I appreciate the effort but I think you've only highlighted what a crappy job Levy and co have done. I mean, we're only in this position because Levy made a desperate attempt to get a guy who'd already agreed to join Bayern. It's embarrassing.
good article
we need to go all out for ten Hag or Potter now, pay within reason the compensation or whatever. those two can do a rebuild and play good winning football with a budget.
all other realistic options are looking very bleek.
5 years when we are in the same scenario as we are now and another cycle has ended, hopefully Poch can come back with many trophies to his name.
Nagelsmann - should have got him instead of Mourinho
Conte - should have been aware of his demands and not wasted everyones time with the week long 'negotiations'
According to morespurs’ sources these were all managers chased by Spurs.
comment by Scott The King McTominay (U10026)
posted 14 seconds ago
According to morespurs’ sources these were all managers chased by Spurs.
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they must be knackered
"when you rationally step back and consider the available candidates, the financial state of the club, the way we operate, and the brief Levy set out"
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Maybe you can explain to me why Levy wasted so long trying to woo a manager in Conte so woefully ill-fitted to "the way we operate" then I'll be able to revise any idea that we are failing. He dropped the ball massively with him. It's no wonder decent managers like ETH have committed to their existing clubs as they're so publicly 3rd or 4th choice.
For what it's worth, I wanted Poch but that may have been a want of the heart and not the head. ETH is surely the obvious choice. He's in the Poch mould. He's a project man. He works within a budget. He is the fresher of the project types. I hate to say it but maybe there are too many players that played under Poch that would regard him as part of the furniture the moment he comes back rather than a new voice that can push players on.
Sorry, but the club hugely failed as they got distracted by Poch and Conte. Not so much Poch, but Conte is so far away from the brief a child could have worked that one out. Meanwhile, little ETH is probably sitting in Amsterdam thinking "feck 3rd choice. Do one Levy". Leaving us with Roberto fecking Martinez. For what it's worth - he got Wigan relegated and nearly did the same with Everton. He leaks goals for fun. Don't let any Belgium team with De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku, Toby and Jan distract you from that. I will be furious if we end up with him and ignore Potter.
A nice attempt at painting a reasonable picture in Levy's favour. But the reality is that he's made a right pig's ear of the manager search and...while we're at it...he's made a right pig's ear of every manager search (bar Poch and Redknapp).
comment by Bãles left boot (U22081)
posted 14 minutes ago
I appreciate the effort but I think you've only highlighted what a crappy job Levy and co have done. I mean, we're only in this position because Levy made a desperate attempt to get a guy who'd already agreed to join Bayern. It's embarrassing.
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I don't think he was the reason Levy fired Mourinho, football is too much of an old boys club for it not to be known that he was going to Bayern, it was clearly to avoid paying him more money.
comment by Gezza-Spurs (U18952)
posted 56 seconds ago
A nice attempt at painting a reasonable picture in Levy's favour. But the reality is that he's made a right pig's ear of the manager search and...while we're at it...he's made a right pig's ear of every manager search (bar Poch and Redknapp).
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Even those he stumbled upon. Redknapp was brought in to halt the Ramos slide and Pochettino came in because LVG decided to go to United last minute.
Levy has no clue how to appoint a boss because he doesn't really have a plan. He talks of a club DNA but he dips in and out of it. Clubs like Brighton wouldn't do that. You know that if they lose Potter, they'll have another lined up in the same mould. Exactly the same with Southampton. Either Levy doesn't listen to his advisors or, more worryingly, they're all as clueless as he is. They're playing fantasy football. There's a desperation in trying to appoint Poch. Sure, maybe he wanted back in but it kind of reeks of a club that has no idea how to look forward, only backwards.
I get that we don't have the finances to go for the big boys but the planning has to be better than this. Getting rid of Jose without a clue who might be coming in to replace him was just weird.
comment by Huddlestone's Afro - Rock you like a Hurr... (U15375)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Bãles left boot (U22081)
posted 14 minutes ago
I appreciate the effort but I think you've only highlighted what a crappy job Levy and co have done. I mean, we're only in this position because Levy made a desperate attempt to get a guy who'd already agreed to join Bayern. It's embarrassing.
