I'd fucking hope he'd start with Eriksen.He is going to pick on some players and publicly make examples of them.
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I'd fucking hope he'd start with Eriksen.He is going to pick on some players and publicly make examples of them.
There's a counterpoint to that, which would be that barring a degree of sovereign petro-wealth that is well and truly beyond us (and may no longer even be viable in a post-FFP world), a club ought to be built on the sort of stable base of talent development and transfer market savvy that even the biggest spending clubs sincerely aspire to. The City's and PSG's of the world certainly look at themselves as "projects" in that way.
One could choose to look at this as a desperate, grasping West Ham-type move, lurching at shiny objects without an organizational plan.
I don't know that I completely agree with that perspective, but I don't completely agree with yours either, I think there's shades of gray here.
Good, some of them need it, the arm around the shoulder approach clearly isn't working anymore is it?He is going to pick on some players and publicly make examples of them.
Guess you asked the same question about Poch before we appointed him, right?
He is going to pick on some players and publicly make examples of them.
Good, some of them need it, the arm around the shoulder approach clearly isn't working anymore is it?
correctWhich, by the way, there is downside here that people aren't really considering.
You're putting an abrasive character into a pretty volatile dressing room here, and it's not like it's February and we're safely away from the relegation zone.
In regards to the ambition of which manager we pick to do this job and turn us into a truly elite club, people have to ask themselves something, who is more likely to be able to achieve that here? An Eddie Howe or Jose Mourinho?
Only one of them is a serial winner.
I'd totally forgotten about Amazon...correct
This will be a very high risk move by Levy. All or nothing, glory or implosion. Amazon will get their money's worth anyway
Won the Austrian league in his first season at Salzburg, got to the EL semifinals by beating the likes of Dortmund and Lazio and now his new team Gladbach are leaders in Bundesliga by 4 points.Oh come on, Poch managed in La Liga, he came over to England and did a good job a Southampton. Tell us what Rose has done
Mourinho is a serial winner, and perhaps one who is past his best. What Howe has done at Bournemouth has been awfully impressive, and he may have a very bright future at the kind of big club we want to be. It's not always so simple.
Just to add, my Fighting Cock credentials aren't particular high anyway.I'll put my Fighting Cock credentials on the line here and now.
Mourinho will NOT be appointed next Spurs manager
Won the Austrian league in his first season at Salzburg, got to the EL semifinals by beating the likes of Dortmund and Lazio and now his new team Gladbach are leaders in Bundesliga by 4 points.
Not to say that his teams play high pressing football and he’s very good tactically (helped by his Assistant Manager). He’s good at developing young players too because he’s started as a Youth team manager.
Of course he still needs to prove his worth but I can see him get poached by big clubs in the near future.
It's gonna be Jose...
...and if it is, will that turn Eriksen's head back our way?
Somehow, it's a weird win-win...
Cos if Jose DOES continue his mechanical relentless habit of winning trophies, then we'll finally win something this decade... and if not, we'll have the dubious tag of being the ONLY team to FINALLY break the Mourinho magic!