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Manager Jose Mourinho
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'I don't care what you bring up' - Mourinho talks about how he motivates players
The Tottenham Hotspur boss has been talking about his methods of motivating his players ahead of the final two matches of the season
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Whilst I agree with the sentiment, that was never really an issue under Pochettino was it? I think of the ‘battle of the Bridge’ and other performances, and we were generally an unpleasant team to play against.
I would just say be careful about 'springboarding' to success. The Scum won the FA cup 3 times in 4 years and we could see they were still regressing. Didn't springboard Wigan or Portsmouth into much either. Even in Europa, most likely, if a young team wins then their best players will be poached before the team is allowed to progress.
Football is cruel... The road to even competing for the league sounds like an insane proposition now. We may have just missed our chance by underinvesting while others were weak.
I think the battle of the bridge was more about Spurs completely losing their heads. They should have been practicing the dark arts against Woolwich when they were 10 men down.
I watched a replay of the two legs England vs Holland in the 1994 world cup qualifications. The Dutch were cynical just at the right moments - they smashed Gazza's cheekbone when he was the most influential player on the pitch - then obviously Koeman managed to pull down Platt outside the area as he didn't hesitate (when Des Walker tried the same in the first half vs overmas he hesitated from pulling him down then gave away the penalty).
At Chelsea Tottenham more resembled an out of control punch up at a wedding or a catfight between two drunk women.
The key to the Dark Arts is to use them selectively and use them well!
I guess that’s true about the Chelsea game, but generally we made a lot of cynical fouls under Pochettino, in a good way.
It’s kind of anti-football and certainly not pretty to watch, but I won’t complain if it’s successful.
Can't disagree with what's been said.
I loved the battle of the bridge. Loved us hacking into those cunts. We'd blown it the week before against wba and the players knew it. They were a young bunch who like kids in playgrounds all over the country lash out when things don't go their way.
There was no chance of them doing tactical fouling and staying professional unfortunately - if it had been a year later they may have held it together. Remember the pro lecesiter media pressure, Dele suspension and horrible Chelsea cunts stirring things up. Fabregas getting stood on helped me deal with that and probably did the same for the players.
I loved the battle of the bridge. Loved us hacking into those cunts. We'd blown it the week before against wba and the players knew it. They were a young bunch who like kids in playgrounds all over the country lash out when things don't go their way.
There was no chance of them doing tactical fouling and staying professional unfortunately - if it had been a year later they may have held it together. Remember the pro lecesiter media pressure, Dele suspension and horrible Chelsea cunts stirring things up. Fabregas getting stood on helped me deal with that and probably did the same for the players.
Chelsea went from being 10th to win the league the following year. Some smart investments, a sharpening of tactics and its not impossible.
He is though!
We are one of the nastiest sides in the League and have been for about five/six years! So to say we are too nice is utter bollocks!
We've dropped our high-press which drove so much of that but still had it in our mid-block.
Not sure about whether this leaked footage will affect the players in the last two games.
Insofar as now it is out in the public realm. They will be getting texts from people asking them, "Did Mourinho call you a bunch of stupid c"nts?" We will see, I'm overreacting I'm sure.
We’ve been one of the nastiest sides in the league in the last five years? Jesus fucking wept.
He is talking about being ruthless, about having a win at all costs mentality.
You know what he had under Pochettino lol
You know what he had under Pochettino lol
Liverpool aren't a nasty side and they've done alright. Again i find this very old fashioned, its very 90's early 00's. Many ways to have a good mentality without just reverting to be horrible c@nts.
He clearly didn't though.... Why would their mates probe them as if they were digging dirt like the sun?
The stats say no trophies during the Poch era, when we had to step up and get really nasty we failed.