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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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TheRealTI said:
It's ridiculous to say that having a manager in place does not help your summer transfer planning though, which is the point that was being debated. Sure, whoever the person is may or may not have final say on players. Nobody is saying Conte will walk into Levy's office with a list of 5 guys and that will be our business.

We're talking about the footballing department knowing what type of player and what positions we need to recruit. If we bring in someone who only plays 3-5-2 or someone who only plays 4-2-3-1, that is absolutely going to matter.

The footballing department and manager need to be on the same page in terms of what they're looking for. Every day that goes by where we don't have a manager, we are falling behind in terms of our analysis and eventual recruitment.
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Sure, I'm with you on that.

I thought the question was whether we should be flogging off Aurier and Sissoko or whatever.
 
StripiestPilot said:
So Real sack their manager and replace him over a weekend, while we are still scrabbling around after 6 weeks with no end in sight.

What is taking so long? I suppose it’s a good thing that the Real job is off the table for Conte/Poch now but Levy please hurry the fuck up. We have a huge amount of work to do but we can’t get started until we have a manager.
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I'm wondering if Poch is the problem, just like his indecisiveness with transfers I can imagine he is dithering now. All he has to do is resign. Just fucking make a decision and go for it.
 
JimothySE23 said:
This is a little hyperbolic. We were awful this season and still ended up within touching distance. To say finishing in the top 4 is no longer realistic is a little OTT.
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That's fair, and I don't mean to say no one can nick 4th the way we or Everton did back in the 2000's.

But in terms of the size of the clubs and the scale of their ambitions, those four are leaving everyone else behind. And four is an important number because of the financial drawbridge of CL qualification.

The gap from those four to everyone else is growing, not shrinking. And Spurs are rapidly becoming indistinguishable from the rest of the chasing pack. Us, Leicester, Everton, Woolwich looking a bit like a defined "next tier"

Then Leeds, Wolves, and Villa as sort of nominal pretenders to that next tier class (and Palace sort of aspiring to be there as well based on their spending), then a bunch of dross aiming for survival.
 
Fattynomates said:
I mean it’s not a glamorous appointment and I wouldn’t want to write him off before he has been given a chance , but when you are linked with the likes of Conte who looks to be currently available, if we were to appoint Martinez instead it shows us everything we want to know about the ambition of the club
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It's weird cos I quite like Martinez and I don't think it would be the worst appointment ever, but I'm not sure if it's the right appointment. It could work out. But I'm not very convinced that it will be him. I think it's more likely to be Potter or Parker than Martinez. If we have to wait until after the Euros and he has a terrible Euros, then it surely won't be him, because they'll change their minds... I don't think it's going to be him.
 
Everton’s loss could be our gain, because it’s a chance to reflect on their history of big name managers, and while only voodoo or Juju can get us Howard Kendal, Marco Silva is still there and no one wears an M&S suit as nice as Marco Silva. He’s probably more Spurs than Moyes is. I’m committed. Marco is the way ahead.
 
ElTel said:
www.hitc.com

Roberto Martinez refuses to comment on his future after claims Tottenham have offered him a deal - HITC

Belgium boss Roberto Martinez has refused to comment on speculation linking him with Tottenham Hotspur.
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Martinez has been offered a contract by Levy according to a Belgian journo

Het Belang Van Limburg in Belgium reported last week that Tottenham have offered a deal to Martinez having asked him to become their new boss
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ITK right here, folks

Way back on 22 April, yours truly wrote......

Joan Thomas said:
I've had a text tonight from a mate of a mate employed by the club.
And this is genuine.

Ryan has been given the job until June because....We have agreed terms with our new manager but for contractual reasons he cannot be announced or confirmed until after the Euro's.

He told him this in good faith, mind, that he wouldn't share it with anyone else

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