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I don't think he was the reason Levy fired Mourinho, football is too much of an old boys club for it not to be known that he was going to Bayern, it was clearly to avoid paying him more money.
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Yeah you could be right. In which case I think it's even worse. Winning that could've been enough to keep Kane from wanting out. For me, though, he thought the ESL would happen and the extra money would attract Nagelsmann. He facked up. Otherwise why all the noise about hiring someone in the next week etc?
Whatever the reason, doing it properly and waiting till the end of the season would have made the whole process easier.
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 3 minutes ago
"when you rationally step back and consider the available candidates, the financial state of the club, the way we operate, and the brief Levy set out"
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Maybe you can explain to me why Levy wasted so long trying to woo a manager in Conte so woefully ill-fitted to "the way we operate" then I'll be able to revise any idea that we are failing. He dropped the ball massively with him. It's no wonder decent managers like ETH have committed to their existing clubs as they're so publicly 3rd or 4th choice.
For what it's worth, I wanted Poch but that may have been a want of the heart and not the head. ETH is surely the obvious choice. He's in the Poch mould. He's a project man. He works within a budget. He is the fresher of the project types. I hate to say it but maybe there are too many players that played under Poch that would regard him as part of the furniture the moment he comes back rather than a new voice that can push players on.
Sorry, but the club hugely failed as they got distracted by Poch and Conte. Not so much Poch, but Conte is so far away from the brief a child could have worked that one out. Meanwhile, little ETH is probably sitting in Amsterdam thinking "feck 3rd choice. Do one Levy". Leaving us with Roberto fecking Martinez. For what it's worth - he got Wigan relegated and nearly did the same with Everton. He leaks goals for fun. Don't let any Belgium team with De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku, Toby and Jan distract you from that. I will be furious if we end up with him and ignore Potter.
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Good points but in the grand scheme of things, was it really such a long time? The media like to spin 'ongoing talks as a narrative but the reality was probably that Levy but the feelers out, talked to Conte's agent, found out he was interested and then talked to him about it.
I agree that he was off brief but judging by the reaction online, a fair few people wanted it to happen.
Also I personally don't think that managers are that precious. Let's face it, there are always bigger candidates out there and £10million+ a season at a big club is going to sooth out any sore feelings - Poch was 2nd place after all behind LVG.
comment by Hezzman (U21558)
posted 48 seconds ago
5 stars for me
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I feel this is a tongue in cheek article I should have added.
comment by Gezza-Spurs (U18952)
posted 12 minutes ago
A nice attempt at painting a reasonable picture in Levy's favour. But the reality is that he's made a right pig's ear of the manager search and...while we're at it...he's made a right pig's ear of every manager search (bar Poch and Redknapp).
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Please don't think that I'm some Levy apologist, he is clearly at fault for the mess we're in.
This whole article was an attempt to make myself, and others, feel better about the search but if I'm honest I was halfway through the names before I realised that the big fault in the search is that NOTHING has changed since the initial shortlist was broadly agreed upon.
comment by Hezzman (U21558)
posted 2 minutes ago
5 stars for me
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It's a pretty hard sell to argue that Spurs haven't done that badly when they've publicly failed with four approaches now (Nagelsmann, Rodgers, Conte and Pochettino).
Besides, the position now is "Spurs ought to go for Ten Hag or Potter), which was the exact position a month ago. All Spurs have done is waste a month getting comically bad press and ended up back in the exact same situation.
comment by Huddlestone's Afro - Rock you like a HurriKane! (U15375)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 3 minutes ago
"when you rationally step back and consider the available candidates, the financial state of the club, the way we operate, and the brief Levy set out"
-------
Maybe you can explain to me why Levy wasted so long trying to woo a manager in Conte so woefully ill-fitted to "the way we operate" then I'll be able to revise any idea that we are failing. He dropped the ball massively with him. It's no wonder decent managers like ETH have committed to their existing clubs as they're so publicly 3rd or 4th choice.
