Baleforce
Les Bennett
During which time he's been Captain
he might not have had the armband, but he’s been the leader of this squad for almost a decade
During which time he's been Captain
He’s a good manager IMO, done pretty well everywhere really.
There is (thankfully) just no way Allerdyce would work for us, no one would accept him, and he'd be working against the odds from the off.
All of those. I take a certain amount of pride in my club. I'd like us to be doing well - have an established system in place, play vaguely attractive football, not concede 3 (or 5) in the first 20 mins of a big game(!), etc etc.
If you're asking 'who cares', perhaps you dont however I do and I'd prefer it if there wasn't the chaos surrounding the club that there is at the moment
Apparently Bo is a Klopp disciple. And here in 'Merica they say "Bo knows football." (provided we get the right Bo)Why would we even consider the Mainz manager? They don’t even play the “Tottenham way”.
We were 4th with the teams below us with plenty of games in hand and performance wise closer to 7th or 8th. There was no way we were staying 4th, even with Conte still at the helm.If we were that bad, how were we in 4th place in contention for a top four place before he left? It is genuinely a mystery to me but it's a fact.
Conte's time at Spurs is not an indicator as to whether he's a top manager, that's not in doubt as we can drag any level of manager down. Perhaps it's time to stop posting for me tonight as I don't think a manager good enough to take us to the next level in this league exists, if it's with the current group of players.
Having a "Kane and a Son in the team" counts for very little other than breaking Spurs records. Other teams out there somehow achieve things without this combination of player, year upon year. All of the managers you mentioned as doing a great job are only hoping to do what Conte did last season or less, ie finish in the top four. So it depends on the parameters of success.
Firing Conte when in 4th makes complete sense even if we slip down to 7th by the seasons end but firing Poch when we were 14th was an outrage that certain posters continue to harp on about. It's fascinating.
How many exciting and gettable managers were there in 2021? Just Conte, really. Right now there are already 4-5 exciting ones in Nagelsmann, Slot, Gallardo, Kompany. And Poch is still available. In 2021 we were hearing a new name every week. Now we're hearing the same names and they are of managers that we would all be happy about, even if they're not our first choice.Why were the pickings in 2021 slimmer than they are now?
Chelsea has reserved the "laughing stock" title for this year.Hopefully those things will start to get sorted quickly as you say and regardless of whether you describe it as a shambles or chaos or whatever. We're a laughing stock at the moment
Chelsea has reserved the "laughing stock" title for this year.
It's the social media generation.Who’s laughing? Fans of other clubs? The media? Who cares?
The one where he took the ball, but because the victims went full frothing at the mouth mental about it, Sky made a fuss.What Skipp challenge was that?
Souness couldn't wait to tell us Richarlison should have had a pen, jota should have had a red card and the look of disgust when they trief to debate skipp tackle, is it coincidence he was "retired" at the end of the game.The one where he took the ball, but because the victims went full frothing at the mouth mental about it, Sky made a fuss.
Really?
- No manager
- No DoF
- 12 goals conceded in the last 3 games
- 5 points from last 6 games
- Star striker contract situation
- Some critical positions need strengthening in the summer, but no DoF or manager currently to agree targets
- Several loan players returning in the summer and likely to need shipping out, along with underperformers...but no DoF in place
I'm not sure what more is needed on or off the pitch to make us a shambles if we're not at the moment
Hopefully those things will start to get sorted quickly as you say and regardless of whether you describe it as a shambles or chaos or whatever. We're a laughing stock at the moment
All that goes on in these last few games will have little bearing on next season.
I'm sure the plan is to appoint a new manager and DofF to carry us into that season. If we get into a Nuno situation then there is reason to worry...let's wait and see?.
Laughing stock, shambles = Everton, Leeds, Leicester, West Ham......even Chelsea.