Seems the Saints fans are rapidly turning on Poch....!
"Mauricio Pochettino is a hypocrite for leaving Southampton to join Spurs
Wednesday 28 May 2014 11:52 am
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Mauricio Pochettino has left Southampton to take over at Spurs (Picture: Getty Images)
So Mauricio Pochettino is now the Tottenham manager – words that inspire feelings of betrayal and disappointment as I write them.
Throughout his reign as Saints boss, the Argentinian struck me as a man of honour, someone who stuck steadfastly to his footballing philosophies and who rallied the players to like his style of management.
He even refused to bow to the demands of the media to speak English in press conferences, despite the fact that he can speak the language well.
The announcement of his defection to Spurs has effectively made Pochettino a total hypocrite in my eyes – a man who walked away as soon as he got the chance, a man who only had his best interests at heart, rather than those of our club, our players or the supporters.
He kept up a front for week after week in interviews; ‘I’ve got a year left on my contract, I’m not interested in rumours, I’m waiting for the new plan from the board blah blah blah’. All of that was total nonsense in hindsight. He was desperate for a move to a bigger club.
We’ve got to forget about Pochettino and focus on the future as we have before
Tottenham fans will find this out for themselves in a year or two if he does well; a bigger club than them will come calling and he’ll jump ship again. Either that or he will fail to meet the ambitions of the chairman Daniel Levy and get sacked as so many others have done before him.
It must be said that Pochettino did do an excellent job at St Mary’s but was it one that has really merited such a move? I’d argue not.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has signed Pochettino on a five year contract (Picture: Getty Images)
We finished eighth with a record Premier League points tally for the club, which was a fantastic achievement. But I’m sure with the group of extraordinarily talented young players we have that another quality manager would have delivered a similar result.
Of the three signings that he made, only Dejan Lovren can be considered a success at this point, with Victor Wanyama plagued by inconsistency and Dani Osvaldo a total disaster.
So I’m certainly not going to spend a great deal of time stewing over Pochettino leaving us.
Like many Saints fans, I was genuinely gutted when Nigel Adkins was sacked - but we moved on and improved. When Alan Pardew went and was replaced by Adkins in 2010, we thought our club was on the downturn – and yet we achieved back-to-back promotions.
So I think we’ve got to forget about Pochettino and focus on the future as we have before, and trust in the board to make an appointment that will continue to take Saints forward. They’ve also got to stay strong and stop Spurs from poaching our players as well – because that’s something no Saints fan could stomach.
But I’m hopeful that they will get it right and that Tuesday will not mark the end of the rise of Southampton. Because that really would be worth getting upset about."
http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/28/mauri...or-leaving-southampton-to-join-spurs-4741829/
No, maybe, actually we're a club who are higher up the food chain that you lot matey,,,,,,,,
