Tottenham target McKenna as possible Postecoglou replacement

[Yiddo100]

Chris was not highly rated or thought of by the staff

Why did we bring him in then?

 

[Hercules]

Why did we bring him in then?

Ask the chairman

 

[Chedozie]

The manager has been very clear that he’s rebuilding the playing staff and it’s going to take him and the recruitment team 4/5 windows to do that.

He’s only in his second season, it’s probably going to take three or four seasons to be challenging consistently at the top of the table. With the injuries we’re carrying, I can’t see what all the fuss is about.

 

[jay2040]

But he's not going to get the results if he doesn't get more than Solanke in a "rebuild window".
So I still find it hard to blame Ange for the way this season has gone.
I know some will come back with the idea that he should just change the way he does things but that's not who he is.

Don't get me wrong, I really like the youngsters we signed but they aren't improving the squad this season and meanwhile, Son is another year older and Timo Werner is Timo Werner.

So yeah, maybe @Trix is right and he just wasn't the right man for the job but through no fault of his own, the fault lies firmly at Levy's door. Yet again.

Root cause is definitely Levy though he is not going anywhere unless he dies.
The role for Ange is getting the best out of the players he has. If they can't get results the Ange way then he has to change as it should easier for one to change than the players.

I want him to succeed and get the backing though if that does not happen and we end up 15th or summat then it's sort of inevitable.

Agree summer signings were of promise though as usual we just fall short in quality.

 

[Mr Pink]

The manager has been very clear that he’s rebuilding the playing staff and it’s going to take him and the recruitment team 4/5 windows to do that.

He’s only in his second season, it’s probably going to take three or four seasons to be challenging consistently at the top of the table. With the injuries we’re carrying, I can’t see what all the fuss is about.

But he has to do well enough, in the interim, with what he's got.

Thats a pretty important point.

 

[VancouverSpur]

Will never forget the feeling I had when I heard he had appointed George Graham,. Should have known then that he just didn't get the football side of the club and what Spurs mean to the everyday supporter.

 

[VancouverSpur]

Will never forget the feeling I had when I heard he had appointed George Graham,. Should have known then that he just didn't get the football side of the club and what Spurs mean to the everyday supporter.

 

[FloridaSpur]

Chris was not highly rated or thought of by the staff

How's that working out?

 

[FloridaSpur]

Blinkered perspective. The results from the other games makes the man city win look like more of a fluke.

If you look at City's last six results, we played them at the absolute best time.

 

[FloridaSpur]

Root cause is definitely Levy though he is not going anywhere unless he dies.
The role for Ange is getting the best out of the players he has. If they can't get results the Ange way then he has to change as it should easier for one to change than the players.

I want him to succeed and get the backing though if that does not happen and we end up 15th or summat then it's sort of inevitable.

Agree summer signings were of promise though as usual we just fall short in quality.

Not trying to hog this thread but.........

I think Levy has a few more years left.


Levy didn't play Johnson on the left midweek, or Gray out of position and certainly didn't give Solanke a stomach bug last weekend. As for the suicidal press with Radu and Davies as centre backs, well i just don't think Levy is that stupid but i could be wrong.

 

[sundanceyid10]

Will never forget the feeling I had when I heard he had appointed George Graham,. Should have known then that he just didn't get the football side of the club and what Spurs mean to the everyday supporter.

Levy? He didn’t appoint George Graham, he was already here. Levy inherited George Graham.

 

[Westmorlandspur]

Will never forget the feeling I had when I heard he had appointed George Graham,. Should have known then that he just didn't get the football side of the club and what Spurs mean to the everyday supporter.

Sugar employed him, keep up!
He won us a trophy with an awful team.

 

[greaves]

Ange Postecoglou (soon enough)

Antonio Conte

Nuno Espirito Santo

Jose Mourinho

Mauricio Pochettino

Tim Sherwood

Andre Villa-Boas

Harry Redknapp

Juande Ramos

Martin Jol

Jaques Santini

Glenn Hoddle

George Graham


It really isn't the managers boys.

It's time for Levy to either accept or be made to accept that his time is up.