For what it's worth, I wanted Poch but that may have been a want of the heart and not the head. ETH is surely the obvious choice. He's in the Poch mould. He's a project man. He works within a budget. He is the fresher of the project types. I hate to say it but maybe there are too many players that played under Poch that would regard him as part of the furniture the moment he comes back rather than a new voice that can push players on.
Sorry, but the club hugely failed as they got distracted by Poch and Conte. Not so much Poch, but Conte is so far away from the brief a child could have worked that one out. Meanwhile, little ETH is probably sitting in Amsterdam thinking "feck 3rd choice. Do one Levy". Leaving us with Roberto fecking Martinez. For what it's worth - he got Wigan relegated and nearly did the same with Everton. He leaks goals for fun. Don't let any Belgium team with De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku, Toby and Jan distract you from that. I will be furious if we end up with him and ignore Potter.
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Good points but in the grand scheme of things, was it really such a long time? The media like to spin 'ongoing talks as a narrative but the reality was probably that Levy but the feelers out, talked to Conte's agent, found out he was interested and then talked to him about it.
I agree that he was off brief but judging by the reaction online, a fair few people wanted it to happen.
Also I personally don't think that managers are that precious. Let's face it, there are always bigger candidates out there and £10million+ a season at a big club is going to sooth out any sore feelings - Poch was 2nd place after all behind LVG.
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I think my love for the whole Poch return clouded my judgement a bit but I was staggered at the amount of Spurs fans that were thrilled with Conte, as it was seemingly close to being over the line back then. My immediate reaction was fear as I felt like Levy was making the same mistake he made when he appointed Jose. They're both good managers in their own right but we're a unique project and neither Jose nor Conte have any pedigree in building projects or thinking in a different way other than splurged finances. If anything they both have previous for grumbling when finances aren't given. They are the blueprint for disasters working under this ownership at this club. I don't think a lot of the fans saw it this way. They look at the stats and the trophies and believe this these guys have magic potion to do the same with us. They can't. No one can, although Poch came close.
We need someone who shares our values and doesn't apply them begrudgingly. The rumour doing the rounds now is the Conte is back on so I'm fully back in fear mode already.
Regarding the fact that the money takes the sting out of not initially being first choice, you're right. But all top managers are paid well now. It's the same reason that in years gone by we would have just poached Rodgers from Leicester and avoided this whole circus but there's money everywhere now. The sell is beyond the finances. A couple of million more isn't going to cut it when you find you have to work under a chairman like Levy. A lot of managers would rather avoid it. The damage to the wallet is far easier to take than the damage to their reputation if it inevitably goes wrong. Poch is the exception, not the rule.
I think my love for the whole Poch return clouded my judgement a bit but I was staggered at the amount of Spurs fans that were thrilled with Conte, as it was seemingly close to being over the line back then. My immediate reaction was fear as I felt like Levy was making the same mistake he made when he appointed Jose. They're both good managers in their own right but we're a unique project and neither Jose nor Conte have any pedigree in building projects or thinking in a different way other than splurged finances. If anything they both have previous for grumbling when finances aren't given. They are the blueprint for disasters working under this ownership at this club. I don't think a lot of the fans saw it this way. They look at the stats and the trophies and believe this these guys have magic potion to do the same with us. They can't. No one can, although Poch came close.
We need someone who shares our values and doesn't apply them begrudgingly. The rumour doing the rounds now is the Conte is back on so I'm fully back in fear mode already.
Regarding the fact that the money takes the sting out of not initially being first choice, you're right. But all top managers are paid well now. It's the same reason that in years gone by we would have just poached Rodgers from Leicester and avoided this whole circus but there's money everywhere now. The sell is beyond the finances. A couple of million more isn't going to cut it when you find you have to work under a chairman like Levy. A lot of managers would rather avoid it. The damage to the wallet is far easier to take than the damage to their reputation if it inevitably goes wrong. Poch is the exception, not the rule.
