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Some insight into the dynamic within the club over the last few weeks:
Don’t have the time to watch that now, but is it something like this?
Some insight into the dynamic within the club over the last few weeks:
He didn’t pick Jol, Jol was an assistant manager who fell into the job after Santini resigned.This is unfair - Martin Jol and Harry Redknapp played huge roles in getting us to the top 4
Really?! never ever heard that before. Interesting, thanks for sharing.Jol didn't fall into the job.
Levy didn't think he was a big enough name for the fans, so was brought in as assistant with the plan he would take over.
Was just a much quicker transition
He didn’t pick Jol, Jol was an assistant manager who fell into the job after Santini resigned.
Redknapp had to be picked to save us from relegation, but yes levy did technically pick him.
Jol, Redknapp and Poch my 3 fave spurs managers of the last 20 years but levy only really picked 2 of them and even still we were so close to getting LVG instead of Poch.
Anyway Conte will be a game changer if so.
Arnesen wanted Jol, levy wanted santini. The compromise was Santini as #1 and Jol as #2.Really?! never ever heard that before. Interesting, thanks for sharing.
This is unfair - Martin Jol and Harry Redknapp played huge roles in getting us to the top 4
Turns out Levy knows ballDodged a bullet by not whacking 50m on Traore...
Came in to say exactly this. Would those who wanted him....even at £50 million still want him now? It's tricky giving players a manager wants early on. We'd be saddled with him now or he'd have prolonged Nunos exit.Dodged a bullet by not whacking 50m on Traore...
I think it was Paul Kemsley, friend of Sugar and mike ashley and a director at the time, who heavily pushed for Redknapp. I can't think Levy was very keen at all, and probably just saw him as an interim manager.He didn’t pick Jol, Jol was an assistant manager who fell into the job after Santini resigned.
Redknapp had to be picked to save us from relegation, but yes levy did technically pick him.
Jol, Redknapp and Poch my 3 fave spurs managers of the last 20 years but levy only really picked 2 of them and even still we were so close to getting LVG instead of Poch.
Anyway Conte will be a game changer if so.
The win against Manchester City was thrilling and a great victory. A false dawn as it turned out but a very memorable game and day at the new stadium at full capacity.Nobody really remembers or mentions Santini as our manager apart from to quickly say that Jol took over from him. I reckon Nuno will suffer the same fate. A mere footnote in our history as he kept the seat warm for Conte who we snared at the second attempt. Deservedly in my opinion as he didn't really leave us with anything indelible to remember. If he had beaten Chelsea or Arsenal as one of his five wins he would have had to be mentioned in future years, but he didn't. Boring football, boring bloke. Conte is the antithesis.
Sorry, Loco, but I'm not having that. I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree.He's my penny's worth....
Nuno seems to be getting a hell of a lot of flak and criticism for the way we have been playing and he's been sacked after 10 league games. Having put up very gracefully with a summer of bullshit including Kane wanting to leave, Ndombele wanting out, not getting some players until late in the window. He dealt with having a silly injury list and having players "lost" to international breaks and covid restrictions.
Nuno gave every player in the squad a fair crack at the whip and many of them let him down big time. He set up the team to win (whilst being unattractive) and the fans complained, he changed the team to be more attacking and the performances improved but some of the results didnt (and the fans still complained). He gave opportunities to Scarlett, Nile John and other youth products.
He took a team that has been performing utter shite and ineffective under Poch's final months, utter shite and ineffective under Jose. and after 3 months of working with most of the players (likely less time with some of the others) the board and the fans have decided thats enough time to completely change the direction of this team performances and mentality despite several senior players calling out some of the squad over the last 18 months.
With all things being considered and I feel utterly disgusted by the way the club and the fans have treated Nuno. He never said a bad word of any player or the clubs conduct. He set up the team selection (most of the time) the same way many of us on here would and yet he still got blasted by fans for team selection (can anyone tell me they would have picked a different team bar Ndombele against United?). Fans never took to him as we had threads for Nuno out from day one.
I used to look at clubs like Chelsea and Watford that seemed to change their managers every season (whether they were successful or not) and think, I'm glad we're not like that and we give managers a bit of a chance.
We're that club