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Sure but if Levy is contributing towards managers avoiding the Spurs job, then his position is compromised. His additional problem now is that Conte called him/ENIC out, publicly.I think that there are there complicating and related factors. Levy is obviously notoriously difficult but that didn’t scare off Mourinho or Conte, and their firings weren‘t too controversial except for the timing of Mourinho’s so I don’t know if that would scare others away.
I think the scope of the project is what would scare them away, and that coupled with uncertainty over reporting structures and players would be more frightening to a candidate. The squad is bloated with bad players. We have no DoF. No idea over Kane’s long term future at the club. Plus they would know they are walking into a super toxic point between the club and supporters.
Levy is absolutely a massive consideration for anyone, but I think the bigger issue might be between the scope of the rebuild and whether or not they can have the time to do what is needed.
If you take the 2nd letter from each syllable, add the letter A after each letter E from that sequence. Then working backwards, take each letter of his surname, add each to the 3rd letter of the letters remaining from what he says, then he clearly says “I want to leave for Tottenham”.
the first thing asked: where has stellini (the next guardiola, with him we've never lost, the players can breath again without conte) gone?Imagine waking up from a 2 month coma and seeing that we still haven’t got a fuckin manager yet
Nagelsmann has won one of the top 5 leagues and is 35 years old.how in gods name does naglesmann have a better CV than Ange??
Ange:
3 x NSL titles
participated in a club world cup with sth Melbourne
1 x AFC asian championsip victory with Aus
2 x aleague titles
1 x j-league title
2 x SPL titles
2 x scottish cup titles
coached at a world cup
qualified aus team to a world cup
+ other cups that he won also
i will wait for your response
Absolutely, at the end of the day it all comes down to Levy. Where I’d split hairs slightly is that I don’t know how much of it is Levy not desiring to club to succeed, rather it’s his terrible decision making. Its been a cascade of bad decisions in trying to address the previous bad decision, so it’s ultimately a coach taking a gamble that they can actually squeeze more juice out of the lemon and hope Levy and the organization can fix the structural problems.Sure but if Levy is contributing towards managers avoiding the Spurs job, then his position is compromised. His additional problem now is that Conte called him/ENIC out, publicly.
Money. Lots and lots more money. The visibility doesn’t hurt either if he could actually make some positive changes.I don't see why the Celtic manager would leave that job to come here?
I agree and while everyone is all worked up about the head coach search, the DoF is likely the more pivotal and important hire.It's not long now until the transfer market opens (10th June I think) and we don't even have a new DoF yet, so not only the issues with Levy but also a potential new manager won't even know who he's directly working under/with.
The DoF is more important, but it will take time to realize the impact he has. However, that impact will be more permanent.Again, BC, I disagree. A Head Coach who plays front foot, progressive football and is willing to develop young players by actually playing & coaching them, is far more important to me than hiring some obscure no name DoF.
The DoF structure is fine on a management consultant whiteboard. Our club's various fliratations with DoFs have produced chaos, not continuity, and the signing of young players like Gil & Sarr who the Head Coach stubbornly refused to play.
They've also created a mismatch between Levy's declaration of "Spurs DNA" and uber-cautious Head Coaches like Mourinho, Nuno & Conte.
We need to determine how we want to play, hire a Head Coach who is passionate about playing that way, and hire a DoF who can recruit players that fit the vision.
Unfortunately, even those simple steps seem beyond Levy & ENIC.
Why the fuck would Levy not want the club to succeed?? That's what's going to generate more revenue and make it more valuable.Absolutely, at the end of the day it all comes down to Levy. Where I’d split hairs slightly is that I don’t know how much of it is Levy not desiring to club to succeed, rather it’s his terrible decision making. Its been a cascade of bad decisions in trying to address the previous bad decision, so it’s ultimately a coach taking a gamble that they can actually squeeze more juice out of the lemon and hope Levy and the organization can fix the structural problems.
Money. Lots and lots more money. The visibility doesn’t hurt either if he could actually make some positive changes.
I agree and while everyone is all worked up about the head coach search, the DoF is likely the more pivotal and important hire.
I'm sure Levy wants the club to succeed, as you say it makes him richer.Why the fuck would Levy not want the club to succeed?? That's what's going to generate more revenue and make it more valuable.
I seriously don't understand some people's logical reasoning.
Makes sense to try and get nagglesman when we don't have to pay bayern anything.
Just to be clear, I didn’t say he doesn’t want the club to succeed. But I do think that people could rightly make a case that he only wants to succeed within a certain operating profit level. That’s inherently always been the issue is that we are competing against seemingly unlimited piles of money with a financially astute operations person.Why the fuck would Levy not want the club to succeed?? That's what's going to generate more revenue and make it more valuable.
I seriously don't understand some people's logical reasoning.
That is categorically not the history of our club.The DoF is more important, but it will take time to realize the impact he has. However, that impact will be more permanent.
A manager, on the other hand, can have more immediate impact, but it could be short-lived.
Imagine waking up from a 2 month coma and seeing that we still haven’t got a fuckin manager yet
The purpose is possession to the point the opponents fall a sleep and than try to score.His style is very much possession based (at least when he was at Barca and Spain).
Pep learned his football from Cruyff who came through at Ajax under Vic Buckingham who played for Peter McWilliam at Spurs alongside Arthur Rowe and Bill Nicholson.Still think it has Nagelsmann.
All of these Slots and Postecoglous play one way and only one way.
Nagelsmann has the flexibility to play 3 atb, 4atb, inverted FBs, attacking, and defensive. He's just a good coach.
Every time I hear about Slot or Posty being Pep disciples, I feel like they are just marketing tools for the City Football Group. It's the same reason Pep heaps praise on De Zerbi, because he plays his style but with his own tweak.
Spurs have a history of playing attacking football since way before Pep. Why not just go balls out for Nagelsmann and build him as part of our own brand of football???
Why do you have to worship to CFG gods to be "given" a seat at the table?