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I convinced myself that he would be a good hire too - it's hard not say, well he's like a better, modern Jose so surely it will be fine. I've had this discussion with mates about Spurs under Poch, there was just something about the team and the project that I hadn't seen before. I was gutted that we didn't win trophies but it wasn't the end of the world, it still felt like we were achieving something.
Nice article but Levy has'nt scooby doo on how to appoint a manager this much is clear.
I don't think there is any rational way to look at what Levy has done to this club.
The "management search" is just part of it.
He screws around with the managers he gets, their funding etc., and finally fires them to hide the fact that most of the squad performance is based upon his antics and not the manager's abilities to get what he can out of the squad he is given.
And so finally the signature players are threatening to leave.
And by golly, their agents are certainly advising them to do so.
So... any manager acquainted with this turmoil will likely ask for the heavens before considering coming to Totteringham. Conte most certainly did.
Ten Haag would be an idiot to leave Ajax for here until Levy suddenly got good old Joe to ante up a few bucks from his currency trading portfolio.
As for Roberto......oh well, if he isn't happy managing the world's top national squad.....what would make him think he would find happiness at WHL?
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Spurs community.....here is the truth, the real truth, and the only truth.......
it is barrel-scraping time for Levy.
And anyone that he gets to come now will not, repeat NOT, make you lot happy!
Nor me neither...
This whole situation is a major embarrassment, Levy has failed spectacularly yet again. The bloke is bumbling around trying to find a manager capable of operating on a shoe string budget, these are hard to find, and he already had one of those in Poch, who he sacked in favour of a manager who relies on expensive players. Levy has facked up royally, the stupid clown.
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posted on 7/6/21
I appreciate the effort but I think you've only highlighted what a crappy job Levy and co have done. I mean, we're only in this position because Levy made a desperate attempt to get a guy who'd already agreed to join Bayern. It's embarrassing.
posted on 7/6/21
good article
we need to go all out for ten Hag or Potter now, pay within reason the compensation or whatever. those two can do a rebuild and play good winning football with a budget.
all other realistic options are looking very bleek.
5 years when we are in the same scenario as we are now and another cycle has ended, hopefully Poch can come back with many trophies to his name.
posted on 7/6/21
Nagelsmann - should have got him instead of Mourinho
Conte - should have been aware of his demands and not wasted everyones time with the week long 'negotiations'
posted on 7/6/21
According to morespurs’ sources these were all managers chased by Spurs.
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Scott The King McTominay (U10026)
posted 14 seconds ago
According to morespurs’ sources these were all managers chased by Spurs.
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they must be knackered
posted on 7/6/21
"when you rationally step back and consider the available candidates, the financial state of the club, the way we operate, and the brief Levy set out"
-------
Maybe you can explain to me why Levy wasted so long trying to woo a manager in Conte so woefully ill-fitted to "the way we operate" then I'll be able to revise any idea that we are failing. He dropped the ball massively with him. It's no wonder decent managers like ETH have committed to their existing clubs as they're so publicly 3rd or 4th choice.
For what it's worth, I wanted Poch but that may have been a want of the heart and not the head. ETH is surely the obvious choice. He's in the Poch mould. He's a project man. He works within a budget. He is the fresher of the project types. I hate to say it but maybe there are too many players that played under Poch that would regard him as part of the furniture the moment he comes back rather than a new voice that can push players on.
Sorry, but the club hugely failed as they got distracted by Poch and Conte. Not so much Poch, but Conte is so far away from the brief a child could have worked that one out. Meanwhile, little ETH is probably sitting in Amsterdam thinking "feck 3rd choice. Do one Levy". Leaving us with Roberto fecking Martinez. For what it's worth - he got Wigan relegated and nearly did the same with Everton. He leaks goals for fun. Don't let any Belgium team with De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku, Toby and Jan distract you from that. I will be furious if we end up with him and ignore Potter.
posted on 7/6/21
A nice attempt at painting a reasonable picture in Levy's favour. But the reality is that he's made a right pig's ear of the manager search and...while we're at it...he's made a right pig's ear of every manager search (bar Poch and Redknapp).
