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Manager Mauricio Pochettino
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What striker would you have put on the bench?
All those striker options he has available. You don't deserve to support Tottenham.
Let's not make this 8 semi-finals fucked in a row please Poch.
He should've started Josh King today I guess.
What striker would you have?
Absolutely love the guy but he got it wrong tonight. 3 CBs when Ajax don't even play with a striker just allowed for them to swamp us in midfield.
After this season, with able signings made in the right areas I don't want to see 3 at the back again. We leave too many gaps and don't seem to know who's marking who when this happens.
Top priorities this summer are a RB and an attacking player with a really good brain. Someone to actually put genuine pressure on Eriksen, Dele & Son for a starting position.
Ajax weren't all that, the team seemed intimidated by the occasion and lost heart and battle. If they're tired then that's how it goes but get into them a little bit or use our brain to win freekicks.
Crosses, headers, movement all too floaty and telegraphed. Just secure top 4 at the weekend now and go hell for leather over there knowing we have nothing to lose.
After this season, with able signings made in the right areas I don't want to see 3 at the back again. We leave too many gaps and don't seem to know who's marking who when this happens.
Top priorities this summer are a RB and an attacking player with a really good brain. Someone to actually put genuine pressure on Eriksen, Dele & Son for a starting position.
Ajax weren't all that, the team seemed intimidated by the occasion and lost heart and battle. If they're tired then that's how it goes but get into them a little bit or use our brain to win freekicks.
Crosses, headers, movement all too floaty and telegraphed. Just secure top 4 at the weekend now and go hell for leather over there knowing we have nothing to lose.
The batteries have expired and leaking everywhere
You got a friend in me,
You got a friend in me.
Pochettino
You got a friend in me.
Edit - I just saw that The Sun did the same photoshop as me! Bummer.
Regarding the 3 4 2 1 formation he played and has tried a number of times unsuccessfully this season - it worked really well in the last couple of years - beat cheslea 2-0 when dele scored a brace, and then last season scudding liverpool 4-1. It was our formation for a bit - think until Toby fell out of favour or injuries changed it.
As most have said he probably was looking to keep it tight defensively and use the players he had - not wanting to put Sissoko in straight away.
Anyway he spotted it was a problem and changed it - earlier that the Jan injury too as Rose had gone into midfield.
My fear is that he's got the best out of these players, Kane, Son and possibly Dele have a higher ceiling, but the rest are probably as good as they're going to be. Additionally whether its because of injuries or player attitude they are no longer the team that we saw in 16&17 who pressed relentlessly, played quick direct passes through teams and played with intensity. (like Ajax last night).
I think some fresh faces would make a huge difference, some competition in the squad. however that simply isn't going ot happen if he can't get rid of the Janssens and Nkoudous.
As most have said he probably was looking to keep it tight defensively and use the players he had - not wanting to put Sissoko in straight away.
Anyway he spotted it was a problem and changed it - earlier that the Jan injury too as Rose had gone into midfield.
My fear is that he's got the best out of these players, Kane, Son and possibly Dele have a higher ceiling, but the rest are probably as good as they're going to be. Additionally whether its because of injuries or player attitude they are no longer the team that we saw in 16&17 who pressed relentlessly, played quick direct passes through teams and played with intensity. (like Ajax last night).
I think some fresh faces would make a huge difference, some competition in the squad. however that simply isn't going ot happen if he can't get rid of the Janssens and Nkoudous.
I understand why he selected the starting XI last night (our only fresh legs were in defence) but for me he went with a wimpy selection. He must have known the game would be won or lost in the midfield yet he gave up on that battle before the game started. Oliver Skipp has started several matches that we won this season and he should be involved more, we need players who have energy and like to play forward. Yes he's just a boy but the captain of Ajax is 19. Was it worth leaving him out so we could play the back 3 and lose?
Even Dier would at least have given us numbers in the middle, the back 3 was a completely wrong choice for this game and I think he even admitted that after the game.
Even Dier would at least have given us numbers in the middle, the back 3 was a completely wrong choice for this game and I think he even admitted that after the game.
Yeah what a fucking shame that he left the £150m striker we bought last transfer window on the bench.
Big game. Got it wrong again. As he always does.
Pozz Shiteyear I heard him called yesterday.
Pozz Shiteyear I heard him called yesterday.
He seems a very paternal figure and if we want to take the next step it's not just down to Levy getting the wallet out, we need Poch to be ruthless again.
When he came to the club he inherited an aging first team with some seriously big egos polluting the dressing room. He told those players straight up they do not fit into his plans and shipped them out and brought in younger players from the academy and in the market. These players have turned us a side finishing in the Top 4 three years on the trot and we are on course for a fourth year this season. These players have also taken us to Semi Finals four times in the last two years.
But these players haven't been able to cross the final hurdle. Some of them are as good as they can get but can stay as squad players, but a few of them have peaked and been on the descending curve. Now it's time to ship them out and bring in players of the quality of the next level up who can turn us into a side that wins silverware.
Freeing up the spaces is down to the manager. He needs to tell some players that their journey as Tottenham players has come to an end.
When he came to the club he inherited an aging first team with some seriously big egos polluting the dressing room. He told those players straight up they do not fit into his plans and shipped them out and brought in younger players from the academy and in the market. These players have turned us a side finishing in the Top 4 three years on the trot and we are on course for a fourth year this season. These players have also taken us to Semi Finals four times in the last two years.
But these players haven't been able to cross the final hurdle. Some of them are as good as they can get but can stay as squad players, but a few of them have peaked and been on the descending curve. Now it's time to ship them out and bring in players of the quality of the next level up who can turn us into a side that wins silverware.
Freeing up the spaces is down to the manager. He needs to tell some players that their journey as Tottenham players has come to an end.
Poch to blame that we have no strikers. He is the MANAGER.
He is the manager, he is not the owner or chairman, our board and scouts need to sort out the squad depth issues.