@VFTLpodcast@kvlmason@EliasBurke@JamesTMaw@JackPittBrooke The Sporting Director situation. I know that Vinnai recently suggested they are holding off making an appointment given the proximity to the transfer window. Is that sensible? Who should they be targeting, assuming Lange remains in post?
@CraigHope_DM Who owns Eight Sports Capital? Presumably 24.99% avoids UK PSC declaration rules (pursuant to which ownership of 25% or more shares means an individual is forced to declare their interest)
@MeiaArmador__@SpursConvo Interesting. Do you have any views on the sporting director situation at Spurs? Would you keep Lange? Who would you bring in either to work with him in lieu of Paritici or to replace him?
@LilywhiteLab (1) who should tottenham appoint as joint sporting director to replace paritici (2) should we take poch (in my view no) and other potential realistic managerial replacements and if they can play exciting, 'big club' football: Iraola, Hoeness, what about Hellberg even?
@NathanAClark What do you think of the argument that the wage structure - as distinct from net spend on transfers - lacks ambition? Comparative spend on wages we are some way behind our ‘big six’ competitors. That is even more so if you compare wages as a percent of revenue.
The truth. People won’t like to hear this. It doesn’t suit the latest agenda. But it is the reality and yet again Frank is going to get the blame.
📊 58% possession, 16 shots, 4 on target.
We started the game so well. The players were playing risky passes, through the lines. And it worked. We looked dangerous and were dominating.
And actually, I don’t think we were awful for most of the game.
Individual UNFORCED errors costing us yet again. First goal, cross not closed down quick enough and Evanilson unmarked. Second goal, awful awareness at the back post. Third goal, Semenyo not closed down quick enough.
ALL THREE GOALS WERE AVOIDABLE.
You can point fingers at Frank. Why did the team not create more from the possession we had and overall control on the game? Personally I think that’s a player quality issue.
Richarlison missed from three yards out.
Our final ball was awful.
DJED SPENCE CANNOT PASS A BALL WITH HIS LEFT FOOT. HE IS A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER! 🤬 It’s impossible for us to build out of the left side from the back. It’s happened time and time and time again…
The sooner people begin to realise the current squad - yes, we’re missing some pretty key players through injury - is not good enough, the better.
This was my primary concern with Frank, and it’s still the same. You cannot be an elite team without the intention to control games with the ball. There is a lot of quality in this squad; the performances and the approach should be much better.
Something I want to talk about is how incompetent Spurs are when it comes to recruiting managers. You can see the thought process, and it’s very immature. They had Pochettino, who did a good job but didn’t win anything, so they went for “serial winners” in Mourinho and Conte. Their football was “boring”, so they went for the most “fun” manager in Europe with Postecoglou. Defensively, the team was disastrous, so they went for the most “solid” coach available.
Every managerial appointment is a drastic reaction to the last. There is no sporting vision for how to build something that lasts and takes the club to the top. Ironically, Spurs are one of the easiest projects to solve because of the financial scale of the club and the squad at hand. All they need is competence.