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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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Tomo said:
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.
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Silva

Silva maybe go?

Silva maybe go?
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Ange has spent €400 in 2 years.

Marco Silva around €265 in 4 years.
Franks has spent around €258.2 in 4 years.
Iraola has spent around €230 in 2 years.

Honestly, I would be happy with all three. Lets hope atleast one of them wants to come work for the baldy.
 
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Xavi Alonso would be the dream. Absolute quality and while I think he would want a new challenge that challenge will probably be Real Madrid. Still don’t ask you don’t get. Throw the bag and see what happens. 99% a no, but even 1% you have to try.

After that go for Poch. Has so many of the attributes we need.

If that fails I guess it’s one of Iraola, Silva or Frank. I don’t get if we look at these first. They should be our backups if we can’t pull off something bigger. We really need to get the manager call right.

Club is a total mess but Levy pays big wages for managers so makes a lot of thing possible like Conte and Jose.
 
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Tomo said:
Xavi Alonso would be the dream. Absolute quality and while I think he would want a new challenge that challenge will probably be Real Madrid. Still don’t ask you don’t get. Throw the bag and see what happens. 99% a no, but even 1% you have to try.

After that go for Poch. Has so many of the attributes we need.

If that fails I guess it’s one of Iraola, Silva or Frank. I don’t get if we look at these first. They should be our backups if we can’t pull off something bigger.

Club is a total mess but Levy pays big wages for managers so makes a lot of thing possible like Conte and Jose.
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I don't mind getting Jose back either honestly. If we can't get any of these managers to come. I think he can win us a few cups if Levy backs him. He won with every club except us before heading to Turkey. I think he will have something to prove/chip on shoulder.
 
Rooster said:
I don't mind getting Jose back either honestly. If we can't get any of these managers to come. I think he can win us a few cups if Levy backs him. He won with every club except us before heading to Turkey. I think he will have something to prove/chip on shoulder.
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Jose for me is too negative and he looks tactically out dated these days. I could stomach the football if we are fighting for the league but otherwise it’s grim. I also think with a young squad build more for possession football it wouldn’t match.
 
Tomo said:
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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Interesting that even Bournemouth fans don’t think Iraola has actually achieved anything at their level yet.

They are right.
 
We don't need a manager that can just halt this runaway train and put it back on the tracks , they have to have the ability to progress and improve the team further down the track , significantly .
So you have to ask yourself whether Iraola , Franks , Silva or McKenna can do that . Because with any of these it is a step into the dark , all have shown skills that translate into managing a mid-table team that produces nice football and gets some great results , but does that translate into taking a club/team as big as Spurs to the levels most on here believe we should be with our financial clout . Or will the strain prove too much for yet another promising manager .
We done that with Poch' , and that worked great to but it still fell short .
I believe whoever we get in will still be a Hail Mary call , no guarantees , so just strap ourselves in and close our eyes .
 
Wild Night said:
We don't need a manager that can just halt this runaway train and put it back on the tracks , they have to have the ability to progress and improve the team further down the track , significantly .
So you have to ask yourself whether Iraola , Franks , Silva or McKenna can do that . Because with any of these it is a step into the dark , all have shown skills that translate into managing a mid-table team that produces nice football and gets some great results , but does that translate into taking a club/team as big as Spurs to the levels most on here believe we should be with our financial clout . Or will the strain prove too much for yet another promising manager .
We done that with Poch' , and that worked great to but it still fell short .
I believe whoever we get in will still be a Hail Mary call , no guarantees , so just strap ourselves in and close our eyes .
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I think if you free yourself from the idea that “the next manager has to make us winners” then the whole thing becomes less toxic.

I just want a manager that wants to be here, tries to play football that is fun to watch and clearly develops and coaches young players and makes them into men. I guess a proto-Poch if you like.

I don’t see anyone turning us into contenders at the top of the table with Levy in charge, so it’s not about that for me.
 
