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[Football] Who would do the best job as Spurs manager
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albionalbino
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Bill Nicholson.
Braggfan
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- May 12, 2014
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Southgate was very fortunate to get the England job. His main credential being he was English, which fit the strange, possibly xenophobic desire at the time for an English manager again. Southgate had a very very average club career as manager.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
Shouldn't the poll be
' who would do the best job as England manager?'
' who would do the best job as England manager?'
It's quite a subjective question really.
For me, the "best job" would be to relegate them through the leagues until their fans can jizz themselves over expensive pints that fill up from the bottom of the glass while watching Harry Kane do his best to back into and injure a Sunday league centre back.
For me, the "best job" would be to relegate them through the leagues until their fans can jizz themselves over expensive pints that fill up from the bottom of the glass while watching Harry Kane do his best to back into and injure a Sunday league centre back.
Cheeky Monkey
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Ledley King, Chris Powell his assistant.
studio150
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better not best 
I should get out more but the quality of daytime TV these days.
I should get out more but the quality of daytime TV these days.
Mackenzie
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Spurs schmurs
Southgate. He's worked with plenty of the players, including their superstar, and got to a World Cup Semi Final.
GP is a good manager, and I'm sure that his level will eventually be above ours but right now, Southgate is a far more obvious choice.
GP is a good manager, and I'm sure that his level will eventually be above ours but right now, Southgate is a far more obvious choice.
Might be a different answer though... quite likely. Southgate as a player/U21/England manager knows that job quite well and its a huge advantage that he's been doing the whole "living in a boring hotel for a month" thing quite a few times. Also Potters coaching style with the periodisation etc. wont work in a national team so it would be a very different thing.
albionfan37
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Why should anyone on here give a second thought about Spurs?
AmexRuislip
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They should factor in the 'Sam' option.
Buy a small size Sam and get a fat one for free.
Buy a small size Sam and get a fat one for free.
Seasidesage
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The next person to walk past my house will do a better job than Southgate...
albionalex
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The skillsets required for domestic and international management are different. Someone like Potter will always do better domestically as you get to mould players and systems over months to suit your philosophy and style preference, can bring in the players to do that and can essentially have all the time in the world to mould it. International management is different, you need to get a group of players together and psyched up for a few games before letting them go again for possibly some months ahead. The only time it ever really draws parallels is at tournaments, but they don't last long enough.
Sid in the Sharknado
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Given the two preceding managers were both English, I was under the impression that his main qualification was that he happened to be walking past the room while they were trying to think of anybody still both available and willing to do the job.
Maybe he had his own pencil case as well.
After he Capello failure and the Allardyce debacle I just think they wanted something very simple and familiar. Someone without real identity/bagage.
Southgate is used to working without a transfer budget.