Yet Another Ex-Manager Watch: Cristian Stellini

[Saoirse]

This whole regime needs to go, including Mason. He can be in the background, but he can’t be leading the team. He is too intrenched in this. It needs be a new voice, breath of fresh air. Harry Redknapp, Hoddle - anyone short term

No chance Hoddle risks his heart, and Harry's ancient and long retired. There really isn't an obvious candidate. Guess there's Wayne Barnett or Stewart Lewis from the youth setup. Or Tactics Tim's available.

 

[Cel]

Time for Ryan Mates On again!

Didn't we win like 4 out of 6 when that happened? I'd bite your bloody hand off....

 

[Thenewcat]

In a month in which Leicester hired Dean smith and Chelsea gave their interim job to Frank fucking Lampard, we may have made the most ludicrous interim appointment of the lot. Let that sink in for a second

 

[Cel]

No chance Hoddle risks his heart, and Harry's ancient and long retired. There really isn't an obvious candidate. Guess there's Wayne Barnett or Stewart Lewis from the youth setup. Or Tactics Tim's available.

It depends if any of the coaches behind the scenes would have the players behind them to do it. Suppose the issue is, apart from Mason, all the 1st Team coaches are Hand picked Conte ones?

 

[ambrosetti]

No chance Hoddle risks his heart, and Harry's ancient and long retired. There really isn't an obvious candidate. Guess there's Wayne Barnett or Stewart Lewis from the youth setup. Or Tactics Tim's available.

I guarantee if you ask Harry to come in for the last 6 games until the Summer he jumps at the chance. He'd be a breath of fresh air. I don't care he hasn't managed for 6 years, i don't need him to come up with a tactical masterclass. Just come in. a new voice in the dressing room for the players who look stale and out of ideas

 

[Silky Skills]

Mason with Kane and an elder statesman would be interesting plus maybe Yaya if we fancy Kompany - not sure Kane has the intelligence to be player coach but might throw a spanner in the works over his inevitable desire now to leave in the summer

 

[spursfan77]

If he's still here on Thursday then it's borderline negligence

So he’ll be in charge Thursday then.

 

[sidford]

Hopefully he walks as his contract expires in couple of months anyway so he wouldn't be walking away from a lot of cash.
Thanks for everything but over promoted and that isn't his fault.

 

[Russ1201]

Has he gone yet ...... fs

 

[agrdavidsfan]

Will be so sad if he’s still here by tomorrow

 

[mil1lion]

Fuck it, sack all the coaches and just put Levy in charge

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Will be so sad if he’s still here by tomorrow

Levy hasn’t got a clue what he’s doing, so he will be.

 

[taricco]

Probably the easiest decision of Levy's tenure now - not sure a single spurs fan wants him to continue and there's nothing to gain from keeping him here.

Probs mean he keeps him until the end of the season...

 

[SDogg]

Mason with Kane and an elder statesman would be interesting plus maybe Yaya if we fancy Kompany - not sure Kane has the intelligence to be player coach but might throw a spanner in the works over his inevitable desire now to leave in the summer

Lol. Kane is not going to be player coach at 29

 

[THOWIG]

Can we put Yaya in charge until end of season?

 

[Metalhead]

Can we put Yaya in charge until end of season?

Or Chris Powell. Come to think of it, why was he not considered to fill in?

 

[zicomerc]

Or Chris Powell. Come to think of it, why was he not considered to fill in?

If we considering Chris Powell, lets try for Ted Lasso

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

May as well put kit boy in charge of this lot.

 

[$hoguN]

I’m pissed off that it’s 2000 and he hasn’t been told (along with whole coaching staff) their services are no longer required

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Not a dig at you. And I defo want levy to clear off. But you’ve basically just said you would have wanted levy to over rule the dof? Even though we want levy to stop putting his beak in the football side of things.

I understand what your saying but that’s quite a black and white way of looking at the situation imo.

Thing is, if it was up to Paratici we would have got Enrique and quite possibly he may have come in right away. We may even of not needed Stallini at all. You ether back the DOF or you don’t and Levy clearly did not think Enrique was/is the right fit but still went along with his suggestion (if it really was his suggestion) of Stellini. Levy already set up a precedent for overruling Paratici’s managerial suggestion in the past when he rejected Gattuso all be it last minute. That may well go for signings as well, Spence and Zaniolo are obvious examples. Essentially the dynamic was skewed from from beginning and it’s very clear there was no shared vision between the club/Levy and the DoF.

But the fact is you can ignore all that because everyone knew Paratici was a dead man walking the minute the ban was issued. Best case scenario he would have got a significantly reduced ban but still a ban. Yes your completely right that Levy needs to commit to a DoF and stop getting involved but he needs to commit to one that will be here next season. Not the ideas of a man who has no future at the club. If Levy had any foresight he would have fired Paratici a while ago and brought in a new DoF to oversee the inevitable manager hunt.

Ultimately we all want Levy to be involved as least as possible, but in order for that to happen he still needs to employ people who are actually good at managing the club in his absence and share the same vision. If Levy didn’t completely trust Paratici’s ideas for the club in every aspect (which he clearly didn’t) he shouldn’t have been hired in the first place.