Wow we're breaking managers even before they sign with us.
That. That is impressively Spursy, even for us.
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Management Poll: Who do you want most as our next manager?
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That. That is impressively Spursy, even for us.
Bizarre seeing a shortlist with the likes of Conte and Pochettino alongside Potter and Howe.
Like looking at a menu with a choice of:
Poached Scottish Salmon
Fillet of Hereford Steak
Roasted Dog Shit
Grilled Fresh Vomit
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Th is episode will either break us as a club of any meaningful intent or solidify us as one of the main players.
It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty which way it goes as yet even if the darkness of the skies has a sense of foreboding.
It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty which way it goes as yet even if the darkness of the skies has a sense of foreboding.
I don't agree with you here. Not entirely anyway. City under Txiki/Pep have never really gone out and made a Neymar/Mbappe type purchase. They've spent a fuck ton of money, but they've spent it pretty well, paid some big wages, but a lot of that was about catching up the uber clubs in a short(isn) amount of time. Their rec odd purchase is only about 10-15m more than ours.
There's been plenty of examples of City baulking at players and buying second on the wish list. Last summer they baulked at Kounde's fee and bought Diaz instead.
And Thiago wasn't exactly established first team super star when he took him to Bayern, (he was on the way to becoming one maybe) and at 25m Euro, hardly a money no option signing.
Well and that’s sorta a good example right?
If a manager says “I absolutely must have Kylian Mbappe and nothing else will do”, that’s not going to just overturn the long term plans of any well organized structure.
If a manager says “I must have this available and well within our budget player I have worked with before in order to implement our agreed upon ideas into the team”, a good DoF is going to listen. Why wouldn’t he?
These hypothetical tension points about specific player purchases are small and rare if any of this has been set up with any thought. Interests just naturally align.
Where the tension does ratchet up is with the board, with the overall level of funding. And as we saw with Conte, that does push people out of roles.
At ENIC’s Spurs there has never been a distinction between “which player?” versus “how much money?” because Levy solely controls both decisions. Which cannot work in today’s football.
I'm torn between us taking this long to find someone, and finally having an appropriate person looking for one
Ten Hag has been such a decent choice the whole time. Why did we just not push for him in the first place?
Because the club's run by morons
I was just about to point that out.
I don't know how much I believe the ITK, but I do believe that Ten Hag was turned off by Levy to the point where he just went back to Ajax. Maybe it was a contract ploy, like Poch, but best believe both of them for sure will get their boards backing.
It's going to be a summer where the open managerial spot at Tottenham will just be a bargaining chip for others.
Wot a fucking joke we've become.
Hey I got a tenner on saying he's just going to end up appointing Ledley or Powell in the end.
Probably some ploy by Levy to keep Harry at the club. Just more empty promises, poor bastard.
Probably some ploy by Levy to keep Harry at the club. Just more empty promises, poor bastard.
Farke Conte Levy
At least they're prepared. I doubt Howe or Potter are.
Levy got distracted by the big name appointment and chased the rainbow for a pot of gold instead of staying with our original targets.
This has always been a problem with Levy he chases players and managers without a plan. The fact is Levy quite often goes without a plan and quite often focuses on target of opportunity.
I was greatly disturbed by this bit of ITK - Allardyce, 56? Fuck me, he's younger than I am!
So I checked - phew, he's 66.
I'm calling bullshit on this one RLB
Can't believe Neil Warnock hasn't been linked yet
Are we signing our manager today or what? Each day becomes more of a shambles