Who do you want to be our next manager? With Poll!

[TH1239]

They were in relegation form with a divided dressing room and players criticizing his coaching, it wasn't really sudden. I posted the opinion of a Swans fan of him in the Laudrup thread about this, they were not sad to see the back of him when he finally did get the boot.

Go look at any Swansea forum and a number of supporters of theirs are very respectful of Laudrup.

Can you show me evidence of players "criticizing his coaching?" I'd like to know who it was that was criticizing him?

 

[Ribble]

Go look at any Swansea forum and a number of supporters of theirs are very respectful of Laudrup.

Can you show me evidence of players "criticizing his coaching?" I'd like to know who it was that was criticizing him?

There's nothing specific of course, but as is pointed out in This opinion piece the difference in the players was significant after just one game. Then there's This collection of stuff from the Mirror, more talk of players being unhappy in This piece on Monk in the Guardian, and there's also This summary of Laudrup's career departures to date.

To be frank I think he'd be an awful appointment, there's only so far that "I'm Michael Frickin' Laudrup" can take you when it comes to being in charge of players. Especially when there are probably now kids who'd reply "who?".

 

[SpursManChris]

Pochettino is just such a massive risk, you'd surely have to say.

 

[danielneeds]

Pochettino is just such a massive risk, you'd surely have to say.

Can you name a realistic candidate who isn't though? Even van Gaal carried a huge risk as to whether he could work with Levy's meddling.

 

[Spurs1]

Is there any reason why hiddink isnt being talked about much????

He would stamp his authority immediately and get rid if those who arent interested in busting a gut. Exactly what this team needs.

 

[Chris12]

Is there any reason why hiddink isnt being talked about much????

He would stamp his authority immediately and get rid if those who arent interested in busting a gut. Exactly what this team needs.

My guess would be because he has signed already to be the Netherlands coach after WC...

 

[Spurs1]

Is that confirmed or rumour

 

[lukadownthelane]

I'm not convinced by anyone who has only been successful at 1 club. We are a hard team to manage due to the competitiveness of the league, pressure from fans to play attacking football, pressure to finish in UCL, pressure from the media and a difficult chairman. For that reason I can only see Benitez, Spaletti, Mancini (don't like personally) and maybe one of the old guard like LvG, Heynkes etc.

Out of that list I can only see Spaletti coming and even his track record isn't amazing. It's amazing how few managers have premier league experience.

 

[lukadownthelane]

Is that confirmed or rumour

Confirmed

 

[Spurs1]

Ahh right thats that then. I voted hiddink ohvwell

 

[Yid]

I'm not convinced by anyone who has only been successful at 1 club. We are a hard team to manage due to the competitiveness of the league, pressure from fans to play attacking football, pressure to finish in UCL, pressure from the media and a difficult chairman. For that reason I can only see Benitez, Spaletti, Mancini (don't like personally) and maybe one of the old guard like LvG, Heynkes etc.

Out of that list I can only see Spaletti coming and even his track record isn't amazing. It's amazing how few managers have premier league experience.

Spalletti is actually one of my top choices (one of the reasons being, as you mentioned, he's available ATM).
Primary reasons though are he (IMHO) fits our system well, he can handle egos in the dressing room, he isn't likely to clash with Levy, and he is a widely respected tactician (able to mold given resources into a functional & even a successful cohesive unit).

I am sure I've posted this one before, but here is a good little piece on Spalletti, as follows:

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/ed...anted-why-inter-chelsea-tottenham-real-madrid

Enjoy, kids!

PS. Oh, and for the record, his record (see what I did there?!) is not too shabby either -->>

Win Percentages in Major Leagues:

Roma 54.38% (217 Games)
Zenit St. Petersburg 57.54% (179 Games)

Managerial Accolades:

Empoli - Seria C1 play-offs: 1995-96; Seria B promotion: 1996-97
Roma - 2 x Coppa Italia (2006-07, 2007-08), 1 x Supercoppa Italiana (2007)
Zenit - 2 x Russian PL (2010, 2011–12), Russian Cup (2009–10), Russian Super Cup (2011)

-->> 7 Trophies of Premier Leagues in two *entirely* different countries. As well as a couple of promotions to higher leagues with inferior squads!

 

[markieboy]

Unfortunately what we want and what we need are probably two different things.
We all want a Klopp type manager. A guy who is loyal to a club, a guy who can build a team that plays attractive football, whilst still promoting youth.
We tried that approach with AVB, and we were not patient enough.
I have only read great things about Tuchel, and would be excited if we got him.

Realistically though we need a safe pair of hands that can instantly steady the ship in the same way Redknapp did.

