If it was Rodgers, and it had been tied up for months, I really think we would have heard more about it by now. I'm not saying it wont be him but I don't believe it's something that was worked on and sorted ages ago
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If you keep saying it then it might actually fucking happen so please stop
Of course we fucking are
In fairness Base did such a great job in January, negotiating with (just let me check, ah yes!) Base, for 31 days, softening them up for Levy to swoop in and take over on the final day and heroically overpay on Porro's release clause, that I'm sure we can't help but want to work with them again...
Levy's problem in recent weeks has been persuading the supporters to accept Rodgers.
The poll on here clearly showed that Poch and Nagelsmann were the preference. If Rodgers had been announced at that point Levy would have had serious problems attending matches.
That is my opinion.
They are allowing you to get your head around Rodgers.
He looks prettier and prettier as each 'B' lister bites the dust doesn't he?
I would argue Klopp is a grade A prick with the scariest teeth in football and a shit attitude to boot.
Admittedly 55 is not old though
The suggestion that Postecoglou is in the frame concerns me. By any stretch football in Scotland is a Yeo horse race every year. Over the past couple of decades Celtic, for various reasons, has held sway. I think most would agree it does not take a great coach to lead Celtic to several premier championships. If people think he would do well in the prem consider how Villa employing Gerrard turned out, or Rogers at Leicester.
It looks as if Levy and his advisors (assuming he listens to anyone) haven‘t a clue what they want. Has Levy really baulked at paying compensation for Slot, even at £20m? If so it’s crazy. We pay stupid money time after time for players who can‘t make the squad and spend their time loaned out. A top coach/manager is worth their weight in gold. And a good one will also demand more control over which players are bought and sold.
It’s looking like we will end up with another no-hoper unless Levy gets his act together. He’s done a great job on the stadium but he is screwing up the most important bit.
It looks as if Levy and his advisors (assuming he listens to anyone) haven‘t a clue what they want. Has Levy really baulked at paying compensation for Slot, even at £20m? If so it’s crazy. We pay stupid money time after time for players who can‘t make the squad and spend their time loaned out. A top coach/manager is worth their weight in gold. And a good one will also demand more control over which players are bought and sold.
It’s looking like we will end up with another no-hoper unless Levy gets his act together. He’s done a great job on the stadium but he is screwing up the most important bit.
Depends how you look at it.
Are they the only agents we want to deal with, or are they the only agents that want to work with us???
And when I say us, obviously I just mean this cunt:
I feel like I’ve really shown up my lack of Australian footballing knowledge!
For shame Cranston.
For shame.
Again with the predictably lazy "Who has he managed" garbage. Same sort of garbage that'd get banded about certain footballers and how good they were because they hadn't "Played in the Premier League".
I know this is likely hard to believe because we're on a Spurs forum, but I do tend to watch football and I've watched a fair bit of Feyenoord this season (mostly in Europe) because I don't actually mind Dutch football and have liked Slot since the AZ days who I stumbled across during lockdown.
The thing that strikes me when watching Feyenoord is their attacks tend to be rather predictable. But a lot of their goals have also come from outside the box or from cut backs against pretty open defences (as you'd expect from the Dutch league). Which you simply won't get in the Premier League. We don't have 1 vs 1 dribblers like Feyenoord have so that's already an issue. What we'd have ultimately got with Slot, certainly until he hopefully got the players he'd have wanted is a lot of hopeful crosses in our attacks. Though I think giving him time and money, he'd have worked it out and we'd have been good together.
Whilst with Ange's teams, he likes to work the ball wide to create space in the central area of the park before working it back in. Now, I noticed in some Feyenoord games that Slot does get his team to do this also but it seemed very predictable in the way they done it. If it didn't work, they'd still just keep doing the same thing whereas when watching Celtic in particular, they seemed to have more variety to their game, through obvious great coaching.
Either it being direct, using 3rd man runs, being a bit more patient, using triangles in their offence and using the opposition to manipulate. Which I never really got from Feyenoord, maybe they didn't need to do it and that's why. They did win the league, afterall.
You’ll see tonnes of line breaking passes through the eye of the needle in central areas at Celtic. I never really saw this with Feyenoord.
And to be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if the real reason Postecoglu is currently at Celtic and spent most of his time in Australian or Japanese football is because of his name. He's not particularly a big name in football from his playing days (Retired at 29) or has any connections to any big clubs. He had to do it the hard way and that should be commended. Especially when his philosophy is pretty clear.
In each one of these managerial polls, there have been five managers I have voted for when it comes to who I'd want as Spurs next manager, they were:
Nagelsmann, De Zerbi, Slot, Kompany and Ange.
Because those are the five managers I have been impressed with when it comes to watching games with your eyes and seeing exactly what they are about. It doesn't matter if Kompany has managed Burnley and Anderlecht. It doesn't matter that Ange has only managed in Scotland, Australia and Japan. It doesn't matter that De Zerbi has won practically fuck all in his career. It doesn't matter if Slot has been managing for just 4 years.
I read that and thought, he usually speaks a lot of bullshit but I could actually see that as being true!
Don't really care who Levy's historically spanked the monkey over in the staff toilets tbh...
In fairness Base did such a great job in January, negotiating with (just let me check, ah yes!) Base, for 31 days, softening them up for Levy to swoop in and take over on the final day and heroically overpay on Porro's release clause, that I'm sure we can't help but want to work with them again...
Weren't they also negotiating on Sporting's behalf as well and it somehow ended up with Spurs paying more than the release clause.
But Levy still sees them as a friendly agency??
Even if that were true, I'd still be concerned that the Club even felt the need to drop Ange Postecoglou into the water to gauge reaction, how could they be so fucking clueless as to not know how that'd be received??
Going by the roilling stones Angie seems made for us.
Angie, Angie
When will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here?
With no lovin' in our souls
And no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
Angie, Angie
You can't say we never tried
Angie, you're beautiful, yeah
But ain't it time we said goodbye?
Angie, I still love you
Remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams were held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here
Oh, Angie, don't you weep
Oh, your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, Angie
Ain't it time we said goodbye? Yeah
With no lovin' in our souls
And no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
Angie, I still love you, baby
Everywhere I look, I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Come on, baby, dry your eyes
Angie, Angie
Ain't it good to be alive?
Angie, Angie
They can't say we never tried
Angie, Angie
When will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here?
With no lovin' in our souls
And no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
Angie, Angie
You can't say we never tried
Angie, you're beautiful, yeah
But ain't it time we said goodbye?
Angie, I still love you
Remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams were held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here
Oh, Angie, don't you weep
Oh, your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, Angie
Ain't it time we said goodbye? Yeah
With no lovin' in our souls
And no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
Angie, I still love you, baby
Everywhere I look, I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Come on, baby, dry your eyes
Angie, Angie
Ain't it good to be alive?
Angie, Angie
They can't say we never tried
Yeah, that's what I said, Base negotiated with Base for 31 days, Levy had to step in anyway, and we overpaid...
Yeah well you were fucking adamant in January that Danjuma was gonna be ace so...
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