Robspur12
Nick Barmby
When are we going to learn that an extensive CV means nothing when it comes to being a successful manager at Spurs.I couldn't watch the game today (looks like I haven't missed much) but I think it's worth keeping in mind that this guy has won silverware everywhere he's been. Mourinho was yesterday's man, Santo was too nice, Pochettino had lost it... It can't always be the manager's fault. We're all passionate about the club and I hope you know I'm not singling you out here but at the end of the day, even Christian Gross knows a lot more about managing a football team than any of us ever will. We can't put the manager under fire everytime we get a couple of poor performances... particularly not with the players we have at the moment.
As a reminder, on this very message board, a lot of people sided with Dele when Mourinho tried to offload him. Twelve months later... who's been proved right?
I'm not saying he's the best thing since sliced bread but we can't really hope to attract someone with a better CV at the moment so if I had to put my money on someone to turn things around and if I were left with a choice between the manager and the players... let's just that it wouldn't take me too long to reach a decision.
Our best managers in recent years, BMJ, Harry and Poch didn't exactly have stellar cvs. But they could make teams better than the sum of their parts.
We need to give Conte a chance but the signs are not good so far and his CV is meaningless to me while I watch us lose regularly. The Chelsea losses recently were reminiscent of of 90s Spurs.