Next Spurs Manager v.2

[Hashegotthesackyet?]

Heard this today, ref Rafa. Doesn't give too much away in the way of "Facts" (;.
but didn't see it posted anywhere.

http://talksport.com/football/benit...n=Feed:+TalksportFootballNews+(RSS:+Football)

 

[harr1984]

He might have less 'sex appeal' so to speak but I'd be a hell of a lot more assured of a successful future with him at the helm than the likes of FDB and Poch. He is currently on another level to them, and if a proven manager of his calibre is realistic then I can't think of a reason why Levy shouldn't put his all into getting him....

 

[Robbo]

LvG more or less confirming today he will be the next Manure manager. Saying it will be a "big challenge".

Not nearly as big a challenge as managing Spurs would be, though. LvG = coward.

 

[Modric THFC]

There's more than a few people that support the club that dont give a **** about this.
They want to win.
They don't care about style of football or where the money is coming from or how we cheat on the pitch.
That **** Mourinho would be their ideal manager.

Imagine that. Wanting to win matches.

There's no joy in winning that day.
Look at Emirates Marketing Project fans, they couldnt be arsed with tonight.

 

[veron23]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27319463

LVG "I HOPE TO BE THE ONE"

 

[the dza]

There's no joy in winning that day.
Look at Emirates Marketing Project fans, they couldnt be arsed with tonight.

No joy in it for you, perhaps. But for me, Spurs started with vague memories of 91, with the 93 semi final loss more vivid. Then Ossie in charge, getting done in the league cup 3-0 by Notts county...then on to Francis, his first game in charge at The Lane being the first live game I went to. And as Francis came and went, we went through a long period of being utter rubbish, with Wenger's Arsenal in the ascendancy. One of the best memories from that time was winning the league cup under Gooner Graham!

And so it goes on, with a relatively successful period the past few seasons, even though we are firmly in the shadow of Arsenal and Chelsea. Talk of glorious football is lke some myth from the past. It's 2014, Francis took over in 1994...what have we been served up the past 20 odd years? Some good football under Hoddle inititally, some good stuff under Harry. Mostly, it's been dross and spankings from our rivals.

I would love for a coach like Benitez to take charge of us and make us win with so called poor football (I'm not saying this would most certainly happen if he were appointed). My problem with AVB's football was with the fact that it wasn't working at all well without Bale, we never looked like scoring. But winning boring beats getting stuffed any day of the week. 'The Spurs Way' just doesn't exist for a lot of us.

 

[Mumorn]

There's no joy in winning that day.
Look at Emirates Marketing Project fans, they couldnt be arsed with tonight.

But Emirates Marketing Project play outstanding football. So it doesn't go with what you're saying. You're that guy who wants us to play good football right? Even if it means finishing 7th?

 

[DubaiSpur]

Well, apparently FdB is off the list, with Pochettino emerging as the favorite.

F*** that, Levy. Go get Benitez, please. Time after time we've tried playing aesthetically pleasing, open football and only gotten spankings and humiliations for our troubles. The likes of Wenger and Guardiola are impossibly rare to find: managers who play both good football and win consistently. We won't find one like that this summer. The managers who're succeeding across Europe (Simeone, Conte, Jorge Jesus, Rafa) are succeeding by creating sides that are both defensively excellent and lightening quick on the counter, that play direct, effective football.

We have the chance to appoint one this summer, if rumors are to be believed. We should. Mumorn's right, we need to start f*cking winning, pretty football be damned. We've had 20 years of trying to play pretty and failing, with two pathetic League Cups and one CL finish to show for it. We've under-achieved, again and again and again, until now even the title of London's most aesthetically pleasing side has been wrested away from us and given to Arsenal.

**** that ****. Time to start winning. By any means necessary. Once we have trophies under our belt, we can dictate to others what the perfect style of football should be. Until then, let's just focus on winning.

