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Contingency planning : When Ange is sacked, who should replace him?

Who do you want as the next Tottenham Hotspur manager?

  • Andoni Iraola

    Votes: 13 15.9%

  • Marco Silva

    Votes: 10 12.2%

  • Thomas Frank

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Kieran McKenna

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • Mauricio Pochettino

    Votes: 43 52.4%

  • Edin Tersic

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • A.N. Other

    Votes: 13 15.9%
  • Total voters
    82
thfcsteff said:
Of the ones you list, we shafted Jol (who might've taken us as far as he could've anyway), Redknapp was a short-term appointment who ended up doing so well we didn't know whether to back him or not and it ended up going to the Deep South (several reasons), and Poch? Yes. Poch is the outlier, but hey, we fudged him in the end didn't we? And in the middle too. We ground him down.

Let's face it. We do not allow any manager to really do their jobs fully, whether 'promising' ones or giants. The reason I hold a considerable amount of dislike for Mourinho and Conte is because they knew what they'd need, they knew what we don't do, yet they both still took the job and blamed others. There's an argument for saying they had enough confidence that they thought they could change Levy, however it doesn't weather too well for me personally.
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We want a manager to come in and do well and the three mentioned are the standout examples in recent history - if our next manager brings 2-3+ seasons of good performances & improvement on the pitch then that will be a good return, if it then ends in tears after that then c'est la vie - move on to the next one, it would be a marked improvement on our current return from managers and would be above average for a PL club.

We don't need a Ferguson or a Wenger - or even a Pochettino, we don't need the manager to be transformative or the next big thing - I think this is something the fanbase needs to move away from (pining our hopes on that 1 special guy) we just need a manager who is on the way up and then be prepared to move on from him at the right time with another manager on the same upwards path. We will invest good money in the squad, we will continue to invest money in the academy and transfer departments - we will provide good players for managers to build a good team from. Silva Glasner Frank Iraola whoever there are managers out there who will have us where we should be as a minimum and then if it clicks with them they will move us forwards, if it doesn't then in 2 or 3 years there will be different managers showing themselves to be worth a shot
 
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We look like finishing 15th or worse this year. Finishing 10th next year would be a marked improvement on this season. Would that be acceptable for the new manager?
 
DeanoAustin said:
We look like finishing 15th or worse this year. Finishing 10th next year would be a marked improvement on this season. Would that be acceptable for the new manager?
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The general opinion seems to be that Ange is massively underperforming with a squad/team that should be 5th-8th as it's base level - so any new manager coming in should be looking at that as the initial requirement. More important in a first season is to lay the foundations regarding setting the team up to play how the manager wants to though.
 
billyiddo said:
We want a manager to come in and do well and the three mentioned are the standout examples in recent history - if our next manager brings 2-3+ seasons of good performances & improvement on the pitch then that will be a good return, if it then ends in tears after that then c'est la vie - move on to the next one, it would be a marked improvement on our current return from managers and would be above average for a PL club.

We don't need a Ferguson or a Wenger - or even a Pochettino, we don't need the manager to be transformative or the next big thing - I think this is something the fanbase needs to move away from (pining our hopes on that 1 special guy) we just need a manager who is on the way up and then be prepared to move on from him at the right time with another manager on the same upwards path. We will invest good money in the squad, we will continue to invest money in the academy and transfer departments - we will provide good players for managers to build a good team from. Silva Glasner Frank Iraola whoever there are managers out there who will have us where we should be as a minimum and then if it clicks with them they will move us forwards, if it doesn't then in 2 or 3 years there will be different managers showing themselves to be worth a shot
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You say that like people will stop moaning.
 
billyiddo said:
The general opinion seems to be that Ange is massively underperforming with a squad/team that should be 5th-8th as it's base level - so any new manager coming in should be looking at that as the initial requirement. More important in a first season is to lay the foundations regarding setting the team up to play how the manager wants to though.
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Do we have a squad capable of overtaking City, Liverpool, Woolwich, Chelsea, Villa and Saudi Sportswashing Machine? Especially if we lose a few like Romero and Richi. Aren’t we closer to the Fulhams and Brightons than the top teams?
 
DeanoAustin said:
Do we have a squad capable of overtaking City, Liverpool, Woolwich, Chelsea, Villa and Saudi Sportswashing Machine? Especially if we lose a few like Romero and Richi. Aren’t we closer to the Fulhams and Brightons than the top teams?
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We have been so poorly overseen as a footballing organisation over the past few years that, sadly, I’ve no doubt that you’re right. And the Chairman has already made a statement essentially preparing us for more of the same next year.
 
DeanoAustin said:
Do we have a squad capable of overtaking City, Liverpool, Woolwich, Chelsea, Villa and Saudi Sportswashing Machine? Especially if we lose a few like Romero and Richi. Aren’t we closer to the Fulhams and Brightons than the top teams?
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I said 5th to 8th and you've asked can we overtake the teams in 1st to 4th?

I think probably outside City Arse Liverpool there's a whole cluster of clubs that are more or less on a similar level and depending on circumstances season to season they will flip around in the table. I think we're in that group (which is why we were 5th nearly 4th last season) but through an extreme injury situation and a woefully inadequate manager (sorry Ange-fans) we've delivered a massively under par league performance. Give these Villa & Saudi Sportswashing Machine squads Ange & our injuries and they'd be where we are most likely.
 
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billyiddo said:
I said 5th to 8th and you've asked can we overtake the teams in 1st to 4th?

I think probably outside City Arse Liverpool there's a whole cluster of clubs that are more or less on a similar level and depending on circumstances season to season they will flip around in the table. I think we're in that group (which is why we were 5th nearly 4th last season) but through an extreme injury situation and a woefully inadequate manager (sorry Ange-fans) we've delivered a massively under par league performance. Give these Villa & Saudi Sportswashing Machine squads Ange & our injuries and they'd be where we are most likely.
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Serious question, but is Ange the worst manager currently in the PL? I can only think of RVN, Rusk or Juric where I could build a case that they aren't better equipped for the Spurs job.

I can imagine we would have been in much better shape with Emery or Howe as our manager.
 
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