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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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.
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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.
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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.
  14. 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...
  15. 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.
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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