You are right the standard has dropped. Wolves etc have not got better and gone passed us, we have got worse and dropped below them.Blimey. Everybody else must be really shit in that case.
No wonder the dippers walked it.
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You are right the standard has dropped. Wolves etc have not got better and gone passed us, we have got worse and dropped below them.Blimey. Everybody else must be really shit in that case.
No wonder the dippers walked it.
Jose Mourinho criticised by David Bentley for sacrificing Tottenham's style
Tottenham have improved their standing under Jose Mourinho but a former star believes it comes at a major costwww.football.london
Big time, and it's so obvious that there's an element of treading water until we can get a CDM in the transfer window.I think once we get the defensive side sorted he will work on the attack. He said something along the lines of them doing more attacking work yesterday. It’s going to take time to piece all the bits together.
Big time, and it's so obvious that there's an element of treading water until we can get a CDM in the transfer window.
Once that's done, cross fingers, we might even see Ndombele and Lo Celso pulling strings at the same time, which could be jizzworthy.
Back to the here and now: we just saw Kane get his eye in during the whole West Ham match and are about to play an out of form Sheffield Utd. I think we're about to get some positive vibes...
Those who say he is all about defensive anti-football, must account for e.g Real Madrid 2011-12, a team that finished La Liga with 121 goals, +89 goal difference, 32 wins, 100 points. He is doing like many great managers before him, sorting the defence first.I do not watch the other teams play much unless playing us but my memory of Chelsea when Jose was there was not of a defensive team but a team that scored goals and won. Now whilst not happy at the way we have played in some matches under Jose I am putting this down to lack of the players to do what he wants and defensively we have been a mess for some time.
To be fair Mourinho has coached far more exciting/attacking teams than George Graham ever did. Spurs is a good project for him - he already has many of the kind of attacking players he likes - a top number 9, fast & direct wide forwards. Players better suited to the way he wants to attack than those he had at Utd I'd say.Are we really now pretending Mourinho's sides don't play safety first, pragmatic football? There may be an argument to have about dull football v success if results improve but lets not rewrite his managerial history. I remember similar arguments when Graham came that he would improve the defence before working on the attack. Funnily enough he forgot about the latter.
As i say if it means success there is a duscussion to have re pragmatic football v success. If results dont improve we're left with dull football and upper mid table mediocrity but we'll see. I disagree on Graham, his earlier Woolwich sides were very similar to Mourinho's, a number 9 in Alan Smith, 2 quicker wide players whether that was Merson, Limpar etc but like Mourinho his sides got more safety first season on season.To be fair Mourinho has coached far more exciting/attacking teams than George Graham ever did. Spurs is a good project for him - he already has many of the kind of attacking players he likes - a top number 9, fast & direct wide forwards. Players better suited to the way he wants to attack than those he had at Utd I'd say.
I'm optimistic performances will improve if we keep key players fit. Yes he likes a solid defense first, and yes he likes quick counter attacks. And he doesn't prioritise possession like, say, Pep or even Poch. But this style is probably a more realistic model for success for a club like Spurs, who still can't compete at the very top of the transfer market. I don't think he's as defensive a coach as Simeone at Athletico Madrid, but Athletico face similar problems to us, in that they can't compete financially with their top two. So I'd take a bit of pragmatism if it meant success.
Yeah I've probably buggered it now.I agree, although not sure about your last sentence. I never like to hang my hat on anything to do with us, as we all know, as soon as things are looking good the carpet is inevitably pulled from beneath our feet.