Wont lie, never heard of him, no idea what sort of player he is, if hes any good etc...
...but I like the idea of replacing Vicario
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Wont lie, never heard of him, no idea what sort of player he is, if hes any good etc...
...but I like the idea of replacing Vicario
Time will tell - but it is starting to look that way
I think theres so much to be sorted out ABOVE Frank that he will be safe for now as a safe pair of hands
I think its criminal to be writing off a season, but its looking like effectively thats whats happening
When Pochettino was sacked Levy fucked up by signing Mourninho, a manager with a totally different way of playing the game, Espírito Santo they tried to turn into an ''attacking free flowing manager'' Conte steadied the ship and then some, then go polar opposite again with minimum focus on defence with Postecoglou, and now Frank, who is still using the likes of Porro who was purchased for Conte as a RWB. Bentancur is another Conte player who did quite well in a partnership with PEH. In comes Postecoglou who wanted rid of PEH, now with Frank PEH is likely the sort of player he wants.
I don't have the will to go into all this too far, and the tactical side of the game isn't really my thing, but looking back over it all it seems either crazy or self damaging because of incompetence.
No one is in charge are they
They've sacked the captain of the ship to appease people who didn't like the condition of the boat
Now the same old ship is just floating around
I thought our ex-gooner CEO was handling the day-to-day running of the club.
I mean, is he?
Paratici was Levys man, why did we bring him in at all?
To start with, he is a calm goalkeeper. He's not ranting and raving, or smashing up the bike shed if Bergvall leaves it open over night. He saves, he gets back in position and he gets on with it.
He's a very good shot stopper with good reflexes - though does tend to parry or pat it away than getting two hands on the ball, but often this is because of a swerving shot, deflection etc.
Excellent at crosses at 6ft3'.
Decent enough with his feet, not calamitous, as he has a footballers technique, and not a keeper's technique, if you know what i mean.
113 apps since 2016 though, so its been a while since he has been No.1 but none of my Madridista mates complain when he comes in for Courtois.
IMO, an upgrade on Vicario
He is, can't you tell!!
No particular evidence anyone is, to be honest. They're all either arguing or hiding
Thanks! Really appreciated, been a long while since I paid close attention to LaLiga
Looks that way.
My hope is its all in turmoil at the minute because theyre organising themselves.
Its widely reported Vinai was shocked at Levy going, was expecting to work with him. Levy going certainly came as a surprise - after 24 years of him being overlord of the club, it stands to reason there will be a period of transition while they get people into the right roles etc. For example this guy apparently coming in from City...
So I live in hope that this is all natural teething issues that will shortly resolve. Rather than "this just is what this is" which is terrifying
Our issues are poor recruitment over a number of years , ineffective DOFs , a medical set up not fit for purpose , an underperforming academy , an inability to shift players going back many many years . There are other systemic issues , who do you see as culpable for these clear failings?
I’m genuinely interested in who you think is responsible for the aforementioned issues
Is the academy underperforming? Looks like theres talent there to me, and theyve won things in recent years.
Issue with the academy is more whats happening with the rest of the club - poor squad building and managers with different ethos' and lack of interest in youth (more short termist)
Who is to blame? Levy, simple as that.
Be surprised, has anything teamtalk have said been true? Lol
Ever? Maybe once, by accident
Well it hasn’t happened yet so I am not counting my chickens . In the Levy era the only top class player through the academy was Kane. King was trained before ENIC/ Levy , so at time of writing one class player in 25 years .
That is my definition of failing . If we have 3 or 4 come through in the next 5 years Levy should get some credit for that . However we have had many false dawns with our prospects
As per any testing, if you remove a variable and the outcome remains the same, you've not removed the cause.
I think everyone must know that, deep down. It's absurd to think that someone could have 20 different people to do jobs and then do them for them. There's not enough hours in the day.
The issue, for me, has not been cumulative and consistent - we have had good DoFs in the past, with european-style 'head coach' hired to work under them. Then we get in someone who eventually wants to wrestle full control and wants rid of the DoF (Redknapp, Poch etc).
We had a really good academy under Redknapp, then Poch ruined it by doing weird things, and it is recovering now but there's no pathway (it seems) or something else blocking it.
We used to be really good at shifting players until Hitchen came in, and it was bad under the Conte era, but I don't feel like we have necessarily had an issue in moving players on recently though - it's pretty much always the issue of fan perception vs reality, in terms of people magically wanting us to get £20m for players that aren't worth £10m, or wanting the club to get rid of players (e.g. Ben, or Richarlison) that the club don't actually seem to want to sell, and seeing that being "bad at selling" rather than the reality of it.
We got £15m back for Emerson Royal, £20m for Skipp etc - which seems great now
At the moment it feels like 'The Greatest Hits' of all our problems coming together.
Fair enough.
Id say its produced a good number of professional footballers, players at Prem and Champ level - and more than paid for itself
So in the sense of being a productive academy - it is.
Of course, you are right in that so few have made it to the team.
And absolutely youre right on the lag in how long before changes made will pay off. We have invested more in recent years, so it can still pay off in the coming seasons...
I mean, there's no other kind of Spurs, so that doesn't make this TW different to any other for us really...City second and already lining up two top quality signings.
Meanwhile an injury ravaged Spurs
I was downright angry when we signed both. Still, one down. One to go.