Next Manager Watch

[mil1lion]

There are lot of things to like about Slot. But lets be honest, he will be a big gamble. He could be a Ten Hag or a average Koeman or even worse Frank De Boer

My biggest problem with him is, his lack of experience handling star players. There's simply no player in Feynoord you would say is a star player or high maintenance player

When things get tough in PL, can he get the team going ?

At the moment, thats as big a gamble as asking Mason to be headcoach.

I dont mind Slot, but I would prefer another coach who has experienced the ups & downs with a slightly bigger team

Trouble is the managers we've got who have managed bigger clubs have been the worst. The best have been the ones where we're their biggest job.
We only have a few star players (Kane, Son, Bentacur) anyway and they're all great pros like Vertongen, Toby and Eriksen were for Poch. I can't see them being difficult.

 

[Tezza1978]

Can't even remember what show it was on, or why the hell I was watching it but she had a colonic irrigation in TV and as she tried to hot foot it to the loo, she shat on the floor. It literally fell out of her arse.
It was like some weird fever dream!

You know that the Next New Manager thread has gone on long enough and that the never ending Levy and ENIC debate is reaching its nadir.... when we are resorting to discussing the emergency unplanned bowel movements of a 1980s TV presenter and former Eurovision contestant....

 

[tony0379]

Julen Lopetegui?

Babe he's so 2021

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

How many more times are people going to visit a total shithouse source, and then fetch the bollocks back over here for discussion with a vague 'we've been linked with'

It isn't as if we don't CONSTANTLY say we don't want stuff from sites like that. Or that we don't persistently have to remind you that you POST THE LINK.

Fucks sake.

 

[richard_gleeson]

Lol I'm just bringing up another name FFS.

Let's just talk about slot and De Zerbi cos they're the only options right

 

[Majick]

Indeed. Right now appointing him would feel like a massive victory. I'm concerned we'll go even more left field

Some sort of... disappointment, perhaps?

I don't know, can this club disappoint anyone?

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

Apologies if it's already been posted (I've only had time to check the last couple of pages of the thread) but The Athletic has an extraordinarily positive article on Slot today, and the two main themes repeatedly are: he plays positive football at all costs, no matter what system he uses, at high tempo and energy (thus uses mostly younger players), and players seem to absolutely adore him, pretty much unconditionally.

With a strong DoF getting him players at the level required for the PL (which will be way above what has worked for him in Holland), it sounds like a very promising appointment. He seems to have a good combination of traits which make him right for the job, not the least of which is that Spurs represents a quantum leap forwards for him in his career and thus a job he will hopefully be proud of and excited by.

Arne Slot - a champion with Feyenoord and a manager coveted by the Premier League

Arne Slot served a lengthy coaching apprenticeship but, having established his pedigree at AZ and Feyenoord, he is a man in demand

theathletic.com

Let me know if you want the article content posted.

Has he at any stage played 3 at the back successfully?

I feel that if we switch to a manager who solely plays 4 at the back when we have almost 150m in wingbacks could be a complete disaster

 

[THE SPURSBOY]

I know the current season is still going, but what I find crazy is as of this Thursday we will be two months away from our first pre season game on the 18th of July and I feel like we are no closer to appointing a manger then we were on the 26th of March when we fired Conte. This really is going to be worse then the Nuno debarcle isn't it.

And there’s soo much work to do with in and outs and assessments to be done by the new dof before the manager can work on what he needs in the preseason.

 

[EastUpperDK82]

Regarding Xabi Alonso... a couple of days ago he said in the media that he will be at Leverkusen next season... today they have signed Grimaldo. A player Alonso wanted for his system/project at Leverkusen.

I think we can delete Xabi Alonso from our next manager-list.

Bayer Leverkusen signs former Barcelona star Grimaldo

Xabi Alonso has made it clear that his coaching tenure with Bayer Leverkusen will continue unabated next season, putting an end to rumors linking him with renowned clubs

www.mundodeportivo.com

 

[KingNick]

There are lot of things to like about Slot. But lets be honest, he will be a big gamble. He could be a Ten Hag or a average Koeman or even worse Frank De Boer

My biggest problem with him is, his lack of experience handling star players. There's simply no player in Feynoord you would say is a star player or high maintenance player

When things get tough in PL, can he get the team going ?

