Posted before we signed Doherty !On the contrary.... Original comment was:
Hense:
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So wrong again !
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So wrong again !
I was sent this podcast (only lasts 12 minutes). I did post it in another thread but well worth pasting in here. Fascinating to listen to the guy who handles Mourinho, Ronaldo and a host of others.
www.todayfm.com
Meet The Irishman Who's Negotiating Top Deals for Jose Mourinho and Ronaldo
Matthew has been at the forefront of the Development of CAA Sports, expanding their list of Executives from four to nearly 40 seasoned executives. He has hel...
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“I have a special affection for him, for everything he meant for me. Tottenham did a great thing to appoint him as a manager because he is a proven winner.
In Italy, England and Spain he won things and he knows how to win. I am hoping he manages to do the same thing with Spurs.
“It’s a great thing for Tottenham to be able to bring in someone like him.”
I’m confused because this goes against everything Mindblown thinks.
Does anyone know how reliable Luka Modric is in the world of football knowledge, and if he has any experience whatsoever?
In Italy, England and Spain he won things and he knows how to win. I am hoping he manages to do the same thing with Spurs.
“It’s a great thing for Tottenham to be able to bring in someone like him.”
I’m confused because this goes against everything Mindblown thinks.
Does anyone know how reliable Luka Modric is in the world of football knowledge, and if he has any experience whatsoever?
What I don’t get is all his team talks just consist of the same think, courage, press, aggression, mentality, brains etc. Yet most games they come out half asleep and don’t see any pressing. His just like a motivational speaker but the same messsage will get boring for the players. What I don’t see is any tactical stuff especially half time team talks unless amazon don’t show it. You’d think they would come out pumped for each game / 2nd half but I don’t see it.
But pochs last season and the season previous the players often looked unmotivated so some of it must be on them.
No one hold a gun to your head and asked you to watch. Don't like it then turn it off! He asked for other things on top of pressing like 2nd ball. Do not win header then make sure to follow where the ball going to be. Also, the point of tactics already been discussed to death already and they are not going to show it because Mourinho is not stupid enough to give it away.
That is probably why he has to repeat it every game!
It will be interesting to see if the team talks change in tone and content when they feature the games after lockdown when results were good.
What I'd like to know is how the fuck do they understand Hugo? He starts off with something like 'We can fucking win this fuck'.. and then accelerates into the unknown.
Sometimes Mourinho's grammatically elusive, 'believe, family, gun, cunt, instinct, blah'. But I'm not entirely sure about the rest.
Sometimes Mourinho's grammatically elusive, 'believe, family, gun, cunt, instinct, blah'. But I'm not entirely sure about the rest.
I think it's for 90% about the body language and tone of voice, the captain / manager is pumped up, let's go! He was never gonna say anything new or groundbreaking just before kick-off.
I doubt whether is has much impact on the overall performance though.
"Just go out there and fucken try, man"
Tottenham hoping to fly under the radar as Jose Mourinho starts to get his way
It would not be a Tottenham Hotspur summer if Danny Rose did not steal the show in some form and the left-back’s exchange with Jose Mourinho on the club’s much-hyped documentary was certainly the most headline-grabbing moment of the club’s preparations for the new season.
That will suit Moruinho just fine, as Spurs are hoping to benefit from flying slightly under the radar if at all possible this term with attention currently fixed on what happened behind the scenes last season and some of the spending of their rivals.
It would also not be a Tottenham summer without frustration being directed at chairman Daniel Levy and the fact #backjose was trending on Twitter this week underlined the envy among some supporters at the transfer business they have been witnessing elsewhere.
But there is evidence, both in the documentary, and in Tottenham’s quiet but efficient business so far that Levy is backing Jose and that some of the club’s restrictive old rules have been thrown out of the window to accommodate the needs and wants of the Portuguese.
In previous transfer windows, Matt Doherty, a player who turns 29 in January and will have little or no resale value at the end of his contract, would not have been signed.
Levy has recently attempted to operate within the confines of not paying significant fees for players aged over 26, but Mourinho wanted a tall, experienced right-back and Tottenham got him his top target.
Zeki Celik had been scouted by Spurs and in previous years Levy may well have favoured a deal for the 23-year-old, but the Turkey international would have represented a risk and too many of Tottenham’s gambles in the transfer market have not paid off over recent years.
Similarly, Spurs had been interested in Norwich City’s Max Aarons last year, but, while acknowledging the player’s talent, Mourinho felt he was too small. Would Levy have allowed that to stop him signing a player with the potential to double or treble in value in the past? Maybe not, but there appears to have been a subtle shift.
