I'm not convinced by any in the poll, and I've chosen Moyes by default, as much as anything. Sure, he'll keep us competing for a top 6 spot, but I believe we can do so much better than that, if only Levy had the money to match his ambition, and get in the right man.
i'll join you on that HIAG. not bothered by any of them, but I'd get behind whoever was picked. the ones I know of (Moyes, Martinez and AVB) I think are all capable of doing a decent job, but nothing's particularly exciting about it.
'Tottenham set to offer manager's job to André Villas-Boas • Daniel Levy wants dynamic young coach to drive club forward • Villas-Boas has sought assurances about future of Luka Modric David Hytner guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 19 June 2012 22.31 BST André Villas-Boas is understood to be Tottenham's first choice to succeed Harry Redknapp as manager. Tottenham Hotspur have held direct negotiations with André Villas-Boas and they are poised to offer him the manager's job. Tottenham officials met Villas‑Boas's agent in London last Friday and Saturday to explain what they were looking for in the successor to Harry Redknapp, who they sacked last Wednesday. But they have since accelerated the process by speaking directly to Villas-Boas. The 34-year-old Portuguese, who was dismissed by Chelsea in March, was initially unsure whether he was the Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy's first choice for the vacancy. He felt that Levy had other candidates in mind, which was true, with Everton's David Moyes numbering among them. But it has become clear that Villas‑Boas is the man that Levy wants to lead Tottenham into a new era. The sacking of Redknapp represented a gamble, as he had led the club to fourth-, fifth- and fourth-placed finishes in the Premier League in the past three seasons, only missing out on Champions League qualification last month when Chelsea beat Bayern Munich in the final of the competition. Villas-Boas knows that Levy's minimum requirement is to qualify for Europe's elite tournament. The chairman also wants to be challenging for the league title in the near future. Redknapp often said he thought "there was a championship in this club". It is a demanding brief and the jury remains out in some quarters over Villas‑Boas. He has plenty to prove after his ill-fated Chelsea tenure, when he failed to impose his will on the squad's strong personalities. It hurt his reputation that, after his dismissal, the team recovered to win the Champions League and FA Cup under Roberto Di Matteo. But Levy has come to view Villas-Boas as the dynamic young coach to drive the club forward. Villas-Boas and his representative have sought assurances about the future of Tottenham's best players, chief among them the midfielder Luka Modric, who has exited Euro 2012 with Croatia and is determined to be granted a big transfer this summer. Villas‑Boas tried to sign Modric when he was at Chelsea last summer, only for Levy to block the £40m proposal. It is unclear whether Levy will be able to hold on to Modric for another season, although he is empowered to hold the player to his contract, which has four years to run. He is adamant he would not sell Modric to Chelsea or Manchester United but he may be more receptive to a bid from Real Madrid, particularly if the sum on offer was upwards of £40m. Tottenham's new manager, though, will be granted a large transfer kitty to reshape the squad in his image, and it stands to be even larger if Modric were to leave. The priority area is centre-forward. The club are struggling to satisfy Emmanuel Adebayor's wage demands to make his loan move from Manchester City permanent; they have not taken up the option on Louis Saha. Jermain Defoe is the only established striker. Levy is keen to find a more senior role within the set-up for Tim Sherwood, the youth development squad coach. Sherwood survived the cull of Redknapp's backroom staff, which accounted for Kevin Bond, Joe Jordan and Clive Allen, because Levy considers him to be an asset to the club.'
Sounds interesting. Saw this on twitter, not sure if it's true ''Tim Sherwood is more than likely to be AVB's Director of Football as both done their coaching badges together & are good friends. Makes sense''
If this is true it would appear on the face of it that Levy is gambling for the top rather than going with the'safe' option of Moyes, or is because there is no contract to buy out
im going to believe your former theory....Levy is wanting the title one day...and is not just happy with top 4 to be our eternal goal.
hmm very interesting spurf. I'd like to know what the figure is (roughly) on the transfer kitty. it's one thing having money to spend, but the pot has got to be realistic, based on the current market. we've got away with not spending much for a while now, but it has to happen this summer. certain areas of the squad are very bare and with injuries that are bound to come at some point, we've got to make ourselves stronger this summer, not in january, where other players then have to settle in. Newcastle are already making moves and Chelsea already have. We cannot get left behind!
Well, the poll shows that only 25% want AVB at our club, and at least 2 of those voting are not Spurs fans, so they're doing simply for the wum value. His appointment (and it's looking extremely likely, now) will probably be the most unpopular appointment in Spurs' history, even more than that of George Graham. If Levy gets this wrong, he is going to be crucified by the fans, and rightly so.
If there was ever a time to do market research, eh? even more staggering that over 27% of users have chosen Blanc, (which consists of 10 voters), and only 2 have justified why.
I justified it in my maiden article Blanc won manger of the season in his first year at Bordeaux, than went on to win the League, League Cup and set a record of 11 straight victories. All this while playing fluid attacking football.
just replied to it BLB, as you were typing a reply to me on this one! so that's 3 out of 10! so he's got a similar record to AVB, give or take? (AVB has won a Europa league, but then Blanc has managed his national side.)
AVB might only have 25% of the vote but that doesn't tell the whole story. For instance, i don't believe AVB is necessarily the wrong choice but i didn't vote for him either.
Finally voted and gone for Moyes although not entirely sure why other than the fact that I can find find fewer reasons NOT to vote for him. Everything tells me that AVB is not the right man for us but if recruited then I will give the guy a chance. Just hope he gives up the raincoat and the poncing around in the tech area. Maybe that is one of his 'lessons learned'. For me, Bilic was the right choice: no-nonsense, decent communicator, excellent English with massive experience of the PL and British football, producing good attacking teams. Ooh, who does that remind me of? Oh yes, Martin Jol.
We need someone who can get that little bit more out of the players. I don't see much difference between finishing 5th and 10th so we ought to take a risk. AVB is risky but will be trying to show Chelsea why they were wrong. Definitely worth a go.
let us be honest..if he gets anything wrong he will be crucified...not just because he got AVB.....if he gets another man in and fails then will everyone will say.. 'phew at least it was not AVB' i doubt it HIAG.