At the moment, thats as big a gamble as asking Mason to be headcoach.

I dont mind Slot, but I would prefer another coach who has experienced the ups & downs with a slightly bigger team

Assessing the risk of Slot and Mason as being the same is just bizarre.

 

[Albertbarich]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJHpVdCS/

Here is a tactics breakdown of Ange Postecoglu. Really similar to Slot.

Just listened to View from the Lane and they all agreed Nagelsmann isn't the right fit because he is overhearing, demanding and not always popular with the players. They said the club needs a unifying figure who is brilliant with people like Poch was.

It got me thinking about Postecoglu who seems this lovable character that everyone seems to like. I know he is a bit older and not the most fashionable but I wonder if he could be a good fit to rejuvenate and give confidence to our broken squad. With recruitment of course.

Just a thought.

 

[Led Revolver]

The absolute worst thing about this whole scenario, all of it: the board, players, lack of manager, ticket prices, lack of DOF, lack of planning, focus on Go Kart tracks over the actual football, the continuously bolstered property portfolio, the state of the squad, the PR fuck ups and the general incompetence in full view in nearly every single facet of this club, is that it kind of renders everything utterly pointless.

What is the purpose of THFC? I'll be damned if I know...

Ambitionless, aimless, barely directionally correct over the last 4-5 years (I'm probably being generous here).

It infuriates me that we likely have people presiding over proceedings that are completely out of touch, outdated, cannot read a room, promote cringeworthy endeavours and just reek of being corporate hacks whose experience and decision making comes from some "modern business" textbook from 2004. It seems they think they understand the game, the fans, what it means to be Spurs, but they are so hideously wrong that it is just laughable.

They strike me as being the kind of group that have blue sky thinking, brainstorms, swim lanes, glide paths, and wanting to know "what good looks like" as their main prerogatives.
Proper Linked-In, cringeworthy, asinine, corporate shitehawks. I don't even think they do it maliciously. I think they're just stupid and hopelessly out of touch and out of date.


I really feel for the fans that go to every game, because they appear to be being completely duped in nearly every way. There was a time when I'd have loved to have been a ST holder, but I've never felt such apathy, irritation, frustration, anger or hostility towards this club as I do now and it's because of ridiculous decision after ridiculous decision which is just hamstringing the sporting side of the club. I cannot abide stupidity and our board are just plain stupid.

I also really feel for those that use football and Spurs as a vehicle for escapism because there's none to be found here at the moment, although that's not me, because I refuse to rely on something that is not within my control for happiness.


There comes a point where you are so full of this weird, confused, raging bewilderment because you cannot see evidence of a single decision having any kind of forethought, and you wonder "how can the board, (who are all paid very handsomely), not grasp this or see this?" They remind me of the hopeless contestants peddling corporate jargon and spiel you'd see on The Apprentice. Knowing full well that it's all just regurgitated stuff they've heard from somewhere that makes them think they'll sound like they know what they're saying.

I literally feel like violently shaking every single one of them and shouting "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU DOING, YOU CLUELESS MORON?!?"

Until this absolute malaise lifts, until wholesale changes are made, we will continue to be essentially pointless.

That's really sad. I used to have hope, optimism, whatever. Now? Nah.


And so what happens, is some people just begin to not care, walk out, not renew their STs, engage with the club less, watch less, start to phase it out of their lives more.

I'll never not support Spurs, but it's so, so easy to see through the smoke and mirrors at board level and understand just how shambolically badly this club is currently being run by the idiots upstairs, that I'll hold out very little hope of this being a worthwhile passtime (or something to be proud of or excited by) any time soon.

I feel like this 100%. The only thing is, I think the board do know what they are doing.. making huge sums of money!

 

[jpascavitz]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJHpVdCS/

Here is a tactics breakdown of Ange Postecoglu. Really similar to Slot.

Just listened to View from the Lane and they all agreed Nagelsmann isn't the right fit because he is overhearing, demanding and not always popular with the players. They said the club needs a unifying figure who is brilliant with people like Poch was.

It got me thinking about Postecoglu who seems this lovable character that everyone seems to like. I know he is a bit older and not the most fashionable but I wonder if he could be a good fit to rejuvenate and give confidence to our broken squad. With recruitment of course.

Just a thought.

Yes, plus links with Munn that I've read. I think him and Slot would be very similar appointments and both good for a long term rebuild.

