The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - The Copacabana Edition 16th May 2014

[Dr Know]

A&C's theory on why we still haven't appointed a new manager.

Daniel Levy pushed his arms out behind his back, stretched out his legs and gave out a great big yawn as he leant back in his padded office highchair. "I suppose i'd better get on with choosing a new patsy" he thought to himself as he reached into a drawer, took out a handful of photographs and spread then over his desk.

"But who do I choose?" he pondered as he looked at each one in turn. His photoshop guru had really done well with these he mused. The first one showed a topless Rafa Benitez being clipped around the ear by Basil Fawlty as his artfully applied breasts dangled freely down to his bellybutton, the second had Frank De Boer dressed in a lycra mini skirt, stockings and suspenders and a pair of clogs, with his lips painted bright red and a chain hanging from a piercing in his nose down to a nipple clamp and the final one showed Pocchetino naked and on all fours wearing a spiked dog collar and with Levy himself holding the leash.

Levy's eyes kept going back to the Pochettino. He licked his lips. "No" He thought to himself, "I must be fair", so he placed them all evenly in a line. "I'm going to make this decision based on sound footballing considerations".

Levy paused, raised a finger and began.

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Benitez, he turned it face down. That leaves two.

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Pochettino, he punched the desk in frustration, "Fucks sake, how hard can it be….I'll start again"

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Pochettino again. Levy screamed.

"Sod it" He mumbled.

"I'll try again tomorrow"

This is one of the easiest cryptic messages you've ever done mate. Getting old and losing your touch eh lol

EDIT: Ok I've just had 12 PMs from members who would rather stay anonymous.......I take it back, you've not lost your touch..............well according to them anyway

 

[shelfboy68]

A&C's theory on why we still haven't appointed a new manager.

Daniel Levy pushed his arms out behind his back, stretched out his legs and gave out a great big yawn as he leant back in his padded office highchair. "I suppose i'd better get on with choosing a new patsy" he thought to himself as he reached into a drawer, took out a handful of photographs and spread then over his desk.

"But who do I choose?" he pondered as he looked at each one in turn. His photoshop guru had really done well with these he mused. The first one showed a topless Rafa Benitez being clipped around the ear by Basil Fawlty as his artfully applied breasts dangled freely down to his bellybutton, the second had Frank De Boer dressed in a lycra mini skirt, stockings and suspenders and a pair of clogs, with his lips painted bright red and a chain hanging from a piercing in his nose down to a nipple clamp and the final one showed Pocchetino naked and on all fours wearing a spiked dog collar and with Levy himself holding the leash.

Levy's eyes kept going back to the Pochettino. He licked his lips. "No" He thought to himself, "I must be fair", so he placed them all evenly in a line. "I'm going to make this decision based on sound footballing considerations".

Levy paused, raised a finger and began.

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Benitez, he turned it face down. That leaves two.

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Pochettino, he punched the desk in frustration, "Fucks sake, how hard can it be….I'll start again"

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Pochettino again. Levy screamed.

"Sod it" He mumbled.

"I'll try again tomorrow"

As Long as it wasnt eeny meeny miny mo

 

[Cavehillspur]

A&C's theory on why we still haven't appointed a new manager.

Daniel Levy pushed his arms out behind his back, stretched out his legs and gave out a great big yawn as he leant back in his padded office highchair. "I suppose i'd better get on with choosing a new patsy" he thought to himself as he reached into a drawer, took out a handful of photographs and spread then over his desk.

"But who do I choose?" he pondered as he looked at each one in turn. His photoshop guru had really done well with these he mused. The first one showed a topless Rafa Benitez being clipped around the ear by Basil Fawlty as his artfully applied breasts dangled freely down to his bellybutton, the second had Frank De Boer dressed in a lycra mini skirt, stockings and suspenders and a pair of clogs, with his lips painted bright red and a chain hanging from a piercing in his nose down to a nipple clamp and the final one showed Pocchetino naked and on all fours wearing a spiked dog collar and with Levy himself holding the leash.

Levy's eyes kept going back to the Pochettino. He licked his lips. "No" He thought to himself, "I must be fair", so he placed them all evenly in a line. "I'm going to make this decision based on sound footballing considerations".

Levy paused, raised a finger and began.

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Benitez, he turned it face down. That leaves two.

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Pochettino, he punched the desk in frustration, "Fucks sake, how hard can it be….I'll start again"

"Ip Dip dog shit, you are not it" His finger ended on Pochettino again. Levy screamed.

"Sod it" He mumbled.

"I'll try again tomorrow"

In tears here, superb sir

 

[cabinfever]

I would counter that with the argument that Po


I just cannot be bothered to get into this..... Wu-Saa

As Long as it wasnt eeny meeny miny mo

Jeremy, is that you?

 

[Barry Mead]

I got myself blocked last summer for explaining why I didn't believe something he'd posted, so I'm not going to risk it again. He's apparently been verified by Prof and got a COYS badge, so the assumption has to be that he's kosher.

