He seems likeable as a person, so I certainly don't have any ill feeling towards him, he just wasn't the right man...we took a (cheap) punt and it failed. I really hope the board have someone good in mind though, even if it means getting in a solid temp. manager. We are in a good situation for getting in someone as we have a good squad but one that should be achieving more (like when Harry came in) in the league cup, and Europa league, are financially stable and are still in a fairly good position in the league. Most clubs aren't in such a good situation when looking to hire. I've reflected on previous comments regarding Laudrup and Pochetino and I think I would like them to prove themselves a bit more first. In an ideal world someone that has won trophies and is a bit of an older head would be better - such as Hiddink or Benitez. I think Rafa still has unfinished business in the prem and would love to surpass Utd and Liverpool this season, and over time work towards Chelsea. I think he would be the best candidate (and someone who knows someone mentioned he is in pole position as mentioned a few weeks ago, though I cannot verify the quality of this source)
He wins things, and once settled at a club is a very good manager. As a Liverpool fan I wouldn't want to see him in the Spurs dug out!
His problem was the high line defence that just does work in the premier and the defensive injuries that kept happening. Don' feel to sorry for him though, he got 20 Mill whenhe left Chelsea and will get a big pay off leaving spurs, so its not like he is going on the dole.
Laudrup is currently struggling a little bit at Swansea, i wouldn't want him til he's more proven. Poche looks good, i'd take him. Did good last season and has showed this that he can get players performing. He must be able to speak english by now. I doubt we'll find Southampton easy to roll over to get him though if thats our choice. Outside bet at most
de Boer or Hiddink the stand out candidates for me. de Boer is a manager that plays "The Spurs Way" and has experience working with a couple of our players. Hiddink is a highly respected manager in the game and the type who I think can make the players begin to believe in themselves again.
Hiddink's a free agent, has coached in the Premier League before (Chelsea) and has shown he can make teams play above themselves (South Korea) or get traditionally dysfunctional teams to play well (Russia) Somebody mentioned Bielsa, and whilst he certainly did a good job with Chile he under performed with Argentina considering the players at his disposal and whilst Bilbao played some good football once more he grossly underachieved. Also, given our record with managers anywhere west of Biarritz, would we want to risk that again?
He did not ****ing get 10m when he left Chelsea. He was kept on the payroll and got his weekly wage until he signed for you. It's in our ****ing accounts for anyone to ****ing see. Di Matteo is the same so take him and save us some more money.
Why wouldn't he be up there? He inherited a squad that was doing just as well when he took over. As I've said I think it was too soon but I'm sure if you take away Redknapp's first season where he had to take us off the bottom of the league then his is probably the same. Ultimately, it was a lot about the manner of the games. If you're going to only win games by one goal then you have to make sure you're not getting battered when you lose either, and if you're going to play cautious football then you can't afford to fall behind the pace in the league.
I imagine it's not the results that contributed to his sacking. I would suspect the main reason is he has been unable to get the best out of the team and new signings. He evidently is lacking in motivating the team like Harry did. Although I initially thought it was a little premature in sacking AVB, he never really got the team functioning as a good cohesive unit playing great football. Too many lucky wins, with poor performances since he joined. Bale's brilliance last season masked a lot of AVB's faults.
I always prefer exciting football over successful football. It's one thing sticking with the manager once you get him but to get in a manager knowing that they're going to look to play defensive football is not something I think we should be doing. I don't rate Rafa that highly anymore anyway. Ever since Inter I think there's been big doubts about him. Struggling?! They're 10th and still in Europe, where do you think Swansea should be?
Last season there was plenty of team spirit that led to something we hadn't seen at Spurs in a long time, a bloody minded will to win games. This season the team spirit was clearly lacking, mainly due to player turnover, and with it went the bloody minded will to win. The problem was it wasn't replaced with anything else, as the team weren't playing in the manner that they clearly can when they're given free reign and performances by and large looked like several players had met for their first training session, rather than been in the same team for four months.
In fairness, things weren't like it last season, or certainly not as noticeable. He seems to have gradually slipped into his arrogant rigid ways this season, which chelsea experienced under his reign. However, for a month or so now, I've understood exactly what you guys were on about last season. Agree on Laudrup, However, I'm the same with Potch. - He could potentially do a Steve Clarke for all we know. He can't be given all the credit for Saints as they were half decent under Adkins. I'm with you SOS. My biggest fear is Capello. Although some might say that it's unlikely due to his current position with his world cup side, I'd love to know why he was at the game on sunday.... If we hire him.... the brand of football could potentially get worse!
