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JamieSpursCommunityUser

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Literally this, if one was to believe the latest reports are true then the club look completely and utterly clueless. It was only a matter of time before some jurno’s mentioned this. If it really was a pr move by the club, which looks likely at this point, it was a very bad one.

It's trying not to look rejected by pretending instead to be stupid - and which journalists are quite rightly making fun of.
 

rossdapep

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Remember when we got news the club were interviewing Ten Hag.......

......that's how it started in 2021!
 

easley91

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Lol at some of the over the top reactions here.

How some of you get through life with so much pent up anger and frustration is beyond me..

Nobody knows if who we go for will be a success or not. If you know it's PR spin, why get yourselves so worked up over it?

Just sit back and see what happens.
 
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septicsac

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No one could be criticised for presuming the failure to attract Nagglesman is entirely down to Levy's failure to put the right things in place to resolve same. Personally I have had zero confidence in the board in appointing the right person to try take the club forward and will certainly not be giving Levy and co the benefit of the doubt.
I like Ryan , see his potential as a future manager, do I think he is ready now, No, is he grossly inexperienced for the job Yes, will he get the job, who knows, we cannot know when the board and DL rarely know what they are up to themselves.
 

Trix

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Maybe we've just decided Slot is the better candidate for where we are now. It doesn't have to be a huge failing by the club, unless you want to frame it that way to match an agenda.
I think most fans would accept that tbh. The problem I have is the fact they've deliberately put this out there like they have, and also the timing of it. Trust me Ali is the go to for getting the PR spin out into the public domain.
 

taidgh

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I think most fans would accept that tbh. The problem I have is the fact they've deliberately put this out there like they have, and also the timing of it. Trust me Ali is the go to for getting the PR spin out into the public domain.
Yeah, agreed, the club hasn't handled it best. Quelle surprise and all.

Hopefully we get Slot and a new DOF appointed soon and we can start moving forward as a club.
 

Trix

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It's trying not to look rejected by pretending instead to be stupid - and which journalists are quite rightly making fun of.
I'll be honest I don't think this is Nagelsmann turning us down, more that Levy doesn't see it as workable. He won't have the structural demands with say Slot or Mason that he had from JN.
 

Now it's Spursonal

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Very likely means absolutely nothing, but I know there’ll be a few people like me who’d be interested in knowing.



Just remember that it’s most likely just one Aussie in football liking a post celebrating another Aussie in football.
But there’s always the off chance it hints at something more🤷‍♂️
 

McFlash

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Very clearly JN had an idea of how he thought the project should be run and Levy being the smartest man in every room he's ever been in thinks he knows better so we move to someone less demanding and more trusting

To be honest, I'm not one to put much into what either of those two say.
They both kinda annoy me in their own special ways.
 

McFlash

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I think most fans would accept that tbh. The problem I have is the fact they've deliberately put this out there like they have, and also the timing of it. Trust me Ali is the go to for getting the PR spin out into the public domain.
It all seems a bit odd to me, like a weird statement for the club to make.
They're normally so strict on not replying to rumours so I don't really understand why they'd make this known now.

It's going to be a long month or two.
 

Metalhead

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He is now, but he was keen to return and we didn't contact him.

If Mason was in the frame and a consideration for the post then he would have directly replaced Conte.

If Levy has changed him mind and now thinks Mason is the ideal man for the job, that's him making a decision based on a couple of games.

It's not how a professional football club should be run. It's a shambles.

It's not that I don't rate Mason, but this isn't about Mason, it's about having a chairman who's every decision makes it seem like he is making it up as he goes along, rather than have a plan.

To have two managers who are available and have far more experience, but to not even contact them is worrying.

What would have made sense is having some direction, getting in JN or Poch and having Mason as their number two ready to take over after they leave.
I think, like a lot of others that Slot is probably the likely target now and I imagine that he'd be open to having Mason as his assistant.
 

Ghost Hardware

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I'll be honest I don't think this is Nagelsmann turning us down, more that Levy doesn't see it as workable. He won't have the structural demands with say Slot or Mason that he had from JN.
Really no surprises there, Nagelsmann’s demands re DoF, transfers and wage budget were always going to be a stumbling block for Levy. It’s just not the way he operates. I was quietly hoping that all the recent negativity towards him might have made him more willing to compromise in this regard but I guess a leopard can’t change its spots.
 

ShriekinKnight

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Both clueless and just like the sound of their own voices and getting attention.
I can understand not liking them but POK is clearly not clueless and does get good info from time to time. I mean like 5 posts before yours Trix basically agrees w POKs assessment of "JN didn't turn us down but his demands were not something Levy was willing to meet"
 

Russ1201

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I think, like a lot of others that Slot is probably the likely target now and I imagine that he'd be open to having Mason as his assistant.
Think you could be right. Wouldn't suprise me that one big reason is JN wouldn't accept Mason as his assistant but Slot will.
 

JamieSpursCommunityUser

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I'll be honest I don't think this is Nagelsmann turning us down, more that Levy doesn't see it as workable. He won't have the structural demands with say Slot or Mason that he had from JN.

I think Pitt-Brooke's subtext is how would we know if it's workable if we've never interviewed him and don't intend to?

Clearly the club isn't being straight forward here.

I'm curious to understand whether this is Levy moving the goal posts again on handing over the reigns on football matters to Munn / DOF / Head Coach.

Or if this is JN's demands of transfer / wage budgets we can't afford.

I'd be absolutely fine with that - but if we knew that a month ago, surely we would have discounted it then?
 
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