Don Fabio Latest Update (still with the club)

[rossdapep]

Fonseca has Lille in 5th and got them to finish 5th last season too, the season before he took over they came 10th so decent improvement. I’m not saying Fonseca would’ve been the miracle cure for us like Ange has been (who I hugely advocated for during the manager search) however Fonseca’s style of play is way more suited to our club than Nuno’s ever was, he’s also a bit more charismatic so I think he’d have done better than Nuno.

As for Conte you’re probably right that was likely driven partly by Levy to appease the fans and get a ‘World class win now manager’, which in heindsight was a bad move and bad fit for our club (same as Jose) as Levy said in the fans forum at the start of this season.

But yes recruitmentwise Paratici has been phenomenal, only really Bryan Gil and Gollini have been flops, the list is seriously impressive:

Gollini - MISS/loan/N/A
Romero - HIT
Sarr - HIT
Kulusevski - HIT
Bentancur - HIT
Royal - HIT overall
Gil - MISS

Lenglet (loan) - N/A
Forster (free) - FINE
Perisic (free) - FINE
Danjuma (loan) - N/A
Porro - HIT
Spence - MISS/N/A (‘club signing’?)
Udogie - HIT
Bissouma - HIT
Richarlison - FINE (hit based on recent form)

Solomon - FINE
Phillips - TBC
Veliz - FINE/TBC
Vicario - HIT
Van Der Ven - HIT
Maddison - HIT
B.Johnson - HIT

I count it as:
12 HITS
5 FINE/TBC
2-3 MISSES

Outrageously consistent in terms of getting it right.

Huge huge credit to Fabio and his scouting team.

Yeah I think Fonseca would have done a decent job, nothing spectcular but we would have been on-track.

I can see why we went for Conte and it was worth a try, because I now believe we truly know that we are not that club.

We need continuation, we need coaches who want to work with developing players and really coach. Not just set up a strategy and beast players.

So I am fine with us choosing a Fonseca if it leads to the next appointment being an Ange because we are not straying from our way of playing/thinking which means greater stability and a seamless change.

 

[leffe186]

Can we get a thread title change please? Every time it’s bumped I have a heart attack.

 

[ukdy]

Or maybe a new Fabio thread... put this one in the archives.

 

[Hazelton]

Can we get a thread title change please? Every time it’s bumped I have a heart attack.

This. Nearly spilt my Coco Pops, and I'm not at liberty to confirm nor deny whether literally or figuratively.

 

[Guernman]

Can we get a thread title change please? Every time it’s bumped I have a heart attack

Couldn’t agree more! It’s done me twice today

We should change the thread title to ‘Remember when Paratici “resigned”? ’

 

[Oscar22]

I’ll vote for us to just have a ‘Don Fabio’ thread…

@carmeldevil get it changed bud!

 

[carmeldevil]

I’ll vote for us to just have a ‘Don Fabio’ thread…

@carmeldevil get it changed bud!

I didn't even write this current headline. I believe this is the third one since I wrote the original. But changed it now for you. But can't promise if admins/mods will change it again.

 

[Oscar22]

I didn't even write this current headline. I believe this is the third one since I wrote the original. But changed it now for you. But can't promise if admins/mods will change it again.

Heh, cheers mate. Either way it’ll stop me thinking he’s left again every time I come into Spurs chat