Of course, Doherty himself represented good value, which is always attractive to Levy, as the Republic of Ireland international cost £15 million but he is very much a Mourinho signing – as proven by the influence of agent Jorge Mendes in the deal.
So too was Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, a physical no-nonsense central midfielder who fits the Mourinho bill. The former Chelsea manager had been adamant that he needed an anchor in the middle of the park and the Dane was his number one summer priority.
The plan is for Hojbjerg to give more freedom to Giovani Lo Celso, who enjoyed a hugely encouraging first season at Tottenham, and possibly even help Tanguy Ndombele, whose first campaign with the club could barely have been worse.
Hojberg will be Tottenham’s Nemanja Matic and Mourinho has always leaned heavily on that style of player in his successful sides. Hojbjergcould fill a similar role to Tottenham as Nemanja Matic did at Chelsea for Mourinho.
Rose recognises he has no future at Spurs and could be on his way to Italian club Genoa. Perhaps he also now sees why Mourinho was so relaxed when he marched out of the manager’s office threatening to go and see Levy.
A string of Tottenham’s former managers had to keep hold of players they would have preferred to have moved on because of Levy’s desire to drive a hard bargain or his stubborn insistence to try to make things work.
Certainly, Andre Villas-Boas found that Levy sided with Emmanuel Adebayor in their battles that would have made the Rose fall-out look positively cosy had they been filmed.
But the only conversations we see on the documentary after Rose confronted Mourinho last season are Levy informing his manager that just Newcastle United and Bournemouth are interested in the former England international and Levy having to break it to the player that it is a “no” from Milan.
Levy has wanted to work with one of the world-renowned managers for some time, having previously failed in efforts to appoint Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Louis van Gaal, and, at points in the documentary, he looks positively starry eyed around the three-time Champions League winner.
The pride on Levy’s face when Mourinho told him he was advised to sign Dele Alli by Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United was evident and the way in which he swings by, David Brent-style, for casual chats in Mourinho’s office screams of a man begging to be told what Cristiano Ronaldo is really like.
Levy’s relationship with Mauricio Pochettino was usually close, but, even from afar, it felt different, as the Argentine often acknowledged that he owed a debt of gratitude to Tottenham for his opportunity, despite the fact he repaid it several times over with his over-achievements.
Pochettino at times had Levy just where he wanted him, notably when Real Madrid and Manchester United were vying to appoint him, but ultimately it was the Spurs chairman who held the cards by securing the best manager he had ever appointed to a long-term contract and then placing him on six months gardening leave.
The dynamic between Levy and Mourinho feels different. Sure, the 57-year-old may well be aware that if this doesn’t work, following his sacking from Chelsea and United, then another big job in an elite league may not come along.
But Levy no longer feels like the dominant power at Tottenham, on the football side at least, and Mourinho can have no complaints that he is not getting what he wants - whatever the latest trend on Twitter might say.
It would not be a Tottenham Hotspur summer if Danny Rose did not steal the show in some form and the left-back’s exchange with Jose Mourinho on the club’s much-hyped documentary was certainly the most headline-grabbing moment of the club’s preparations for the new season.
That will suit Moruinho just fine, as Spurs are hoping to benefit from flying slightly under the radar if at all possible this term with attention currently fixed on what happened behind the scenes last season and some of the spending of their rivals.
It would also not be a Tottenham summer without frustration being directed at chairman Daniel Levy and the fact #backjose was trending on Twitter this week underlined the envy among some supporters at the transfer business they have been witnessing elsewhere.
But there is evidence, both in the documentary, and in Tottenham’s quiet but efficient business so far that Levy is backing Jose and that some of the club’s restrictive old rules have been thrown out of the window to accommodate the needs and wants of the Portuguese.
In previous transfer windows, Matt Doherty, a player who turns 29 in January and will have little or no resale value at the end of his contract, would not have been signed.
Levy has recently attempted to operate within the confines of not paying significant fees for players aged over 26, but Mourinho wanted a tall, experienced right-back and Tottenham got him his top target.
Zeki Celik had been scouted by Spurs and in previous years Levy may well have favoured a deal for the 23-year-old, but the Turkey international would have represented a risk and too many of Tottenham’s gambles in the transfer market have not paid off over recent years.
Similarly, Spurs had been interested in Norwich City’s Max Aarons last year, but, while acknowledging the player’s talent, Mourinho felt he was too small. Would Levy have allowed that to stop him signing a player with the potential to double or treble in value in the past? Maybe not, but there appears to have been a subtle shift.
