Postecoglou to Spurs ?

Well, what is a realistic expectation for Spurs?

First 16 years of the PL, their best finish was 5th (twice), but they had 6 seasons finishing bottom half.
The last 15 years, they've been better: they've not finished lower than 8th, but have only finished top 4 on 7 occasions, and only in the top 3 on 3 occasions.

Like all fans, theirs will assume that their highest position is their natural place; everyone else will point out that is them at their peak, not their norm.

I'd argue that window of 5th-8th is about where I expect Spurs to be, but that will be heresy for some of their fans.
 
8th wouldn't be a decent season.

It's where they finished this year and it was a disaster of a season.

But the fact they've finished 8th this year, and they've got a huge rebuild on their hands, eases the pressure quite a bit on Postecoglou.

Even 7th is an improvement on this season, though I doubt many would be impressed with it.
If he gets them back in to Europe, and playing good football, he's probably given himself time for another season at the minimum.
Well it’s hard to see how they finish above 7th, especially without Kane. Which may be a slight improvement but it wouldn’t be one any Spurs fans I know would be content with, even if they do qualify for the Conference League again.
 
Well, what is a realistic expectation for Spurs?

First 16 years of the PL, their best finish was 5th (twice), but they had 6 seasons finishing bottom half.
The last 15 years, they've been better: they've not finished lower than 8th, but have only finished top 4 on 7 occasions, and only in the top 3 on 3 occasions.

Like all fans, theirs will assume that their highest position is their natural place; everyone else will point out that is them at their peak, not their norm.

I'd argue that window of 5th-8th is about where I expect Spurs to be, but that will be heresy for some of their fans.
Probably about right.
Top tier of English football right now is Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea. Those are the teams with the resources to sustain European qualification every year. Chelsea may crash out. Newcastle are showing signs of joining the top tier.

Second tier consists of the likes of Spurs, Everton, Villa and West Ham. Clubs that you expect to challenge for 4th-7th each year with a possible cup final as well. Arguably, Spurs have been at the top end of this tier over the last 10 years.

There's a third tier with clubs like Wolves, Leicester, Fulham, Palace and so on who can sometimes sustain several top 10 finishes in a row but eventually get caught out.

At any time, some clubs are over-achieving and some are under-achieving. Being in the top tier doesn't mean you can't have an indifferent lasting several seasons but, generally, money acts a bit like gravity. The more you have of it, the better you do.

Things can change pretty quick. Chelsea and Man City were mediocre tier 2 teams, 20-30 years ago. In both cases, massive, sustained cash injections bought their way to the top tier. Newcastle are repeating that process.
 
In both cases, massive, sustained cash injections bought their way to the top tier
Which (rightly probably) Levy won't do.

So with some of the best and most successful managers in the world, and a once in a generation striking talent, they have failed to win anything, or sustain themselves as a top 4 regular.

The new fella might do alright, but unless a few clubs have totally out of character terrible seasons (akin to Chelsea this year), I think they'll struggle to break the top six.
 
Hard to see him bringing any great success to a club that has generally underachieved, can't see Levy throwing open the bank doors for him
 
Postecoglou - they've tried the really successful, top draw, managers & now they've gone to a successful at less noted footballing standard countries, leagues & clubs - time will tell, though I just don't think he'll cut it..

Players will listen to him, judge him & always be thinking - WTF - are you? he's not serial winner Jose, he's not multiple title winner Conte.. they all were failed by Levy, so why should Primarklou be a hit?

Pochetino hadn’t done half as much as Postecoglu has and they’re all crying for him back. Could be a shrewd appointment this.
 
Pochetino hadn’t done half as much as Postecoglu has and they’re all crying for him back. Could be a shrewd appointment this.
This is Postecoglus first job in a top league, let's just see how good he is after a season in charge.. I have doubts he'll even make January..
 
Raiding the Japanese league for talent worked at Celtic but will it work in the PL? Working with Levy and possibly setting Spurs up post Kane is going to be interesting.
 
If spurs lose Kane and Son they will do well to finish top half let alone top 4, albeit on a far lesser scale they remind me of George Reynolds Darlo,an all singing and all dancing stadium with dross on the pitch.
They are in danger of becoming a Burnley or Stoke but in a superior stadium.
 
In Scotland with Celtic as an example after they have had one of their usual pastings in the champions league there is always some tin pot cannon
fodder team like Ross county, or st mirren to plunder to bring the players confidence back up

Hell, i will even include teams like Aberdeen and Hearts in that, as both of those sides have a budget similiar to a mid table league 1 side

He won't be able to do that , build up the confidence of the players after he loses in a premiership match, because the next match, then the next match, then the
next match etc over 38 games is against a team of international players, no free transfers from leagues 1 and 2 which constitute about 75% of the players from SPL clubs

They harped on about how good Gerrard was and he just demonstrated the same thing, full season unbeaten with Rangers, best thing since sliced bread, was useless
at Aston Villa, hell, even Neil Lennon won a dozen trophies as Celtic manager

Postegoglu might be a very good manager, all i am saying is it is impossible to tell based on managing an old firm club, same with signing SPL players, you get the odd
one or 2 then the other 50 end up being average at best to ***** as we all found out when strachan signed a load of old firm players and Robson and to an extent, MacDonald
aside, they all looked hopelessly out of their depth
 
If spurs lose Kane and Son they will do well to finish top half let alone top 4, albeit on a far lesser scale they remind me of George Reynolds Darlo,an all singing and all dancing stadium with dross on the pitch.
They are in danger of becoming a Burnley or Stoke but in a superior stadium.
Though it seems daft to say losing Kane may well be a positive thing for Spurs as a whole.
 
The main problem Spurs have is Levy. Like Gibson at his worst, he micromanages whatever takes his fancy. Also, like Gibson at his worst, he tends also to appoint managers based on them being the opposite of the last one.

They need to do what Gibson has started to do and put a structure in place. May take them 2-3 years to work through all the fall-out from trying to chase instant success. Selling Kane and Son, painful though it will be, is probably part of that. They have the resources to challenge for Champions league places, just need to take a step back and put some proper foundations in place that can't be disrupted by whatever Levy decides when he brushes his teeth in the morning.
 
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