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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    Whoever it is, he's got a huge task ahead of him. How about letting him get on with it rather than shooting him down before the first ball's been kicked? Between Kane's likely departure, a backline to rebuild and the mindset of the squad, he's going to get his hands full. And those who don't...
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    * OMT Tottenham Hotspur v the Public Investment Fund *

    Looks like there was some truth to Conte's words in the end. I've read some very negative comments about him but at the end of the day, he kept us in the race for a Top 4 finish with a team capable of that kind of capitulation. Don't get me wrong, he's not Mr Nice Guy: when he saw the writing...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    No matter the competition, it's always the same MO...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    That's because, for all their claims of the contrary, most people get bored when nothing happens on the pitch. They read the papers, they watch TV, they hear all the background noise and they want something to talk about. It's sad but people having in-depth conversations on Internet forums are a...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    Osvaldo Ardiles says hi.
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    ** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion **

    No, it's not but as with most matches this season, we're going to do it anyway.
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    *** OMT Spurs vs Everton ***

    It certainly does. It also makes it easier for players coming in, as they know what to expect but, when you think about it, how many clubs in the world have been implementing the same philosophy and system for more than, say, ten years? Ajax, for one. Barcelona did for a long time. Most clubs...
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    *** OMT Spurs vs Everton ***

    In my opinion, we tend to think as if there were always one single factor that would explain everything. In Bissouma's case, it's probably a great many things working together to make him look like half the player he was at Brighton: a new system, a new environment, new team-mates and, indeed...
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    *** OMT Spurs vs Everton ***

    It's funny that after three years of debate about science, irrationality has taken over in football. Stellini taking the handbrake off, Pochettino working his magic again... of course, it's just a figure of speech but I think they're quite telling. When a problem is too complicated or when, as...
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    *** OMT Spurs vs Everton ***

    I didn't think that was possible, but the football's even more dier without Conte. Congratulations! People will be talking about Keane's goal but, in reality, we gave the ball away twice or thrice right in front of the penalty area in the early minutes of the second half. Any team with a...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    Do you remember that old joke about David Ginola taking on Arsenal on his own? Anything's possible...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    I think your comment about connecting with the players nails it but if nobody can connect with them, maybe they're a tough crowd. Again, it's the 90s Spurs fan in me talking but I really don't like the idea that a group of players can get manager after manager sacked without any consequence...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    Maybe they don't need a manager, really, because I find them easily baffled: they didn't like Mourinho, they didn't like Espirito Santo and they didn't like Conte either. And in the end, they wouldn't play for Pochettino. If these reports were true - fortunately, they're not - they'd be a tough...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    You're misreading my comments or you're putting words in my mouth: I'm not beating Pochettino with anything. All I was saying is that he doesn't have such a reputation that his sacking would deter other managers to come here. If, for instance, Guardiola came here and was sacked after 14 months...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    If I were a manager, I'd also try to see where these managers ended up after being sacked. Pochettino's profile, for instance, was massively raised during his time here and if they are realistic, most managers probably knows you stand little chance of staying more than 4 years in the same club -...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    I said so myself and that's why I think the club should take into account their targets' mentality when trying to sign them. Squad building in a difficult exercice of balance. It's undeniable we've renewed the squad since Mourinho left (said so myself) but squad dynamics and psychology in...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    Conte is the second manager with a fairly decent trophy cabinet to a) leave the club less than two years after his appointment and b) claim our players don't have the right mindset. It does look like things are improving though - as unbelievable as it seems. Under Mourinho, the players downed...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    Read somewhere Zidane to PSG is a done deal. If it isn't, I'd look at Conte if I were them. He's got a mediocre record in European competition but they have the finances to buy him exactly the players he wants and they can afford to treat the Ligue 1 as a secondary competition. They were said to...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    Ok, I think it's time to get this straight: do you rate him or not? ;)
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    Let's put it that way: you're a chairman and you happen to have the best striker in the world at the club. The guy tells you: 'I want to win trophies and work with the best managers in the world'. What do you do? You sign managers with huge reputations. It's a win-win situation: you keep the...
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