Next Manager Watch

[GioW]

Worth remembering we also have Di Marzio , who is about as ITK as it'll get with Conte , saying he'll be off.

Writings on the wall alright..

 

[eppingyid]

What a mess.

 

[yiddo]

In which case we are clearly happy writing this season off

Maybe Levy thinks Conte can get us 4th as he did last year, but if the players know he’s off, which it clearly looks like they do, then we have more chance of coming 11th than 4th

I see it more that if Levy decides to let Conte go before the end of the season then that is with the aim of trying to salvage something from the season. Allowing him to stay and see out his contract would be more writing the season off.

Poch or possibly Tuchel would be the only people I could see coming in now. Anyone already in a job would be crazy to take on this CV wrecking role.

 

[Hawkey77]

Would love to understand why the club think the best course of action is to muddle on through to summer with Conte who’s guaranteed to leave, potentially throwing away UCL qualification and FA cup, not to mention the chance for a new manager to bed in and get to know the squad etc.

I can only hypothesise:
- the club believe Conte can succeed over next 3 months
- the next manager isn’t available till summer
- it would cost too much to sack him now
- they’ve got fuck all clue where to go next

I wager it’s a combo of the last two.
Levy. Fun.

 

[mr ashley]

If you read the Shed End (a Chelsea forum), it seems eerily similar to what we are going through with Conte. We need top learn the lessons we have been taught from Jose and Conte and stay the fuck away from Tuchel, otherwise will be back here with 18 months. Some snippets from shed end:

"The talent is there. Tuchel just isn't getting the best out of them."

"I say Marsch did a much better job of getting the best out of his limited resources today. Can't say the same for Tuchel."

"lamps also got top 4 in a season where we lost hazard and had to rely on academy players heavily. TT inherited a team on paper that had the potential to challenge in a couple of years .. but instead we have actually regressed.. apart from Rudiger which player improved under TT??"

"We have spent £170million in the last month, to look even worse than we were before. "

"He appears to be stubborn in his ways and the CL win has done nothing other than paper over the shambles that lies within."

"We had a massive improvement in our defence after Lampard, but it now is just looking like we always had the personnel but Lampard being a crap manager (very good player no doubt, but dog sh*t of a manager) couldn't get them to work as a competent manager would. Even that defence is now causing concerns with how leaky it can be."

"A good manager would have changed the system and shored up the midfield the moment Gallagher got swamped by 2 and 3 players and the beloved Jorginho was cut through like he wasn't there. Jose would have either immediately change the game plan or changed the players and not let Leeds overrun the midfield as they did which allowed them to put constant pressure on the CB's. "

I mean ffs he took over mid season and won the champions league but at the same time he “didn’t get the best out of them”
how much higher can you go as a club manager?

in the same way that you have to discount the plentiful dogshit opinions on SC, you absolutely have to discount the counter factual opinions on every other fan forum.

Tuchel is a bloody good coach. He proved it at Dortmund, psg and Chelsea. He’ll probably get the Bayern gig next. He’s elite. He’s highly strung and a bit of a cock but no less than jose, conte, klopp or pep. He’s a bad loser. Most winners are.
Those quotes comparing lampard to tuchel are embarrassing. They show bias and nothing else.

But I’m not going to champion tuchel as our next best option to replace conte because I think we need some stability.

I think gallardo is the most interesting option available to us. That would be a strategic and imaginative appointment. As opposed to a lazy, populist (re)appoint of poch that would show us that levy thinks he can pull the wool over our eyes by hiring a manager that will impress the fans.

 

[IamSpurtacus]

Given this seems to be an open secret I can only assume that the club has a coach lined up who's happy to play wing backs. Otherwise spending all that time and effort on Porro was very odd indeed.

You must be new here

 

[TheVoiceofReason]

Would love to understand why the club think the best course of action is to muddle on through to summer with Conte who’s guaranteed to leave, potentially throwing away UCL qualification and FA cup, not to mention the chance for a new manager to bed in and get to know the squad etc.

I can only hypothesise:
- the club believe Conte can succeed over next 3 months
- the next manager isn’t available till summer
- it would cost too much to sack him now
- they’ve got fuck all clue where to go next

I wager it’s a combo of the last two.
Levy. Fun.

