Next Manager Watch

[fishhhandaricecake]

I just want levy gone, I can’t love this club every time I see his face. I don’t even think he’s worried about the pressure from the fans. We are the only club in the PL that doesn’t have anything in place. All I see is radio and media silence as well. I just can’t stand levy running this club. Why are we so unlucky to have the worse chairman in the PL. I don’t even care so much about the new stadium. It’s a shell compared to what WHL used to be. I see these Beyoncé posts on Tottenham official and all it does is enrage me more towards hatred for this club. Levy is a fraud.

Not really for this thread but to bring it back to topic, I saw the Leicester chairman after they scored a goal at the weekend high fiving people and showing he genuinely cared, Levy every single game for the last 20+ years has the exact same expression for the whole match and frankly it’s cold and a bit weird that he’s so emotionsless.

I know he’s said he’s showing respect to the opposition by not celebrating but frankly it’s just cold and odd and I think players, agents and most importantly prospective Managers are all now completely understanding what it’s like working for Levy and the culture he sends downwards and many of them are saying thanks but no thanks.

So in every possible way he is holding us back, whether is be:
-A lack of a plan and strategy and identity therefore making it difficult to identify and commit to managerial targets
-Financially by not taking ‘financial risks’ for sporting gains when it’s obvious to most football people that the ‘risk’ will pay off (Grealish,Mane,Slots buy out compensation amount etc etc)
-Putting prospective managers off because of how he treated previous Managers (sacking Jol at HT, sacking Poch arguably by some too soon, Sacking Jose before a cup final #MrLevyClub, Conte throwing Levy under the bus in a blaze of glory before he left)
-Getting too involved in transfer decisions (giving Redknapp Nelson & Saha for a title push, giving AVB his 4/5th choices instead of Moutiniho etc, N’Jie’s and Sissokos instead of Mane’s and Winjaldiums and Grealishes) selling Berbatov & Keane and starting seasons with Bent & F.Campbell
-Holding onto players we don’t need or that the manager doesn’t want or that don’t want to be here for far too long

If you’re a prospective manager and you see the above, why on Earth would you be tempted by the job (assuming you have a decent current job or alternatives to choose from?)…

This is why this search is so painful because of one little bald man who is completely holding us back, literally sabotaging us and sucking the soul out of our club.

Let’s see so we end up with, he’s a cat who’s had his 9 lives but he needs to pull a rabbit out of a hat to have any chance of getting the fans vaguely back on side which is probably impossible now as he’s run out of chances many times over.

 

[Martin91]

Our season ended yesterday. European leagues still going and cup finals to play. It was always going to take until into June until we appointed anyone. Keep whining every day though, I’m sure that will make it go quicker.

Nagelsmann, Enrique out of work and possibilities. Other managers might be more willing to talk to us now their seasons are over. Not long to wait now chaps. Nobody knows what’s going on, so let’s just wait and see. There’s better options available than in 2021, keep telling yourselves that.

But in 2021 we were probably more of an attractive club to be at! The club is being shown in public how toxic it really is

 

[daveduvet]

We’re in the middle of a huge recession in the country, if the team has another season like this or worse then you will see the balance sheet affected.

It’s a fair point; but I doubt Lewis gives a shit tbh

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

He did double over pep

We do that every season with about 10 different managers that’s one thing the new manager will be guaranteed of is the curse we have over Man City so that’s at least 3 pts on the board already

 

[Ghost Hardware]

I would rather wait to get it right than rush it just to appease the fans

In theory I agree but we will wait, take our time and get it wrong anyway.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

If we continue with club signings and getting the 3 linked players - Laporte, Ndicka and Maddison… adding steel in defence and creativity in midfield, we’ll only be a competent keeper away from once again having an impressive first XI. Yes we’ll need to add more depth but you would expect an uplift in both performances and results with those players regardless of who the manager is.

 

[Reece_Spurs]

I thought I fell out of love with the club back in 2021 when sacked Jose and hired Nuno after a depressingly long manager hunt. Then we somehow got Conte and everything looked on the up again with him and Paratici dealing with the football side and Levy taking a back seat. Didn't last long did it.

Can't believe how out of love with Tottenham I am right now, to the point where when the amazing away fans at Leeds started singing "Can't smile without you" Those words to that song have never felt so true, followed straight after with "We want Levy out" Actual made me well up a little bit because I don't think Levy really understands what this club means to most of us, and "Can't smile without you" is the perfect song for us right now.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Is tuchel back on the list?

Even IF he for some reason left BM (which he won’t) he would have exactly the same demands as Nagelsmann and thus not be an option.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

If we continue with club signings and getting the 3 linked players - Laporte, Ndicka and Maddison… adding steel in defence and creativity in midfield, we’ll only be a competent keeper away from once again having an impressive first XI. Yes we’ll need to add more depth but you would expect an uplift in both performances and results with those players regardless of who the manager is.

