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Strange that not a single player has posted about Nuno that I’ve seen
Sounds awful for him! Dead man walking from the start
Is there more of it?Four months and out: How Nuno’s Tottenham reign unravelled and why it was doomed to fail
People who work in football often talk about “alignment” — the idea that, for a club to work well, everyone must be pulling in the same direction and with the same ideas.
The remarkable thing about Nuno Espirito Santo’s 10 league games in charge of Tottenham Hotspur is not that they ended abruptly, but that they ever started at all. Nuno’s appointment on June 30 was a total failure of alignment, and his dismissal on Monday morning has been almost inevitable ever since.
Many things went wrong during Nuno’s four months in charge but how many of those should really have been a surprise?
You can point to the fact that only Norwich City create less in the Premier League than Spurs do, but then why were the players put in the hands of a manager who has only ever played defensive, counter-attack football?
You can point to the damage done by splitting the squad into first and second teams, but why appoint someone with no track record of success at big clubs?
You can say that Nuno was too quiet or uncommunicative around the training ground, but why did Tottenham need to appoint him to find that out?
For all of the mistakes that Nuno made during his short time in charge at the north London side, it is only fair to ask: Were any of them as bad as the mistake of giving him the job in the first place?
Perhaps the most important fact about Nuno’s tenure was that Tottenham had rejected him as an option long before they gave him the job.
Sounds awful for him! Dead man walking from the start
Sounds awful for him! Dead man walking from the start
Sounds awful for him! Dead man walking from the start
I think it's OK if the manager is a strong enough character, I just don't think Nuno had the charisma.This is why a high profile DoF never works. None of it surprises me.
No they wouldn’t. Pochettino didn’t for example.4 months in and we’re in 8th.
Bigger names would have kept their jobs.
I’m glad he’s going because he was a stupid appointment but he’s inherited a team that couldn’t play under Poch and Mourinho.
Sounds awful for him! Dead man walking from the start
Dodged a bullet by not whacking 50m on Traore...
It always ends badly. Thats inevitable. Most managers are gone in a few years and its normally down to the football being shit or a better jobs come up. Enjoy these little moments of happiness because theres far too much shit 99%of the time.Sacking Nuno could be seen as a smokescreen of all that’s wrong st Tottenham. Suddenly everyone’s on a high- Conte is coming and we are going to be a force. We’ve been here before. In football you don’t celebrate until it happens. Football events are never predicable. I’m struggling to stay calm as everyone so let’s hope all this doesn’t end badly- again.
Same, wish him all the best in the futureI hope he gets a break from football and comes back when he is ready.
Just wasn't the right fit for us, but I hope his next job (depending on club...) goes better for him
Ridiculous amount of money on a numpty footballer player. It Would be better spent on a top coach, and let’s hope it is.Dodged a bullet by not whacking 50m on Traore...