Not catastrophic, but disappointing given the players at his disposal, and the chances we created. I think if we played that game now, with Ozil and Eriksen on the pitch, we would beat them, because the overall cohesion is better.We lost 1-0 away to Woolwich - that isn't exactly a catastrophic failure is it? Let's not forget that under his leadership we beat United away last season for the first time in 20-odd years! We'll see what happens this coming weekend against Chelsea, but we look more solid as a team then we have done in a long time. In previous years, it seemed that we could out-stretch a top opponent and rely on pivotal moments - but now I feelt hat we actually have the quality to go out and out-play the big teams for 90 minutes, while remaining solid at the back.
In terms of 'visionary', I made that comment because I think he really considers where a player should play within a team/system, why he performs certain roles and whether or not he is suited for that particular role. He was obviously a fan of the 4-3-3 at Porto, and seems to have cherry-picked certain players to be apart of this formation at Spurs (think of Hugo Lloris, who comes off his line with pace at a moment's notice).
But we need to start converting the chances.
Do you think that any of the preceding managers didn't do that, in terms of getting players in to do a job in the positions they had envisioned them to play in? Bale aside, as he was a bit special.