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Nuno Espírito Santo and his coaching staff have been relieved of their duties.

Wiserellio

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tcyrus said:
LOOOL !
Really ?
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Surely if he left Inter due to their lack of money and having to sell key players, he’s not going to join Spurs on a shoestring budget?
I appreciate this would go against how Levy and Tottenham operate, but he’d need some incentive if it’s true he’s close to becoming manager.
Watch this space I guess!
 
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davidmatzdorf said:
Perhaps he's a "nice guy", but there was no sign of Nuno being able to turn a squad full of high-quality internationals into anything like a team.

They weren't playing together and they weren't performing for him. He was given the chance to work with better footballers than previously and he produced worse football and worse results. He couldn't motivate the players, he couldn't create a team spirit, which was reputed to be a strength of his, and he couldn't devise a flexible and effective formation.

Most importantly, the football was never easy on he eye and the results could not be held up as a justification for the poor level of entertainment.

The club hierarchy have made some dubious decisions over the past two years, but Nuno is responsible for the way the team has been performing, not Levy.
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Agreed. However, it was a strange choice from the get go. I dont normally follow the general consensus, but most predicted the football would be dire. His appointment is on Mr L.

Anyway. Let's see whats next.

I just hope Nuno is treated with some respect as he was always humble and likable.
 
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elfyid said:
Not Nuno's fault. He should never have been hired in the first place. Nice guy, but completely wrong appointment.

It's all on Levy.
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I'm not a Levy or an ENIC hater, but this was the wrong appointment. If Paratici had any input on the appointment it would be tremendously interesting how that conversation went but, for my money, thank you Nuno for your efforts and I hope you find a team that's a bit less of a jumble sale than ours to get your feet back under the table of.

We don't need a first team coach right now, we need an old-school manager, given the reins to rebuild this team.
 
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I think this is a big relief, the man looked totally burned out and never really like he wanted to be here / had any confidence in the team and especially in himself.

Terrible appointment so the board should get much of the blame as well.
 
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This is what happens when you go for the cheapest option, rather than who's the best fit for the club. Feel sorry for Nuno. I mean he had to go, clearly, but should never have been appointed.
 
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Most of the team should be utterly ashamed of themselves. Got three managers fired. These players we have are better than what they've shown. Disgusting attitude all round.
 
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davidmatzdorf said:
Perhaps he's a "nice guy", but there was no sign of Nuno being able to turn a squad full of high-quality internationals into anything like a team.

They weren't playing together and they weren't performing for him. He was given the chance to work with better footballers than previously and he produced worse football and worse results. He couldn't motivate the players, he couldn't create a team spirit, which was reputed to be a strength of his, and he couldn't devise a flexible and effective formation.

Most importantly, the football was never easy on he eye and the results could not be held up as a justification for the poor level of entertainment.

The club hierarchy have made some dubious decisions over the past two years, but Nuno is responsible for the way the team has been performing, not Levy.
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I agree the club has been disastrous but you tell me after the last 3 years of an absolute circus, and picking a manager who clearly wasn't highly regarded by senior management that will clearly gonna drip down to the squad. Its no excuse for them under performing, but the club clearly isn't in a very good place right now top to bottom. For me Nuno was just a patsy in this whole shit show and simply hired as no one else wanted to come.
 
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yiddopaul said:
Most of the team should be utterly ashamed of themselves. Got three managers fired. These players we have are better than what they've shown. Disgusting attitude all round.
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Are they truly?
 
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Good descision. By now the board must have realized that our team of primadonnas are the issue, and that the new manager needs to have the boards backing to change things around. But also the authority as a person to take control over the squad.
 
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davidmatzdorf said:
Perhaps he's a "nice guy", but there was no sign of Nuno being able to turn a squad full of high-quality internationals into anything like a team.

They weren't playing together and they weren't performing for him. He was given the chance to work with better footballers than previously and he produced worse football and worse results. He couldn't motivate the players, he couldn't create a team spirit, which was reputed to be a strength of his, and he couldn't devise a flexible and effective formation.

Most importantly, the football was never easy on he eye and the results could not be held up as a justification for the poor level of entertainment.

The club hierarchy have made some dubious decisions over the past two years, but Nuno is responsible for the way the team has been performing, not Levy.
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Agree he did a very poor job, failed at every aspect you quite rightly list and I'm delighted he's gone.

However he was never, ever going to succeed given his pedigree and playing style at Wolves. Yes he's responsible for how badly the team were 'performing' but it's no surprise, especially about the lack of entertainment. The very best outcome we could have hoped for was dour football yet getting some wins; the exact same thing that cost Mourinho his job.

Therefore the main issue goes back to appointing him in the first place - the most dubious decision made by Levy by some distance.

How Levy and Paratici honestly thought he was in any way a suitable candidate is baffling. And I'm particularly concerned about Paratici's judgment seeing as he is the most senior 'football related' person at the club now (apparently).

The fact Levy promised us a new manager with THFC 'dna' and then hired Espirito Santo was a shocking decision. Both Levy and Paratici are culpable in how the team have performed because they chose the man to lead that team. And he was totally and utterly the wrong man.
 
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Also I don't buy this rhetoric that he 'seems a nice guy'.

I don't think he once came across as particularly likeable, there are rumours of falling out with Paratici and clearly the players didn't take to him (although I am not for one minute suggesting the players are blameless in his downfall). I couldn't help but think he was a bit like Mourinho, without the success and charm (when things were going his way).

I think his persona seemed to reflect his playing style; defensive.
 
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