Next Manager Watch

[Trix]

I wouldn't write Potter off. The general consensus on Eddie Howe was 'fuck that' a while back, but he's doing a great job at Newcastle with some players we'd laugh at on here if they were linked.

I wanted him and have said so numerous times on here over the years. It was very clear to me he was a top coach who was shafted(they had little choice) over and over again pretty much every transfer window by Bournemouth. I don't see the same in Potter at all.

 

[Timberwolf]

I honestly think Potter is underrated because his name is Potter, and he comes across as a bit of a boring English bloke. I think people would be more excited about him if he was Spanish for example.

While I think that's generally true, if a Spanish bloke with Potter's media personality had come in and done the exact same job Potter had just done at Chelsea after a few decent seasons at, say, Real Sociedad, I don't think Spurs fans would be too excited about him either.

As others have said, he feels like damaged goods at the moment, even if he was done dirty at Chelsea.

 

[cunn1ngstunt]

I can’t argue with anyone’s assessment or opinions here as to who and why. But I have to say the number one characteristic I want from our next manager is hunger and desire to manage us. I want our manager to be proud to lead us to. It’s probably the single biggest thing I’ve been uncomfortable with when we had mourinho and even worse with Conte. All of the names being banded around have qualities I could support, but I want a manager who connects with us the way Klopp has done at Liverpool for the past 5 or so years. I believe we deserve that as fans. We’ve become a job. It may be dreaming but I want us to be a vocation !!

 

[TPdYID]

I'm fearful that we'll sit on our hands until the season's over on the off chance that Stellini is everything we've ever dreamed of in a manager after he's out of Conte's shadow.

Everton 1. Spurs 0.

Could really test that theory in about 10hrs time, so we’ll have to wait & see I guess.

 

[HedgieSpur]

I would categorise my preferences as:

Would Be Over The Moon With:
- Poch
- Nagelsmann

Would Be Excited With:
- Slot
- De Zerbi
- Kompany

Could Accept/See the logic of:
- Postecoglu
- Amorim
- Potter

Id be over the moon with Nagelsmann or Luis Enrique. Excited by Gallardo, De Zerbi or Slot. Fine with Amorim. don't want anybody else and that includes Poch.

 

[rossdapep]

Dan Ashworth (previously Brighton) is also doing a stellar job at Newcastle.

Maybe it’s just Spurs who don’t know how to implement this system?

Yep.

Cause we have a control freak in charge who knows little about the technicalities of football.

Doesn't like something, even if it appears to be good, he interferes.

 

[Trix]

I honestly think Potter is underrated because his name is Potter, and he comes across as a bit of a boring English bloke. I think people would be more excited about him if he was Spanish for example.

I just genuinely don't see anything special about him whatsoever. He's just another tidy coach with a half decent CV.

 

[Jules77]

Well I like Potter because I can think back to before he took the Chelsea shilling. He had a very good team at Brighton, and with a proper striker (and we have at least two) his Chelsea team would have won more games for certain. He’s not Pep, but he is certainly worth considering for the shortlist along with Pochettino and Nagelsmann. I have no knowledge of Arne Slot at all so he’s not on my list.

I’m with you. These talks of Potter being the ’bargain bin option’ and ‘optics’ or ‘Chelsea reject’ are filled with such decency bias from a situation already doomed to failure. The sort of short term thinking we’d be railing at if Levy was employing it. Potter has been hugely successful everywhere apart this recent 11 months.

 

[Ruffinthepuffin]

Id be over the moon with Nagelsmann or Luis Enrique. Excited by Gallardo, De Zerbi or Slot. Fine with Amorim. don't want anybody else and that includes Poch.

My feelings exactly.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Dont think he will. Never denied the role and the brazilian players are openly talking about it. Think its a case of focusing on cups for Madrid and then get the deal done in summer.

This was from yesterday

 

[Jules77]

I think we should stop repeating this....its a very low bar

Disagree, I think it IS the bar. These players unleashed is all it needs, if you ask me. We could be in third tonight, and we are at our total nadir! There’s a lot of shit going on, but the main thing is that we rarely enjoy watching us actually play.

 

[muel]

I just genuinely don't see anything special about him whatsoever. He's just another tidy coach with a half decent CV.

Playing devils advocate. In a modern club set up (putting aside the argument of whether that’s what we have right now). Is that all that is required from the head coach? With the club structure, management, values, direction and leadership coming from elsewhere?

There are almost no ‘Sir Alex’ types anymore. Even he in his pomp was probably more akin to a Modern DoF than a modern Head Coach

Not sure which side of the fence I fall on but certainly worth a ponder

 

[Jules77]

Well Cooper did a better job than him at Swansea and De Zerbi is doing a better job so i'd be more excited about them 2.

You’re not talking into account the foundation he laid. It’s much harder to turn a team around. Once they have a reputation and are back on track, it’s easier to recruit etc. the following managers are good too, yes, but they started in a better position.

 

[felmani26]

Potter got a rough ride at Chelsea - a nigh on impossible task to gel a cohesive unit with that amount of player turnover and keep squad harmony in check.

There's one thing not advocating him as successor to Conte - to which I agree - but to dismiss him as a coach I think is very harsh and not looking at the circumstances he found himself in.

 

[Spunkmonkey]

I wanted Potter this time last year, as I was intrigued what he could do with Kane and Son upfront.
However now I would not touch him with a barge pole for a couple of years, as he has the stench of failure all over him.

 

[Styopa]

What makes me laugh is "But Potter never given a proper number 9 at Brighton or Chelsea"

Look at De Zerbi with Brighton now.

Its nonsense.

Brighton scored 28 in 20 before Potter left. But they scored 27 of those goals in the 15 matches immediately prior to his departure. An average of 1.8 goals per match.

Since De Zerbi took over they have scored 38 goals in the 20 PL matches. An average of 1.9 goals per match.

De Zerbi has done well but it's a continuation of how Brighton ended last season/started this season rather than a complete turnaround.

 

[TPdYID]

However now I would not touch him with a barge pole for a couple of years, as he has the stench of failure all over him.

But presumably you’d take Nagelsmann? Or Poch?

 

[Styopa]

Potter got a rough ride at Chelsea - a nigh on impossible task to gel a cohesive unit with that amount of player turnover and keep squad harmony in check.

There's one thing not advocating him as successor to Conte - to which I agree - but to dismiss him as a coach I think is very harsh and not looking at the circumstances he found himself in.

These are my thoughts exactly. I don't want him as Spurs coach particularly, but he did a decent job at Brighton and I don't see why anyone would want to deny that.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Potter got a rough ride at Chelsea - a nigh on impossible task to gel a cohesive unit with that amount of player turnover and keep squad harmony in check.

I see this a lot - Potter had a tough go because Chelsea brought in too many players.

Chelsea did bring in 10 1st team players since last summer.

Spurs brought in 9 (Forster, Spence, Porro, Lenglet, Bissouma, Sarr, Richarlison, Perisic, Danjuma)

Only one team is mired in the bottom half of the table… it’s not the reason Potter struggled at a top team.

 

[felmani26]

These are my thoughts exactly. I don't want him as Spurs coach particularly, but too many people vacillate between extremes regarding opinions about players and coaches.

Agreed.

We (rightly) criticise the board for not backing the coach but fans are far too knee jerk in their assessments as well.