Next Manager Watch

[rossdapep]

Levy shouldnt be involved in the new coach decision.

Thats why Munn was appointed.

Unless we already know who the DOF is and he wants Slot, for example.

If not and he's the one calling it, well, he's already failed at this 'Munn has been brought in to head up the footballing side of things' and we really are trapped

 

[spurs-r-us]

Levy shouldnt be involved in the new coach decision.

Thats why Munn was appointed.

Unless we already know who the DOF is and he wants Slot, for example.

If not and he's the one calling it, well, he's already failed at this 'Munn has been brought in to head up the footballing side of things' and we really are trapped

Doesn’t start until end of June

 

[Frank Blank]

Levy shouldnt be involved in the new coach decision.

Thats why Munn was appointed.

Unless we already know who the DOF is and he wants Slot, for example.

If not and he's the one calling it, well, he's already failed at this 'Munn has been brought in to head up the footballing side of things' and we really are trapped

Not sure where Slot fits in.

 

[TheHodFather]

Yeah, I think Mase needs to fly the nest and prove himself in the lower league but then, I can also see that a season or two working alongside someone like Slot could benefit him too.
He's still incredibly young, so time is on his side. Maybe it would be good for him to spend another couple of years as a no.2 before branching out on his own?

He's got plenty of time to gain experience as it is far too early for him to be considered for the top job, as inviting as the idea of a fairytale may be sometimes.
He does appear to have the potential to be successful eventually but he's still got a lot to learn.

Yeah there's absolutely no rush for Mason. Most guys his age are still playing. If he stayed here for a few more years before getting a lower league job he'd still likely be the youngest manager in his divison.

 

[McFlash]

Doesn’t start until end of June

"Officially" but they've already been off on jollies together (Levy and Munn).
If he's really got no input until June, we're in a world of shite.

 

[KingNick]

Doesn’t start until end of June

Must have been a coincidence he was flying off from City Airport on the same plane as Levy then

 

[ShriekinKnight]

I have faith Levy can get an entire first 11 bought for 11 different managers

 

[Phil_2.0]

It is depressing isn't it?

 

[robertgoulet]

It is depressing isn't it?

One of those things is not like the others.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

It is depressing isn't it?

Not if you lumped on Slot at 20/1 it isn't

 

[rossdapep]

Not sure where Slot fits in.

I'm just giving an example. Probably didn't explain it well as I was half distracted.

Because if we have in fact chosen a DOF and they have stated Slot is the best call then that would mean Levy isn't heavily involved or at least everyone is in agreement and Levy isn't the sole decision maker.

But that doesn't look likely and it appears Levy is leading the assignment and is trying to get a DOF lined up with that.

Which is exactly what SHOULD NOT be happening.

 

[Rollo]

Levy has

It is depressing isn't it?

Nah… I’m holding out for Frankie L or Stevie G to take us to the championship. Might be easier to win a throphy there…..

 

[EQP]

I'm quite excited for Slot.

Sounds like a very smart bloke with huge ambition who has massively overachieved with 2 pretty limited teams.

He speaks great English, comes across well and has progressive modern methods. I don't buy that he's some Dutch throw back - if you watch Feyenoord and read about how he manages behind the scenes it's all quite exciting stuff.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...-feyenoord-manager-shoestring-premier-league/

Always a bit of a crap shoot with managers, and I think he's gonna struggle with our slew of wing backs and imbalanced squad (much more suited to Nagelsmann) but I think if we give him time and support he'll do a decent job and make watching Spurs fun again.

Such is Slot’s attention to detail that the ‘rondo’ – the training drill whereby players attempt to keep the ball while a smaller group aim to intercept – is even extremely specific.

Slot is concerned the drill does not allow players to ‘scan’ (to check the options on the pitch) which is one of the fundamentals of passing and so he insists that they can only take one touch, that they cannot return possession to the player who passed to them and, crucially, that the ball always stays below the knee. Players are even encouraged to consider which foot they are passing with.

I've seen enough of the training rondo's on Spurs YouTube page to know that this simple exercise will cause a decent amount of the players to

 

[rossdapep]

It seems many are now believing it's Slot, and that does seem quite likely.

But I also think its quite possible it'll be Amorim.

We had the reports from Sporting linked paper Record that he would be interviewed and now Tiago Pinto's name is coming forward.

More importantly though.

- Amorim is flexible and prepares incredibly well for big games. Against Arsenal and Juventus they were excellent, did well versus us too and he beat Benfica and Porto in his first two years. He lost all his key players and hasn't been able to keep up.

