Next Manager Watch

[Now it's Spursonal]

 

[spurs9]

The more i see of Slot, the more impressive it gets. Love him to reunite with Koopmeiners again. Was brilliant for him. He's getting higher and higher up my list, and like Trix said. More realistic.

I like him, if he wins the Europa League and Dutch Cup, he will go further up the list for me, but if he doesn't win the league from the position they are in, he will drop down it.

 

[spurs9]

Yea honestly who in their right mind would take the job right now?

Any decent manager with any sense would steer well clear.

The only thing is that for some managers it is their absolute dream to manage in the premier league and also we pay our managers very well so based on that we should be able to attract someone half decent but really if they have any sense and take one look at the mess we are in and the lack of direction under Levy they’d say thanks but no thanks.

I might be wrong here but I thought we had ITK a while back basically saying that both Potter and Rodgers turned our approach down because they didn’t want to work with Levy and didn’t feel we had a stable plan.

I can see many other decent candidates now saying the same.

Fwiw I just have this nagging feeling that we will end up with Glasner or Galtier. Really hope I’m wrong.

We heard the same under Nuno, yet we got Conte after.

 

[spurs9]

There are no links.

A journalist did a Google search for a manager who had previously said he'd never leave his club mid-contract.

They found one.

It was Kovac.

Then they wrote a piece of shite for clicks.

And now the feeble-minded amongst us are going 'oh, look, there's another manager who's turned us down, lol'.

And while we continue to click and revel in Spurs-related misery, the articles will continue to be produced.

'Vincenzo Italiano once said he couldn't trust anyone under 5ft 8in? Fire up the computer. There's another article on its way.'

Et cetera

Ad nauseam

Also, they picked a manager that there are no serious links with us and there is no chance we will go for, so there is no chance we hire them and make them look stupid.

 

[Finchyid]

Like you say I think there will certainly be managers out there that would jump at the chance regardless of what’s going on behind the scenes but will they be managers we actually want?

Any respectable name would probably be incredibly concerned by the apparent lack of direction by the board along with how things ended for our last 4 managers. Maybe there’s a chance they can be convinced but I’d also be very cautious about taking on such a job. What happened with Paratici over the last 24 hours just makes us look incredibly amateur and completely out of our depth. The stadium and training ground plus some of the players will no doubt be an attractive proposition but I think it’s pretty clear to everyone that it doesn’t really matter as long as the club is run how it is.

Levy has a monumental task ahead of him to convince whoever we want to come imo. If that’s JN, Gallardo or even Slot, any intelligent manager will quite possibly view us a poisoned chalice currently, and why would anyone want to climb aboard a sinking ship and potentially taint themselves in the process. It’s imperative that Levy and the board act swiftly to fix this whilst it’s still remotely salvageable.

Yes it would actually be nice to get a manager who wants the job!!

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

We heard the same under Nuno, yet we got Conte after.

You say that mate but I’d argue we are in far far more of a mess now than then.

Conte has left in a ball of fire and thrown grenades at our board and the group of players, our sporting director has been banned worldwide for 30 months, we have the assistant manager of our former manager taking charge for the final 10 games of the season, we have our captain goalie and our best player and talisman Kane both going into final years of their contract…

So as the article someone just posted says, who in their right mind would want to take the Spurs job?

 

[Jamturk]

Our clubs taking a kicking

Yeah mostly by our own.

 

[lobob8]

Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but Ange is out of contract at the end of the season.

Is he really? Think that puts him up the list

 

[Guntz]

Reckon we get news in the next few days that Nagelsmann has turned us down.

 

[Impspur1]

I wonder if Levy will be forced to go for Potch now. Maybe the only one who would walk into this chaos

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Yes it would actually be nice to get a manager who wants the job!!

True after Conte.

I think Jose and Nuno wanted the job they were just bad fits and bad choices. Conte always acted like he was doing us a favour.

We need a young hungry under the radar manager to build us a new positive project.

I can’t see Nagglesman wanting to join but I like the idea of Slot. Call me crazy but I also don’t mind the idea of Kompany or Rodgers(on the basis he brings Maddison with him).

If T.Frank played the football he played 4-3-3 passing pressing football when Brentford got promoted then he and his positive energy and ability to work on a budget would be great, bring Brentford’s recruitment team too! Or nick Brightons. But if Frank plays long ball to Toneyball then no thanks on him.

Celtic manager would also be a good option.

Gallardo would be an exciting gamble.

There are actually quite a lot of really decent options, don’t mess this up again Levy.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Still don’t know why so many people think a DOF is so vital. Managers like Poch do t want one they want to shape the playing strategy of the whole club. Sure the managers like JM and AC don’t care about anything but the first team but in that case the only job the DOF does is to get them exactly what they want - others suggestions fall in deaf ears. At Spurs we have got more infrastructure than we had five years ago and less clarity with little in the way of positive results.

