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Management Poll: Who do you want most as our next manager?

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Who would be your first choice?

  • Graham Potter

  • Scott Parker

  • Ten Hag

  • Rafa Benitez

  • None of the above - comment below

  • *Marcelo Bielsa

  • *Ralf Rangnick

  • *Ralph Hasenhüttl

  • *Steven Gerrard

  • *Julen Lopetegui

  • *Christophe Galtier

  • *Marcelo Gallardo

  • *Oliver Glasner

  • *Ryan Mason

  • *Maurizio Sarri

  • *Gian Piero Gasperini

  • *Mauricio Pochettino

  • *Antonio Conte

  • *Eddie Howe

  • *Gareth Southgate

  • *Nuno Espirito Santo

  • *Paulo Fonseca

  • *Gennaro Gattuso

  • *Ernesto Valverde


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The guy who is currently sitting second in the bookie's odds who hasn't even been mentioned is Nuno.

I truly don't know what to make of him or Wolves. They look like the greatest team in the world 10 games a year and then suck the rest of the time.
 
My issue with the "Potter isn't ambitious enough" message is: Who is? I don't necessarily think there's a dearth of good managers, but there is not a huge pot of guys who are "big names".

Nagelsmann was one (though some on here though he wasn't big enough), but the only bigger job than Tottenham available happened to also be the best job for a young German coach.

I wanted ten Hag, but many here were talking about how he wasn't a big enough name or only could do it because it was Ajax. Who exists that would fill the need?

There's never an exact apples to apples, but Potter does have some of the same qualities as Poch did before joining. Once you get passed Nagelsmann, what other name would meet the criteria? At some point you just need to take a chance on someone with a vision who plays attractive football and hope we can make some smart transfers.
 
My issue with the "Potter isn't ambitious enough" message is: Who is? I don't necessarily think there's a dearth of good managers, but there is not a huge pot of guys who are "big names".

Nagelsmann was one (though some on here though he wasn't big enough), but the only bigger job than Tottenham available happened to also be the best job for a young German coach.

I wanted ten Hag, but many here were talking about how he wasn't a big enough name or only could do it because it was Ajax. Who exists that would fill the need?

There's never an exact apples to apples, but Potter does have some of the same qualities as Poch did before joining. Once you get passed Nagelsmann, what other name would meet the criteria? At some point you just need to take a chance on someone with a vision who plays attractive football and hope we can make some smart transfers.
Most fans are very picky it seems. The fanbase as a whole seems divided on what it wants. Some want a Potter style appointment and to go into the rebuild. And some seem to still want to win things immediately with the current crop.
 
My issue with the "Potter isn't ambitious enough" message is: Who is? I don't necessarily think there's a dearth of good managers, but there is not a huge pot of guys who are "big names".

Nagelsmann was one (though some on here though he wasn't big enough), but the only bigger job than Tottenham available happened to also be the best job for a young German coach.

I wanted ten Hag, but many here were talking about how he wasn't a big enough name or only could do it because it was Ajax. Who exists that would fill the need?

There's never an exact apples to apples, but Potter does have some of the same qualities as Poch did before joining. Once you get passed Nagelsmann, what other name would meet the criteria? At some point you just need to take a chance on someone with a vision who plays attractive football and hope we can make some smart transfers.

We have to get an attacking manager and someone who is comfortable being in a ‘’project’’.

that leaves pretty much the below as realistic options:

Graham Potter
Julen Lopetegui
Ralf Rangnick

The alternative would be a pragmatist like Benitez which I think most fans would not want given the boring shit Jose just gave us. The only pragmatist I would currently accept would be someone like Conte but that’s because he is outstanding but that won’t happen.
 
No more pay out..

jean claude van damme dancing GIF
 
The guy who is currently sitting second in the bookie's odds who hasn't even been mentioned is Nuno.

I truly don't know what to make of him or Wolves. They look like the greatest team in the world 10 games a year and then suck the rest of the time.
Wolves are so boring to watch and would be another manager with ties to Mendes.

Hard pass.

I mean, better than the likes of Southgate or Parker, but still a hard no.
 
My issue with the "Potter isn't ambitious enough" message is: Who is? I don't necessarily think there's a dearth of good managers, but there is not a huge pot of guys who are "big names".

Nagelsmann was one (though some on here though he wasn't big enough), but the only bigger job than Tottenham available happened to also be the best job for a young German coach.

I wanted ten Hag, but many here were talking about how he wasn't a big enough name or only could do it because it was Ajax. Who exists that would fill the need?

There's never an exact apples to apples, but Potter does have some of the same qualities as Poch did before joining. Once you get passed Nagelsmann, what other name would meet the criteria? At some point you just need to take a chance on someone with a vision who plays attractive football and hope we can make some smart transfers.
Rangnick is the guy if we're interested in being truly ambitious because it signals to me that we are going to change how we, as a club, are run. Potter would be a coach but Rangnick is a manager with extensive experience managing an entire footballing operation.

Potter wouldn't be bad and I actually like him but Rangnick would be genuinely exciting.
 
My issue with the "Potter isn't ambitious enough" message is: Who is? I don't necessarily think there's a dearth of good managers, but there is not a huge pot of guys who are "big names".
Again, the list of managers who have won titles at multiple clubs among Europe's top 5 leagues, and who have won one of them within the last four years is: Guardiola, Conte, Klopp, Allegri. That's the whole list.

Most fans are very picky it seems. The fanbase as a whole seems divided on what it wants. Some want a Potter style appointment and to go into the rebuild. And some seem to still want to win things immediately with the current crop.
Which is preposterous because Potter will be gone by Christmas. You can't rebuild with a manager with no credibility, and the credibility bar is high at Spurs because of Daniel Levy's long track record of quick sackings.

Potter would have to be wildly successful immediately to make himself a long term solution.
 
Rangnick is the guy if we're interested in being truly ambitious because it signals to me that we are going to change how we, as a club, are run. Potter would be a coach but Rangnick is a manager with extensive experience managing an entire footballing operation.

Potter wouldn't be bad and I actually like him but Rangnick would be genuinely exciting.

I would ideally take both as DoF and coach.
 
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