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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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Your general point here is correct.

But Ramos was gash outside of big games. He was actually really good in the bigger games, tactically spot on most of the time. We should have beaten United at Old Trafford and his run to the League Cup final and subsequent win is legendary.

He was showed up big time when Redknapp came in, in my opinion. Who not only performed against the bigger clubs in a similar manner but had us playing much better football with the same squad of players.

Redknapp’s record against big clubs was diabolical.
 
Despite their problems, both Mourinho and Conte turned up and had ideas that could hurt the biggest sides. As did Poch of course.

It's so funny how we keep beating City. Pep must hate us so much.

It's how you beat City for the most part. Most teams can't achieve it because they haven't got the players of Son and Kane's calibre able to do what those two have done in that fixture for the last few years.
 
I think what we've seen under Mourinho and Conte is negative, cynical football can't have the margin for error it needs in order to succeed at Spurs.

We've intermittently done very well under both coaches, and when we're winning and looking in control of games it's a fun game to watch.

But the moment cracks appear it starts a self-destructive cycle that would be less pronounced if we were going down swinging.
There's too much talent up and down the Premier League now for pure defensive football to work in the Premier League.

You can build your team around a strong defense of course, but you need to have an attacking plan that is more than just counter attacks. Because even the strongest defense can be breached and then it is up to you to go on the attack. Even Dyche and Hodgson have clear attacking plans, and they are the Premier League standard for defensive football.
 
Was it? Last manager to win a league game at Emirates, beat them and Chelsea at home back to back in 2009/10. Beat Liverpool 5 times, winning at Anfield and a 4-0 at home. We were shit against Man U as most were at the time.

That Emirates win was a skanking. I’m pretty sure his general record against the top sides was awful, I remember doing a toy up previously. Liverpool were pretty shit back then, no?
 
Was it? Last manager to win a league game at Emirates, beat them and Chelsea at home back to back in 2009/10. Beat Liverpool 5 times, winning at Anfield and a 4-0 at home. We were shit against Man U as most were at the time.

More’s the point, our performances against top sides under Redknapp invariably just reverted to the submissive bus park and break. Win or not, it wasn’t sustainable ethos.
 

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His Porto won the league scoring a record amount of goals. Sometimes it’s about the players at your disposal too. It was hardly surprising our attack got a bit stale when you lose a player like Bale. And end up with Clint fucking Dempsey.

Seem to remember his Zenit doing ok too.



Bullshit. His football was very similar to a lot of Pochettino’s.



It’s a fuck of a lot more progressive than shitting your pants in your own third for 75% of games, which is what we’ve been doing for the last 3 years.



Ignorant oversimplification of Guardiola’s football, which is often about patience and moving the opposition around. It’s not high risk, vertical football like Bielsa and that school.



Yeah, Sherwood’s the best three month manager in the world eh ???

If you are going to go full Bantersaurus Sherwood, I’m really not going to take you seriously.
Just to be pedantic, Dempsey was actually sold before Bale, they played together that 1 season.

The Bale replacements were Soldado and Lamela.
 
More’s the point, our performances against top sides under Redknapp invariably just reverted to the submissive bus park and break. Win or not, it wasn’t sustainable ethos.
Just not true. We were superb in certain games against them, the Chelsea and Woolwich ones in 09/10 we absolutely dominated. Liverpool in 11/12 we were all over them and won 4-0. Man City away when we got champions league, all front foot. Certainly better than what preceded and what followed him. It was a very enjoyable 3.5 seasons.
 
Just not true. We were superb in certain games against them, the Chelsea and Woolwich ones in 09/10 we absolutely dominated. Liverpool in 11/12 we were all over them and won 4-0. Man City away when we got champions league, all front foot. Certainly better than what preceded and what followed him. It was a very enjoyable 3.5 seasons.
That Peter Crouch header against City was magic. I remember drinking until about three in the morning with my mates, convinced this was a new era.

I suppose it was in a way.
 
I expect we will but he won’t be the only chap we will talk to. I think we have to speak to him really, he’s a proven manager out of a job. But if we are speaking to him we have to be speaking to Poch.
He's going to be another Conte (although a lot more charismatic). He's going to think that we're beneath him, and on the first sign of struggle he'll throw everyone under the bus. Love Lucho as a person, but he's so not suited for Spurs.
 
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