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  1. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    To be fair to him, I doubt he tries that again. The fanbase united against Gattuso in a way I've seldom seen before, and Gattuso himself then cried about being treated unfairly for his bigoted views later so it clearly got to him. If it's Paratici picking, my guess is, de Zerbi or Farioli. Both...
  2. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Yes. The de Zerbi that has spent most of the season getting into fights with his players, being tactically inflexible even when he had been figured out, and fighting with his own fans too. It's France. PSG 1st, then a motley bunch of also-rans second. Marseille spent a lot by their standards...
  3. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Poch and Redknapp both achieved more than Frank did before they were hired. Redknapp won the FA Cup with Pompey. Porch finished higher than Frank ever did with Brentford, and that was after saving Espanyol in La Liga and bringing a revolution in pressing to English shores. Frank has done...
  4. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    Please not Frank. Poch - always. Xavi - eh. He didn't do too bad a job at Barcelona, but I have some concerns with him and his inflexibility.
  5. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    If it's Silva or Frank, it's a big 'what was the fudging point' from me mate. You want to fire the man who won us our first trophy in 17 years to hire mid-table dross? Glasner, perhaps. Poch would be fantastic but I doubt he'd come until after WC 2026. If it's Paratici's call, we're getting...
  6. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    Depends on who we get and which players end up staying or leaving. If we get someone like Thomas Frank, whose greatest achievement is simply existing with Brentford, then 10th-14th may be a reality regardless of this move.
  7. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    Near-impossible for them to have done this without a candidate lined up, though given the farce with the manager search in 2021 (when we sacked Mourinho in March and then hired Nuno three months later, on June 30, only to sack him 10 games in)...nothing would surprise me. Personally just hope...
  8. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    It's an interesting statement - feels like Levy needing to explain himself a little, though he hides behind the 'unanimous' decision of the board a little given he's the only one who matters in terms of making a decision at Tottenham. If you want to compete on multiple fronts, you need a squad...
  9. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    Well, it's clear what this club's priorities are, I suppose. Finishing 5th and trophyless forevermore is totally fine, but don't you dare take any risks to win something, that's a sackable offence. What makes it even more grimly amusing is that if the late reporting is true, we're apparently...
  10. DubaiSpur

    Tottenham Hotspur 2025 Europa League Winners !!!!!!!

    It's always amazing to see how much our fanbase has grown in the last couple of decades. I remember the days when I was in airport bars and finding someone with a bit of Spurs merch on them was rare enough to be worth celebrating every single time. Today we're represented wherever I go - here...
  11. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    To offer another perspective, Crystal Palace and Saudi Sportswashing Machine each played 48 games this season on the way to their respective trophies. We played 60. That's a full 25% more games, while having the 2nd-worst injury crisis in the league. I wouldn't call a back five of Kinsky, Spence, Davies, Gray...
  12. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Good take, though I think it's less progression all the way up to his final year, and more a peak at the middle of his tenure after which we fell away. The league positions prove it - 5th, 3rd, 2nd, and then 3rd and 4th. 2016-2017 was the season where everything came together, but we lacked the...
  13. DubaiSpur

    Transfer thread

    PSG apparently putting Goncalo Ramos and Lee Kang-In up for sale. Wouldn't mind either of them tbh - Ramos is a good foil to play with or instead of Solanke, and Lee is a fantastic playmaker with a low centre of gravity (whom I think has been misused as a winger, which doesn't suit him given...
  14. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Fair. But where does that consistent progression get you, with no cup at the end of it? The goal has to be to win things at the end, surely? Poch finished 5th, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. But ultimately, we won nothing, and lost every final we played in until Ange. The winning mentality only...
  15. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    No, it definitely won't. Like I said, we can't accept 17th ever again, trophy or no trophy. But the fact remains, he finished 17th with 22 losses...and won a trophy. Which we haven't done for 17 years, to the point where the entire club was labouring under the mental burden of being constant...
  16. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    Haha - fair! He has, but I'm not personally against him mate. I have nothing against the man - he's not evil by any means, or even ill-intentioned. Just...barely competent when it comes to football, which just isn't enough at this level. And once he leaves the club, I wish him happiness...
  17. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    But if you have to do both, why was no manager sacked for finishing 4th/5th but trophyless? AVB wasn't, Poch wasn't, Conte wasn't, even Ange wasn't after finishing 5th. It's because we don't prioritize the cups as much as the league. Fair point that others won trophies without throwing the...
  18. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    Like I said, it's an assumption. But it's one I'm pretty confident about. Plus, anything else he did would be in the papers, he'd be a listed director/owner elsewhere, and so on. He isn't, to my knowledge. Think you're taking things way too personally mate. It's a fact that men who spend their...
  19. DubaiSpur

    Levy stepping down rumour

    You're the one attaching 'sad little man' to it mate. It's a fact that Spurs is his life's pursuit, and he has nothing comparable to fall back on. Stan Kroenke owns multiple sports clubs in the US - Arsenal is a small part of his portfolio. Todd Boehly runs his own investment firm. John Henry...
  20. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Beyond this, to be clear, if he goes, it isn't because he didn't succeed on all fronts, like the top clubs tend to aim for. It's because he didn't succeed in the league, specifically. He could win a cup treble but still be under pressure for finishing 17th - conversely, he could finish 2nd, win...
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