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  1. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    Maybe they need a broker to help / advise them that going to X club is better than going to Y club? I assume the moment Mendes is proven to do something illegal that he gets suspended?
  2. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    I don’t think I am. I think it’s perfectly reasonable for good brokers to try and do right by both sides of a deal. Make it a good move for the player, make it a good move for the club. I think if Mendes had built up his career by doing right by clubs rather than players, he’d probably struggle...
  3. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    Maybe a lot of players think Mendes has benefitted their career too?
  4. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    And what’s the problem with that? Let’s say it’s Mendes’ influence that helps a player decide to come to us versus somewhere else, has he not played a role in benefitting us as a broker and would he not deserve to be compensated for that? Like, I’m just trying to get to the tangible issues...
  5. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    Anything genuinely unethical or unlawful I'd have a major concern with. But until proven I'd assume he's a person who is very good at his job and very influential in the game. And it's interesting that he seems to be a genuine strategic influencer in the game, not an order-taker, not a...
  6. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    What specifically do you think is the problem with Mendes? Is it that money flows out of the clubs / players' hands and into the agents'?
  7. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    Yeah...I think we'll be absolutely fine with Nuno. Seems like he played the way he needed to dominated the Championship in terms of chances created, and then adjusted after they got promoted so that they still had a system that they could rely on, but it relied a little bit more on the counter...
  8. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    Has anyone read anything on his Wolves Championship team? Even though he had good players, he must have had to play on the front foot there to break down defensive sides. I’ve seen the Tifo video on Porto, seems he got into too many draws at one point, but was at least flexible in finding...
  9. BrainOfLevy

    Nuno Espírito Santo - Sacked

    Weird to say but I think that 10 seconds shows he has a lot of charisma. I think he'll be a fine appointment. Players love and respect him. He's adaptable. He'll work within our constraints, and believes in his own ability in a way I'd want our manager to behave. As long as we aren't playing...
  10. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    But Doherty was neither crap, young or Portuguese? So where does something like that fit? It might help to have someone like Mendes who can fix things for us. Where there are second order effects of who he can get for us, because he does a favour for another third party. Of course we’d have to...
  11. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    On the Mendes thing - is it actually maybe a necessary thing for us to be in bed with someone so well connected? We can’t compete on finances, so we need to find a more creative way. At the time we got Doherty, he was likely worth a fair bit more than what we paid for him. It had Mendes all...
  12. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    If Nuno really is more adaptable and his Valencia side played a style of football that won’t put off our fans, then I need TP for my bunghole. I kind of agree with @Mr Gogolak . I don’t think managers are irrelevant but that’s not what they’re saying. I think so much stock is put in to the appointment but...
  13. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    I agree with this. There is something in the fact that we won’t be pushed into making a bad decision because of fear of negative headlines that I quite admire. And the last time we really took our time and thought about it, we landed Poch. So hopefully we will get someone just right for us here...
  14. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    The Nuno thing is a weird one. If we are genuinely letting him go, I’ll be happy that Levy has decided to try and stick close to the Spurs DNA statement he made. On the other hand, it would call into question just how aligned and compatible he and Paratici are. That would be a worry and...
  15. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Lol…it looks like that is exactly what happened though? I’ve not seen any remotely respected journalist say anything other than ‘advanced talks’ at most. What does advanced mean to you? The exception is Fonseca, where there are stories about contracts being drawn up, visa applications being...
  16. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Serious question, why do you think everyone is now discussing Nuno as if he is a very serious candidate, versus say a week ago?
  17. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    To be honest, I’ve just read The Athletic piece about him. Around the constraints he faced last season (Jiminez injury, fatigue after a deep Europa run and a small squad) and I think I’m fine with him now. It seems like he had the intention to open Wolves up a bit and evolve them as he knew he...
  18. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    I agree it’s complicated. But when Real Madrid stop attracting the best players and competing for the biggest prizes, then we can question their standing in the game. They are Real Madrid. There is no doubt. With us, we are a club trying to take the leap. Kane signs for 6 years because he...
  19. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Agreed. I'm sure he's a lovely guy and good at what he does, but appointing the guy who Wolves kinda let go without too much of a fuss is a real example of our standing as a club. It hasn't moved forward. He's going to have to massively, massively overachieve.
  20. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    I just can't see Levy appointing Nuno - it rounds counter to everything he said about Spurs DNA and he's just no where near the proven type of winner you'd make that sort of compromise on. It would be a really easy Mendes link and it would call into serious question how aligned Paratici is...
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