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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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Raumdeuterz said:
We didn't just fight for top 4 under Poch, we got it comfortably most seasons. And we genuinely fought for a league title vs Chelsea's Conte and had a CL final. That, again, with the net spend of Stoke. Give him a genuine budget and a decent DoF and we will get over the line.
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We did all that with the net spend of stoke? We must have been extremely well run on the football side.
 
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Incomplete_usernam said:
If we end up with Rodgers I am legit not going to watch a single game until he is sacked (and let's face it, it won't take long, a year tops.)

I won't accept anymore bullshit from Levy and ENIC and I feel a lot of supporters are in the same boat.
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Its why it wont be Rodgers. Even our board aren't daft enough not to know there is zero good will left amongst the fanbase for something like that.
 
Sir Archibald Crooks said:
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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Agree with all that
 
Jaynola said:
I want us to be like Ajax or Dortmund, as in you pick a philosophy and you stick to it long term, and you do everything so that it's ingrained within everyone associated with the club.

You look at Ajax especially. The kids replicate exactly what the first team does so that when they're called upon, they're tactically ready...knowing they do tremendous training work on the technical side of things from the first day they step foot into the club. The scouts know exactly what type of players they want, regardless of the squad they're recruiting for. The first team managers, all of them pretty much had the same ethos. Now they got Johnny Heitinga as their boss. Edwin is the CEO. Think Overmars was/is still involved despite his illness I read about recently. I mean, that club just feels so aligned and well run. They keep winning titles, doing well in the European comps, producing talent that they then sell for a major profit...and they got the respect and admiration of so many throughout the football world. And guess what...they're far less financially wealthy than Spurs. But what they lack in cash, they more than make up for in brains.
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So winning trophies is secondary to you? You can’t run a Brighton model in the PL selling your best players and win trophies against teams that can spend 100m+ every season.

You can have an exciting team that play gold football and feel a sense of attachment to the team. If that’s what you want then it’s a great idea.
 
Sir Archibald Crooks said:
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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Yep Nagelsman might feel like he's above Spurs. Last thing we need after Conte.

Think De Zerbi took himself out of the conversation after his antics last match.
 
Kosher Kid said:
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.
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Newcastle are yet to try and play Europe and also compete in the league.

United have an old squad and massive debt.

Chelsea are a mess.

City have FFP hanging over them.

Son and Kane won’t be around forever anyway.

Poch and his staff clearly do want to come.

If Chelsea won’t wait for Nagelsmann, he would be up for Spurs.

The shit is a mess right now but the underlying foundation isn’t that bad. It’s better than a lot of our competitors
 
Matt1882 said:
It doesn't matter if you're a mid table type of team, it's a gamble worth taking. Sometimes it pays off with a Poch for Southampton, or a De Zerb at Brighton, but for every one of those, there's far, far, far more failures. Coaches who have no idea about local rivalries and the chances a team like West Ham improve 180% when they play us etc. The language is an issue (for some) as well upping family and moving to London.
Not to say we should only have coaches with PL experience. Pep, Klopp, Conte, Mourinho all won titles without prior experience. But they HAD won titles in top leagues. They were all experienced coaches and most as players too.
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Jesus christ, you truly believe that too.
 
This thread was posted in February 2022. Be good if we can reset the poll and start over, even allow multiple selections. Admin Admin

So we could list these guys maybe?

Rodgers
Poch
Potter
Nagelsmann
Kompany
Slot
Postecoglou
De Zerbi
Xabi Alonso
Stellini
Frank
Luis Enrique
Zidane
Glasner
Amorim
Carrick
 
Starks said:
Jesus christ, you truly believe that too.
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I truly believe we should avoid Potter, Slot, Kompany and Carrick. The former permanently, the latter 3 for now at least.
What we're left with is Poch, Nagelsmann and Rodgers. If Pooch and Nagelsmann aren't coming, we're left with Rodgers.
Best of the rest. Pretty much spurs business model, isn't it?
 
Matt1882 said:
Almost 8 years ago
And won more than Spurs in those 8 years since.