I believe he works in some capacity at Spurs, I have to say I always felt some of his stuff smacked a bit of his own opinion, but he's supposedly a decent guy and tells what he hears

 

[Gedson100]

I got myself blocked last summer for explaining why I didn't believe something he'd posted, so I'm not going to risk it again. He's apparently been verified by Prof and got a COYS badge, so the assumption has to be that he's kosher.

A poster asked @dovahkiin not to bother bringing his stuff over & since then, he hasn't and ali z seems to be casually regarded in the Akqa/Adiepf mould, without being 'officially' cast out

 

[DiscoD1882]

I think he is waiting until he completes his World Cup panini sticker album before he makes a decision. The Problem is he doesn't do "swapsies." Only hagglies.....

We could be waiting sometime gents.

 

[anydange]

That's been the situation for the last six?

Yeah, but more than ever now as the media have started looking at him directly. There was an article on BBC after Sherwood's departure questioning his hiring/firing policy. Only other chairman/owner that can boast our sort of turnaround is Abramovich and they seem bored with him!

 

[SpurSince57]

I think he is waiting until he completes his World Cup panini sticker album before he makes a decision. The Problem is he doesn't do "swapsies." Only hagglies.....

We could be waiting sometime gents.

I honestly don't know what the rush is. I'd sooner the club made every possible effort to get the right man. (Of course, we must have put a great deal of thought into Fruitini, Juanque and AVB…)

 

[Jamturk]

We are waiting for Ancellotti, it's obvious.

 

[SlickMongoose]

I honestly don't know what the rush is. I'd sooner the club made every possible effort to get the right man. (Of course, we must have put a great deal of thought into Fruitini, Juanque and AVB…)

The sooner we can start demanding that he's sacked, the better.

 

[Davo99]

Obv we're getting Poch

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

I think levy's already appointed and sacked Franky, Carlo and Raffa. Didn't like the cut of their jib, we remained in the bottom 6 on alphabetical difference so now he's moved onto Morris.

 

[SpursTillIDie1882]

I won 11 trophy's in 4 seasons on football manager with spurs, got the best out of Lamela, scored loads of goals and went 46.domestic cup games without defeat.
What more do I have to do to appese you fans

No Champions League ..... Pfffff

 

[Mr Pink]

We are waiting for Ancellotti, it's obvious.

Yeah, but is he waiting for us lol

 

[tony0379]

Yeah, but is he waiting for us lol

Can you imagen he gets sacked and goes to Monaco

 

[Sum Monsterism]

Obv we're getting Poch

I wish I was as confident mate. This hanging on for answers from Carlo, if that's truly what is happening, could bite us on the arse. Hard.

 

[SpurSince57]

Yeah, but more than ever now as the media have started looking at him directly. There was an article on BBC after Sherwood's departure questioning his hiring/firing policy. Only other chairman/owner that can boast our sort of turnaround is Abramovich and they seem bored with him!

In the 40 years since Bill Nicholson retired we've had 16 full-time managers (that excludes Clem & Livermore, Pleat and Shreevesy in their caretaker spells, and Sherwood). That's one every 2.5 years, but KB's eight years skew that a lot. Leaving him out, it's 15 in 32, or one every 2.13 years. Under ENIC, the figure is 2.16 years. It's a Spurs thing, not just a Levy thing.

Liverpool have had 11 managers in the same period, Chelsea 22 (!) counting Maureen just the once, City 21, Fulham 20, West Brom 25, Stoke 21, Villa 15, Newcastle 19, Everton 11, Sunderland 21, Bolton 15, Blackburn 19. (I may have counted in the odd caretaker, but I don't think those figures are too far out.) It's not just Abramovich and Master Bates before him; our owners haven't been particularly trigger-happy. Long-serving managers like Wenger and Ferguson are the exceptions that prove the rule.

 

[spurnut]

Could anyone imagine that all our targets became unavailable and all that was left was moyes! Goddam it what a thought, I would definitely turn to self harming, or cat kicking anyway.

 

[Amo]

In the 40 years since Bill Nicholson retired we've had 16 full-time managers (that excludes Clem & Livermore, Pleat and Shreevesy in their caretaker spells, and Sherwood). That's one every 2.5 years, but KB's eight years skew that a lot. Leaving him out, it's 15 in 32, or one every 2.13 years. Under ENIC, the figure is 2.16 years. It's a Spurs thing, not just a Levy thing.

Liverpool have had 11 managers in the same period, Chelsea 22 (!) counting Maureen just the once, City 21, Fulham 20, West Brom 25, Stoke 21, Villa 15, Newcastle 19, Everton 11, Sunderland 21, Bolton 15, Blackburn 19. (I may have counted in the odd caretaker, but I don't think those figures are too far out.) It's not just Abramovich and Master Bates before him; our owners haven't been particularly trigger-happy. Long-serving managers like Wenger and Ferguson are the exceptions that prove the rule.

Our owners Master Bate before Abramovich?