Mourinho understands the transfer situation and insists he has squad nucleus for next five years

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My feeling is that Pochettino was an appointment in line with the philosophy, whereas Mourinho is a reactionary appointment. Much like how Mourinho's appointment at Man Utd felt like a response to Man City appointing Guardiola. The thinking being that Guardiola has won lots, but so has Mourinho.

I feel like Levy went with Mourinho because he's a legendary figure who carries a greater gravitas due to his career record. Mourinho has rightly earned such a storied reputation, but it feels like Levy abandoned the philosophy in the hope Mourinho would deliver.

Despite his reputation & the respect I have for him, I still don't believe he's the right appointment.

Pochettino's appointment seemed intelligent because he promotes from the academy, plays a high pressing attacking style & is able to coach good players & turn them into top-class players. Once that all started to decline with the Poch, for me, we ought to have looked at Julian Nagelsmann.

Nagelsmann fulfills the brief & would have been in line with the philosophy. The recruitment has also been poor. Levy seems to demand a King's ransom for everyone of our fringe players. It also seemed that the Poch would ignore the scouting recommendations, demanding the type of player we're never really going to have the budget for. It infuriates me that players like, Brooks, Maddison & Tielemens were available for decent money, but weren't purchased.

I feel that we could've have reached an agreement with RBL for Julian Nagelsmann & probably would have had to have waited until the summer to get him. In the meantime, in my opinion, we could've brought in club legends, Glenn Hoddle, as Interim Head Coach, with Chris Hughton as his assistant. Rene Meulensteen is a world-class coach & could have been brought in as first-team coach in the interim, as well.

I'll probably get pilloried for the above & so be it, its just my opinion, but I feel like Nagelsmann should've been the main man to have gone for. Hoddle could well even be moved into the Technical Director role, with his vast of the knowledge of the game, our club & desire to develop players.

All in all, a big reset button needs to be hit & we need to re-evaluate the identity of what the ideal Tottenham Hotspur player, should look like, whether that player is home-grown or recruited.

Something needs to be done because it just doesn't feel there's any real direction.

I agree with everything except the Hoddle part. I love the guy dearly a true Spurs legend but with his dickie heart and being out of it for so long I don't think it would work.