Contingency planning : When Ange is sacked, who should replace him?

[thfcsteff]

I think we were a different club back then mate. It isn't just some fans - even Levy was carried away by the phantasmal CL final into thinking we were a bigger club than we were, that we were a white-shirted Chelsea who only needed to sack the man who gave us his heart and soul and hire a legend like Mourinho to take that last step to regular trophies.

We grew way too big for our boots, and the brutal years that followed saw us cut down to size.

I genuinely think that for many of us, the mentality has changed. You saw the outpouring of emotion for Ange at the Brighton game, the preference of the fans to let him stay even though we finished 17th.

It took a long time, but we've learned to appreciate what we have - whether it's Ange winning us something at last, or Sonny spending 10 years at the club out of pure love and loyalty. It took a lot of dog days and years to return to reality after the mirage of that final in 2019 - and it's why I said in the EL winners thread that it hung around the club like a miasma.

Poch, if he came back, would come to a club more akin to the one he joined in 2014, than the one he left in 2019.

I hope you're right. I am not sure I believe it.

I would love to believe his return would be the answer, the panacea...sadly I cannot allow myself to go there. Not that I have to worry unless some massive concessions are made on how we operate as a club.

 

[Baleforce]

Not sure there is actually anything in it, but I like the sound of Inzaghi.

 

[glorygloryeze]

Not sure there is actually anything in it, but I like the sound of Inzaghi.

I do, but i'm surprised you do though: bottled Serie A big time imo...

 

[Baleforce]

I do, but i'm surprised you do though: bottled Serie A big time imo...

Plays a back 5

 

[glorygloryeze]

Plays a back 5

So you'd be happy to finish second in the league after "doing an Arsenal" so long as we play a back 5?

 

[Baleforce]

So you'd be happy to finish second in the league after "doing an Arsenal" so long as we play a back 5?

I don’t care how we play as long as it works.

I’d bite your hand off for second place next season right now.

 

[glorygloryeze]

I don’t care how we play as long as it works.

I’d bite your hand off for second place next season right now.

You'd accept 2nd place after having led only to buckle near the end??

 

[Baleforce]

You'd accept 2nd place after having led only to buckle near the end??

That’s quite the hypocritical.

I’m saying I’d accept 2nd place right now, I’d take any CL qualification spot for the following season right now.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

It's both. We know for a fact that they stay in touch, they were pictured together not two months ago. He still apparently lives minutes from the training ground, though he probably now also has a base out in the US.

My understanding is, others on the board/around Levy don't want him back. But Levy himself seems more open to the idea.

And I think the majority of fans would love if it happened. Hell, he's the easy winner of our own poll up above. Not even close.

That’s the old urban myth that Roman Cullen got him sacked
I also don’t think it’s a majority who would what him back
I think there is a select group who are Pro with a majority who are more ambivalent… I’m in that bracket. Ig could work, it may not. I wouldn’t be against it

 

[Bedfordspurs]

I think we were a different club back then mate. It isn't just some fans - even Levy was carried away by the phantasmal CL final into thinking we were a bigger club than we were, that we were a white-shirted Chelsea who only needed to sack the man who gave us his heart and soul and hire a legend like Mourinho to take that last step to regular trophies.

We grew way too big for our boots, and the brutal years that followed saw us cut down to size.

I genuinely think that for many of us, the mentality has changed. You saw the outpouring of emotion for Ange at the Brighton game, the preference of the fans to let him stay even though we finished 17th.

It took a long time, but we've learned to appreciate what we have - whether it's Ange winning us something at last, or Sonny spending 10 years at the club out of pure love and loyalty. It took a lot of dog days and years to return to reality after the mirage of that final in 2019 - and it's why I said in the EL winners thread that it hung around the club like a miasma.

Poch, if he came back, would come to a club more akin to the one he joined in 2014, than the one he left in 2019.

Some fans have learned to appreciate things
We still have many who don’t
Ones who just keep on pointing to the same rhetoric and seem to want to forget quickly what happens last week

 

[Gutter Boy]

Not sure there is actually anything in it, but I like the sound of Inzaghi.

He's interesting. He's Conte, but a much nicer guy and with a more attacking style. He's probably a bit too defensive for me (3 CBs), but it could be a more of a halfway house, if not the full-on possession and passing guy we want.

 

[Gutter Boy]

I do wonder if the fact that Poch will likely be available after next summer's world cup will play a part in whether Ange stays or goes...

In my opinion it really shouldn't (on multiple levels) but i can it might..

Would you risk relegation again though on a promise? Or just cough up now and challenge at the right end of the table again?

 

[carl]

You'd accept 2nd place after having led only to buckle near the end??

As opposed to finishing 17th? Where do I sign??!!!

Also at what point did Inter bottle the league? I thought it was neck and neck pretty much all season?

 

[glorygloryeze]

As opposed to finishing 17th? Where do I sign??!!!

Also at what point did Inter bottle the league? I thought it was neck and neck pretty much all season?

There were two games in the final 4 that Napoli handed the advantage to them on a plate, only for them to hand it back. The penultimate game especially was bad. They lost the lead twice to Lazio at home and if they'd held on, they would have gone into the final game ahead of Napoli. Instead they went into the final game behind them, and well....

If it had been us or Arsenal, we'd have definitely taken A LOT of flak for passing up such late chances. Plus Inter's squad is far better than Napoli's

 

[Baleforce]

Napoli have Conte though, one of the absolute best.

 

[carl]

There were two games in the final 4 that Napoli handed the advantage to them on a plate, only for them to hand it back. The penultimate game especially was bad. They lost the lead twice to Lazio at home and if they'd held on, they would have gone into the final game ahead of Napoli. Instead they went into the final game behind them, and well....

If it had been us or Arsenal, we'd have definitely taken A LOT of flak for passing up such late chances. Plus Inter's squad is far better than Napoli's

That isn't bottling imo. Bottling it is blowing 10+ point leads.

They're also in a Champions League final (again)

 

[Gutter Boy]

How would Inzaghi setup with our squad?

----------------------Vicario
-----Vuscovic---Romero---vdV
-Porro---Bentancur---Bergvall---Udogie
---------Kulu-------Solanke-----Odobert

Something like that?

 

[Gutter Boy]

Inzaghi is not coming to spurs. Get that out of your head.

You don't think we can entice him away from Pisa?

 

[Lilbaz]

You don't think we can entice him away from Pisa?

Pisa is not in Turin.

 

[Gutter Boy]

Pisa is not in Turin.

Pisa is where we'll need to prize him away from, though there's fightong talk: https://football-italia.net/pisa-pippo-inzaghi-staying-manchester-city/