ITSMILNER wrote:Spurs going for Ange Postecoglou feels weird to me, the Scottish league is far from the most competitive, doesn’t really show how good a manager he is just off his time at Celtic
Unless you were expecting him to win the Champions League, there's not much more he could have done to show how good a manager he is. While Gerrard may have struggled to adapt, Rodgers arguably didn't. Compared to other big European clubs there have been relatively few Celtic managers so it's not really useful to compare how their managers fare when they make the switch to the PL, if they do.
Regardless, I'm not confident Spurs will succeed whomever they appoint. There is no consistency behind the scenes. It's not a coincidence that a host of top managers have held talks with the club and then walked away, despite them having an elite stadium, realistic prospect of CL football each season, good squad, precedent of solid financial backing in the transfer market, etc. It'll be because there's no coherent strategy. So any manager coming in will need to be able to play the role of Director of Football as well as General Manager and Head Coach. There was a time when this was to be expected - and arguably SAF was the only manager who carried this on through into the 00s and 10s, possibly Wenger also but he deferred to the board and the priority became infrastructure - but nowadays the scope is global and its not realistic to combine the roles.
Levy has backed managers with transfer budgets but not with time or backroom support. So the money they've spent on Mourinho's players, Nuno's players, Conte's players is arguably wasted as there is very little continuity between those three managers. You could accuse Levy of being as scattergun with his staff recruitment as much as with players. Grétar Steinsson is currently the club's "Performance Director", since July 2022. He was previously Fleetwood's technical director then Everton's head of recruitment. Doesn't exactly inspire confidence at this level. In April they appointed Scott Munn as "Chief Football Officer". Who is he? What style does he want to implement? They need someone directing the very DNA of the footballing side of the club (someone other than Levy) who can support the manager and bring relevant, quality players in. If the manager decides to have a rant they can appoint someone else - but you need continuity, you need to know your options, etc.