggest we'll be back here in 12-18 months saying he's failed & gotta go.

My pick would be Zidane - you can't get any bigger, he'd be such a huge coup and give such a crazy instant boost to the whole place. I can't see how our players - even the shit, lazy ones - wouldn't wanna run through brick walls to impress the great man. Course we all know he's off to take over the France NT when Deschamps fucks off post WC2026, but still worth it. Never gonna happen anyway...zero chance Zizou would wanna work with Levy, regardless of how much is put in front of him wage-wise and all the (empty) promises the bald cunt would make.
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I'm probably in the minority but I'd see if we could tempt Ernesto Valverde to take over in the summer when his Bilbao deal ends. If Iraola cannot be solved.

Not the out and out attacking football that a lot of fans want. But he's experienced both at the very top of the game with Barcelona and their circus. And successful with Athletic Bilbao, possibly the hardest club in the world to build a winning team with when you factor in their transfer strategy.

If not him then Marcelino (currently at Villareal) could be a good choice. He's mr. stable in the league and very good at cup football. Having won cups both at Bilbao and Valencia. And the Valencia one he won in spite of their owner actively trying to prevent it. But again the football may not be what the fans would necessarily want.
 
MemphisWill said:
Said before I am just about onside with Southgate if the contract was structured right. Namely directly incentivizing him to win the Europa League, so a 6 month contract that automatically renews for a further 2 years if we win the Europa League and are not relegated. Otherwise the club have an option, but not an obligation, to renew and can walk away for free if we so choose.

I think we'd be shite with Southgate, but if he won the EL that's all that would matter. Winning the EL is paramount at this point. Unlikely, but it's the most important thing we can do (and always was, but has only grown moreso).
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Mate, Southgate could barely win football games with the best team in Europe. England have been terrible under him the last 4 years, regardless of where we got to in three tournaments. We got there through mostly having far superior players to most teams we played.... and he still struggled more than not and got tactically outsmarted by so so many coaches its unreal.

I would rather puke on my balls than see him.manage us
 
StripiestPilot said:
If you actually analyse Ange's appointment from a distance, it's fucking weird. He's never managed in an elite league and doesn't work with a consistent coaching staff, so he's assembling a team of novice coaches from scratch to help him compete at the highest level. It's bizarre.
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Its incredible given that apparently one of the reasons they rightly didnt want Ten Hag in June 2021 was that he didnt want to bring any coaches with him and they thought that was weird. Then this bloke turns up with a few randoms he's picked up at motorway service stations on the way down and we're all over it. I guess that proves first and foremost he's a salesman, not a coach.
 
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