Yeah. The only way he wouldn’t be my last choice is if Southgate was on the list.
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I've done a bit of digging and concluded that Poch & Rodgers are very close in terms of their previous with other clubs.
For me the win % is the key stat with potential Spurs managers.
Style of play must also be a consideration. Spurs next manager must entertain as a minimum requirement.
Levy seems to have abandoned this club philosophy since we moved into the megadome.
Levy has been hiring mercenaries and bounty hunters.
Poch had a win percentage of 38.33% @ Southampton.
Rodgers had a win percentage of 45.1% @ Leicester who are arguably a very similar club to Southampton.
Poch had a win percentage of 65.48% at PSG
Rodgers had a win percentage of 69.8% @ Celtic.
Both these clubs expect to win the league every season and rarely have more than one other club challenging them for the title. Very similar jobs.
Poch had a win percentage of 54.27% @ Spurs.
Rodgers had a win percentage of 50% @ Liverpool.
Poch already has the good will of Spurs supporters.
Rogers has won more trophies in England and outside England.
There really isn't much in it.
It's a bit weird to be excited and recommend someone over a stint that's nearly 10 years old when he's managed two teams since.
It's like recommending Benitez because he won La Liga with Valencia.
So has Roberto Martinez. Should he be on the shortlist too?
He came runner up with a Liverpool team despite being five points clear with 3 games to go. On top of having perhaps the third best footballer of his generation at his disposal. Great stuff.
Two fifth placed finishes with Leicester despite being 4th place with 2 games to go in one of those years and 3rd with 2 games to go on the other.
Awesome stuff. Oh he won an FA Cup? So did Conte. So did Mourinho. So did Redknapp. That worked out well for us.
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One is a twat, one isn't.
And then got his team relegated, or in fact, jumped ship before they got relegated to avoid the blame.
Turned us down at least once during that time.
Is ex-Chelsea (please no more)
He is a known quantity and nobody can argue that Spurs as a club is above the level of Rodgers. Or at least not above the level of when he was in his prime. But he's on a massive downward trajectory now after leaving Leicester in such a mess.
Spurs are in trouble, we need a manager that can help fix the mess. If we hire Rodgers we are hiring him and offering him the chance to be fixed. We can't fix ourselves atm, let alone fix anyone else.
Sounds like me and you Danny boy.
Kompany has an equal amount of gamble to Rodgers.
One is a gamble on a coach that is on the way down.
The other is a gamble on a coach that is on the way up.
Spurs is a club on the edge atm, not sure we should gamble on either. If I had a choice, I'd gamble on Kompany and his upwards trajectory instead of gambling that we can fix Rodgers career at the same time as fixing ourselves.
Ultimately this.
Pretty much like when we decided to go with Pochettino instead of van Gaal.
Then again, Poch had his doubters too.
I don't want Rodgers.
I do think Rodgers is a manager that will appeal to Levy.
Rodgers would be highly likely to get Spurs a minimum of Europa League for the next 3 seasons and would probably cost less than Poch and Nagelsmann to hire and fire.
Can you see where this is going?
No Levy fan but he's more ambitious than that. Top 4 has always been his measure of success and he's been consistently willing to hire expensive managers to chase it.
Trophies and winning the league is where you can realistically question his ambition when it comes to transfer and wage budgets.
He spent big bucks bringing in Mourinho and Conte. Why would he scrimp now on hiring a second rate manager that hasn't shown promise for years?
When he could probably hire a more promising manager for a similar price or perhaps even less based on experience?
Every manager is a gamble.
Naglesmann seems a great coach but even he comes with question marks, would he see us as a step down? is he mature enough? would he want to be here 3 or 4 years?
De Zerbi, another volatile personality. Do we need that after Mourinho and Conte?
Poch returning, does it ever really work?, has the game moved on since the pressing game 10 years ago?
IMO the safest bet is probably Poch, he knows the club, knows the limitations and isnt likely to throw a moody after 1 bad transfer window. If we're taking a bit more of a risk and looking for the next big thing its Kompany or Slot.
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Because Spurs look likely to be entering a period where the overall wage bill can be reduced and securing Champions League football would be seen as a huge bonus rather than a necessity to pay big wages to the clubs top earners.
I think his Chelsea connection is negligible because he never managed the first team.
Latest odds.
The Brodge 4/1
Poch 5/1
Nagelsmann 6/1
Slot 9/1
Kompany 10/1
Potter, Postecoglou and Alonso all 16/1
The Brodge 4/1
Poch 5/1
Nagelsmann 6/1
Slot 9/1
Kompany 10/1
Potter, Postecoglou and Alonso all 16/1
Getting top 4 whilst competing with the current squads of Man City, Man Utd, Woolwich, Newcastle, Liverpool and Chelsea will be impossible for Spurs under ENIC's fiscal policies.
We all know that really.
Spurs are also facing the increasing possibility of attempting to achieve that task without Harry Kane and Son in the near future.
In all honesty Levy will need a manager like Rodgers to avoid the illusion at Spurs collapsing completely under his tutelage.
If anyone else wants Nagelsmann and Poch then they are not coming here are they?
Rodgers is about the best Spurs can get and Spurs is about the best Rodgers can get.
It looks odds on to me.
I think in and around top 4 is a better description of Levy's ambition. I don't think he's too bothered if we only actually qualify every 2 or 3 years or so. After all, he never makes an effort to back his manager when we do qualify to sustain our position.
Clubs with genuine aspirations wouldn't have the likes of Hojbjerg, Davies, Dier, Lenglet etc occupying starting positions week in week out.
He just needs us to be in the mix. Keep the stadium full.
Any extra money made through qualification is probably outweighed by increased expectations within the fanbase.
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