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£18.5m at least ?Conte turned down £18m per season apparently.
What is he going to want now!...
£18.5m at least ?Conte turned down £18m per season apparently.
What is he going to want now!...
People say Liverpool are wonderfully organised and have a plan, Michael Edwards recruitment etc.Like the summer, Nuno would be only the first change of many. Personally I'd boot Don Fraudeone as well.
- Levy needs to decide the overarching vision, fans might not like that or have faith but he is the man with the Tottenham world in his hands and is who counts on the direction of the club. He simply must decide a path to go down and stick with it. But wanting "attacking football" is not enough - does that mean considered ultra technical possession, direct attacking, old fashioned wingplay stuff, high tempo, low tempo, high press, mid-block gegenpress... what? The detail is what is needed. With that the transfer policy/limits/parameters, youth policy, etc that the club operates under. We don't need vision about outcomes (eg. Top Four, Trophies, etc), we need vision about the process. Good process leads to good outcomes.
- We then need a DOF/someone in charge of the football operation who understands this, believes in it, oversees it all and can put the pieces in place. Not just some bog standard transfer guy.
- A Coach who fits how we want to play. Someone who is cutting edge at whatever aspect of the game we deem important (possession, pressing, etc).
- An academy set up (eg. Who is in charge at the moment, post-McDermott???) properly and ambitiously resourced and in tune with the clubs ethos and philosophy. Develops players for our style of play, has clear objectives - even if its to make money (eg. by building value via loans such as what Chelsea and other clubs do).
- A comprehensive recruitment network and ability to identify targets. Clear understanding of how the club wants to play, transfer policy, what sort of players we want and the requisite tools and qualities they need/we hold important, and build the target list from there.
- World class set ups in other departments - data, analysis, medical, coaching development and methodology, etc.
Changing manager might do a bit, likewise changing the players, throwing money at the obvious might help..... but really we need big ambitious structural reform at the end of the day in the whole of the footballing operation. That's the path to long term "success" and good outcomes.
That lad at Wolves is doing ok.??Can we all agree no more Portugese managers please?!
Conte turned down £18m per season apparently.
What is he going to want now!...
Probably the full backing (£££) of a chairman who actually wants to win something.Conte turned down £18m per season apparently.
What is he going to want now!...
Ppl saying he's wrong are probably ENIC accounts, as he would demand backing and is not afraid to stir the pot. A Levy nightmare right there.
Honestly think Eddie Howe could get us a top 5-6 finish.
Exactly the same way Poch did - freeze them out until they can be sold on.How would he "weed them out?" You can;t sell players against their will.
That last sentence is spot on. 5 wins and 5 defeats doesn’t sound disastrous for a fella coming into what Nuno inherited. But, bar Newcastle, we’ve had varying degrees of fortune to win all the games we’ve won and we’ve deserved every battering we’ve gotten. The stats don’t lie, we’re lucky to be where we are and eventually results will properly catch up with performances. The manner of the defeats is unacceptable and we’ve now had 5 from 7 including two pastings at home.All Eddie Howe or any other manager needs to do is show any sort of attacking threat and have a shot on target to be better than what it has been so far this season.
Its not the defeats that bother me, it's the manner of them.