And I don't know about anyone else, but an FA Cup, or a EL trophy, or a PL title would utterly floor me with delight. Finishing 8th by conceding 100 goals and scoring 101, with no trophy to show for it? That f*cking wouldn't.

 

[billyiddo]

does Benitez record translate to a team that can't spend big money? iirc Valencia were pretty fast and lose with cash during his time, although not to the levels of the big two in Spain. Liverpool were second highest spenders around his time in the Prem iirc and Napoli aren't short of a few quid either id imagine - i think the expectation that Benitez would work wonders with the 6th highest spending club in the league are little OTT i have to say. happy to be shown otherwise though

 

[thfcsteff]

But he probably isn't the best man available for the job if he's already p****d off Levy.

Levy has had his hands burnt due to poor working relationships with the last few managers.

I don't think he really saw eye-to-eye with Redknapp, but Redknapp's a clever old boy and plays the game well so there wasn't a problem until he turned down a new contract, started flirting with the England job then demanded a big new contract when Hodgson got the gig.

The working relationship with Levy and the club is key here. The best manager for Spurs isn't necessarily the best manager on paper, or even the one that has the best powerpoint anymore.

We've also got to consider that the club have had a PR nightmare under AVB and Sherwood with AVB's public spats with the press and Sherwood's gobby self-serving pressers.

For De Boer to just blow up everything in Levy's face by releasing details of a confidential and sensitive discussions and then causing an embarrissing and public s***-storm with Sherwood where Levy has to sit there and grin & bear it while Sherwood gobs off about people telling porkies.......no wonder we've decided thanks, but no thanks.

De Boer has already shown a preference for gobbing off in the press at every opportunity and his brother likes to wade in with his 2 penny's worth every 2 seconds as well.

I don't have much time for John Cross but he's just tweeted - another come and get me plea from De Boer, this is getting embarrassing.

Well its Ajax he's doing it to now, but a couple of seasons in and he'll be shamelessly dragging our name through the press as he flirts with Barca and Real Madrid.

If Pochettino has had the same discussions with Levy & the club off the record and has kept an impressive straight bat, then I'm sure if there wasn't much to choose between them in Levy's eyes (and honestly for me, there really isn't a lot in it), then I'm pretty sure things have swung hugely in Pochettino's favour with the powers that be at THFC.

It's something I posted about earlier in the thread.

I really don't think De Boer has done himself any favours at all and I think i'd go so far as saying he's blown whatever opportunity he had to manage THFC.

…as mentioned yesterday …I think the smart money has to be on Martinez or Pochettino right now. I AM interested to see what Pep Guardiola potentially leaving Munich does to the stakes, but I know we're not keen on going back to the LVG thing if he doesn't get the nod because of how he handled himself, and yes, De Boer dropped himself in it (or his agent did)…I don't believe we'll be waiting too long for the answer. Cannot see it stretching into the World Cup personally, unless Levy reverts to type/plays silly buggers, etc, etc...

 

[thfcsteff]

Well, apparently FdB is off the list, with Pochettino emerging as the favorite.

F*** that, Levy. Go get Benitez, please. Time after time we've tried playing aesthetically pleasing, open football and only gotten spankings and humiliations for our troubles. The likes of Wenger and Guardiola are impossibly rare to find: managers who play both good football and win consistently. We won't find one like that this summer. The managers who're succeeding across Europe (Simeone, Conte, Jorge Jesus, Rafa) are succeeding by creating sides that are both defensively excellent and lightening quick on the counter, that play direct, effective football.

We have the chance to appoint one this summer, if rumors are to be believed. We should. Mumorn's right, we need to start f*cking winning, pretty football be damned. We've had 20 years of trying to play pretty and failing, with two pathetic League Cups and one CL finish to show for it. We've under-achieved, again and again and again, until now even the title of London's most aesthetically pleasing side has been wrested away from us and given to Arsenal.

**** that ****. Time to start winning. By any means necessary. Once we have trophies under our belt, we can dictate to others what the perfect style of football should be. Until then, let's just focus on winning.

