The best managers are all in jobs and won't leave their clubs unless we do what we done with Ramos and make a dizzy offer which they eventually can't turn down. But managers want their own players, not someone else's squad. That's why it's likely we will end up with a old head temporary, who will come in and keep things ticking over. So jupp heynckes or Alex ferguson
I see where you're coming from PNP, but for me, if the money is there, you'll convince anyone. There's no loyalty in football and we see plenty of players making a move which is clearly engineered by money, so why not with managers? Who, I don't know. Supporting tottenham is exhausting.
Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported this morning that Franco Baldini has reached out to Frank de Boer to become manager at WHL. Levy and Baldini think the 43 year old recently divorced De Boer is the ideal manager for Tottenham according to the newspaper. Earlier this year De Boer and Ajax agreed on a contract till 2017 and he has snubbed offers from Liverpool, Inter Milan and Manchester City.
Hi Cove, good to hear from you. There's no doubt De Boers stats are excellent (and I'm not starting ANOTHER stat conversation) , but after our experiences recently, part of me hopes it's not. We need proven premier league experience from someone who's better than any of our recent managers. but no doubt there will be some sort of gamble in our next appointment. There's always a "catch" with us.
Thought I bagged the thing last night, but it's still lurking somewhere. Worst thing of all, it keeps setting my default browser to Ask.com!
I doubt he will sign anyway, he is an adept of Cruijff's way's of managing. Ever since the revolution at Ajax in 2010, De Boer has committed himself to play out the vision of Cruijff and he extended his contract earlier this year to fulfil the plans set out for the club. For once this is not about stats mate, this is purely about vision and tactics. And there's a good reason for that: De Boer always had very slow starts with Ajax, three years in a row now he lost almost half the points in the first 17 matches of the season. So when he would arrive at Tottenham, it will be for the long haul, not for an instant quick fix. Question is: is any EPL club steady enough to commit to a long term plan? I think you can look for your answer in the amount of sackings this season.
i know! but it's the only way forward if those previous haven't been "good enough". god knows who it'll be. But if we want someone decent, it'll cost us a **** load, as they probably wont want to join us in the first place.
The only way to get someone who is good enough is to keep them for five years through thick and thin. Like Wenger and Ferguson. I thinking sacking AVB and letting Sherwood take charge is one of Levy's worst calls. Sets us back at least a year which we can't afford. The appearance of Ade last night is a big hint as to what the decision was really based on. Sacking Ade would have been a better solution.
Depends which paper you read. One says Levy wanted Ade to play more games, another says levy wanted Lamela to play regularly, another says Levy wanted to play two up front (which said paper interpreted as meaning Ade, rather than Soldado & Defoe) Either there was a laundry list of reasons he went, or the papers are guessing.
It just looks like more than coincidence that Ade was brought back as soon as AVB was out. I could understand the point of AVB's and Harry's selections if I thought hard enough about it. Last night had me stumped completely unless Sherwood has been whispering in Levy's ear about what was going wrong and had to stick to a plan he's already devised.
Power you talk of keeping managers for five years, we had that chance with Redknapp, after what he done in four years, you have to now acknowledge he deserved the chance to have another year as under him we went from top four contenders, to top four, and contending for 3rd and by sacking him we put ourselves back in the series events of going from one manager to another and hoping one does a great job. Now, we're left looking at the "best of a bad bunch" and for that you have to criticise the man you praise so often, Levy.
Unfortunately, Cove, you're right. It's that dirty word Money! again. In today's premier league it seems that you cannot afford to lag behind for one season, let alone 3-4. In today's Premier league, Man Utd would probably not have had the success that they have had under Ferguson. Reason? Ferguson's early record at Utd was very poor. He almost got fired back then, in the mid-eighties. Nowadays, he almost certainly would have been.
