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Management So (hypothetically) who replaces Ange then?

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Who to replace Ange?

  • Andoni Iraola

  • Edin Terzic

  • Graham Potter

  • Thomas Frank

  • Marco Silva

  • Kieran McKenna

  • Ryan Mason (Full Time)

  • Michel

  • Xavi

  • Mauricio Pochettino

  • Dino Toppmoller

  • Simone Inzaghi

  • Sean Dyche (Click here if you're an idiot)

  • No-one (Ange new contract)

  • Oliver Glasner

  • Vincenzo Italiano

  • Vitor Pereira

  • Scott Parker

  • Will Still

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Still need to be convinced with our targets. Love us to throw the bag at Xavi Alonso or just get Pochettino back. Better proven managers.

The issue I have with Iraola, Frank and Silva is it’s a huge step up for them. The pressure of this place ate Nuno alive, we know Poch can deal with it, we know Xavi Alonso is truly elite, try them first. I can easily see us getting Silva, then being 6-9th in the table for the next 3-4 years.

Iraola, Silva and Frank should be on the list after our ambitious targets have failed.
 
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Richard Arlison said:
Why are so many people entrenched into the certainty that he’s going to fix us and we’d be lucky to get him?
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Mainly because he’s done a brilliant job there at a club who were absolutely dire to watch under O’Neil. Yes, they’ve bought some good players, but as we can testify, buying young talent means nothing if you haven’t got a coach to nit them together.

Do I think he’s guaranteed to be a success? No. There is no such manager under this owner.
 
If you think Ange's heart is somewhat in the right place despite being filled with half baked ideas, which seemed to be the near consensus here not long ago, in terms of how the game should be played then Xavi might be a good call. Ange is a wannabe total football enthusiast, and Xavi's background as a player and a manager makes him an obvious candidate to keep that tradition alive while also avoiding some of the traps that Ange jumped right in to. On the flip side there's the danger of ending up with another, albeit obviously better, Ange in terms of his potential shortcomings. But it might be worth the risk all things considered.

Silva is a weird case. His career has been a combination of great successes, taking context into account obviously, and utter failures so far. What he did with Estoril, taking them from the second division to consecutive European football finishes in no time, and what he has been doing with Fulham are quite encouraging. Yet in between he also had tenures where he looked vastly out of his depth. Failure is obviously a part of this job, but his lows might turn out to be too difficult to stomach especially after what we've been going through with Ange. I'm lukewarm about him at best.
 
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Mainly because he’s done a brilliant job there at a club who were absolutely dire to watch under O’Neil. Yes, they’ve bought some good players, but as we can testify, buying young talent means nothing if you haven’t got a coach to nit them together.

Do I think he’s guaranteed to be a success? No. There is no such manager under this owner.
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He’s done a brilliant job?

They are mid table.

Decent I agree but unspectacular and if their current form continues he starts to look pretty average.
 
Rebrov_Likes said:
What exactly are you expecting from Bournemouth? They’ve got an identity, a style of play. They’ve beaten top teams. He’s doing exactly what a young Poch did at Southampton, whilst “only” finishing mid-table.
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Three seasons ago they were in the Championship and the season before Iraola got the job they were in a relegation battle the entire season. You could say they're mid table but it's tight at the top half. They are only five points from top four. The fact that he got such a small team as Bournemouth to be that close to the Champions League spots 29 games into the season, is pretty remarkable.
 
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What exactly are you expecting from Bournemouth? They’ve got an identity, a style of play. They’ve beaten top teams. He’s doing exactly what a young Poch did at Southampton, whilst “only” finishing mid-table.
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How would you describe that identity and style of play?

What makes it especially different?

Truth is I don’t expect anything from Bournemouth. It’s Spurs I’m expecting something from.
 
Richard Arlison said:
He’s done a brilliant job?

They are mid table.

Decent I agree but unspectacular and if their current form continues he starts to look pretty average.
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In the 2 years before Poch joined us, Saints finished 14 and 8th. So we could say a decent job but not spectacular.
But half the fans on here would take him back in a heartbeat.
I think Iraola has showed enough to suggest he could step up a level. Just as Poch did.
 
PerthPaul said:
In the 2 years before Poch joined us, Saints finished 14 and 8th. So we could say a decent job but not spectacular.
But half the fans on here would take him back in a heartbeat.
I think Iraola has showed enough to suggest he could step up a level. Just as Poch did.
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8th with Saints is pretty fucking good but more to the point with Poch is that his brand of football was different and ahead of the curve. He was a complete change in direction for us and tbh Klopp was the only other really press focused coach that I remember at the time. Appointing him was one of the few times I remember Spurs being ahead of the curve.
 
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Former Tottenham manager admits he would return if Daniel Levy asked​

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Mon 17 March 2025 10:00, UK

In a recent interview, former Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp has admitted he would be open to a return to Spurs if asked by Daniel Levy.

29 games played. Fifteen defeats. Four draws. Ten wins. Fourteenth in the Premier League table and fifteen points off fourth place. That’s Tottenham Hotspur’s league form.

And if the job does become available, Harry Redknapp has made it clear—he’d be open to returning.

When asked about a potential return to Tottenham, Redknapp told talkSport: “Of course you would. You know you miss it, you love it. There’s nothing like it, you know, the buzz of it all.”

He jokingly added that he wouldn’t be available immediately, but only after Cheltenham is finished! saying: “If Daniel rang me and said could you come in this week? I’d say I can’t. I could start next week if you want.”
 

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The Tottenham boss has not been at the races in the Premier League this season​


Writing in his GIVEMESPORT newsletter, the trusted Italian journalist wrote:

"At the moment, Tottenham's full focus is on the present. Especially the Europa League, as a crucial target for Spurs this season. Nothing else coming from sources close to the club."
 
Threads from own fans on managers

Iraola

Andoni Iraola

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere but I just stumbled across this Sky Sports interview in my YouTube feed : A quite enlightening interview. He says that his children are already speaking better English than he does. The family seem to be nicely settled in Bournemouth.
bournemouth-forum.vitalfootball.co.uk

Silva

Silva maybe go?

Silva maybe go?
www.friendsoffulham.com
 
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