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Look at our three most successful managers - Arthur Rowe, Bill Nic and Keith Burkinshaw.
He had a chance to become a Spurs legend by winning us some silverware and he blew it big time. He let us supporters down. From what I can gauge he doesn’t seem particularly intelligent or sound in judgement, has the charisma of a pickled herring and the voice of Mr Bean. Yes he played for us but didn’t pull up any trees so let’s not get caught up in the romance of that. It’s a tough world and harsh as it may sound there is no room for sentiment. Should be nowhere near the first team at this moment in time
Yes that’s right we did score 4 twice under Mason. We had a certain Gareth Bale who scored 5 across those 2 games- the same Gareth Bale dropped by Mason for Winks in the final
Winks had barely played as well. But he came straight into the team. It was just basic nepotism.
Hes probably a very nice guy though. I really think he should be teaching younger academy players. He'd do very well with them.
Thats exactly what it was. He knew him. He played his friend.
How do you know that? He dropped the only midfielder who could spot a pass in Ndombele and a man who had won Champions leagues and cups on his own in Bale. Instead he played a player who had been poor all season and had played 17 mins of football in the last 6 pl matches.Yes Mason may have only been 29 as you keep saying but my 12 year old daughter could have told him that that wasn’t a wise thing to do
why does it matter if he knows them? hes there to win the game of football not play his mate in a cup final because he knows him over the better options. a teenager wouldnt of made that mistake, so being 29 doesnt let him off the hook. hes meant to be a football expert...yet thinks his mate little harry winks whos been stinking out the gaff for years is a better option over ndombele and a serial winner.
Bale was probably our most effective counter attacking player and certainly more effective at it than Moura with much more end product. He had just played a pivotal role in the game against Southampton a few days earlier.
winks starting is the reason we lose most matches, hes bang in the middle of the park and incompetent. it creates a momentum we struggle to overcome.
As I said in an earlier post. Bale had the most goal involvements per minutes on the pitch in the whole PL- and it wasn’t even close. And that was despite being in a painfully disjointed and negative team. In fact in all of the PL history with all of the fabulous players over nearly 30 years Bale had the 2nd highest goal involvements per minutes on the pitch ever last season. Bale is clinical and much that I admire Lucas effort he is anything but clinical. If you are hoping to play on the break then you have to have end product. In all honesty If you want to win a cup final against a really good side then you play your best players full stop. Mason got it very wrong
Don't get me wrong, there are fantastic playersplayers who have gone on to make fantastic coaches, and I suppose, given the thousands of professional footballers who have played at the top level, only a select few are going to hit both criteria!
