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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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Another Portuguese as well, we know how successful they seem to be at Spurs, no disrespect Nabil Bentaleb Nabil Bentaleb . Shame of it is his interview he seems like a nice guy, but he will be walking into a toxic place.

I honestly wouldn’t mind if Levy volunteered to be the first man living on Mars right now.
 
Another Portuguese as well, we know how successful they seem to be at Spurs, no disrespect Nabil Bentaleb Nabil Bentaleb . Shame of it is his interview he seems like a nice guy, but he will be walking into a toxic place.

I honestly wouldn’t mind if Levy volunteered to be the first man living on Mars right now.
None taken mate. Unbelievable how this club goes for him. Portuguese for Portuguese Sergio Conceição would be ten times better
 
I have to give Levy credit, I had zero expectations and thought we would get a crap manager but he even managed to shock me with his crap selection.

A poor manager with zero ties to the PL. Unreal. At least with crap like Martinez, Howe and Southgate you could squint and try and say their English football experience could help.
 
And you fuckers didn’t want Potter at any costs …

people question GIF
:mourbye:
 
From Conte to Cunte within a week.

No wonder Levy wanted an Italian Human Shield as Director of Football. Does this cunt have the credibility of even a Nuno or Howe ? Fuck off Levy and your fraud cunt Director of Football. Two Bob. The whole thing is two Bob
 
If we appoint Paulo Fonseca I am done with Spurs. After sacking Poch because you burnt him out and appointing Mourinho who was a washed up 🦕. We go for this guy I do not understand how Levy can pull this 💩. This man is complete moron.
 
I don’t personally love it, but hope they actually back him. Tactically doesn’t seem that different from Conte, but obviously not in the same stratosphere in terms of achievement. Some background in the below video:


I don't know anything about him. I've cut and pasted this from The Athletic from a while back:

Paulo Fonseca​

With Roma’s Paulo Fonseca being replaced at the end of the season by Mourinho, Tottenham could feasibly stop part of the European manager roundabout before it gets going by bringing in the former Shakhtar head coach.

Fonseca’s tenure at Roma started well, with his side finishing fifth in Serie A, an improvement on predecessor Claudio Ranieri’s sixth-placed finish. Recently though performances have really tailed off alongside results, ultimately leading to Roma seeking an alternative manager for 2021-22.

Fonseca’s playing style — according to the “most similar coaches” section of the dashboard below — wasn’t overly similar to the Portuguese. Fonseca focuses heavily on building from the back, making him most similar to the likes of Bruno Genesio at Lyon and Unai Emery at Woolwich.

It’s not just been possession for possession’s sake this season either, ranking as the 12th-best attacking side in Europe when looking at non-penalty expected goals per game. For context, Tottenham have been the 30th-best side in Europe, and just the eighth-best in the Premier League.

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Fonseca has been particularly unlucky with injuries of late, which explains some of the downturn in form. Centre-backs Chris Smalling and Marash Kumbulla have missed ten and seven games respectively either due to injury or suspension since early February, with only Gianluca Mancini playing more than 80 per cent of minutes this season.

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A lack of Premier League experience may go against Fonseca, but he’s shown he’s able to create a formidable attacking side in the last couple of seasons. It’s hard to shy away from his defensive shortcomings though, most recently on show in Roma’s 6-2 hammering away to Manchester United in the Europa League.
 
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