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ntmac82 · May 10, 2023

Impspur1 said:
Not sure how he is supposed to do that in such a short time. Good comebacks against Utd and scouse, dropped Dier, made good tactical changes, won against palace. If he has a good end to season he can’t do anymore

Conceded 6 goals in three games. Conceding 3 goals in 20 mins and 2 in the other 45 mins is not the sign of a good manager setting up a team.

We may have come back in both the games but he set the tactics up to start with. Yes, we beat Palace and he changed formation/dropped a couple of players but in no way should that mean he gets he job or is good enough for it.

PaulThurston · May 10, 2023

ShriekinKnight said:
Can we save another 3 pages of comments and just agree:

~70% of us think its too soon for Mason and he needs to cut his teeth in the lower leagues

~30% of us think he could do a job and it would be nice to have a coach that loves the club

And neither side will really get on board with the other sides line of thinking

Am I alone in agreeing with both of those?

Darth Vega · May 10, 2023

If Mason were a hero at some other club and managed about 10 games for them as an interim and then found his way on our shortlist with the likes of Nagelsmann, Enrique and Slot I suspect we'd be setting this place on fire. Once you remove the fact that he's Spurs out of it I'm not sure what sense it makes; there just isn't enough evidence to make this kind of appointment, certainly not with the club as unstable as it is.

Spursmatty87 · May 10, 2023

I don’t think it’s the worst idea to at least consider Mason. Obviously we need to see how the rest of the season goes. Not just results but the mood in the training ground, how brave he can be with players that need binning off. Obviously the performances, he should have been given from when Conte left to give him the fair crack at it.

By the time the season finishes he will of faced ETH, Klopp, Hodgson, Emery, big Sam and previously Pep. fair to say he’s going to of faced some very experienced premier league managers.

parj · May 10, 2023

fishhhandaricecake said:
That’s a great shout mate isn’t it, I know some will say we shouldn’t bow to Kane but if he thinks right I’ll stay here my whole career if they give my mate the job because I fully fully believe that he has what it takes to build tottenham back to where they should be, in the culture and style they should play and in the right way to win a trophy, if so it would certainly be tempting wouldn’t it, if say by us getting Naglesman or Slot Kane would say he would see out his contract.

I can see it now, Mason haters will say he only plays Kane cos he is his mate

Spurs4CL · May 10, 2023

I'm all in on Nagelsmann. Don't really fancy Slot , Enrique or Alonso, so for me we throw everything at Nagelsmann and if it doesn't pan out give it Mason.

Hotspur33 · May 10, 2023

I suspect we aren’t hearing anything at the moment because the club aren’t going to announce anything before the end of the season.
Any announcement could undermine Mason, and I suspect Levy will be happy to string Mason along and tell him he might get the job if he does well.
Also I agree that it is likely we will want to have the DOF and Manager sorted at the same time.

parj · May 10, 2023

RuskyM said:
If we're being real, we'd be in a better position if Mason was managing us for the past four years than two "winners" and Nuno inbetween. I know this because Arsenal basically did the same.

Never thought of it like that, but yes we would be better off

parj · May 10, 2023

ntmac82 said:
Conceded 6 goals in three games. Conceding 3 goals in 20 mins and 2 in the other 45 mins is the sign of a good manager setting up a team.

We may have come back in both the games but he set the tactics up to start with. Yes, we beat Palace and he changed formation/dropped a couple of players but in no way should that mean he gets he job or is good enough for it.

He used Conte and Stellini tactics. How much did you think he could change after just a few days?

Guntz · May 10, 2023

Spurs4CL said:
I'm all in on Nagelsmann. Don't really fancy Slot , Enrique or Alonso, so for me we throw everything at Nagelsmann and if it doesn't pan out give it Mason.

Yup, this is where I'm at as well.

ntmac82 · May 10, 2023

parj said:
He used Conte and Stellini tactics. How much did you think he could change after just a few days?

Then more fool him. They had shown not to be working so why continue with them? The players are professional athletes, they should be able to adapt to changes.

Most of the other players have played in other formations.

Archibald&Crooks · May 10, 2023

Keith Morris said:
Where’s all the Mason talk come from??

The day Conte left, again an hour after Stellini left, again two weeks after that and about once a week ever since

If it carries on for another three years we’re hopeful something original will be posted

ukdy · May 10, 2023

HEADLINE: "Mason rumoured to be in the running"... cue fan outbursts about suitability and experience.

...An otherwise underwhelming manager appointment is then hailed a success, and Levy is listening to the fans!!!

(Even if he's in the running, it may very well be as not to disrespect and dismiss him out of hand)

bubble07 · May 10, 2023

Mason should come in after naglesmann leaves

HoltbiusMac · May 10, 2023

If Mason had retired at 36 and then been at say Dortmund where he had progressed as a coach under historically successful managers like Conte and Mourinho all the while receiving rave reviews a bunch of people now dismissing him would instead be posting the interviews he’s done and the fact that he’s increased the xG in his two interim spells.

On top of that he is Spurs. That does matter. The losses mean more to him. That lack of connection between the fans and the players will be felt more by him. And if it does work out it will feel more to us and more to him than any other manager.

I’m not convinced he’s got the requisite experience. But I’m also not convinced that Slot does or Alonso or Kompany. I’m not convinced Enrique has the right kind of experience that would translate either.

What that experience means though is can a coach have a philosophy which wins matches, can they communicate that philosophy and can they tweak it as necessary. What none of us knows is if Mason has that. But the players all seem to be responding positively. And the early signs seem to be that he wants to play on the front foot and that he’s up to little tweaks.

Still, hire Nagelsmann if we can though.

bubble07 · May 10, 2023

Think I'd now rather have mason over kompany or Alonso. My top 3 are;

Naglesmann
Slot
Mason

jay2040 · May 10, 2023

As with many agree that Ryan is one for the future as I wnat us to win something next season and don't see him best placed to do it.
Other reservations are if he will have the same pull as JN when bringing players in.
Is he going to stand up to Levy when needed?
I think he need to go and carve out his own identity further and you never known...

Austin Powers · May 10, 2023

Hercules said:
He is in there

I just can't see that sorry

You can argue whether his good enough / ready all day long but ultimately there is no way DL takes the risk of Mason not hitting the ground running & him getting slaughtered for appointing him while his (DL's) stock is so low already

daveduvet · May 10, 2023

Think it’s very lazy consultation from Levy & the board if they’re considering Mason….we need an external manager & Dof. Way too much at stake to gamble, currently.

bubble07 · May 10, 2023

Advantage with mason is if he is good he will never push for a move...

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