His managerial career has really fizzled out.
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Manager Mauricio Pochettino
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Shame as I liked Poch.
The beginning of the end was taking the PSG job.
His choice of club after us is right up there with his scouting of players!
Just watched his intro presser - I forgot how much concentration it takes to understand him.
He will do well for the USA and wish him well. One of my favourite all time managers alongside burkinshaw and venables. Was hung out to dry by levy. One day I hope he returns.
It would be a lot easier if his PC's came with subtitles
Loved the way we blitzed teams under him. Made my xmas a few years ago when we beat Woolwich at the emirates in the carabao cup. The dele alli dink over cech was beautiful.
Would fear a second spell that couldn't live up to his first, let alone better it, but similar sentiments.
He chose Ndombele.
He was not an innocent bystander in his own demise.
Disagree. He had his chance. Blew it.
Wrote it from his point of view. After his Chavs episode, don't want him either.
Yeah because it was incredibly easy to see that Ndombele will prove to be a shit transfer, crazy how Pochettino didn’t see it…
This doesn't make any sense, its the job of the people in charge of recruitment to identify players who will be successful for the club. It's their job to separate the wheat from the chaff. If they're lauded for finding a Vertonghen or Dembele, they deserve the stick for wasting money on a Ndombele or a Soldado.
Pochettino threw his toys out the pram and had his agent invent some Madrid rumours so that he could get the manager title and stake control over player recruitment. Then he shit the bed and spent a club record transfer fee on a player who basically refused to play football at the PL professional level.
According to the USA sporting director Mark Crocker ...
When did that happen then?
I still think it a mistake not to get him back in last summer. I mean, really, would we be in any worse position now? I doubt it. But it was the perfect chance to bring him back and we didnt so I doubt it will happen under these owners, so probably never.
Yes it does make sense, because sometimes you can have all the positive data about a player and it can still go wrong.
What we knew about Ndombele was that he was lazy early in his career, but his Lyon form was solid proof that maybe he was just an immature kid back then and now he’s grown into a professional.
Also some players can be guided on the right track by certain "father" figures if you like, from within the club (like the manager, Pochettino had a reputation for it), even if the data about a player is not all great. And some clubs may still risk it for the potential growth of a player.
You don’t know what people within the club discussed about Ndombele before we bought him, so now that it’s been 5 years since he was bought and he turned out to be shit, you can pretend all you like and put the blame on whoever you want.
So Poch-God wastes a club record fee on probably the worst player we ever signed and it's ok because "the data said he wasn't lazy anymore".
But Levy+Co. sign Johnson, who has already contributed vastly more than Ndombele ever did, for less money and less wages, and it's proof that they don't know shit and sign crap players?
Some of you have a deity complex with Poch.
So Poch-God wastes a club record fee on probably the worst player we ever signed and it's ok because "the data said he wasn't lazy anymore".
But Levy+Co. sign Johnson, who has already contributed vastly more than Ndombele ever did, for less money and less wages, and it's proof that they don't know shit and sign crap players?
Some of you have a deity complex with Poch.
Ndombele profile wise was an incredible footballer and what we needed. So Poch, a football manager, saw that and wanted him. That’s fair. It made sense. On the eye test he was a wonderful watch.
The other stuff, personal issues etc are up to the back room staff to look at and flag up if there’s a real issue. Pochettino isn’t going to be the one trawling through his past and identifying if he might secretly be a lazy cunt.
American hyperbole....
Where's the disagree button gone?