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Bãles left boot (U22081)
posted 14 minutes ago
I appreciate the effort but I think you've only highlighted what a crappy job Levy and co have done. I mean, we're only in this position because Levy made a desperate attempt to get a guy who'd already agreed to join Bayern. It's embarrassing.
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I don't think he was the reason Levy fired Mourinho, football is too much of an old boys club for it not to be known that he was going to Bayern, it was clearly to avoid paying him more money.
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Gezza-Spurs (U18952)
posted 56 seconds ago
A nice attempt at painting a reasonable picture in Levy's favour. But the reality is that he's made a right pig's ear of the manager search and...while we're at it...he's made a right pig's ear of every manager search (bar Poch and Redknapp).
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Even those he stumbled upon. Redknapp was brought in to halt the Ramos slide and Pochettino came in because LVG decided to go to United last minute.
Levy has no clue how to appoint a boss because he doesn't really have a plan. He talks of a club DNA but he dips in and out of it. Clubs like Brighton wouldn't do that. You know that if they lose Potter, they'll have another lined up in the same mould. Exactly the same with Southampton. Either Levy doesn't listen to his advisors or, more worryingly, they're all as clueless as he is. They're playing fantasy football. There's a desperation in trying to appoint Poch. Sure, maybe he wanted back in but it kind of reeks of a club that has no idea how to look forward, only backwards.
I get that we don't have the finances to go for the big boys but the planning has to be better than this. Getting rid of Jose without a clue who might be coming in to replace him was just weird.
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Huddlestone's Afro - Rock you like a Hurr... (U15375)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Bãles left boot (U22081)
posted 14 minutes ago
I appreciate the effort but I think you've only highlighted what a crappy job Levy and co have done. I mean, we're only in this position because Levy made a desperate attempt to get a guy who'd already agreed to join Bayern. It's embarrassing.
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I don't think he was the reason Levy fired Mourinho, football is too much of an old boys club for it not to be known that he was going to Bayern, it was clearly to avoid paying him more money.
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Yeah you could be right. In which case I think it's even worse. Winning that could've been enough to keep Kane from wanting out. For me, though, he thought the ESL would happen and the extra money would attract Nagelsmann. He facked up. Otherwise why all the noise about hiring someone in the next week etc?
Whatever the reason, doing it properly and waiting till the end of the season would have made the whole process easier.
posted on 7/6/21
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 3 minutes ago
"when you rationally step back and consider the available candidates, the financial state of the club, the way we operate, and the brief Levy set out"
-------
Maybe you can explain to me why Levy wasted so long trying to woo a manager in Conte so woefully ill-fitted to "the way we operate" then I'll be able to revise any idea that we are failing. He dropped the ball massively with him. It's no wonder decent managers like ETH have committed to their existing clubs as they're so publicly 3rd or 4th choice.
For what it's worth, I wanted Poch but that may have been a want of the heart and not the head. ETH is surely the obvious choice. He's in the Poch mould. He's a project man. He works within a budget. He is the fresher of the project types. I hate to say it but maybe there are too many players that played under Poch that would regard him as part of the furniture the moment he comes back rather than a new voice that can push players on.
Sorry, but the club hugely failed as they got distracted by Poch and Conte. Not so much Poch, but Conte is so far away from the brief a child could have worked that one out. Meanwhile, little ETH is probably sitting in Amsterdam thinking "feck 3rd choice. Do one Levy". Leaving us with Roberto fecking Martinez. For what it's worth - he got Wigan relegated and nearly did the same with Everton. He leaks goals for fun. Don't let any Belgium team with De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku, Toby and Jan distract you from that. I will be furious if we end up with him and ignore Potter.
