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  1. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Where's the latest name after Gattuso? Why are they not frantically filling column inches making up the next story?
  2. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Everyone keeps talking about Romano....#1 he works for the Guardian, he probably has some contacts in the game on a general basis although I don't consider him to be an authority on Spurs. I also don't consider anyone from the Mirror to be an authority on Spurs. I keep saying it. Gold, KP, JPB...
  3. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Agreed. I'm a fan too because I see what people in the game say about him. I actually think he's enhanced his reputation quite well by taking the Belgium job, I'd just be surprised if he'd turn down a top 6 PL job in order to try for a World Cup. I don't think his reputation goes meaningfully...
  4. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    I think this is pretty interesting to consider. Why were there so many leaks? Why has it suddenly gone quiet? Are you saying this may be part of the Paratici playbook and he's been told he needs to reign it in a bit? Will have a listen later. I really think this whole idea of the 'journos make...
  5. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    I think he probably has to win the Euros or the WC for his reputation to be significantly enhanced further via Belgium. And I'm not sure the balance of probabilities makes it worth it. I think he's young enough that he wants to be a club guy, and has the energy to get back in. Would quite like...
  6. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    I think he took the Belgium job to recover his reputation after Everton and prove he could manage top players. I also think he’d be mad not to take our job if he has any interest in getting back into club football. We’re the best he’ll get.
  7. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Well, there’s unambitious and there’s what’s possible. If our finances are buggered, I have much less of an issue with the club with this manager search. Short of ENIC selling up, we have to make do with what’s possible, and in that instance I would totally understand we were looking for a...
  8. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    He was excellent at the things we needed him to be excellent at. (Young players, attacking football, system making the whole greater than the sum). The way to test his reputation was to ask people in the game - nearly all of the Southampton players credited him with reaching heights they never...
  9. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    But he was proven at the exact things we needed him to be (young players, attacking football, system) and had a reputation not just as someone good, but someone excellent at what he did. It was a really smart appointment and I was delighted with it at the time. Fonseca and Gattuso don’t have...
  10. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Surely you’d agree that if a manager had ambitions to be fighting for the biggest prizes (versus already being there) then if we are indeed looking for someone who can work in tough circumstances for the next 1-2 years, it would attract a different level of manager than a club who can promise...
  11. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    To me it’s that he looks the most proven manager of the style we need. So good with young players. Attacking football. Proven in European competition. Seems to be well respected and successful in the jobs he’s had. It’s really no more than that, but he looks to be the best option, proven at the...
  12. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Fair. If it comes out that we are more financially fudged than we’d like to admit as a result of Covid, and that’s why we’re hunting in the bargain aisle, I’d fully accept it. Still wouldn’t quite explain the sudden switch from Fonseca to Gattuso, but it would explain the general trend and...
  13. BrainOfLevy

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I would love to believe it’s because we’re methodically interviewing candidates, and will soon select the best one for us. It just looks from the outside that we are moving through a selection of available managers on a relatively cheap salary, who Paratici seems to know. I think we’ve...
  14. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    I don’t actually disagree with you. I get how the club needs to act. My point is, you can infer something from the type of managers that are available that choose not to join us about our standing in the game and our pitch to candidates. 2 years ago, if Poch left right after the CL final, we...
  15. BrainOfLevy

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    I was upset at Poch and Conte stories for different reasons, but I think most people have gone on a bit of a journey with Fonseca and Gattuso that looks something like: Fonseca? The guy Roma just sacked and replaced with Jose? Actually I’ve looked into him, he seems like a good guy, plays good...
  16. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    I’m all for that, but it’s not a strategy that suggests we are pushing for the title in the next 1-2 years. Especially as you say it’s ‘just as we always have’.
  17. BrainOfLevy

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    You accused people of jumping off of a cliff over ‘nothing’. Are you now saying that there might have been some truth to some of those links? Are you in any way concerned about the length of time this is taking? Because I think people are concerned about the time as much as anything else. You...
  18. BrainOfLevy

    Daniel Levy - Chairman

    Oh, you again. I’m guessing you agree with what Billy said too? That if there was a plan it looks like it has long since out the window, and that unless it’s an ETH level person then it’s hard to rationalise how we’ve taken this search? Because I definitely got the sense from you that you...
  19. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Exactly. Who is the Euros manager that makes waiting this length of time all worth it?
  20. BrainOfLevy

    Next Manager?

    Which is just another way of saying we aren’t going to back a manager to try and win the league in the next couple of years. Which is fine - I’m not saying we should spend money we don’t have if Lewis isn’t going to invest - but it does tell us something about our trajectory and standing in the...
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