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  1. DubaiSpur

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Sure, but with the, what, 7th/8th lowest wage bill and while we're 20th in wages-to-revenue? I'll correct myself - it's a shoestring by comparison to our rivals. Relative shoestring, if that's any better?
  2. DubaiSpur

    Ben Davies

    His extension just gives me a feeling that we're going to be trying three at the back a lot more next season. He's probably the 6th-choice CB and 3rd-choice LB now, which means almost zero playing time in a 4-at-the-back system. But if we're playing 3 CBs and 2 wing-backs, that changes - he'll...
  3. DubaiSpur

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    He's a reasonable appointment. Feels like settling for upper mid-table consistency, but at least he has a baseline of doing what the club clearly wants from its coaches - overachieve on a shoestring budget, and be adaptable enough to build his tactics around the players as opposed to wanting...
  4. DubaiSpur

    Thomas Frank’s coaching staff

    Brentford fans apparently livid Frank didn't take Claus Norgaard with him - he's their defensive coach, and by all accounts has not been great at his job given their defensive frailties this season. By contrast, they are livid they lost Justin Cochrane, who was apparently being groomed as their...
  5. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    It's a move that will play well with the fans if indeed there is a change in club leadership - 'Levy cared about the real estate more than the club, we're different, that money goes into the team.' And people keep saying the fans don't matter, but this is a delicate time in terms of football...
  6. DubaiSpur

    ENIC

    I'm not sure Lewis is even all that aware that he owns Spurs anymore, or knows someone called Daniel Levy. From the bits of news I've seen, we're now in a trust, which is accessible by Lewis's kids, in particular his daughter. Wouldn't be surprised if that's the person who is now the nominal...
  7. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Haha - what a choice. Like choosing between lethal injection or a firing squad. :p
  8. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Record.pt in Portugal reporting Silva set to sign for Spurs. No byline, but they're reporting it as an exclusive. If true...Jesus Christ, Marco fudging Silva?
  9. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    Well, Paratici basically served as a lackey/underling to Marotta at Sampdoria and then Juve - in fact, it was in this role that he did some of his best work, with Marotta overseeing his excellent eye for talent, and restraining some of his more hot-headed ideas. Depends on if Lange wants to...
  10. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    It's a matter of perspective mate. Good, yes. Great? Depends. And good for us? Imo, no.
  11. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    I think it's difficult to judge his quality, given the fact that he coaches the richest club in Italy and brought in 100m euros' worth of players this year alone. I'd like to see him coach in a slightly more restrained environment before making a call.
  12. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    The job he's done at Atalanta has been great, but a) I don't think he's ever coached outside Italy, b) he looks set for Roma, c) I don't think he speaks English, and d) he has a very tempestuous relationship both with his boards and his players, which I can't imagine will end well for either him...
  13. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    It's a massive gamble mate. Personally the only manager from Italy that I thought would be worth a punt for us would have been Inzaghi, but he's at Al-Hilal now. Everyone else in that coaching pool (and more broadly, the Serie A coaching pool, which Paratici seems to like pulling from) is a...
  14. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    The Athletic article indicates as much. Club apparently made a decision in April that they were going to let him go. But Ange winning the cup forced a delay while Levy reassessed, and ultimately stuck to his original call.
  15. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    Well said mate. On Lange, I don't see how he survives if Paratici is poised to come in, unless he agrees to essentially be a subordinate. And to be fair, the appointment always felt like a bit of a stopgap, since nothing Lange has done in football yet, seemed to qualify him for a job as big as...
  16. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    I don't think it's easy for Levy and Ange to have that conversation, to be fair. Because, as a chairman/owner, if you have it during the season, you will look like you're trying to micromanage, which coaches are notoriously sensitive to. You can only have it at the end of the season, and I...
  17. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    The Today's piece by Jack Pitt-Brooke in the Athletic lays that out. Club felt his playing style was responsible for some of the injuries. Opposition managers also felt his tactics were easy to play through apparently, with one quoted (off the record) as saying we had a clear identity and...
  18. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    The funny thing is, personality and attitude-wise, Farioli absolutely fits the bill. Ajax fans and players apparently loved him. He left because he finished 2nd playing atrocious, defense-first football and choked the title late on - he also had transfer disagreements with management. By all...
  19. DubaiSpur

    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    Fair, I am being overly harsh on him. Let's just say he's an enormous risk, as is Farioli.
  20. DubaiSpur

    Ange departs

    Depends on the replacement. Can guarantee there will be none if it's Frank or Silva. There was none for Nuno, and he probably did a better job at Wolves than either of those two. It will come across as scraping a bottom-of-the barrel rando to lead us, and that never goes down well. Truth be...
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