Well we don't really need a safe pair of hands because give credit where its due.............Sherwood has steadied the ship.
We are playing a more progressive and slightly more dangerous type of football,we are scoring goals,getting more men into the box and currently we are good enough to beat 75% of the teams in this league on most days.
Our problem is making the step up to challenge and beat those other teams but I don't think this squad is good enough to do that.
I agree with Sherwood that our squad of players are really much of a muchness,to make this team better we need at least 4 players better than the ones we have now.
The point about managers needing time to improve a team, really isn't true.
The likes of Mourinho,Rodgers and Martinez needed very little time to get their ideas across.

 

[markieboy]

You saying Klopp wouldn't or just a manager of his ilk... bit of a flawed statement though as Klopp IS now a big name, but I think I get what you mean

Saying we were not patient enough with AVB is also a one sided argument. Why were we not patient enough? Results alone probably suggests that we were too impatient, but there are a LOT of rumours from those in the background who say there was much more going on to alienate AVB than mere match day football.

Thomas Tuschel is an interesting choice but a very risky one. He has not won anything at any level and his best finish with Mainz is 5th. Other finishes in the Bundesliga are 9th and 13th twice. That's not too shabby with a team like Mainz and I should know, I live just down the road from there.

But look at our history of managers in the Levy era... even Martin Jol had silverware under his belt before he became Assistant Manager/Manager.

By and large Levy has gone for people with that kind of credentials, sure it hasn't always worked out, though many claim it is as a result of disagreements with sporting directors or Levy himself.

But back to Tuschel, I see potential, the German media are convinced in his stlye, callig him the new Klopp. But is he the man to come in and kick our stars into gear? Or is he the man to rebuild with?

We know Levy, he doesn't want to scrap his investment, he/we have the players by and large. For me Tuschel is NOT who we need.

We need a manager the current players will look up to, respect and work hard for. A manager who other players want to follow because he knows how to win things.

If we get Tuschel, I would see that as 8 1st team players straight out the door and that includes players we really don't want to lose. This is not me against Tuschel as such, just a belief that he is not who we need right now. Even Martinez won the FA cup prior to landing the Everton gig.

AVB had more experience, including EPL and still failed. We need a Klopp, not of the future, but of the now.

I think keeping a team like Mainz in the top 5 is a greater achievement than Klopp getting them promotion.
Apart from winning promotion through the play-offs with Swansea,Rodgers hasn't won anything.

 

[Yid]

Well we don't really need a safe pair of hands because give credit where its due.............Sherwood has steadied the ship.
We are playing a more progressive and slightly more dangerous type of football, we are scoring goals,getting more men into the box and currently we are good enough to beat 75% of the teams in this league on most days.
Our problem is making the step up to challenge and beat those other teams but I don't think this squad is good enough to do that.
I agree with Sherwood that our squad of players are really much of a muchness,to make this team better we need at least 4 players better than the ones we have now.
The point about managers needing time to improve a team, really isn't true.
The likes of Mourinho,Rodgers and Martinez needed very little time to get their ideas across.

Huh, what??? You know, I was going to write an elaborate response to try and convince you about the error of your ways, but once I re-read your hyperbole (if you wish), I simply gave up.

Sorry

 

[markieboy]

The more i here about Tuchel the more I like him. I don't really buy the argument that a manager with no previous silverware will see players leaving. We're Spurs, and not exactly laden with trophies in recent times. Players come here for good pay, PL footie, and London.

A new positive energy around the club could do wonders, and a young, dynamic manager, with innovative training methods is what I am looking for.

Absolutely.the more I have read about this guy.........the more I am convinced we should go for him.

 

[markieboy]

Huh, what??? You know, I was going to write an elaborate response to try and convince you about the error of your ways, but once I re-read your hyperbole (if you wish), I simply gave up.

Sorry

Please go ahead............make my day.

 

[spursfan77]

Can you name a realistic candidate who isn't though? Even van Gaal carried a huge risk as to whether he could work with Levy's meddling.

I'm not sure Benitez is that much of a risk. But yeah any managerial appointment has its risks.

 

[The Scarecrow]

he isn't likely to clash with Levy

They'll probably go shopping for head wax together, and end up best friends.

 

[danielneeds]

I'm not sure Benitez is that much of a risk. But yeah any managerial appointment has its risks.

I think you know Benitez would get us organised and hard to beat from day one, I guess the main risks are his curious transfer strategy at Liverpool, refusal to
give youth a chance, and the fact that if he were to go on a bad run of results the fans would get on his back because his style of football is safety first, rigid, and not the type we Spurs fans crave.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

The suspense is killing me.