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[ntmac82]

Feel like people have a slightly misleading view of Enrique here. He has played good football before in club football but with Spain the tika taka you speak of was of the painfully dull, sterile variety a lot of the time. Furthermore he showed massive bias towards certain (Barca) players and played Rodri at CB and an 82 year old Busquets in midfield. Get the impression he isn't that popular in Spain. Also fell out with some of Barca's big names early on in his spell there.

He was hugely successful at Barca ultimately and played some excellent stuff, but they did have Messi, Neymar and Suarez to help things along. But we're Spurs and we'd obviously see the Spain version of Enrique.

I see nothing wrong with the Spain version of football he had them playing. I'd rather keep the ball and have less pressure on our defence than the turgid football we have been enduring this season.

Show me a manager that doesn't have bias to certain players? They all have favourites.

I agree he had star players, but it doesnt mean he wouldn't do a decent job at Spurs.

 

[king_yid]

I agree it’s likely not plausible, especially the idea of getting Barber back, but I can dream! It’s a nice distraction from our reality…

You wave 15m per annum under Di Zerbi's nose and he'll come in the summer I reckon. Brighton just can't compete financially.

 

[Tezza1978]

You wave 15m per annum under Di Zerbi's nose and he'll come in the summer I reckon. Brighton just can't compete financially.

0% chance we offer De Zerbi that much.

 

[SandroClegane]

ITK & the press are all over the place right now to the point where it feels like everyone is just guessing. On the ITK side it makes a bit more sense as people hear different things from different sources. But on the press side I don't think anyone has the slightest clue.

 

[Freddie]

I see nothing wrong with the Spain version of football he had them playing. I'd rather keep the ball and have less pressure on our defence than the turgid football we have been enduring this season.

Show me a manager that doesn't have bias to certain players? They all have favourites.

I agree he had star players, but it doesnt mean he wouldn't do a decent job at Spurs.

Comparing any style with how we've played this season isn't any kind of argument. If we have a chance to start afresh then we may as well go with something we actually want to see.

Sure every manager has his preferences but he didn't pick a single Real Madrid player in his squad in 2018, and omitted Sergio Ramos in 2022 despite having no decent defenders available and played one of the best DMs in the world at CB even though he didn't have another decent midfield option. It was obviously personal and stubborn. Not admirable traits in a manager.

As I said, he's been good and bad in his career. I'm not certain style what we'd be getting with him.

 

[TOLBINY]

ITK & the press are all over the place right now to the point where it feels like everyone is just guessing. On the ITK side it makes a bit more sense as people hear different things from different sources. But on the press side I don't think anyone has the slightest clue.

Is grass green?

 

[strader]

What I find odd, there has been totally radio silence from the club after Rantonio. Which is pretty much 5 days.

I am not saying sacking him immediately but nothing... No a word. Acting as though spurs is a personal venture and run however the board see fit.

 

[Yiddo100]

What I find odd, there has been totally radio silence from the club after Rantonio. Which is pretty much 5 days.

I am not saying sacking him immediately but nothing... No a word. Acting as though spurs is a personal venture and run however the board see fit.

If we are in the process of sacking him or even if we don’t sack him, what do you expect the club should be saying?

 

[IamSpurtacus]

Levy has brought in 13 managers during his 22 years and of that 13 only one of them was given a contract extension. That's a fair old list of bringing in duds and/or pulling the trigger too early. I certainly don't trust his judgement on the matter.

We’ve had five caretakers in that time - shows you how little forethought there was before they were sacked

 

[jpascavitz]

Yeah I'd rather there be a plan (even if it were made in the last few days) than just sack him, and go from there.

Either sack - Mason until end of Summer with a clear PoV on who we're targeting.
Or sack - announce new manager that was agreed upon for rest of season through next season.

The last thing I want to hear is that he's sacked, Mason is appointed for now but we're still assessing options. Almost all the players are away on international duty so totally fine with the time it is taking.