I genuinely don't understand Spurs fans begging for a one season wonder like Slot, Kompany, Carrick, people with absolutely no PL management experience whatsoever (and barely any coaching experience at all) but shitting on the idea of Rodgers. PL runner up with a weak Liverpool. FA Cup winner with Leicester and 2 5th placed finishes. Ropey Conference league semi final.
Plays the sort of football Spurs fans claim to want, 352/451 possession and attack minded. Seems to be able to adapt formations and tactics, isn't afraid of earlier subs and rotation.
You know, all the things we've been missing for years, even with Poch in charge.
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He's left every club he's been at in a complete mess. Apart from Celtic, who he left as soon as the giants of Leicester came calling. So - we'll be a complete mess when he goes which could happen the minute a bigger club shows interest.

Elsewhere you've given Potter a slating.

OK, he's had a poor 7 months at Chavs, but they are completely unmanageable at the moment with that idiot Boehly in charge acting like a rich kid in a sweetshop.

Look at Tuchel's record this season at Chavs - terrible. 6 matches, 8 pts down from last season. Losses where they'd won 3-0 and 6-0. Absolute shambles when Potter took over.

And Potter at Brighton? Left them in 4th, 2 pts off top, and 7 pts better than last season. Just scored 5 v Leicester, next match 3 at LFC. Tail end last season, beat Utd 4-0, won at Goons and us successive weeks.

Leaving aside CFC, he'd done well everywhere else.

btw de Zerbi doing well there but its much the same as Potter's last 10-15 matches in charge. 9 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses.
 
White Van Jan said:
He's left every club he's been at in a complete mess. Apart from Celtic, who he left as soon as the giants of Leicester came calling. So - we'll be a complete mess when he goes which could happen the minute a bigger club shows interest.

Elsewhere you've given Potter a slating.

OK, he's had a poor 7 months at Chavs, but they are completely unmanageable at the moment with that idiot Boehly in charge acting like a rich kid in a sweetshop.

Look at Tuchel's record this season at Chavs - terrible. 6 matches, 8 pts down from last season. Losses where they'd won 3-0 and 6-0. Absolute shambles when Potter took over.

And Potter at Brighton? Left them in 4th, 2 pts off top, and 7 pts better than last season. Just scored 5 v Leicester, next match 3 at LFC. Tail end last season, beat Utd 4-0, won at Goons and us successive weeks.

Leaving aside CFC, he'd done well everywhere else.

btw de Zerbi doing well there but its much the same as Potter's last 10-15 matches in charge. 9 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses.
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Most coaches leave their teams in a mess. That's why they leave.
If Klopp was sacked this week, with Liverpool in 8th place and well off the pace, would you say he shouldn't get a top job because he left Liverpool in a mess?
It's just how coaches tend to leave clubs these days unless they are poached. Or you're Bayern and you sack someone who has hardly lost a game in 2 seasons. Madness.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Newcastle are yet to try and play Europe and also compete in the league.

United have an old squad and massive debt.

Chelsea are a mess.

City have FFP hanging over them.

Son and Kane won’t be around forever anyway.

Poch and his staff clearly do want to come.

If Chelsea won’t wait for Nagelsmann, he would be up for Spurs.

The shit is a mess right now but the underlying foundation isn’t that bad. It’s better than a lot of our competitors
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Newcastle will be thrilled with any European competition next season. They are on the up.

United are a mess but they invest in players and salaries at a higher level than Spurs.

Chelsea are a mess but they invest in players and salaries at a higher level than Spurs.

Spurs are never catching this City squad; with or without FFP.

As I have said on a previous thread; Spurs will be looking over their shoulder at Villa without new owners in the near future.
 
Matt1882 said:
Most coaches leave their teams in a mess. That's why they leave.
If Klopp was sacked this week, with Liverpool in 8th place and well off the pace, would you say he shouldn't get a top job because he left Liverpool in a mess?
It's just how coaches tend to leave clubs these days unless they are poached. Or you're Bayern and you sack someone who has hardly lost a game in 2 seasons. Madness.
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Klopp?

Where did I mention him? LFC aren't in a mess, they just haven't refreshed the team enough, something that happened at Dotrmund too.

I was talking Rodgers and Potter.

Rodgers has left Leicester in an absolute mess, no question. He also left LFC in a mess, one win in 9, losing 6-1 at Stoke, they were all over the place. Team had stopped running for him too.

Potter left BHA in their highest ever league position, 4th, having got them to their highest finish.

And I checked the last 14 matches - scoring tons of goals, 81 pts over a season. Not saying they'd have got that, but he left them at their absolute peak.
 
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