Not sure about the better player bit Sonny! But heartfelt nevertheless.
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Not sure about the better player bit Sonny! But heartfelt nevertheless.
Most players (whether at Spurs or other clubs) are judged almost exclusively on what they achieve on the football field, and equally live in a cocoon from being a teenager onwards immersed in football.
They are generally not going to be used to thinking - obviously there are exceptions of such as Ben Davies - but as a prime example I recall David Beckham, England captain and golden boy of his generation, unable to string a sentence together on anything outside football and clearly managed by his wife who was a pop singer yet with far more brain power than Beckham, great player that he was.
So even on football intelligence, it's going to be a fairly short list at Spurs or any other club, its not what players are brought up with !
Yeah I get the league losses but all I’m remembering about last season is that night in Bilbao
Ok so that can be our final memory of him. That's a good thing, surely? He can go out on that high rather than being booed out of the stadium on a cold night in NovemberYeah I get the league losses but all I’m remembering about last season is that night in Bilbao
What type of manager should we be bringing in?
Consider this:
The decision was made a long time ago. The decision to step away from ambition and opt for 8th place as a target.
Victory. Glory. A European trophy distruoted Levy's announcement plan
That's what we are: a club for which success is an unplanned disruption.
The decision was made a long time ago. The decision to step away from ambition and opt for 8th place as a target.
Victory. Glory. A European trophy distruoted Levy's announcement plan
That's what we are: a club for which success is an unplanned disruption.
I’ll be at the next protest I can thanks
I’ll cheerlead for anything that puts pressure on them in the meantime
Go for it!
It still doesn’t change my opinion that bringing in a manager that conflicts with the board is not in the best interests of the club under this ownership.
Thats the thing they don't know. All the good ones are at the big clubs so anyone we bring we wont know how its going to play out.
The one constant will be levy not backing his manager with experienced good players.
Someone with experience in the CL and who has won trophies for a start.
I understand he did a good job with Brentford and he seems like a nice enough guy but it’s hugely uninspiring appointment and the players will think the exact same thing.
I just hope we get the next appointment right , CL football next season has given us a lifeline , had we lost it could have been years before we competed again, we can’t fuck this up
I just don't understand why that's still an important requirement for people after seeing how it went with Conte and Mourinho.
The players didn't seem to be inspired with them and couldn't wait to get them sacked at the end.
So which manager you going to slate next then?
Conte got us into the CL and had us sitting 4th when he was sacked.
He may not have won us a trophy but the reason he was sacked was because he called out Levy and the board for what they are.
The players were clearly inspired by Ange and took his speech about winning something in the second season as a platform to push themselves to achieve it, many of them have already said this.
Whilst we were awful in the league, it clearly does have an impact.
If we want to push on and take advantage of our success then we need an experienced manager to take these players to the next level.
I don’t think Frank is that manager, I think Frank is low risk/low reward and that’s exactly what Levy wants.
It's incredible really, the trophy was great but we aren't even going to be in it next season so it's hardly a reason to keep him.
Why not? They have as much right as fans as you have!
Shall we actually look at the managers who reached the CL places this season?
Slot - came straight from the Dutch league (won PL)
Arteta - Woolwich was his first managerial job
Pep - elite winner at the biggest clubs
Howe - promotions and relegations with Burnley and Bournemouth (won Carabao Cup)
Maresca - came from Leicester in the Championship (won Europa Conference League)
Nothing about Frank’s CV should cause any alarm when you look at those managers. He has consistently over-achieved and shown a lot of guile in the PL. It may not work out but he’s a perfectly sensible choice of manager. If Levy isn’t going to change his attitude to salaries then he’s probably the best fit we can find. He gets more out of less.
You bring up Conte but the players weren't inspired by him at all towards the end and wanted him gone. You bring up league position instead.
Then with Ange you make it about inspiration and not about the league position.