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Next Spurs Manager

Who do you want as the next Spurs manager?

  • Tim Sherwood

    Votes: 9 7.9%
  • Glenn Hoddle

    Votes: 9 7.9%
  • Michael Laudrup

    Votes: 8 7.0%
  • Murat Yakin

    Votes: 5 4.4%
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjær

    Votes: 4 3.5%
  • Fabio Capello

    Votes: 4 3.5%
  • Lucien Favre

    Votes: 9 7.9%
  • Luciano Spalletti

    Votes: 7 6.1%
  • Marcelo Bielsa

    Votes: 6 5.3%
  • Frank de Boer

    Votes: 53 46.5%

  • Total voters
    114
Who pays attention to what Jamie Redknapp says anyway? He's the most clueless of all pundits and that's saying something.

I honestly think being put on a show talking tactics beside Jamie Redknapp is why Hoddle's stock has risen so much in the past few months.
 
Did he? I seem to remember Modric getting sold to Real Madrid that summer... I would say one out of Jamie R and myself misremembered that one...

I find it frankly ridiculous that they would even ask Jamie Redknapp to comment on this story. Suppose it's par for the course for a football reporting these days, but how can he not be biased or seen as biased? This is punditry? This is expert opinion?

Oh, and for ****s sake. Dismantling one of the best teams we've ever had? King retired, we were forced into selling Modric and Bale (imo), Friedel was the age of the Empire State building, Nelsen and Saha were on loan, Parker was spent. Dismantling a team? sigh... I shouldn't get excited over some idiot saying idiotic things...

If you look where the quote marks are, you'll see that's not what he said.
 
Another thing, and I'm not sure about this for certain as I've never witnessed a training session at Spurs, but I think I'd like a new manager to re-jig the coaching staff.

Is it any wonder that we can only pass the ball sideways with Sherwood and Freund on the team, or that every striker we've signed since Ferdinand joined the team seems to regress the longer he stays here?

As I understand it, Sherwood isn't anywhere near the training pitch and Ferdinand doesn't work with the strikers.
 
"After the job he did at Chelsea he was incredibly lucky to get that job in the first place,"

Bitter much?

"He had a nightmare at Chelsea and then they went and won the Champions League without him, but he finds himself as the manager of Tottenham with a squad of Modric, Bale and players like that.

So Di Matteo gets the credit for winning the CL after taking over in March, but Harry gets credit for AVB's first season at Spurs? Mmmkay

"Last year he did well with the previous manager's team, but now he's had his chance to do it, it hasn't worked out for him.

:lol:

Lost Modric, VDV, Ade (even though he was still there), King, Corluka, Kranjcar, Pienaar. I only mention the last three because it was Harry who never gave them any games and ultimately caused them to want to leave. Yeah, same team.

"When you get beat 5-0 at home it's a bit of a tell-tale sign. It's not something Tottenham fans are accustomed to and I feel sorry to a certain extent for the fans.

Yeah, we never had to suffer pathetic losses in the past.

Tottenham 1-5 Emirates Marketing Project
Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea
Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham
Bolton 4-2 Tottenham
Blackpool 3-1 Tottenham
Fulham 4-0 Tottenham

Losing 1-3 at home to United (admittedly a good side) after going 1-0 up in the first minute.

0-1 at home to the likes of Wolves, Stoke, Wigan.

"Having seen the team that was built - you look at Gareth Bale on the wing - and you've ended up with players who aren't in the same league."

Erm, yes, that's why Real Madrid paid as much as they did. If there were other players out there just as good they wouldn't have.
 
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You do know that Sherwood and Ferdinand had no involvement with the first team under AVB?

I do now that I've looked into it, which is why I put the disclaimer that I'm not sure. Guess we'll see what they're made of on Wednesday night.
 