Rebrov_Likes said:
I think if you free yourself from the idea that “the next manager has to make us winners” then the whole thing becomes less toxic.

I just want a manager that wants to be here, tries to play football that is fun to watch and clearly develops and coaches young players and makes them into men. I guess a proto-Poch if you like.

I don’t see anyone turning us into contenders at the top of the table with Levy in charge, so it’s not about that for me.
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I appreciate your sentiment , but football is all about winning and I don't see too many being happy just being midfield and playing nice football .
Set your bar high and bust a nut trying will always get your support base on your side .
I agree with your last sentence but that is the ball and chain we drag .
Always aim for the highest .
 
Wild Night said:
I appreciate your sentiment , but football is all about winning and I don't see too many being happy just being midfield and playing nice football .
Set your bar high and bust a nut trying will always get your support base on your side .
I agree with your last sentence but that is the ball and chain we drag .
Always aim for the highest .
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Sure aim high, but don’t saddle a coach with unrealistic expectations. We have a middling wage bill, we have a chairman who isn’t prepared to mix it with the best.

What I’m saying is I want to see the team develop each year. If I’m seeing progress then I’ll accept that. I’m still seeing the same mistakes from Ange’s team that we were making when he first got here. For that reason, he has to go.
 
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Tomo said:
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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Thanks for posting these
 
Rebrov_Likes said:
I think if you free yourself from the idea that “the next manager has to make us winners” then the whole thing becomes less toxic.

I just want a manager that wants to be here, tries to play football that is fun to watch and clearly develops and coaches young players and makes them into men. I guess a proto-Poch if you like.

I don’t see anyone turning us into contenders at the top of the table with Levy in charge, so it’s not about that for me.
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You are asking Spurs fans to free themselves of ever seriously trying to win anything?

And that’s why we should be happy with mid table level managers who might play some ok football?

Even Proto-Poch as an idea is a step backwards. We’ve already done that when we were still at WHL.

Instead of accepting the glass ceiling and paying top season ticket prices we should be asking the real reasons why we can’t win things. If that gets toxic then so be it.
 
Tomo said:
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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From Fulham thread:

Spurs at best is a sideways move the only move to a potentially better side than us is Newcastle but even there he'll be hamstrung financially and Eddie Howe has just earned another 12 months there.

I'm not sure who else would offer the autonomy he needs but also his skill set is not at that elite level an Woolwich or Liverpool would come in for him.

Whether Marco is in or out I don't think really matters for Fulham, but sometimes better the devil you know.
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From Bmouth thread:

On 'The Fighting Cock' they want him, but not that confident of getting him tbh. Marco Silva seems more realistic to them.

Bit presumptuous of them to expect that in their state they can just 'get' one of the most promising coaches in European football.
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Richard Arlison said:
You are asking Spurs fans to free themselves of ever seriously trying to win anything?

And that’s why we should be happy with mid table level managers who might play some ok football?

Even Proto-Poch as an idea is a step backwards. We’ve already done that when we were still at WHL.

Instead of accepting the glass ceiling and paying top season ticket prices we should be asking the real reasons why we can’t win things. If that gets toxic then so be it.
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It’s accepting reality. Our squad is comparable in quality to what it was in 2014. There is no manager who’s gonna wave a wand and get us competing with Woolwich/ Liverpool/City with players like Solanke, Johnson, Maddison. It just is not happening straight away. We need a builder not someone to apply the finishing touches.
 
Rebrov_Likes said:
It’s accepting reality. Our squad is comparable in quality to what it was in 2014. There is no manager who’s gonna wave a wand and get us competing with Woolwich/ Liverpool/City with players like Solanke, Johnson, Maddison. It just is not happening straight away. We need a builder not someone to apply the finishing touches.
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We finished 5th without Solanke.

We aren't as far away as it looks this season. We do need 2 fully elite-level players in the summer though. 1 forward and 1 CM. Get those transfers right and get the coaching staff right and people will be surprised how much better we will look than we do right now.

Probably playing once a week next year too.
 
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