That’s the thing it’s all still so salvageable to turn around with some sensible decisions but it all starts with the Manager, the manager is and always will be the most
Important person at a football club, it’s vital the next one is a good fit, unlike the last 3.

We’ve seen with Jol, Redknapp and Poch that if you’re the right type of character and play the right type of football and are able to work ‘with’ Levy to an extent then the job is doable for sure and the fans will get behind managers similar to those.

The place would be been rocking again with Slot, all the possible songs, his style of play, his smile and character, such a huge shame it wasn’t to be but there are still some similar options out there for now…

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

I thought I fell out of love with the club back in 2021 when sacked Jose and hired Nuno after a depressingly long manager hunt. Then we somehow got Conte and everything looked on the up again with him and Paratici dealing with the football side and Levy taking a back seat. Didn't last long did it.

Can't believe how out of love with Tottenham I am right now, to the point where when the amazing away fans at Leeds started singing "Can't smile without you" Those words to that song have never felt so true, followed straight after with "We want Levy out" Actual made me well up a little bit because I don't think Levy really understands what this club means to most of us, and "Can't smile without you" is the perfect song for us right now.

So true mate but with the right uplifting manager and just a few sensible signings you/we could be smiling again… the new manager decision is absolutely huge we have to get this right and that will determine the direction we go in next.

We were a mess when Poch came in, Liverpool were a mess when Klopp came in, Man.U were a mess when Ten Haag came in, Newcastle weren’t going anywhere until Howe and a bit of money came in, Chelsea are up and down like a YoYo every season, Arsenal we’re a mess until Arteta came in, Villa we’re a mess until Emery came in… the Manager is everything.

 

[jay2040]

Always worth remembering that we pay the highest ticket prices in the world. We deserve better.

When u factor in Levy hits top pay of directors league its clear to see where the money is not going!

 

[lincspurs]

When u factor in Levy hits top pay of directors league its clear to see where the money is not going!

Amazing that he can justify that, what the hell is it being judged on?

 

[Cavehillspur]

I really don't want Rodgers the serial loser but the one good thing with him coming is it's probably the only way we will get Madison, who at one time seemed nailed on to join us. Now there are several clubs interested so with all the delay getting a manager in we are likely to miss out on him and a few others as well.

I don't want him but serial loser is harsh, he almost won the league with the scousers (probably would have if Gerrard didn't slip) and won the FA Cup with Leicester.

 

[gavspur]

I don’t like Levy. He’s a bit, err, weird.

 

[sandros kung fu kick]

Lower your expectations mate, break out of the constant checking loop and try to find other things to focus on so it doesn’t consume you so much if it’s getting to you mate. Uncertainty is very unsettling mentally but as you say you/we have no control over this so easier said than done but try to not focus so much on it for a while. At the end of the day none of us really know how it’ll turn out, we could end up with another Nuno, we could end up with a middle of the road okish choice like a Big Ange/T.Frank or we could end up getting back on terms with Naglesmann, let’s wait and see.

My balanced view is that whoever we hire they won’t be as wrong of a fit as the last 3 managers, I just think from what Mason and Kane and Levy are saying in pressers and statements etc that we have learnt from the last 3 and we know what we need to be moving forwards

Thank you for the kind words my friend
For the record, I wanted Nagglesman, so bad. Just thought he was the perfect fit.

 

[FloridaSpur]

To give Chelsea a free run at Pochettino and end up with Brendan Rodgers would be a clusterfuck of epic proportions.

His last five year stint with us won us what?

He has signed a two year contract at Chelsea, hardly a confidence booster is it?

Rogers wouldn't be my first choice, but he has won two more trophies in his time at Leicester than Poch did with us and to be fair I'd take a clusterfuck of those proportions right now.

 

[Rosco1984]

I really don't want Rodgers the serial loser but the one good thing with him coming is it's probably the only way we will get Madison, who at one time seemed nailed on to join us. Now there are several clubs interested so with all the delay getting a manager in we are likely to miss out on him and a few others as well.

The serial loser who’s won more trophies than is in the last 5 years lots of reasons to not want him but that’s a bit of a hypocritical one.

 

[spurslenny]

Its almost as if the more Levy fucks up, the more inclined he is to hold on tighter in order to rectify the previous mistake, which in turn, leads him to further fuck things up and cling on tighter to 'control'.

Catch 22.

Its pure narcissistic tendencies.

He will never, never step aside.

 

[ralphs bald spot]

Yes

Why ? - having differing views is usually pretty healthy - once a manager has outlined the positions required there has to be differing opinions when looking at players as long as there is an overall consensus - whether they have the same overall analogy is neither here or there really - that's surely the point of having a dof they are not alligned to a manager and provide a degree of continuity in the event of things going tits up

 

[G Ron]

Amazing that he can justify that, what the hell is it being judged on?

Clearly not success on the pitch, which is exactly why we’re in the shit and also why nothing will change under the current regime.