Next Permanent Manager

Tim Sherwood ...................2
Fabio Capello ...................3
Michael Laudrup ...................9/2
Glenn Hoddle ...................8
Frank de Boer ...................14
Mauricio Pochettino ...................16
Gianfranco Zola ...................12
Jurgen Klinsmann ...................20
Guus Hiddink ...................16
Luciano Spalletti ...................10
Roberto Di Matteo ...................20
Lee Clark ....................33

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/tottenham/next-permanent-manager


Of that lot:

- Simply not in the running: Klinsmann, Zola, Clark, di Matteo. No chance whatsoever any of them.

- Won't be asked: Capello, Hoddle. Wrong generation both, and Capello occupied.

- Wouldn't accept: de Boer, Hiddink.

- That leaves Pochettino, Laudrup or Spalletti, or it means leaving it with Sherwood et al till season's end. I doubt Levy would punt on Pochettino after being burned by AVB, and I am not certain Laudrup has proven himself nor that he is emotionally committed enough for the step up to Spurs.

So my hunch: It's Spalletti now or Sherwood till summer.
 
I wouldn't be adverse to Clarke or Spalletti, I don't I think Hiddink or Capello would have any interest. I wouldn't have any faith that the rest of them would know what they are doing.
 
I wonder if Lucien Favre would be interested. If not, then Frank de Boer. If both turn us down, Spalletti would be the third choice, although I wouldn't be overly pleased by his appointment.
 
I do hope Levy has someone in mind .. as much as AVB was having issues, a rudderless ship is never a good idea.
 
I wonder if Lucien Favre would be interested. If not, then Frank de Boer. If both turn us down, Spalletti would be the third choice, although I wouldn't be overly pleased by his appointment.

I don't understand why more people aren't mentioning him, especially given that there is a lot more talk for others who are yet to prove themselves or have only won things in minor leagues.
 
I've been clicking through pages trying to find the post where someone (smart) posted this link. It was worth quoting. Worth skim reading.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...stiano-Ronaldo-Gareth-Bale.html#ixzz2nfpuMcPp


This was interesting:

‘The pass-and-move drills are related to control and diagonal passing. Not playing straight, not playing sideways, always with the emphasis on open body position and trying to play forward on angles. And everything we ask for in a drill represents something that we want to see in games.’


I can not believe our team has done much of this in the past few years under anyone. The article also talks about whether there are any more secrets left in coaching football. One thing I noticed about Ars**al this season, is how they have taken passing and moving to another level:


Player A has the ball
Player B makes a run towards the opposition's backline and last man

Player A doesn't pass to player B, but to another player (often standing on the shoulder of the last man), and this 3rd player cushions the ball into the Player B's run setting them free into space to attack the goal. Very hard to defend against. Our passing game is woeful by comparison. When technically the team is very able.
 
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When did he suggest that team? Swap Defoe for Ade and that is a team I would love
 
When did he suggest that team? Swap Defoe for Ade and that is a team I would love

Think it might have been before the Man C game, certainly in the last month. Problem with that team is that we have so many wide men/mobile forwards (Lennon, Townsend, Chadli, Lamela, Eriksen etc) and there's only room for one of them
 
Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Two league titles and one cup in three years at Molde, a team that had only managed two cup wins in their 99 years of existence prior to him taking charge. Spent 3.5 years as Manchester United reserve team manager as well. Guy is a winner and has a great understanding of the game.

OK. Sounds reasonable.
 
I wonder if Lucien Favre would be interested. If not, then Frank de Boer. If both turn us down, Spalletti would be the third choice, although I wouldn't be overly pleased by his appointment.

I agree about de Boer. Don't know much about Favre however is he much different to a foreign Redknapp? Managed unfashionable teams (like Harry) then moved to a bigger team (like Harry at Spurs) when they were bottom of the league (like Harry at Spurs) and got them into the CL (like Harry) and plays attacking football (like Harry). I have only spent about 60 seconds reading about him though!
 
- Wouldn't accept: de Boer, Hiddink.

Why don't you think de Boer would accept? Is there much more that he can achieve at Ajax? 3 consecutive titles....they'll never be able to keep hold of good enough players to do more than that. I cant see that he has anything else to prove....unless he has no ambition, in which case I wouldn't want him at Spurs
 
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