Levy has nine-man shortlist with Antonio Conte 'set for sack'

[Frank Blank]

 

[Russ1201]

The 9 listed are:
Poch
De Zerbi
Frank
Enrique
Cooper
Glasner
Tuchel
Marco Silva
Ange Postecoglou

No mention of
Spalletti
Gallado

Who would you go for? Spalletti for me.

Knowing how that clueless clown Levy works he probably go for Cooper as its the cheapest salary.

 

[Stavrogin]

Did we have a long-term plan or did we decide a week or two before, oh this is going t!ts up with Poch, Nuno, Jose, so who is available who would appease the fans!

a plan in my eyes would be a list of potential managers' pros and cons, who fit in with the ethos of the club and the direction we want to head, not to mention a style in keeping with the way we wanted the last manager to play!

rather than any big name who is free, we used to have a 5 year plan we seem to be very reactive in everything we do these days!

But that's my point. We don't know whether they had a plan, but you are assuming they didn't based on your conception of what a plan would look like - which is not necessary correct. They did seem to be operating in a logical way - just not in retrospect the best way (although who is to say). Mourinho made sense and was very expensive, same with Conte. Espirito Santo was clearly not done to appease the fans (and was a strange botch probably due to Paratici coming in and the lack of options).

You're projecting onto them and interpreting events in a way that may not match reality. Who is to say that hiring Paratici was not part of a long term plan? Just because you have a plan, it doesn't mean that it'll work.

I agree we've been reactive recently but that is actually only a relatively short period and sometimes you don't have a choice. You make a plan to ascend the mountain, but once you're half way up you need to react to what is happening.

 

[Jamturk]

If there is 9 candidates on your list at the football club something is very wrong.

 

[Russ1201]

If there is 9 candidates on your list at the football club something is very wrong.

True, worse thing is wouldn't be suprised if all of them turns us down the way Levy treats managers and the way he runs the footballing side.

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Surprising what football managers will put up with if there is a £10 million plus wage packet on offer, reckon people inside football have a more pragmatic view of things than your average football fan.

 

[AtoubaToothpaste]

Surprising what football managers will put up with if there is a £10 million plus wage packet on offer, reckon people inside football have a more pragmatic view of things than your average football fan.

Especially as they likely only have to work 1 season for their entire contract to be paid up. Easiest way of making money in football is to be a Spurs manager.

 

[newbie]

But that's my point. We don't know whether they had a plan, but you are assuming they didn't based on your conception of what a plan would look like - which is not necessary correct. They did seem to be operating in a logical way - just not in retrospect the best way (although who is to say). Mourinho made sense and was very expensive, same with Conte. Espirito Santo was clearly not done to appease the fans (and was a strange botch probably due to Paratici coming in and the lack of options).

You're projecting onto them and interpreting events in a way that may not match reality. Who is to say that hiring Paratici was not part of a long term plan? Just because you have a plan, it doesn't mean that it'll work.

I agree we've been reactive recently but that is actually only a relatively short period and sometimes you don't have a choice. You make a plan to ascend the mountain, but once you're half way up you need to react to what is happening.

We are on the same page, i have no idea if there is a plan

 

[CheeseGromit]

We need a shortlist of 9 because our top 8 targets tun us down

 

[cider spurs]

are we a forward thinking club or a reactive club?

We're forwardly thinking about being reactive.

 

[Twizzle]

it would make sense if this were a month or so ago but by now it really should be done to one or two, surely