Definitely the money. But possibly also that Levy thinks injuries mean our season is all but over, appointing Poch now will deal him a bad hand and lead to more fan unrest, which will reflect badly on Levy.

Either way Levy has his best interests at heart, and the next manager will be Pochettino.

 

[YB123]

Definitely the money. But possibly also that Levy thinks injuries mean our season is all but over, appointing Poch now will deal him a bad hand and lead to more fan unrest, which will reflect badly on Levy.

Either way Levy has his best interests at heart, and the next manager will be Pochettino.

And Levy being reactive not proactive as usual.

 

[Hawkey77]

Definitely the money. But possibly also that Levy thinks injuries mean our season is all but over, appointing Poch now will deal him a bad hand and lead to more fan unrest, which will reflect badly on Levy.

Either way Levy has his best interests at heart, and the next manager will be Pochettino.

Hard to argue with that last sentence

 

[andy00900]

I see no point in him sticking around if he has decided to leave. Hope we can get an interim manager in soon.

 

[spurs9]

I mean ffs he took over mid season and won the champions league but at the same time he “didn’t get the best out of them”
how much higher can you go as a club manager?

in the same way that you have to discount the plentiful dogshit opinions on SC, you absolutely have to discount the counter factual opinions on every other fan forum.

Tuchel is a bloody good coach. He proved it at Dortmund, psg and Chelsea. He’ll probably get the Bayern gig next. He’s elite. He’s highly strung and a bit of a cock but no less than jose, conte, klopp or pep. He’s a bad loser. Most winners are.
Those quotes comparing lampard to tuchel are embarrassing. They show bias and nothing else.

But I’m not going to champion tuchel as our next best option to replace conte because I think we need some stability.

I think gallardo is the most interesting option available to us. That would be a strategic and imaginative appointment. As opposed to a lazy, populist (re)appoint of poch that would show us that levy thinks he can pull the wool over our eyes by hiring a manager that will impress the fans.

Same as our fans saying Conte isn't getting the best of our players after qualifying for the CL against all odds though. I agree there are plenty of awful opinions out there but, I would rather listen to people who watch their team every week.

I also think Gallardo is the best fit.

 

[Tucker]

If he’s not staying he should go now.

 

[cjbyid]

I mean , I highly doubt levy is gonna sack him and have to pay him off when they can both part ways in the summer.

As long as we're in the CL/FA cup he'll be here.

If we go out of those competitions, who knows.

 

[spurs9]

Given this seems to be an open secret I can only assume that the club has a coach lined up who's happy to play wing backs. Otherwise spending all that time and effort on Porro was very odd indeed.

Not necessarily. Porro's defensive limitations are due to poor positioning, not being great at following his man and poor concentration, he is actually a decent tackler and aggressive, so an aggressive high press system could hide his limitations better than a counter attacking low block system regardless of if the formation is a back 4 or back 3 with WBs.

 

[cjbyid]

Porro Romero Lenglet Udogie
Sarr Bentancur
Kulu Kane Son
Richarlison

Mgr: Poch

Bench: Dier, Spence, Sessegnon, Skipp, PEH, Gil, Devine, Scarlett

I rather think this would be awesome.

Harry won't be here next season.

 

[jpascavitz]

If Conte is off (a lot can change in a few months)

I'd target one of Kompany, Carrick, Amorim are the first three that come to mind. I would certainly talk to Poch but unless it's a clear fit and he likes the young core of the squad then I'd steer clear

 

[gibbospurs]

Get shot now, is he only contracted until May? End of the football Callander year?

 

[Tucker]

Get shot now, is he only contracted until May? End of the football Callander year?

Mhm. Don’t see why we couldn’t just pay him up and part amicably.

 

[SpursJord]

Passed on behind the scenes a couple of weeks back but was told Conte will be leaving. Was same source who gave me the initial info about Conte coming to us and the Bale info re retiring and trying his hand at golf.

He was absolutely adamant that Conte would be leaving.

Antonio Will be gone in the summer, he wants time with his family and a year away from football due to the losses he has had recently.

I said a while back he was leaving.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

I said a while back he was leaving.

A lot of people said that. The difference with H88 is that he's ITK.