Roy Hodgson

[cozzo]

I am confused..What has Roy Hodgson got to do with us? Is he linked with Redknapp's job?

 

[markiespurs]

I would love Clive Allen to take over in a few years time. I'm sure he'll learn a lot from Harry, and i'd love to see us keep it in the family so to speak.

Same here.

 

[spurs_viola]

You want to get rid of Harry and bring back El Tel from his punditry and tanning to guide Clive through? Really?

We are talking hypothetically here, who would be a good choice to replace Harry when he leaves (may be sooner than we all think). How is that wanting to get rid of him? :shrug:

What would you prefer, Clive guiding El Tel?

 

[Mr-T]

want the big man to suceed at Ajax and then have him return when Harry retires

Yep, same here.

All Hail BMJ.:bowdown:

 

[ultimateloner]

Roy Hodgson has a track record in delivering results. He got Fulham to beat Man Utd 3-0. We spent more in 1 season than Fulham does in 3 and I can't remember the last time we beat Man Utd comprehensively.

I think if one could deliver at a small club, it's at least likely that they can do the same at a bigger one.

 

[Stono]

Yep, same here.

All Hail BMJ.:bowdown:

Yep, only one man for me, and I love him n' he loves me! :bowdown:

 

[striebs]

Our current manager having lasted 15 months to date does not erase the fact that we had become as much of a laughing stock as Newcastle United over our managerial appointments , dismissals and D.O.F. dogma .

Anyone thinking of joining Spurs should be worried about Levy's inability to distinguish between a management consultant like Comolli and a proper D.O.F.

 

[Coyboy]

He has got his team playing an effective game built on a solid defence, but would we want to see that football at Spurs? can Hodgeson play good, attacking, expansive football with a strong element of defensive discipline thrown in as well? has he ever proven himself a manager that can pull this off?

I don't think so. Fulham are going a great job at getting results, but they don't exactly play nice football.

Contraire mon frere, they play quite good football. They are no Blackburn.

However, Hodgson's international experience may give him an advantage over managers like Harry. I think he may have treated players like Pavlyuchenko and Gio better and he may be less prone to favouritism, with more thinking about team's longer term fortunes.

My God, you cannot go into a thread without bringing up that useless point can you? I suppose Redknapp hates all the international players at Spurs doesn't he?

 

[Matt C]

Hodgson would be way too old once Harry retires in a few years time

I suspect the next Spurs manager will be Mark Hughes, just a hunch, he was on our radar before we appointed Santini and he did a good job at Blackburn and was harshly treated by City

 

[Dharmabum]

Hodgson is the best English manager by some distance, and that there has been since Venables' best years in the early 90s.

However, as has been pointed out, Hodgson is only a year younger than Redknapp - both only have about 2 seasons left before they call it a day.

The state of English coaches is still highly depressing. I really hope our next manager is a high profile European coach - a Mourinho, Hiddink or van Gaal etc.

Hiddink is one year older than Harry...

 

[Dharmabum]

Our current manager having lasted 15 months to date does not erase the fact that we had become as much of a laughing stock as Newcastle United over our managerial appointments , dismissals and D.O.F. dogma .

Anyone thinking of joining Spurs should be worried about Levy's inability to distinguish between a management consultant like Comolli and a proper D.O.F.

Excuse me, but why laughing stock?
Yes, Levy did not clearly define the role of DoF at Spurs but both Arnesen & Comolli had a great positive impact in improving Spurs and making them a "best of the rest" club. Both had a major impact in re-structuring the club.
Besides, the back-bone of the present team was acquired during the Comolli spell.

 

[jondesouza]

Hodgson was my call for England manager when both Eriksson and Maclaren got it. Capello has been superb for us but if we had been dogmatic about choosing an English boss this time, for me it would have had to have been Hodgson.

That said, I'd much rather we appointed from within when Redknapp goes and I agree with those that would like to see Clive Allen get a shot after serving his apprenticeship under Harry.