 

[dtxspurs]

When Kane eventually leaves, the relegation fight is on. He's the duct tape that holds the whole crumbling superstructure together atm...

More so cemented as mid table. Kane has 7 match winning goals this season... Take away 14 points and we're tied with Chelsea & Crystal Palace sitting on 43 points putting us in 11th place.

 

[lobob8]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJHpVdCS/

Here is a tactics breakdown of Ange Postecoglu. Really similar to Slot.

Just listened to View from the Lane and they all agreed Nagelsmann isn't the right fit because he is overhearing, demanding and not always popular with the players. They said the club needs a unifying figure who is brilliant with people like Poch was.

It got me thinking about Postecoglu who seems this lovable character that everyone seems to like. I know he is a bit older and not the most fashionable but I wonder if he could be a good fit to rejuvenate and give confidence to our broken squad. With recruitment of course.

Just a thought.

Weirdly, I kind of feel like he would be less of a risk than Slot and get more leeway from the fans. His background would make him intriguing and by far the biggest job he's had, whereas we're not sure about Slot's tactical flexibility.

At this point though either is clearly the best choice left.

More so cemented as mid table. Kane has 7 match winning goals this season... Take away 14 points and we're tied with Chelsea & Crystal Palace sitting on 43 points putting us in 11th place.

Think I saw somewhere he actually has 11 match winners this season. So even worse.

 

[KingNick]

More so cemented as mid table. Kane has 7 match winning goals this season... Take away 14 points and we're tied with Chelsea & Crystal Palace sitting on 43 points putting us in 11th place.

Would we have played those games with 10 men if Kane wasn’t there?

 

[hero]

More so cemented as mid table. Kane has 7 match winning goals this season... Take away 14 points and we're tied with Chelsea & Crystal Palace sitting on 43 points putting us in 11th place.

Probably we should sell Kane to see our real level.

 

[mill]

Would we have played those games with 10 men if Kane wasn’t there?

no but seeing as we haven’t signed a good striker since berbatov whoever played instead of him would’ve no doubt a hell of a drop in quality

 

[parklane yid]

I mentioned this in my post above, he either has a preconceived idea/manager he has the horn for (Ramos, Redknapp, Mourinho) OR if not then it takes him an absolute age to decide because he doesn't fundamentally understand football and never will and he overanalyses everything and is too easily influenced by the other board members, agents, DofF etc so far too many voices and opinions added to a guy who doesn't and will never really know what he is doing as he is not a football specialist and never will be.

With Jose for example on the AON documentary he said (min 1:02 in) "There are in my mind two top top coaches in the world, one of them is at another PL club and the other one is Jose" we also know that Levy tried to hire Jose a number of time previously.


The issue with this approach with for example hiring Jose no matter what was that it was too simple, Levy didn't and isn't able to think about the wider picture and ingredients needed to create a high functioning cohesive, successful, football operation and why would he, the guy has never played or coached football at any level, he is and will always be first and foremost an Accountant a money man.

So when he doesn't have a preconceived idea as to what/who he wants e.g. Ramos, Redknapp, Mouriniho, THEN we end up with this very drawn out long process of overanalysing and jumping from one idea to the next and this is fundamentally our n.o1 issue.

Mason and Kane both said it recently, clubs need a plan, a philosophy and they need consistency for success and we have none of those under Levy.

I just hope and pray that by a stroke of luck the next Manager he lands on is the right fit and the DofF somehow is also the right fit and we can slowly build from there, the fact they had the internal football review from external consultant and appointed Munn who is formerly City Group is the only thing that gives me some semblance of hope that the next Manager we land on might be a good fit but with Donna and the rest of the board and other agents all in Levy's ear and no DofF in place those factors concern me in-line with Trix's ITK.

We just have to all cross our fingers and toes and hope the pin the roulette as to who we land on is a Manager who can identify with our clubs real true values and DNA and that they are given time and control to build a new exciting project.

Fantastic reply thank you

 

[Booney]

My biggest problem with him is, his lack of experience handling star players. There's simply no player in Feynoord you would say is a star player or high maintenance player

You could say something very similar about Poch when we signed him.

Offloaded the deadwood and divas like Adebayor and Kaboul. Got in a whole load of young hungry players who bought into his system.

It was utterly brilliant.