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Next Spurs Manager v.2

Who do you want?

  • Louis Van Gaal

    Votes: 8 6.6%

  • Mauro Pochettino

    Votes: 9 7.4%

  • Frank de Boer

    Votes: 43 35.5%

  • Roberto Martinez

    Votes: 16 13.2%

  • Carlo Ancelotti

    Votes: 10 8.3%

  • Murat Yakin

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Thomas Tuchel

    Votes: 2 1.7%

  • Rafa Benitez

    Votes: 29 24.0%

  • Someone Else

    Votes: 4 3.3%
  • Total voters
    121
  • Poll closed .
harr1984 said:
I wouldnt mind Poch, but I don't think he's exactly had Southampton punching above their weight - with the talented players at their disposal outside the top 7 Id expect them to be near the best of the rest....
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Would they be the likes of Lallana and Lambert who everyone ridiculed when they were brought up as potential transfer targets last summer? So he is either very good in making players that this board considered average into talented or else the people on this board sure spout a load of ****
 
NWND said:
But these amazing players you are talking about...nobody was talking about them like that before Pochettino took over there. Lallana, Rodriguez and Lambert weren't nailed on England squad members, Clyne wasn't being linked to Man Utd. He's made those players look as good as they have done and i don't think they'd look as good in a different team
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Agreed, and one of the main positive about Poch for me. At least from his time at Southampton.

He's made good players look better. He's made good players play good attacking football. He's made good players fit into a system that works - not only in the Premier League, but one that works without having the best players in the league.

He's gotten Southampton to perform to a level that was as high as they could possibly expect at the start of the season.

We have good players, players that could get a lot better, players that need a system, players that look capable of playing good attacking football.

Had we performed to a level as high as we could expect at the start of the season we would surely be happy with that.
 
LutonSpurs said:
Jason Burt just said on Twitter he thinks it will be Poch and that Benitez wants the job.
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If Benitez wants it, I can't see why we would choose any of the other available candidates over him. It would, imo, be madness to hire Poch over Benitez if this is the case.
 
the dza said:
If Benitez wants it, I can't see why we would choose any of the other available candidates over him. It would, imo, be madness to hire Poch over Benitez if this is the case.
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I kinda feel what you're saying, but I fear he'd approach games not much differently to AVB and I don't think our fanbase would be able to stomach that for too long.
I also worry about managers who almost NEVER play with two strikers.
 
the dza said:
If Benitez wants it, I can't see why we would choose any of the other available candidates over him. It would, imo, be madness to hire Poch over Benitez if this is the case.
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Id have Poch over Benny. The reason being id think Poch would atleast try to build something. Benny is all about instant success which I do want but there is a balance I suppose.
 
@JBurtTelegraph: Sherwood has talked himself out of a job as much as anything. Expect approach for Pochettino this week. Benitez wants it.

The exact tweet
 
The wind definitely seems to be blowing in the direction of Poch over FdB.

Though I wonder how much of that is due to FdB being away in Indonesia at the moment?
 
I'm really excited by the prospect of Poch, FDB, or Benitez myself. I do think Murat Yakin should be considered too.

One think I have been thinking about is, does Levy or the board hold an idea about the type of manager he wants and what style of football we want our club to be synonymous with? I mean Barca would never employ Mourinho or Benitez you would think.

Benitez is vastly different to Pochettino. So if we are just interviewing them all, is Levy, Baldini and the board simply allowing the future spurs boss set the blueprint at this club? Or do we aspire only to bring in a certain type of manager? I don't think Levy knows what he wants for a Spurs. Is Baldini entrusted with helping set the future philosophy of the club.

I'd like us to have our moment shaped in history the way Cruyff and Rinus Michaels helped mould Barca. A philosophy that our club abides by. I guess tahrs too much of a pipe dream.

I certainly would not turn my nose up at Benitez
 
DHSF said:
Id have Poch over Benny. The reason being id think Poch would atleast try to build something. Benny is all about instant success which I do want but there is a balance I suppose.
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I don't see a 'project' type of manager really achieving anything with us, beyond where we are now. All very well developing a few players and playing well in spells at a club like Southampton, where the coach will get a lot of praise for finishing 8th and winning nothing (and Poch has done a good job, for what it's worth).

The closest we have come to any kind of success in recent years is under Harry, a manager who was all about doing it now. No project or whatever, just results right now. Benitez is just in another realm to these other candidates when it comes to actually winning trophies and getting results right away.