- Ive seen a lot here say he isn't attack minded, he is, its just not as relentless as Slot, say. He presses from the front and it is a coordinated press.

- Against all of us, Arsenal and Juventus, Sporting had the better chances and limited opposition chances too.

- Overloads. His team always look to overload areas of the field amd ge tries to outnumber the oppositon in midfield.

- WBs. An obvious one but it's incredibly important considering which players we have.

- Phases of high pressure. He does get his teams to push high when they can so you'll see CBs pushing into midfield and WBs tucking in.

- Youth players. He will be really keen to play youth players and isn't afraid to do that.

I personally think he'd be a good fit and a similar option to Nagelsmann.

People really need to consider his teams have always been weak. His championship winning team was nothing special at all and this season Porro has been their best player. Other than Ugarte and Goncalves, the rest of that squad is really low on quality.

As an aside. I don't consider Emery to be all out attack or Eddie Howe, but both Newcastle and Villa play energetic football and are a unit.

They are very much together too.

Amorim's Sporting are similar

 

[rossdapep]

Also,

- When Amorim went to Sporting they were in a real mess, in the dressing room and financially.
He very very quickly, despite having coached for only a year at Braga previously, got the players united and sorted out the issues there.

Remember the Sporting training centre had been bombarded by fans and players attacked which led to huge fractures between players, the fans and the club.

That is hugely significant for a club like Spurs.

- He is the opposite to someone like Conceição or Conte even. Whilst Conceição is only 3 or 4 games away from a red, Amorim doesn't get involved in the drama. He is also an excellent communicator and is able to build really strong bonds with players.

I know many will worry that he's another Portuguese coach but only Jose had done something as remarkable as he has yet he doesn't have that same moody vibe nor does he throw players under the bus.

And he's not bland like Nuno and AVB.

 

[olliec]

A leopard never changes its spots so why does anyone think levy is going to do anything different this time? Seems to be Nagalsman wanted more control than what Levy was going to give which is why he didn’t take the position. Does levy feel pressure from fans about the Enic out? I doubt it. For the first time in a very very long time I didn’t watch the game and opted to go see guardians of the galaxy which I throughly enjoyed. Levy is killing my soul to support this club, so I’m taking a break this season and seeing what happens in the summer.

 

[dtxspurs]

If it is Slot I've got absolutely no clue how you work a 45mil Pedro Porro into his team. I'm like 95% at this point Porro is a wingback only.

Slot plays with a defensive right back. Well maybe defensive isn't the best way to put it but from what I've read it's more of an inverted fullback than an overlapping one.

 

[DenverSpur]

Levy probably couldn't agree to Nagelsmann demands on budget because we have blown our budget last summer and there is no money to spend.

We also have no value in the squad, so Levy has realized he will only get 40m for the 10 players hes has to try and sell so can only put 50m in.

Why do people come out with this fantasy that there is no money to spend. On top of all the money from a full season of home games, we have money from non football events held at the stadium and the money from our CL run to the last 16. We are raking more money in than Arsenal and probably Chelsea. It’s not that we don’t have money it’s that Levy won’t spend it on the club but rather invests it on his capital projects. ENIC have been using the monies generated by the football club to expand their property portfolio and therefore increase their profit on their investment. They’ve been doing this virtually since the day they arrived.

 

[DenverSpur]

We all know how Levy is going to run things. Nagelsmann would have been another disaster like Mourinho or Conte, just inevitable that he would be unhappy with the club/Levy and that permeates down throughout the playing squad.

That's why the best fit would be a younger manager or manager from a team with lesser resources who won't have some big aspirations to spend large amounts of money and full control on player acquisitions. A manager who flexible enough who takes whatever parts he is given and gets the best out of them.

You don’t have “to spend large amounts of money” to have a successful team. What you need is an efficient system with a DOF, scouting and data analytics department all working together to sign the right types and quality of players that the manager requires. We don’t have that, we have no overall plan so our transfer business is haphazard which is why we’ve ended up with a bloated and unbalanced squad. Until we get the structure right we are going to continue to struggle. We have money we just either don’t want to spend it where and when it’s necessary or we waste it on bad buys both of which make our situation worse.

 

[jolsnogross]

A refusal to consider Poch is baffling in the extreme. But at least half the fans, and possibly a majority, back that for weird superstitious, "fresh start", reasons.

We're headless and it's unlikely to change. And I'm probably among many who haven't any patience for someone coming in and not implementing a clear plan and progressive system from the off