 

[$hoguN]

I'd say Mourinho after Harry as Hodgson will go around the same time, however I don't believe we have a chance at ever getting Mourinho.... So maybe someone like Owen Coyle once Harry has gone in 4-5 years time

 

[StartingPrice]

Excuse me, but why laughing stock?
Yes, Levy did not clearly define the role of DoF at Spurs but both Arnesen & Comolli had a great positive impact in improving Spurs and making them a "best of the rest" club. Both had a major impact in re-structuring the club.
Besides, the back-bone of the present team was acquired during the Comolli spell.

:clap::clap::clap:

Most Spurs fans are positively determined NOT to see this.

Comolli had failings! He didn't build a balanced squad - which is what Mr. Redknapp set out to achieve immediately (and pretty much succeeded). His insistence that Spurs fans didn't understand that we didn't need a left-winger was positively patronising - although he did buy Modders, who, er, plays on the leftmg: And it was at his insistence that Levy evacuated (sic.) Martin BMJ Jol, and shunted-in Juande Ramos; and he shoulda purchased some Sevilla/Spanish players for the fella, players from old club and/or country seems a pretty standard thing to do. But there again, Berba kinda shafted them (and us) by refusing to play and forcing his move at the most importunate moment for us. It was for the acquisition of Ramos, not for his player buying record, that he lost his job! What Comolli did do is to acquire for us the makings of a fantastic young squad - with the caveat that it needed rounding properly - and Spurs fans should acknowledge that.

 

[DC_Boy]

harry over hodgson or BMJ for me

harry's record at spurs is already well on its way to eclipsing BMJ's

and while hodgson may well have done as good a job as HR, it's hypothetical

the pressures of managing spurs are completely different to managing a team like fulham who haven't won a major trophy in over a century, and will probably go another century without doing so as well

but fulham fans are used to that

if they get 8th in the lge they think it's tremendous, etc etc etc

 

[sunnydelight786]

harry over hodgson or BMJ for me

harry's record at spurs is already well on its way to eclipsing BMJ's

and while hodgson may well have done as good a job as HR, it's hypothetical

the pressures of managing spurs are completely different to managing a team like fulham who haven't won a major trophy in over a century, and will probably go another century without doing so as well

but fulham fans are used to that

if they get 8th in the lge they think it's tremendous, etc etc etc

DC the pressure of managing Inter Milan, twice, is far more than the pressure of managing Tottenham Hotspur....:wink:

 

[WaynoTHFC]

I agree with an earlier poster that Clive Allen would be worth a shout.

 

[Damian99]

His second spell at Inter was only for a month, so although he did manage them twice its a very misleading stat.

He seems to be very much like Venables in that he achieves better results at national level than at league level.

 

[Raxscallion]

Harry for as long as possible, but after that I'd like to see either Mourinho or the return of the BFG.

 

[striebs]

Excuse me, but why laughing stock?
Yes, Levy did not clearly define the role of DoF at Spurs but both Arnesen & Comolli had a great positive impact in improving Spurs and making them a "best of the rest" club. Both had a major impact in re-structuring the club.
Besides, the back-bone of the present team was acquired during the Comolli spell.

Yes a laughing stock .

Undermining a manager who had just got two fifths on the premise that he was underachieving with the players at his disposal before proceeding to make wholesale changes almost resulting in relegation ?

It's not opinion but a matter of record that just about everyone was laughing at us as the posts from SC messages from that time show .

Harry and BMJ before him have had a much greater positive impact on this club than Comolli .

Indeed , it's doubtful whether Comolli has had a positive effect at any of the clubs he's been at . His record after Tottenham has Twilight Zone simmilarities with our experience of him :-

Season 2007 - 2008 under Laurent Roussey St Etienne finish 5th!!!!
Nov 2008 Comolli joins Saint Etienne as sporting director
Nov 2008 Manager Laurent Roussey departs
Nov 2008 Comolli recruits Alain Perrin
May 2009 St Etienne finish 1 position above relegation bin
Dec 2009 St Etienne in relegation bin
Dec 2009 Comolli sacks Alain Perrin
Dec 2009 Comolli demoted