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I think that would be impossible as Dier arrived 6 months after AVB was sacked. In his last home game to West Brom, AVB played a 442 with Chadli, Holtby, Eriksen and Siggurdson in midfield.
I think they way Poch uses 3CB system is more about risk management than attacking bias. As I said, others are pushing FB's up and loading forward transition, without feeling the need to play 3CB's (and Poch was doing it with Walker and Rose - so it's not about Trippier either). Poch does this, and plays two risk averse CM's too. That's not taking risks and being proactively attacking. Look at Klopp or Guardiola, they play two AM's as 8's and three forwards and back four's and fb's pushed up.
We never lost at home to WBA under AVB. You are thinking of the season after, when Poch indeed played those players at home to WBA and lost 1-0 after having one shot on target.
This is why I say it wasn't that far fetched for Poch to have been sacked after the Villa game. Early Poch had the same problems that AVB and Sherwood had, we just didn't get thrashed as badly.
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That was actually Pochettino not AVB.
Yeah my mistake
7th Feb 2015 tottenham 2 Woolwich 1
As I grew up in the 70s and 80s tottenham Woolwich were good sometimes spurs would be the better side sometimes Woolwich. Then in 1989 Woolwich won the league. From that point on they were in unarguable the better side. Even in 91 the gazza Lineker fa Cup side biggest achievement was preventing as the chas and dave song went 'double up the Woolwich' from that point we just couldn't match them. We might have the odd victory but they were battling man u for titles we were piss poor. Since 1989 I never felt comfortable saying we can beat the Woolwich. That changed in 2015. I felt we had the beating of them. The crowd felt we had the beating of them. White Hart Lane was rocking even when we went 1 nill down I text my brother in law 'no way tottenham loses this.' kane roared in 2 memorable goals we beat the fucks. Since then we been on top they may get the odd result but on the whole spurs have the beating of them. It took 25 years to supplant those fucks. And the spurs fans never ever stopped coming or believing imagine if Woolwich do not finish above us for the next 23 years. The place would be a haunted shell.
Coys
As I grew up in the 70s and 80s tottenham Woolwich were good sometimes spurs would be the better side sometimes Woolwich. Then in 1989 Woolwich won the league. From that point on they were in unarguable the better side. Even in 91 the gazza Lineker fa Cup side biggest achievement was preventing as the chas and dave song went 'double up the Woolwich' from that point we just couldn't match them. We might have the odd victory but they were battling man u for titles we were piss poor. Since 1989 I never felt comfortable saying we can beat the Woolwich. That changed in 2015. I felt we had the beating of them. The crowd felt we had the beating of them. White Hart Lane was rocking even when we went 1 nill down I text my brother in law 'no way tottenham loses this.' kane roared in 2 memorable goals we beat the fucks. Since then we been on top they may get the odd result but on the whole spurs have the beating of them. It took 25 years to supplant those fucks. And the spurs fans never ever stopped coming or believing imagine if Woolwich do not finish above us for the next 23 years. The place would be a haunted shell.
Coys
That was a special game. After they scraped ahead of us in 2012/13, I thought we'd missed the chance to get passed them. The AVB/Sherwood season confirmed that fear, and we lost all three games against them that season.
Then this happened, and I realised we could still get them. Took another two years to finally finish above them, but when the whistle blew on Woolwich's 1-0 win at Newcastle in 2013, it felt like it would take a lifetime.
I think people forget just how “impossible” it was for Spurs to play in the CL.
It was laughed at.
That game was massive in terms of the modern era, and the euphoria was taken away from us way too quickly.
Will always hold that against Levy a little bit. Should have manned up and given Arry another season.
No - it is to highlight just how pointless what aboutary is. All managers will be worse off without their best players. Unlike AVB Poch hasn’t faced that challenge.
“Fat Sam is better than Poch he just never had a world class player in his team though”
Neither manager is a one man team man - AVB relied heavily on the likes of Jan, Hugo, Sandro and Dembele - it wasn’t Bale alone it’s stupid to suggest otherwise. The same applies to Poch but as I have stated any manager that loses Bale or Kane is going to be massively impacted. AVB experienced that situation whereas Poch still has that too come ( and it will be interesting to see the likes of you turn on him in that instance). That’s as blantant as you can see unless you think Poch is able to walk into any club and replicate this. If you do then you are living in absolute fantasy land.
Ahhh you played the famous straw man card...
You just spent the last 12 hours comparing AVB and Poch, then say it’s pointless because Poch has never lost one of his best players.
So you didn’t rate Walker then?
AVB sufferered because his get out of jail card went to Spain.
You just spent the last 12 hours comparing AVB and Poch, then say it’s pointless because Poch has never lost one of his best players.
So you didn’t rate Walker then?
AVB sufferered because his get out of jail card went to Spain.
Jesus Christ - The point as stated time and time again is that AVB didn’t set the club back years despite your absurd suggestion. Again the point is that the situations are not comparable - AVB walked into a club that was in major transition Poch arrived at the end of that. This is isn’t a who is the better coach to think such a thing would demonstrate breathtaking stupidity.
Not comparable.....while you continue to compare
