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All good points, maybe we start the season as we we left of last season and then we settle down and have a very strong final two thirds of the season.....that’s what I’m hoping for at least.
My personal opinion is that the article isn't a kick in the arse off what's going on. I also suspect it's about the board more than the coaching staff, although I do have some issues with Poch's system. The comments from Trippier about things behind the scenes do ring true and I have a gut feeling that the club maneuvered in such a way as to almost force his hand to leave (unsurprisingly for a massive profit transfer wise).
I still think that it's primarily about economics instead of football with ENIC and currently IMO some cracks are starting to show.
Trippier and Eriksen have been responsible for about a third of our chances created in the past couple of years, need to bed in Lo Celso quickly, especially if Eriksen will be sold.
Levy's likely going to get all kinds of his own medicine come Monday night IMO.
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It’s such a shame that very few shared this level of concern about winning silverware when we were at our best. It really does lead to bigger questions about the culture at the club and with its supporters.
There’s no reason why not other than things going on behind the scenes that we are not seeing! But this season compared to others we’re as strong as we’ve ever been less Walker, Dembele we are starting the season a lot stronger than previous seasons.
Levys achieving his targets though, off the pitch where his duties lie.
On the pitch however.......
If we had a DoF, we might not have as much bother shifting our deadwood/Poch's duds.
Well if you look deeper you will find the answers to our problems including poor defending, a midfield that doesn't work and a static forward line best of luck.
If we had a DoF Poch wouldn’t be here
Ridiculous to say it's one of only two options - driven entirely by your anti Levy and anti ENIC opinions.
"Not one brick' you said................we now have s stadium built which will make us self sufficient for s few years providing we continue at this or a higher level
You must have been asleep last summer not to have noticed 10 of Spurs players getting to last 4 of WC and coming back with no preseason (which is used to build up players fitness slowly so as to avoid muscular injuries such as hamstrings) and guess what ?
A season with players getting hamstrings and with typically 6 or more players unfit it meant no rotation and the inevitable cycle of more injuries.
Come February we seemed to put a lot of energy into the CL campaign which came off with s great run to he final. But at the same time gag run also took a toll on our PL results. But we still got 4th place - so squad cannot be all bad by comparison with other teams.
We have started this season slowly - nothing new over the last 5 years , and a small sample.
I might panic after say 8 or 10 games - hopefully when our current injuries are back
Oh and talking of "underinvestment over years" - why is our squad atm a whole lot better than it was 10 years ago or 20 years ago ?
Very simply Spurs management over the years have done a decent job if building a good squad - not perfect, nothing ever is. But the facts we have been in the top 4 for the last 5 years shows the lie ( or gross misrepresentation ) of your phrase " under investment in the squad" - if that were the case all the other PL clubs would have overtaken us, instead Spurs have overtaken the likes of ManU and Chelsea
He ought to get with the times. If it's good enough for Klopp and Guardiola, it sure as shit should be good enough for him.
Based on the last 41 games, we have secured top 4 and currently sit 7th. Anything can be packaged to look good or not so good
Levy + Manager + DoF has always been an unstable equilibrium at Spurs.
Get the European TW closed then we can talk to the likes of Eriksen, Alderweireld, Vertonghen to see if they want to stay and sign new contracts which Spurs will put to them.
If they do great.
If they don't it's the up to Poch to manage those players.
At the moment I get the sense he's having to humour some if those players by playing the to encourage them to play, rather than others. And that is probably what is frustrating Poch now.
But that stops in a week. That's when I expect Poch and the players to start to act more as a cohesive group
If they do great.
If they don't it's the up to Poch to manage those players.
At the moment I get the sense he's having to humour some if those players by playing the to encourage them to play, rather than others. And that is probably what is frustrating Poch now.
But that stops in a week. That's when I expect Poch and the players to start to act more as a cohesive group
You're happy with scrapping top 4?
Don’t forget this nonsense though:
“At Manchester City and Liverpool, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are free to decide which players they want and which they do not,” said Pochettino.
“On the other hand, at other clubs such as Tottenham, Chelsea or Woolwich, the configuration of the playing staff is not in the hands of the managers. The person who decides, in our case, is the president.”