There will be no 'project' at Spurs unless you can win something and get in the Champions League places. Surely we, as a club, have learnt this from the AVB experience?
 
diego_maradona said:
I'm really excited by the prospect of Poch, FDB, or Benitez myself. I do think Murat Yakin should be considered too.

One think I have been thinking about is, does Levy or the board hold an idea about the type of manager he wants and what style of football we want our club to be synonymous with? I mean Barca would never employ Mourinho or Benitez you would think.

Benitez is vastly different to Pochettino. So if we are just interviewing them all, is Levy, Baldini and the board simply allowing the future spurs boss set the blueprint at this club? Or do we aspire only to bring in a certain type of manager? I don't think Levy knows what he wants for a Spurs. Is Baldini entrusted with helping set the future philosophy of the club.

I'd like us to have our moment shaped in history the way Cruyff and Rinus Michaels helped mould Barca. A philosophy that our club abides by. I guess tahrs too much of a pipe dream.

I certainly would not turn my nose up at Benitez
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That's precisely what I have been alluding to in other threads, and most on here are very similar - anyone but TS it seems even in Levy's eyes.

You first have a strategy, then getting someone to implement it, someone who has shown they can implement something similar. All conjecture but it seems that I don't think we have one - certainly a robust one anyways.
 
the dza said:
I don't see a 'project' type of manager really achieving anything with us, beyond where we are now. All very well developing a few players and playing well in spells at a club like Southampton, where the coach will get a lot of praise for finishing 8th and winning nothing (and Poch has done a good job, for what it's worth).

The closest we have come to any kind of success in recent years is under Harry, a manager who was all about doing it now. No project or whatever, just results right now. Benitez is just in another realm to these other candidates when it comes to actually winning trophies and getting results right away.

There will be no 'project' at Spurs unless you can win something and get in the Champions League places. Surely we, as a club, have learnt this from the AVB experience?
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And we all know what people on here thought of that, yet some have alluded to being happy with Benny. I, myself? would prefer Poch over Benny but my first choice is FDB... im intrigued by him more than anything else.
 
I just want a candidate that will get everyone on board and sold on the vision of a better Spurs under his stewardship. At the moment all 3 candidates seem to have support and critics. Spurs fans really are hard to please
 
DHSF said:
That's precisely what I have been alluding to in other threads, and most on here are very similar - anyone but TS it seems even in Levy's eyes.

You first have a strategy, then getting someone to implement it, someone who has shown they can implement something similar. All conjecture but it seems that I don't think we have one - certainly a robust one anyways.
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Who should be the one who sets that strategy for the club? You need to be a visionary. Or is it a board decision? Where do the fans sit with this?

David Dein had a lot of say at Arsenal and didn't he bring in Wenger?
 
In a lot of ways Poch, FdB and AVB are all quite similar (young philosophy managers with an emphasis on technique and possession). Either Poch or FdB will bring some continuity to the project we began 24 months ago. Benitez is the odd one out, but then the links are weakest to him
 
I think all the potential candidates we're being linked to are generally ok, have their pros and cons that I worry about.

Imo, none were needed like LVG and his iron fist imo..
 
imo we will still get LVG - united could have announced by now if they were 100% sold on him and they havent yet
 
diego_maradona said:
I just want a candidate that will get everyone on board and sold on the vision of a better Spurs under his stewardship. At the moment all 3 candidates seem to have support and critics. Spurs fans really are hard to please
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yes a candidate that can ensure that we finally get the best out of the strucutre including baldini and levy. just make sure they can get along. stability could do wonders for us on and off the pitch.

that said i think it should fdb. if you haven't you should read this:
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=305676.0

and this http://www.totaltottenham.com/blogs/frank-de-boer-the-ideal-man-to-solve-spurs-problems/
this should appeal to levy
If anything, it shows De Boer has worked out a way to get the best out this Ajax squad regardless of the departure of top players like Luis Suarez, Jan Vertonghen, Christian Eriksen and Toby Alderweireld.
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Gutter Boy said:
In a lot of ways Poch, FdB and AVB are all quite similar (young philosophy managers with an emphasis on technique and possession). Either Poch or FdB will bring some continuity to the project we began 24 months ago. Benitez is the odd one out, but then the links are weakest to him
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A total myth that AVB values technique.
 
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