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Worked out well for AVB. And Moyes.Most managers / coaches bring in their own back room staff.
Nothing surprising here imo.
Jobs for the boys in most cases imo.
Worked out well for AVB. And Moyes.Most managers / coaches bring in their own back room staff.
Nothing surprising here imo.
Jobs for the boys in most cases imo.
I dislike him already. He knows nothing about running a club the size of tottenham, yet insists on clearing out all/majority of our senior coaches without even meeting them, to make way for his mates.
It is total arrogance. I would have thought Ramsey, Freund and Parks have enough credibility with the fans to warrant further time. Of course Levy may well have had enough of them all anyway, but this team had us operating at a top 6 level for a couple of years plus good runs in europa, with a multi international squad so they cannot all be rubbish.
The same accusation can be thrown at AVB who sacked the whole team that was getting top 4 finishes - were they all rubbish?
Equally it was wrong to throw Poyet out.
We need continuity and the manager should manager the resources he is given - and assess them and keep the staff that are working well.
Staff being routinely flushed away every few years is part of our pattern of failure imo.
He owns a huge stake in the club. He's not going to walk away. And why should he. Before he arrived we were lucky to be mid table. Look at us now. What do people want!
Are u kidding me, so you expect him to leave his team of coaches that has brought success to his previous club. These are the coaches he works with everyday to relate his ideas to the players, people he trust to ensure no stone left unturned, people he confine in when things are not going according to plan.I dislike him already. He knows nothing about running a club the size of tottenham, yet insists on clearing out all/majority of our senior coaches without even meeting them, to make way for his mates.
It is total arrogance. I would have thought Ramsey, Freund and Parks have enough credibility with the fans to warrant further time. Of course Levy may well have had enough of them all anyway, but this team had us operating at a top 6 level for a couple of years plus good runs in europa, with a multi international squad so they cannot all be rubbish.
The same accusation can be thrown at AVB who sacked the whole team that was getting top 4 finishes - were they all rubbish?
Equally it was wrong to throw Poyet out.
We need continuity and the manager should manager the resources he is given - and assess them and keep the staff that are working well.
Staff being routinely flushed away every few years is part of our pattern of failure imo.
Who ever takes over we need too make it fast before the World Cup. Get the right man in and buy and sell before preseason starts. Get a group of players playing a formation that they like and start the season with a bang. Maybe buy 1 or 2 players before deadline day.
This. We seem to be in the market for up and coming managers, no one has the foresight to know which of them will do well. I recall Martinez being linked with us before we appointed avb and the consensus here was he was a relegation specialist. How wrong we were. Who, except those who get to meet them, knows which of these has the most potential and who can fit with our philosophy of playing and current crop of players.
Let's face it, It's a really tough job.
Poch has got 3-4 quality players and an average squad performing well and winning the second league. That's quite impressive. His inconsistent results are not surprising in this league.
Fdb has his history of playing and is breaking records in holland. Also impressive.
Who will adapt best to this job? Toss a coin.
Perhaps the one with a clear vision, who best fits our philosophy and who has the character to lead a team full of potential. With the last point being crucial. There's not much between the top teams, the difference can often be the manager who gets his players believing they can win (see the ferguson affect of last season!)
My view is I don't know enough about fdb and Ajax but I have been impressed with how s'ton attack as a team. Lots of movement and positional understanding between their players. something we very clearly lacked last season.
I dislike him already. He knows nothing about running a club the size of tottenham, yet insists on clearing out all/majority of our senior coaches without even meeting them, to make way for his mates.
It is total arrogance. I would have thought Ramsey, Freund and Parks have enough credibility with the fans to warrant further time. Of course Levy may well have had enough of them all anyway, but this team had us operating at a top 6 level for a couple of years plus good runs in europa, with a multi international squad so they cannot all be rubbish.
The same accusation can be thrown at AVB who sacked the whole team that was getting top 4 finishes - were they all rubbish?
Equally it was wrong to throw Poyet out.
We need continuity and the manager should manager the resources he is given - and assess them and keep the staff that are working well.
Staff being routinely flushed away every few years is part of our pattern of failure imo.
The one manager who fit our profile, who fit our philosophy, who had a vision and who the fans wanted was Glenn Hoddle. He might have been the right manager at the wrong time. His appointment shows that there is no guarantee of success. It is not an exact science.
Can the disagree-ers at least say on what basis they disagree?
The count is now at 9 managers. If they weren't good enough for the job then the person employing them is not adequate
Can the disagree-ers at least say on what basis they disagree?
The count is now at 9 managers. If they weren't good enough for the job then the person employing them is not adequate
I've just spent a couple of days talking football with my Dutch work colleagues, and they are unanimous in thinking that FdB is ambitious and looking to prove he can move on from 4 successful but comfortable years at Ajax. They really did make it sound like he's the candidate with most to offer us, if he can be tempted over.