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Good points but in the grand scheme of things, was it really such a long time? The media like to spin 'ongoing talks as a narrative but the reality was probably that Levy but the feelers out, talked to Conte's agent, found out he was interested and then talked to him about it.
I agree that he was off brief but judging by the reaction online, a fair few people wanted it to happen.
Also I personally don't think that managers are that precious. Let's face it, there are always bigger candidates out there and £10million+ a season at a big club is going to sooth out any sore feelings - Poch was 2nd place after all behind LVG.
posted on 7/6/21
5 stars for me
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Hezzman (U21558)
posted 48 seconds ago
5 stars for me
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I feel this is a tongue in cheek article I should have added.
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Gezza-Spurs (U18952)
posted 12 minutes ago
A nice attempt at painting a reasonable picture in Levy's favour. But the reality is that he's made a right pig's ear of the manager search and...while we're at it...he's made a right pig's ear of every manager search (bar Poch and Redknapp).
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Please don't think that I'm some Levy apologist, he is clearly at fault for the mess we're in.
This whole article was an attempt to make myself, and others, feel better about the search but if I'm honest I was halfway through the names before I realised that the big fault in the search is that NOTHING has changed since the initial shortlist was broadly agreed upon.
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Hezzman (U21558)
posted 2 minutes ago
5 stars for me
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posted on 7/6/21
It's a pretty hard sell to argue that Spurs haven't done that badly when they've publicly failed with four approaches now (Nagelsmann, Rodgers, Conte and Pochettino).
Besides, the position now is "Spurs ought to go for Ten Hag or Potter), which was the exact position a month ago. All Spurs have done is waste a month getting comically bad press and ended up back in the exact same situation.
posted on 7/6/21
comment by Huddlestone's Afro - Rock you like a HurriKane! (U15375)
posted 20 minutes ago
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 3 minutes ago
"when you rationally step back and consider the available candidates, the financial state of the club, the way we operate, and the brief Levy set out"
-------
Maybe you can explain to me why Levy wasted so long trying to woo a manager in Conte so woefully ill-fitted to "the way we operate" then I'll be able to revise any idea that we are failing. He dropped the ball massively with him. It's no wonder decent managers like ETH have committed to their existing clubs as they're so publicly 3rd or 4th choice.
For what it's worth, I wanted Poch but that may have been a want of the heart and not the head. ETH is surely the obvious choice. He's in the Poch mould. He's a project man. He works within a budget. He is the fresher of the project types. I hate to say it but maybe there are too many players that played under Poch that would regard him as part of the furniture the moment he comes back rather than a new voice that can push players on.
Sorry, but the club hugely failed as they got distracted by Poch and Conte. Not so much Poch, but Conte is so far away from the brief a child could have worked that one out. Meanwhile, little ETH is probably sitting in Amsterdam thinking "feck 3rd choice. Do one Levy". Leaving us with Roberto fecking Martinez. For what it's worth - he got Wigan relegated and nearly did the same with Everton. He leaks goals for fun. Don't let any Belgium team with De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku, Toby and Jan distract you from that. I will be furious if we end up with him and ignore Potter.
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Good points but in the grand scheme of things, was it really such a long time? The media like to spin 'ongoing talks as a narrative but the reality was probably that Levy but the feelers out, talked to Conte's agent, found out he was interested and then talked to him about it.
I agree that he was off brief but judging by the reaction online, a fair few people wanted it to happen.
Also I personally don't think that managers are that precious. Let's face it, there are always bigger candidates out there and £10million+ a season at a big club is going to sooth out any sore feelings - Poch was 2nd place after all behind LVG.
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I think my love for the whole Poch return clouded my judgement a bit but I was staggered at the amount of Spurs fans that were thrilled with Conte, as it was seemingly close to being over the line back then. My immediate reaction was fear as I felt like Levy was making the same mistake he made when he appointed Jose. They're both good managers in their own right but we're a unique project and neither Jose nor Conte have any pedigree in building projects or thinking in a different way other than splurged finances. If anything they both have previous for grumbling when finances aren't given. They are the blueprint for disasters working under this ownership at this club. I don't think a lot of the fans saw it this way. They look at the stats and the trophies and believe this these guys have magic potion to do the same with us. They can't. No one can, although Poch came close.
