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Management Next Manager Poll (poll reset 11/04/23)

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Next Manager

  • Rodgers

    Votes: 15 3.6%

  • Potter

    Votes: 25 5.9%

  • Nagelsmann

    Votes: 177 41.9%

  • Kompany

    Votes: 43 10.2%

  • Slot

    Votes: 91 21.6%

  • Postecoglou

    Votes: 74 17.5%

  • De Zerbi

    Votes: 31 7.3%

  • Xabi Alonso

    Votes: 11 2.6%

  • Stellini

    Votes: 4 0.9%

  • Frank

    Votes: 10 2.4%

  • Luis Enrique

    Votes: 21 5.0%

  • Zidane

    Votes: 5 1.2%

  • Glasner

    Votes: 3 0.7%

  • Amorim

    Votes: 10 2.4%

  • Carrick

    Votes: 9 2.1%

  • Gallardo

    Votes: 23 5.5%

  • Schmidt

    Votes: 2 0.5%
  • Total voters
    422
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Herclueless said:
I don't feel like this is relevant to my post tbf...

Re-read my first line, I'm specifically talking about the scenario where we end up appointing someone that is available now.
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If we hire JN in the summer, despite him being perceived from the outside as available now, then I'd have though it applies to what you're saying.

If I have misinterpreted your post then my bad.

...........There's a shitload of what my post described going on here over the last couple of weeks though. It's so obvious that narrative 'seeds' are being sewn.

Herclueless said:
On this note, I would prefer our next manager to be up for the immediate challenge and the potential rewards, if we have a man in mind and the only reason we're waiting is because he's not, then he's not the man I want taking over.
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I think this is an entirely fair take, but not clear how it reconciles with what you're contesting above.
 
bus-conductor said:
Meant to say with this, one of the reasons it's deceptively unfortunate is because we can now be used as leverage by Nagalsmann's agent to get him the PSG or RM job sooner and with better money.
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Conte was incredibly greedy, demanding a massive salary and a massive entourage.

It's a pity we didn't put a "must play football which occasionally excites the crowd" clause into his mega-contract.

We shall see if Nagelsmann is similarly greedy, or genuinely wants to coach the club with the most attracive project, because he'll still be handsomely paid wherever he goes.

Real Madrid & PSG are about win now with elite players and massive egos. JN had that at Bayern. Does he want that experience again, or something different for his next job?

The attraction of Spurs would be to take a club to the next level, to create his own legacy. And to have a bit more time to develop young players into his way of playing.

I suspect whoever accepts the Spurs gig will be watching our players very closely for the rest of the season. Will they start showing real passion & flair now that Conte & his brooding negativity is gone?

Will Stellini & Mason allow us to keep on playing & pressing when we take the lead? Or insist the players drop back into a passive 5-4-1 which we know does not stop the opposition scoring against us?

A good start for the new coaches would be getting Son playing 10 yards higher up the pitch rather than as an auxiliary LWB, and working out how to get our four attacking talents - Kane, Richarlison, Son & Deki - on thepitch at the same time.

I hope the senior players, starting with Kane, are speaking with Stellini & Mason, asking for a change of approach away from the stifling shite of ConteBall.
 
wether it’s Poch or Nag or someone else, we have a squad well suited to attacking football already, a few additions mainly in defence and we’d be a good side again pretty swiftly

Signing

Porro Signing Romero Udogie

Bentancur Bissouma

Richarlison Kulu Son/signing

Kane

Question marks over udogie as he hasn’t kicked a ball over here yet but he looks the real deal so far

That team gets fourth at a canter in my opinion, few decent signings and it pushes for trophies
 
Darnswim said:
Because Villa and Everton have been managed even worse than we have over the last 30 years, and Wolves are a much smaller club than us? If someone does worse than you, it doesn't mean that you're doing well...
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And if you’re not doing better than far wealthier and more prestigious clubs then it doesn’t mean you’re doing badly.

There’s a reality to our place in the world. There are no quick fixes for that.
 
Larry David said:
wether it’s Poch or Nag or someone else, we have a squad well suited to attacking football already, a few additions mainly in defence and we’d be a good side again pretty swiftly

Signing

Porro Signing Romero Udogie

Bentancur Bissouma

Richarlison Kulu Son/signing

Kane

Question marks over udogie as he hasn’t kicked a ball over here yet but he looks the real deal so far

That team gets fourth at a canter in my opinion, few decent signings and it pushes for trophies
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In my opinion, the front 4 is more likely to look something like:

Kulusevski - Kane - Son/signing
Richarlison

(All in the scenario that Kane stays, which in my opinion isn't likely to happen)

Alex Scott, Brandt, Maddison, Dybala etc. would all be extremely good purchases on good deals to push the squad further.
 
LeParisien said:
And if you’re not doing better than far wealthier and more prestigious clubs then it doesn’t mean you’re doing badly.

There’s a reality to our place in the world. There are no quick fixes for that.
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Atleti, LOSC (with all their financial difficulties under Gerard Lopez) and even to a certain extent Atalanta and Milan have proven that not to be the case. That a good leadership can push the club up several levels, and actually win stuff.
 
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