Daniel Levy
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It amazes me that the media and football websites take so long to cotton on to the fact Daniel Levy has a plan.
Simply citing 8 previous managers doesn't look at what the aims and aspirations were, what the managers themselves got up to. Of the last two, one nearly went to jail and one alienated most of the club. In those circumstances you are left with little choice but to relieve them of their duties.
We then had an interim manager while we waited until the summer to appoint another one and David Pleat was another interim manager so we haven't had the number of permanent managers people believe we've had.
After Harry Redkapp the club sought a long term manager, young, upcoming, ready to build a lasting legacy in the way Arsenal have. The production line of talent from the academy and Development Squad was fundamental to that.
The Technical Director deals with buying players and the Head Coach concentrates on coaching, it works abroad and despite people thinking it doesn't work here, most clubs actually operate in that way to one degree or another.
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Louis Van Gaal was to take the same task, work with and develop youth. When Manchester United took him we simply interviewed the three remaining candidates and selected the one it was felt could work within our strategy.
Mauricio Pochettino has brought his backroom staff with him with will mean Tony Parks, our goalkeeping coach departing but the club still want to retain Steffen Freund. I speculated that he would take Tim Sherwood's old job, Head of Player Development recently and that is being considered as a possible role at the moment.
Pochettino has a history of youth development so it could be exciting times for the club in that respect.
The strategy Daniel Levy has now is the same one he had prior to AVB, the goals are the same and I am hoping at long last we can instill a winning mentality into the club.
Simply citing 8 previous managers doesn't look at what the aims and aspirations were, what the managers themselves got up to. Of the last two, one nearly went to jail and one alienated most of the club. In those circumstances you are left with little choice but to relieve them of their duties.
We then had an interim manager while we waited until the summer to appoint another one and David Pleat was another interim manager so we haven't had the number of permanent managers people believe we've had.
After Harry Redkapp the club sought a long term manager, young, upcoming, ready to build a lasting legacy in the way Arsenal have. The production line of talent from the academy and Development Squad was fundamental to that.
The Technical Director deals with buying players and the Head Coach concentrates on coaching, it works abroad and despite people thinking it doesn't work here, most clubs actually operate in that way to one degree or another.
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Marek Hamšík
Marek Hamšík
Spurs still chasing PSG winger Javier PastoreLouis Van Gaal was to take the same task, work with and develop youth. When Manchester United took him we simply interviewed the three remaining candidates and selected the one it was felt could work within our strategy.
Mauricio Pochettino has brought his backroom staff with him with will mean Tony Parks, our goalkeeping coach departing but the club still want to retain Steffen Freund. I speculated that he would take Tim Sherwood's old job, Head of Player Development recently and that is being considered as a possible role at the moment.
Pochettino has a history of youth development so it could be exciting times for the club in that respect.
The strategy Daniel Levy has now is the same one he had prior to AVB, the goals are the same and I am hoping at long last we can instill a winning mentality into the club.
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Let's face it - him choosing between candidates is like giving him a bowl containing one apple and telling him to pick the best. Guarantee he would get it wrong.
He's an egotistical knob, trying to look like a genius.
All depends where you are in the pecking order at Spurs.
Levy makes the appointments which fail, so surely by that logic he shouldn't be retained then? Also, he sacks those who can do the job.
Success is measured over time, you don't know truly what you have got until you appoint them and see them work, you don't know how they will react to the pressure and it's not down to Levy that managers have shot themselves in the foot.
Hardly good for the brand image having an alleged tax fiddler or someone nobody can get on with.
With respect when ENIC bought us, we were far from being a bankrupt club. In the 3-5 seasons prior to purchase our league position averaged 11th. In the 12 years since purchase its averaged 8th. Not such a great step up, but one I am grateful for of course
During Redknapps time we broke the averages more consistently with two 4ths, and gone backwards subsequently. Why? Levy's insane hiring and firing.
The man is a liability, who doesn't know how to take us to the next level.
Utter garbage. It is impossible to appoint the correct person to any position every time plus it depends upon what you require of them when you appoint them.
What the fans expect may not be what the board are using to determine success and only what the board determine is relevant.
When was the last time we finished 8th? You are using statistics to distort. Fortunately there are plenty of supporters who appreciate the difficulties and see that over a period of time we are heading in the right direction. There are always ups and downs in any rise.
Presumably you are also calling for heads at OIld Trafford now or are they not guilt of not doing their homework on Moyes?
I place you as lower management level in a faceless organisation, content in the belief that those at the top know what they are doing. Levy knows best. The Boards view is what counts.
Proper research is key to making the right decision, and is far from the impossiblmity you see.
Two points for your brain to grapple with :
1. What exactly are the stats I provided distorting? Clearly you don't know what an "average" is as my point was never that we finished 8th - how could you think it was? However we did finish in that place in HR's first season in 2008/2009 I believe.
2. Using a double negative as you did in your last point, makes whatever point you were trying to make utterly meaningless.