 

[easley91]

What I find odd, there has been totally radio silence from the club after Rantonio. Which is pretty much 5 days.

I am not saying sacking him immediately but nothing... No a word. Acting as though spurs is a personal venture and run however the board see fit.

Or hear me out.. we are trying to get someone permanent in now and so we are waiting until then to announce it?

 

[Snarfalicious]

I think given the time that has passed it’s a matter of trying to get their next appointment lined up now to be announced shortly after Conte departs. Only way it can make sense, in my opinion.

 

[rossdapep]

Levy and Paratici are behaving as if we are Abramovich's Chelsea bit without the full backing.

We don't do that so we cannot jump for big name coach to big name regardless of system they use.

We need to operate within our means and be very strategic.

I get so frustrated when we are linked with certain names or the list is bundled with coaches who play vastly different systems.

 

[whitechina]

ITK & the press are all over the place right now to the point where it feels like everyone is just guessing. On the ITK side it makes a bit more sense as people hear different things from different sources. But on the press side I don't think anyone has the slightest clue.

Sounds like the club as well

 

[jimbo]

Yeah I'd rather there be a plan (even if it were made in the last few days) than just sack him, and go from there.

Either sack - Mason until end of Summer with a clear PoV on who we're targeting.
Or sack - announce new manager that was agreed upon for rest of season through next season.

The last thing I want to hear is that he's sacked, Mason is appointed for now but we're still assessing options. Almost all the players are away on international duty so totally fine with the time it is taking.

I'm not sure I see much difference between Mason to the end of the season and Mason for now until we secure our 'main target' - but perhaps I'm missing something?

I think if they've made up their mind that our best move right now is to sack him, then sack him. If that is the best move then whether it means Mason for a week, 2 weeks, 10 weeks shouldn't matter - decision made and decisive action taken.

Whereas this feels more like they're not sure if they should sack him or not - that thinking is muddled around whether it's better to keep him if they can't secure a different target which they're yet to agree on from a list of wildly different candidates, better to have Mason as a caretaker for any period of time, Mason for the remainder of the season, or something else. The longer the considering and analysing and 'what-about-him'ing' goes on the more likely I think it is that we make a poor choice - like giving Defoe too much time to think about the shot versus an instinctive finish.

Indecision is what I think we're witnessing right now, and as the Ancient Greeks put it: 'he who hesitates, masturbates.'

 

[ntmac82]

Comparing any style with how we've played this season isn't any kind of argument. If we have a chance to start afresh then we may as well go with something we actually want to see.

Sure every manager has his preferences but he didn't pick a single Real Madrid player in his squad in 2018, and omitted Sergio Ramos in 2022 despite having no decent defenders available and played one of the best DMs in the world at CB even though he didn't have another decent midfield option. It was obviously personal and stubborn. Not admirable traits in a manager.

As I said, he's been good and bad in his career. I'm not certain style what we'd be getting with him.

Maybe as international managers should do he picked the best players at the time and there was no personal or stubbornous to it? We will never know.

Wasn't Sergio Ramos injured alot in 2022?

I'm not saying he is the one or he is perfect, but we shouldnt write him off.

I just feel with how his team sets up and the idea of keeping the ball is appealing to me.

 

[jurgen11]

What I find odd, there has been totally radio silence from the club after Rantonio. Which is pretty much 5 days.

I am not saying sacking him immediately but nothing... No a word. Acting as though spurs is a personal venture and run however the board see fit.

I really hope if he stays the crowd sing Rantonioooooo Rantoniooo

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Levy has brought in 13 managers during his 22 years and of that 13 only one of them was given a contract extension. That's a fair old list of bringing in duds and/or pulling the trigger too early. I certainly don't trust his judgement on the matter.

13 shit managers and 1 great Chairman

Such a shame!

 

[Spud6n6p]

i can think of one or two that weren’t shit

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Jol, Redknapp and Poch tenures where great times mostly. The rest well hardly s song and a dance about apart from the Ramos League Cup.