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Contingency planning : When Ange is sacked, who should replace him?

Who do you want as the next Tottenham Hotspur manager?

  • Andoni Iraola

    Votes: 5 17.2%

  • Marco Silva

    Votes: 4 13.8%

  • Thomas Frank

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Kieran McKenna

    Votes: 1 3.4%

  • Mauricio Pochettino

    Votes: 15 51.7%

  • Edin Tersic

    Votes: 1 3.4%

  • A.N. Other

    Votes: 3 10.3%
  • Total voters
    29
DubaiSpur said:
Err..yes it is?

Feel like you overestimate the effect politics has on everyday life in the US mate. ;)

He's rich and, being the USMNT coach, has a leisurely schedule of being paid to sit in sunny California and occasionally fly around that country. A lot of coaches would kill for that job.

As for Catalunya, yeah, but he wouldn't be paid for that. For the USMNT he's essentially being paid for a half job - they're already qualified for WC 2026 as hosts, he just needs to take them into it. Otherwise, lots of time for sightseeing and shopping with the wife.
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Most managers ...want to work everyday...that's who they are.

Yeah let's go shopping 😂

Btw...You're only 10 weeks into Trump mate. Hope your papers are in order:)
 
Mikey10 said:
I loved (and still) love Poch.

I’d take him back tomorrow (in fact, why wait - get him back today!).

He needed to go when he did last time though imo. He was spent; he gave every impression of being very unhappy; he’d openly spoken about potentially moving on; our results and football (CL run not withstanding) had not been good for a long time.

He wanted a rebuild - our owners weren’t willing to fund it. So there was no point in a demotivated and very unhappy manager sticking around. A change at the time, in the circumstances, was best for everyone.

Bloke needed a break, we needed an injection of enthusiasm, energy and fresh ideas. Not sure we got that…but that’s a different discussion!
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it's a discussion we've had many times amigo. The major issue for me was Daniel is not a 'hugger' and Poch needed hugs and support. If he'd got it, he'd have been just fine IMO...
 
thfcsteff said:
it's a discussion we've had many times amigo. The major issue for me was Daniel is not a 'hugger' and Poch needed hugs and support. If he'd got it, he'd have been just fine IMO...
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He was pretty much fine for most of his tenure (ie he was doing fantastic job)..let's be honest most managers just need financial support, and that is definitely a different landscape from when he was first here.
 
Baleforce said:
It can be both true that he had to go then, and that maybe he should come back now.

Things change with time.
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I agree, things do change with time - and we should all be able to revise opinions (totally down with that), but this for me was a special relationship, a genuine 'once-in-a-lifetime' one.

It's very much like when a great marriage goes through it's first really tough moments; do you knuckle down and do the hard work, or do you cut and run because some cheap floozie who knows how to hitch their skirt whispers in your ear that they can 'do better'? Me? I knuckle down and work at the relationship, knowing that what we have is special. And this is the MAIN issue I have always had; no-one actually took the time to understand how special what Poch was doing was, and how we'd genuinely caught lightning in a bottle in terms of needs and timing since 2015.

So yes, I accept that people can revise their opinions based on the passage of time, but equally, there are moments when it pays to really recognise what you have when you have it at the time regardless of troubles. Could we get married again? Yes. Do I think we made a massive mistake not working harder and truer on the marriage in the first instance? Absolutely!
 
DubaiSpur said:
Hey, some of us never wavered that he was the right man for us, and never have even today. ;)

I have been steadfast in the opinion that Postecoglou, utterly mediocre journeyman though he is, deserves the season. But if Poch wanted to come back, we should move heaven and Earth to make it happen. I know you have previously alluded to boardroom opposition to his return when he was last available (when we passed over him and got the current rando instead), but that was when we could afford to be choosy.

We can't anymore. We are 14th and plummeting. Our fans have broken ranks and are hurling abuse, some of it offensive, at our players, at Levy, at Postecoglou, at each other. The unity of the club is broken. We are lost.

The patience has run out for Postecoglou. But the one man who would get some patience, and the love of the stands, is Poch. If nothing else, he would start the process of piecing this club back together.

As long as Deadweight Dan is charge, we will never do. But, we might as well dare. And Poch at least had us doing that. No reason he can't do it again.

Plus, we have fallen so miserably far that no one better than him would touch us with a bargepole anyway. Most good managers would laugh long and hard at the prospect of working for Daniel Levy. And if it's between Iraola and Poch, there is nothing in that.
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Truthfully, I am not sure I am ready to see Poch endure a fan rebuttal like Postecoglu has if it doesn't go well. My anger would shoot through the roof!
 
dingdongo said:
Yep, It could have been from any point this autumn/winter as that place only opened last summer
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Looks like Poch is wearing shorts, but Levy and Poch are BOTHwearing a winter jacket, so meaning that the spring sun is here but with a cold chill.

EXACTLY like the south weather the last few days.
 
thfcsteff said:
I agree, things do change with time - and we should all be able to revise opinions (totally down with that), but this for me was a special relationship, a genuine 'once-in-a-lifetime' one.

It's very much like when a great marriage goes through it's first really tough moments; do you knuckle down and do the hard work, or do you cut and run because some cheap floozie who knows how to hitch their skirt whispers in your ear that they can 'do better'? Me? I knuckle down and work at the relationship, knowing that what we have is special. And this is the MAIN issue I have always had; no-one actually took the time to understand how special what Poch was doing was, and how we'd genuinely caught lightning in a bottle in terms of needs and timing since 2015.

So yes, I accept that people can revise their opinions based on the passage of time, but equally, there are moments when it pays to really recognise what you have when you have it at the time regardless of troubles. Could we get married again? Yes. Do I think we made a massive mistake not working harder and truer on the marriage in the first instance? Absolutely!
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As you know, you and I have different opinions on the person, but to give credit, this is his response on recent interview

"I made mistakes, you know? But the good thing is, when you are clever, you learn from your mistakes. It’s like when a relationship finishes. I feel empty. I feel so disappointed. With everyone but also with myself because I didn’t manage well and when that happens, it’s part of my responsibility."

If both parties do a little soul searching and both accept responsibility, you have that chance. He also indicated his relationship with Levy is good and they still talk regularly ..
 
thfcsteff said:
I agree, things do change with time - and we should all be able to revise opinions (totally down with that), but this for me was a special relationship, a genuine 'once-in-a-lifetime' one.

It's very much like when a great marriage goes through it's first really tough moments; do you knuckle down and do the hard work, or do you cut and run because some cheap floozie who knows how to hitch their skirt whispers in your ear that they can 'do better'? Me? I knuckle down and work at the relationship, knowing that what we have is special. And this is the MAIN issue I have always had; no-one actually took the time to understand how special what Poch was doing was, and how we'd genuinely caught lightning in a bottle in terms of needs and timing since 2015.

So yes, I accept that people can revise their opinions based on the passage of time, but equally, there are moments when it pays to really recognise what you have when you have it at the time regardless of troubles. Could we get married again? Yes. Do I think we made a massive mistake not working harder and truer on the marriage in the first instance? Absolutely!
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Not sure on your analogy, but what if both sides had their eyes on a “floozie”?

Also, in a marriage, you have to think of the children, a broken home might still be better than an angry one.

I think you might be overthinking it, a main feature of lightning, bottled or otherwise, is that it is a fleeting manifestation.
 
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