Pretty much every manger we have been linked with thus far has worked almost exclusively with a DoF or Technical Director. Bringing in the likes of JN, Slot, Gallardo, Di Zerbi or Enrique etc without one in place would be risky imo. Most bigger clubs in Europe have one these days, it’s more unusual not to have one especially if you are a top club. Aside from the fact that it would also result In Levy being more involved in the footballing side and that is something we really can’t have. We need to reduce his involvement as much as possible. Yes your right Poch doesn’t like them by all accounts but I’d be very concerned by that as although Poch had very many strengths player recruitment, especially when working with Levy, wasn’t necessarily one of them. Anyway it doesn’t seem like Poch is coming here as he seems destined for RM atm.

 

[jpascavitz]

Still don’t know why so many people think a DOF is so vital. Managers like Poch do t want one they want to shape the playing strategy of the whole club. Sure the managers like JM and AC don’t care about anything but the first team but in that case the only job the DOF does is to get them exactly what they want - others suggestions fall in deaf ears. At Spurs we have got more infrastructure than we had five years ago and less clarity with little in the way of positive results.

I agree with this, if you look at some of the successful names they almost always get the can at some point or jump around to avoid staying long enough to have some poor signings imo

Which DoFs have been at one club long enough that we should take note of?

 

[For the love of Spurs]

I wonder if Levy will be forced to go for Potch now. Maybe the only one who would walk into this chaos

if the club had any sense it would get on its hands and knees and beg Pochettino to come back. Naglesmann ain’t coming to us in this state.

we can all talk about the shiny new toys like De Zerbi at well run clubs like Brighton but they would probably get swallowed alive right now. We know Poch can swim in shit, he took over from AVB/Sherwood. Pochettino might be the only man who will come and who is capable of stabilising and getting some positivity back in.

 

[spurs9]

You say that mate but I’d argue we are in far far more of a mess now than then.

Conte has left in a ball of fire and thrown grenades at our board and the group of players, our sporting director has been banned worldwide for 30 months, we have the assistant manager of our former manager taking charge for the final 10 games of the season, we have our captain goalie and our best player and talisman Kane both going into final years of their contract…

So as the article someone just posted says, who in their right mind would want to take the Spurs job?

Conte does that pretty much every time he leaves a club, he did the same at Chelsea. One way or another, the Paratici issue will be resolved in May at the latest, not ideal but very much a temporary issue.
We hired Poch after out Academy manager was in charge for over half a season. Man Utd brought in ETH when they had a temporary manager, it really isn't an issue at all.
LLoris will need to be replaced anyway and we have a squad of good players not just Kane.

Who would take the Spurs job? We pay our managers one of the highest wages in football (Conte was the 4th highest paid), we play in the most attractive league in the world, constantly in contention for a Champions league place, play in the most attractive city in England, have one of the best grounds in the world and one of the best training ground in the world.

Everton were a mess and managed to get Anchelotti, we were a mess and managed to get Conte, people considered Man Utd a mess and they got ETH, Liverpool were a mess and they got Klopp, Chelsea are a bigger mess currently, do you think they will struggle to get a manager?

People are emotional at the moment and I get that , but a bit of perspective is needed.

 

[spurs9]

I think people need to take a breath and remember the quote “today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip wrappers”.

 

[Trix]

Watch it...

Or what you'll hit me? Have to say Pav after 3 and a half years watching you I'm confident you'll miss.

 

[Impspur1]

I think people need to take a breath and remember the quote “today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip wrappers”.

But at the moment tomorrow’s fish and chip paper is replaced by more shitty news about us….. not sure there are enough fish in the sea to ride this out

 

[West Stand Story]

What I want is a manager who wants to win trophies. I'd rather win the Europa Conference than get to CL quarters
I'm not really bothered about attacking football or a high press, I just want us to win games and especially a trophy.
Seventh and a League Cup would do me fine next season, an FA Cup would be the stuff of raptures
Of course if we're going to be trophyless, then yeah lets play some nice football, but to me pretty much always winning football is great football
I wanted Conte out because of results like Mura and Sheff U, not because he played 3CBs or whatever

 

[DenverSpur]

I’ve touched in this before but to repeat. I understand that Joe Lewis has let Levy run the football side of things at Tottenham because he has made barrow loads of money for ENIC through his property developments. Nevertheless there has to come a point where he says enough is enough, that’s one too many screwups on the football side of things. The last 2 weeks are a complete PR disaster and the blame can only be on Levy. On top of which, if rumours are true, his presence as chairman is becoming a reason why prospective mangers are turning us down.
I continue to be baffled why they don’t restrict Levy to what he’s good at - the property side of the business - and appoint a competent CEO to run the football club. It would save them so much grief and they would still be making money.
In any other business Levy would be relieved of his position. Makes you wonder what hold he has on Lewis if this fiasco isn’t enough to move him aside.