The Mauricio Pochettino thread

[Gassin's finest]

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[fishhhandaricecake]

Good read on Allegri and Jose

Juventus’ 4-2-3-1 and Max Allegri’s coaching philosophy

The 4-2-3-1 formation has kicked Juventus into form over the last month or so. We delve deep into what has worked and what still needs improvement for Max Allegri and Co.

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Nice one cheers for sharing

 

[Coco-1101]

The fact he's actually fucking acknowledged this and after yesterday. Jesus fucking christ, Tottenham. Get it the fuck together.

Maybe it was Eriksen fantasy to see his friend with his ................................







dog patting on the back.

 

[Gassin's finest]

I don't mean to ITK bash at all, but aren't most of their contacts agents? If so, then I'm afraid I struggle to give them credence.

I'll back the coach, not the rumblings of people who's prime motivation is increasing wealth.

 

[TorontoYid]

I truly think Poch is the man for the job and I do not think he has been backed like he was promised. We made 2 first team signings over 2 seasons and that is not because Poch didn't want new players but because he didn't want any random ones that wouldn't make the bench due to Levy failing or not being willing to pay for the players we need. As always there was a ton of last minute crap and haggling then excuses and blame shifting but I feel it is wearing thin and heard it from Levy too often season after season. Yes he saved the club once but now his Del Boy act is causing us huge problems.

If the market is so tough then why are all our rivals able to make signings and good ones at that? We have no depth and that has been a problem for a long time. Positions we know we need to find people for have been left and now as I see it Poch has limited tactical options due to not having the depth to change things around.

If he leaves and goes to a club that actually backs him he is a good enough manager to dominate the PL for a long time.

 

[Sandros Shiny Head]

We conceded 7 last night

 

[yankspurs]

This Eriksen/Jan rumor has become a shambles. Where the fuck is the leadership in the club? Behind the scenes? In the dressing room? Fucking hell, Spurs. Childish, unprofessional. Can't believe the club allowed this to get so far. I'm furious.

 

[wrd]

This Eriksen/Jan rumor has become a shambles. Where the fuck is the leadership in the club? Behind the scenes? In the dressing room? Fucking hell, Spurs.

The problem is the club had the idea that our fanbase wasn't fucking stupid enough to give it any merit and thought it would go away. Absolutely fucking foolish of them.. we're idiots

 

[yankspurs]

We conceded 7 last night

Well we also apparently like to get done by our own stupid fans making shit up on social media so no surprise we allowed Bayern to fuck us on the pitch.

 

[yankspurs]

The problem is the club had the idea that our fanbase wasn't fucking stupid enough to give it any merit and thought it would go away. Absolutely fucking foolish of them.. we're idiots

Our own fanbase made it up and continued to regurgitate it. Shambolic. We played ourselves. From the club through the supporters.

 

[RichieS]

Levy is loyal to Lewis. He wont spend big Joe's money unnecessarily. Sacking Poch and appointing new manager will cost 60m plus

How, having been a member here for so long, can you have so little understanding of how our club operates? Lewis's cash is nothing to do with Spurs - Levy can't and has never been able to "spend big Joe's money". As Chairman of THFC it is his responsibility to ensure that the club remains healthy. As an employee/part-owner of ENIC it is his responsibility to maximise the value of their investment. He's pretty much said in his recent interview(s) that the only way that can possibly be done now is to further improve things on the pitch. Unless he's a total moron (hint: he isn't) that will come with a tacit acceptance that we now have to spend like the big boys which, only a few weeks ago with the signings of Ndombélé and Lo Celso, we've already started doing. He's not going to sit on his hands and watch everything go south just because it might cost a few quid to rectify.

I think one area where Poch May have been proven right is recognising when players are getting past it or not able to constantly play to 100% that he demands. People were mad at him for dropping and selling dembele, wanting to get rid of rose, playing Sanchez over Jan etc They play some good games but it i think after yesterday and recent results that they are almost finished. Perhaps that’s too strong a word but you can see why Poch as been open to moving those players on. I’d like to see him build a side again and put faith in players like Sanchez - who have undeniable talent - even when they have shaky games. It’s whether Poch as the motivation to do that and whether he can motivate those players that want in.

I think Poch needs to be clearer in his convictions and stick to them, but also means as a fan base we support that and pull in the same direction

Wouldn’t be surprised if he is lacking confidence tbh. What does he have to do for a run in the side?

@joelstinton14 mentions Sánchez who, in his first season with us, was required to play pretty much every game and was, overall, really good. He then got dropped at the start of the next season. The same is now happening to Lucas and, even more bizarrely, Lamela. I wish I knew why.

If Poch goes, we could offer a short contract to Mourinho until the end of the season with a small package but topped up with an attractive bonus if he gets us a top four place and additionally, another bonus if he could get us the FA Cup. After all, he is a proven winner.