And I don't know about anyone else, but an FA Cup, or a EL trophy, or a PL title would utterly floor me with delight. Finishing 8th by conceding 100 goals and scoring 101, with no trophy to show for it? That f*cking wouldn't.

Have to say, Benitez is a dark horse but I cannot see it as I just don't think the club would go for him knowing the 'feelings' he evokes…as for the 'need to start winning' I think we should remember that the wheels came off that wagon when AVB was still winning games and conceding very few goals. The murmurs came that it wasn't entertaining enough. We're a tough club to manage!

 

[harr1984]

…as mentioned yesterday …I think the smart money has to be on Martinez or Pochettino right now. I AM interested to see what Pep Guardiola potentially leaving Munich does to the stakes, but I know we're not keen on going back to the LVG thing if he doesn't get the nod because of how he handled himself, and yes, De Boer dropped himself in it (or his agent did)…I don't believe we'll be waiting too long for the answer. Cannot see it stretching into the World Cup personally, unless Levy reverts to type/plays silly buggers, etc, etc...

Is Guardiola's position really that precarious with only managing to win the league at a canter?! Crazy if true, no team is going to do the treble every season. Regardless I couldn't see him coming here...

 

[Modric THFC]

There's more than a few people that support the club that dont give a **** about this.
They want to win.
They don't care about style of football or where the money is coming from or how we cheat on the pitch.
That **** Mourinho would be their ideal manager.

Imagine that. Wanting to win matches.

There's no joy in winning that day.
Look at Emirates Marketing Project fans, they couldnt be arsed with tonight.

But Emirates Marketing Project play outstanding football. So it doesn't go with what you're saying. You're that guy who wants us to play good football right? Even if it means finishing 7th?

City could play like Brazil in 1970 but they cheated their way to get to were they are.
There's no joy in that.

 

[Jordinho]

Is Guardiola's position really that precarious with only managing to win the league at a canter?! Crazy if true, no team is going to do the treble every season. Regardless I couldn't see him coming here...

Beckenbauer has made several public attacks on his style of play, but I can't see him not getting at least one more season.

 

[Lost Mango]

Is Guardiola's position really that precarious with only managing to win the league at a canter?! Crazy if true, no team is going to do the treble every season. Regardless I couldn't see him coming here...

Think the thought is Utd are holding fire on LVG in case Pep becomes available, hence LVGs sign me up plea in the media today, and if that happens Big Louis becomes available to us again.

 

[Lost Mango]

City could play like Brazil in 1970 but they cheated their way to get to were they are.
There's no joy in that.

No joy and no meaning to me. It might not have an * next to it n the record books but it is still better than Lollerpool have something truly meaningful to celebrate to me

 

[glorygloryeze]

Think the thought is Utd are holding fire on LVG in case Pep becomes available, hence LVGs sign me up plea in the media today, and if that happens Big Louis becomes available to us again.

This makes sense actually; seeing LVG on TV saying "I hope to get the job" made it look less than certain to me. Trouble is, if Manure say "No ta" would he and we look like sloppy seconds if he came to work for us after all that?

 

[Gutter Boy]

Someone sell me Poch then. I've had my heart set on FDB since LVG, but know a lot less about Poch.

I know he's supposed to be a lot like AVB in his obsessive controlling approach and academic intellectuality. I know he's Bielsa's protégé. And that he likes a high possession, high pressing game.

What else is there?

 

[Rorschach]

This makes sense actually; seeing LVG on TV saying "I hope to get the job" made it look less than certain to me. Trouble is, if Manure say "No ta" would he and we look like sloppy seconds if he came to work for us after all that?

I wouldn't care that much. I'd take him anyway. Beggars can't be pricks or something like that.

And even Ancelloti might be in the market in a few short weeks also if the RM board stay true to previous form on 'failed' managers.

 

[Baleforce]

City could play like Brazil in 1970 but they cheated their way to get to were they are.
There's no joy in that.

how have they cheated, which rule have they broken?