He has done plenty of great stuff for TH PLC during his time but THFC has never been his priority. Yet, the football club should have been his reason to get out of bed every single day of his 25 years in charge of OUR club. Levy can no longer be allowed to keep burning through managers and escape the blame himself. He needs to feel some heat from the fanbase this time to expedite his exit.

That list looks like something to do with a serial killer…

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Ange Postecoglou (soon enough)

Antonio Conte

Nuno Espirito Santo

Jose Mourinho

Mauricio Pochettino

Tim Sherwood

Andre Villa-Boas

Harry Redknapp

Juande Ramos

Martin Jol

Jaques Santini

Glenn Hoddle

George Graham


It really isn't the managers boys.

It's time for Levy to either accept or be made to accept that his time is up.

He has done plenty of great stuff for TH PLC during his time but THFC has never been his priority. Yet, the football club should have been his reason to get out of bed every single day of his 25 years in charge of OUR club. Levy can no longer be allowed to keep burning through managers and escape the blame himself. He needs to feel some heat from the fanbase this time to expedite his exit.

spot on mate !

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

What I would say is the ones that have failed that have won elsewhere have been the strong philosophy managers, and it s why I was reluctant to accept Ange was the best fit when we brought him in.

A lot of fans focused on the fact he played a more attacking brand of football than Jose or Conte and that made him different.... It didn't! For me he was still very similar in approach to the other two serial winners,in that he needed specific types to make it work just like Jose and Conte, and our board have a long and well documented history of prioritising other criteria than 'best fit for the manager' when it comes to buying players.

As long as Enic are pulling the strings we need a coach that will look at what he has and say... "What can I do to get the best out of this bunch?"

My opinion is it will never work with Ange or any manager who believes his tactics are more important and superior than the ability of the players as long as Levy is controlling the purse strings.

It's always destined to fail.

Yes very fair points and it’s not so much that Jose,Conte,Ange aren’t good managers, they clearly all are but they’re all very stubborn and set in their ways which isn’t a good fit for how we are run under Levy.

I actually used to coach with McKenna believe it or not absolutely yonks ago, he’s a good lad and has worked his way up brilliantly, he’s very meticulous and adaptable but he’s so so early on in his coaching journey, going from Ipswich to Spurs would imo be WAY too soon and too big of a jump for him.

That being said if it doesn’t work out with Ange then I do agree Trix, considering the little bald one is going nowhere anytime soon, the next manager if he is to have any chance needs to be balanced and adaptable (not him but dare I say it someone like Thomas Frank etc who can play multiple formations and styles and get the most from what they have and build on that).

 

[jay2040]

Not trying to hog this thread but.........

I think Levy has a few more years left.


Levy didn't play Johnson on the left midweek, or Gray out of position and certainly didn't give Solanke a stomach bug last weekend. As for the suicidal press with Radu and Davies as centre backs, well i just don't think Levy is that stupid but i could be wrong.

A few more years ledt in him to fatten the goose!

Levy is the reason we have those players on the first place. Levy is the reason we don't have a squad with greater quality and depth. Going by your logic Levy would never be in the wrong!

Each season we xan pick these individual events for the reason for our failure however when they occur over a period of 20 odd years....

 

[jay2040]

When all the players were fit, we still had problems. Same as last year (same time in fact). We all said, when we get all our injured players back, we will be ok. We got worse.

Agree. It was injuries and absentee for various cups , after a good start it just went downhill.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Levy: We need to build the stadium so we can compete at the highest level. Now we have so here is Timo Werner on loan.

Basically exactly this.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Not trying to hog this thread but.........

I think Levy has a few more years left.


Levy didn't play Johnson on the left midweek, or Gray out of position and certainly didn't give Solanke a stomach bug last weekend. As for the suicidal press with Radu and Davies as centre backs, well i just don't think Levy is that stupid but i could be wrong.

He did provide this gamechanging new stadium revenue budget so we are able to sign Timo Werner on loan.

He did fire Mouriniho days before a cup final.

He did rewards players with a personalised watch for just making it to a final.

He has also left yet another manager well we’ll short going into a season because even though we are now the 8th richest club in the WORLD, our wage budget remains that of a club aiming for a top 6 finish rather than one which wants to try and win it all.

 

[Pistols At Dawn]

Even if you're Ange Out, you have to find this news depressing.