An initial 18 months I reckon. He would absolutely jump at the chance and I agree that he'd go all out for the FA Cup. I'm really conflicted about what we'd be watching each week, although I'm pretty certain it wouldn't take just a single Sunday League punt over the top to engineer a one-on-one with our goalkeeper.

That's why we moved eriksen, toby, serge, rose and wanyama out this summer? 4 of them doesn't want to be here and are playing every game. Because we have no other options.

Lamela (+ Lo Celso), Sánchez, Walker-Peters, Davies (+ Sessegnon). The options are there, they're just not being used.

When we went signing less Mou spent 80 to 90 mil and he was bitter from day one.
I am not saying he is not good but for the likes of him we need to operate differently. Can we do that?

See above - we've already started operating differently now that we actually have the tools to do so.

 

[WalkerboyUK]

Things have to be fixed fast.
Think about our squad like a punnet of strawberries.
Once one starts to go off/mouldy it starts to spread through those closest to it. One mouldy strawberry becomes two mouldy strawberries, two become four and so on.
How do you deal with it? You remove the mouldy one(s) or the cause of the mould.

Eriksen isn't happy is buddies with Toby & Jan... guess what, they're not happy.

For the good of the squad, some players need to be kept away.

 

[yankspurs]

Things have to be fixed fast.
Think about our squad like a punnet of strawberries.
Once one starts to go off/mouldy it starts to spread through those closest to it. One mouldy strawberry becomes two mouldy strawberries, two become four and so on.
How do you deal with it? You remove the mouldy one(s) or the cause of the mould.

Eriksen isn't happy is buddies with Toby & Jan... guess what, they're not happy.

For the good of the squad, some players need to be kept away.

Start with keeping the the belgian duo and the languid dane away. Go from there.

 

[pablo73]

Things have to be fixed fast.
Think about our squad like a punnet of strawberries.
Once one starts to go off/mouldy it starts to spread through those closest to it. One mouldy strawberry becomes two mouldy strawberries, two become four and so on.
How do you deal with it? You remove the mouldy one(s) or the cause of the mould.

Eriksen isn't happy is buddies with Toby & Jan... guess what, they're not happy.

For the good of the squad, some players need to be kept away.

Ah, the classic bad strawberry analogy

 

[Norgie]

I love Poch but he has really put himself in a bad situation now, stubbornness is coming back to haunt him. I just don't want to go back to this merry go round of managers and playing staff. I felt comfortable that we had a manager with long service for once. I agree results haven't be good enough for a long while and if he has lost the dressing room there is only one outcome, I'm just gutted as I thought we had found our way, I now fear we go back to lots of change for years to come.

 

[dagraham]

This Eriksen/Jan rumor has become a shambles. Where the fuck is the leadership in the club? Behind the scenes? In the dressing room? Fucking hell, Spurs. Childish, unprofessional. Can't believe the club allowed this to get so far. I'm furious.

What do you expect the club to do? Release a statement saying actually Jan is not banging Eriksen’s missus.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

If you've seen the butt of Jan Vertonghen's lady, you'd know that there is no way he'd cheat on her.

 

[Keith Morris]

Seems like a proper witch hunt at the moment with various stories and rumours being leaked and sadly with us the spurs faithful all too willing to believe the utter bollocks that hits the tabloids or social media. We are down but not out, we are in bad shape but seriously think Pochettino should be given longer to turn this around. We are still in a fairly decent league position and champions league progression is still in our hands. I think give Poch till Christmas and as a fan base it’s time to back him and the club. I’m as frustrated with recent performances which go back to the start of the year but I also think we have a great manager in Mauricio. It’s not gonna be a fast fix but steady the ship till January and then get some players in and some out. I would accept top 4 and mediocre cup progress this year in the name of the rebuild that’s been mooted.

 

[$hoguN]

Quite simply - fuck this dressing room and all the self-serving twats in it, then. Sack off all those not committed, put in Lo Celso, Sess, Skipp, Tanganga, and others, and let’s get through this season and tear it up and start again.

I don’t want this club to be like Chelsea where players just turn on a manager at the drop of the hat.

It’s not the drop of the hat though

 

[dagraham]

Seems like a proper witch hunt at the moment with various stories and rumours being leaked and sadly with us the spurs faithful all too willing to believe the utter bollocks that hits the tabloids or social media. We are down but not out, we are in bad shape but seriously think Pochettino should be given longer to turn this around. We are still in a fairly decent league position and champions league progression is still in our hands. I think give Poch till Christmas and as a fan base it’s time to back him and the club. I’m as frustrated with recent performances which go back to the start of the year but I also think we have a great manager in Mauricio. It’s not gonna be a fast fix but steady the ship till January and then get some players in and some out. I would accept top 4 and mediocre cup progress this year in the name of the rebuild that’s been mooted.

I’d snap your hand off for top 4 this season. I’m just not convinced there will be any real progress from this mooted complete rebuild unless we’re prepared to spend big money in the next 2 transfer window. Bearing in mind we are not going to get a bean for Toby, Jan and Eriksen.