Of course, Doherty himself represented good value, which is always attractive to Levy, as the Republic of Ireland international cost £15 million but he is very much a Mourinho signing – as proven by the influence of agent Jorge Mendes in the deal.
So too was Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, a physical no-nonsense central midfielder who fits the Mourinho bill. The former Chelsea manager had been adamant that he needed an anchor in the middle of the park and the Dane was his number one summer priority.
The plan is for Hojbjerg to give more freedom to Giovani Lo Celso, who enjoyed a hugely encouraging first season at Tottenham, and possibly even help Tanguy Ndombele, whose first campaign with the club could barely have been worse.
Hojberg will be Tottenham’s Nemanja Matic and Mourinho has always leaned heavily on that style of player in his successful sides. Hojbjergcould fill a similar role to Tottenham as Nemanja Matic did at Chelsea for Mourinho.
Rose recognises he has no future at Spurs and could be on his way to Italian club Genoa. Perhaps he also now sees why Mourinho was so relaxed when he marched out of the manager’s office threatening to go and see Levy.
A string of Tottenham’s former managers had to keep hold of players they would have preferred to have moved on because of Levy’s desire to drive a hard bargain or his stubborn insistence to try to make things work.
Certainly, Andre Villas-Boas found that Levy sided with Emmanuel Adebayor in their battles that would have made the Rose fall-out look positively cosy had they been filmed.
But the only conversations we see on the documentary after Rose confronted Mourinho last season are Levy informing his manager that just Newcastle United and Bournemouth are interested in the former England international and Levy having to break it to the player that it is a “no” from Milan.
Levy has wanted to work with one of the world-renowned managers for some time, having previously failed in efforts to appoint Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Louis van Gaal, and, at points in the documentary, he looks positively starry eyed around the three-time Champions League winner.
The pride on Levy’s face when Mourinho told him he was advised to sign Dele Alli by Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United was evident and the way in which he swings by, David Brent-style, for casual chats in Mourinho’s office screams of a man begging to be told what Cristiano Ronaldo is really like.
Levy’s relationship with Mauricio Pochettino was usually close, but, even from afar, it felt different, as the Argentine often acknowledged that he owed a debt of gratitude to Tottenham for his opportunity, despite the fact he repaid it several times over with his over-achievements.
Pochettino at times had Levy just where he wanted him, notably when Real Madrid and Manchester United were vying to appoint him, but ultimately it was the Spurs chairman who held the cards by securing the best manager he had ever appointed to a long-term contract and then placing him on six months gardening leave.
The dynamic between Levy and Mourinho feels different. Sure, the 57-year-old may well be aware that if this doesn’t work, following his sacking from Chelsea and United, then another big job in an elite league may not come along.
But Levy no longer feels like the dominant power at Tottenham, on the football side at least, and Mourinho can have no complaints that he is not getting what he wants - whatever the latest trend on Twitter might say.
Matic was incredibly good and important when José won his third title with Chelsea, but if Hojbjerg can do 80% of what Matic did he would improve our midfield drastically.
Anyone got more info on this ? didn't hear about it at the time.
Wouldn't that require Hojbjerg to be a DM?
It was all to do with Adebayor refusing to take a baseball cap off in training apparently.
Gave you a funny but knowing Adebayor it could be true
I'm sure I read it once, here it is. Beanie hat, not baseball cap. Not sure if that makes it better or worse!
How Emmanuel Adebayor and Andre Villas-Boas fell out over a BEANIE HAT
Emmanuel Adebayor and former Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas fell out over a beanie hat. The Spurs striker had walked into a team meeting at the start of the season with it on and Villas-Boas asked him to remove it; a request Adebayor declined.
AVB refused to play him, Levy sided with the player and it was part of the snowball as to why AVB was sacked. Levy hasn't sided with a player since.
Fucking hell.I'm sure I read it once, here it is. Beanie hat, not baseball cap. Not sure if that makes it better or worse!
How Emmanuel Adebayor and Andre Villas-Boas fell out over a BEANIE HAT
Emmanuel Adebayor and former Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas fell out over a beanie hat. The Spurs striker had walked into a team meeting at the start of the season with it on and Villas-Boas asked him to remove it; a request Adebayor declined.www.dailymail.co.uk
AVB refused to play him, Levy sided with the player and it was part of the snowball as to why AVB was sacked. Levy hasn't sided with a player since.
Don't know whose worse in that.
Emotion, conviction & aura.....There was a touch more clarity to Kanes rants, but immeditaly everone here reacted with "Woah, Lloris is better"... Why? Lloris just had that air of authority to his voice that Kane lacked.
Read numerous comments at different times that managers don't like to clutter players minds with deep tactical messages at pre-game or at half time...