We need someone who shares our values and doesn't apply them begrudgingly. The rumour doing the rounds now is the Conte is back on so I'm fully back in fear mode already.
Regarding the fact that the money takes the sting out of not initially being first choice, you're right. But all top managers are paid well now. It's the same reason that in years gone by we would have just poached Rodgers from Leicester and avoided this whole circus but there's money everywhere now. The sell is beyond the finances. A couple of million more isn't going to cut it when you find you have to work under a chairman like Levy. A lot of managers would rather avoid it. The damage to the wallet is far easier to take than the damage to their reputation if it inevitably goes wrong. Poch is the exception, not the rule.
posted on 7/6/21
I think my love for the whole Poch return clouded my judgement a bit but I was staggered at the amount of Spurs fans that were thrilled with Conte, as it was seemingly close to being over the line back then. My immediate reaction was fear as I felt like Levy was making the same mistake he made when he appointed Jose. They're both good managers in their own right but we're a unique project and neither Jose nor Conte have any pedigree in building projects or thinking in a different way other than splurged finances. If anything they both have previous for grumbling when finances aren't given. They are the blueprint for disasters working under this ownership at this club. I don't think a lot of the fans saw it this way. They look at the stats and the trophies and believe this these guys have magic potion to do the same with us. They can't. No one can, although Poch came close.
We need someone who shares our values and doesn't apply them begrudgingly. The rumour doing the rounds now is the Conte is back on so I'm fully back in fear mode already.
Regarding the fact that the money takes the sting out of not initially being first choice, you're right. But all top managers are paid well now. It's the same reason that in years gone by we would have just poached Rodgers from Leicester and avoided this whole circus but there's money everywhere now. The sell is beyond the finances. A couple of million more isn't going to cut it when you find you have to work under a chairman like Levy. A lot of managers would rather avoid it. The damage to the wallet is far easier to take than the damage to their reputation if it inevitably goes wrong. Poch is the exception, not the rule.
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I convinced myself that he would be a good hire too - it's hard not say, well he's like a better, modern Jose so surely it will be fine. I've had this discussion with mates about Spurs under Poch, there was just something about the team and the project that I hadn't seen before. I was gutted that we didn't win trophies but it wasn't the end of the world, it still felt like we were achieving something.
posted on 7/6/21
Nice article but Levy has'nt scooby doo on how to appoint a manager this much is clear.
posted on 8/6/21
I don't think there is any rational way to look at what Levy has done to this club.
The "management search" is just part of it.
He screws around with the managers he gets, their funding etc., and finally fires them to hide the fact that most of the squad performance is based upon his antics and not the manager's abilities to get what he can out of the squad he is given.
And so finally the signature players are threatening to leave.
And by golly, their agents are certainly advising them to do so.
So... any manager acquainted with this turmoil will likely ask for the heavens before considering coming to Totteringham. Conte most certainly did.
Ten Haag would be an idiot to leave Ajax for here until Levy suddenly got good old Joe to ante up a few bucks from his currency trading portfolio.
As for Roberto......oh well, if he isn't happy managing the world's top national squad.....what would make him think he would find happiness at WHL?
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Spurs community.....here is the truth, the real truth, and the only truth.......
it is barrel-scraping time for Levy.
And anyone that he gets to come now will not, repeat NOT, make you lot happy!
Nor me neither...
posted on 8/6/21
This whole situation is a major embarrassment, Levy has failed spectacularly yet again. The bloke is bumbling around trying to find a manager capable of operating on a shoe string budget, these are hard to find, and he already had one of those in Poch, who he sacked in favour of a manager who relies on expensive players. Levy has facked up royally, the stupid clown.
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