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Manager Mauricio Pochettino
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Will always love JJ for his NLD goals. Really did give me some great memories.
Showed up in those games and delivered. Nice that it’s obvious he still considers himself Spurs.
Love the guy!
Scapegoat during his time, but nothing but love for the fella. Spurs through and through
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I agree with you, this is a disturbing discussion. I'm not sure if I'd go for Katie or Sarah.
Don’t mess with Pochettino, he’s not so cuddly...
I'm not surprised. Watch his highlights on YouTube he made some dreadful challenges. Glad he's on our side.
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No worries! I was just curious what managers somewhat have the same management style as Poch, that’s all
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Woolwich dismissed by Mauricio Pochettino as Tottenham aim higher
The Premier League gap between Tottenham Hotspur and Woolwich had just been extended to a potentially irretrievable seven points when a further reminder of the shifting north London power balance became evident.
While Mauricio Pochettino was stood at one side of the Wembley corridor discussing how his players would travel without fear today to face the mighty Juventus, Arsene Wenger was left to preview a Europa League trip to Ostersund against a club that has only ever spent two seasons in Sweden’s top-flight.
Woolwich are also already out of the FA Cup and so, for the first time this season, Wenger will play his strongest available team in a competition that might well become their best chance to return to the Champions League.
Tottenham, by contrast, are increasingly well placed to finish in the top four of the Premier League for a third straight year and, having already beaten Real Madrid earlier this season, looked perfectly poised for another shot at one of European football’s aristocracy.
As well as twice previously winning the European Cup and reaching two out of the past three finals, Juventus are on a run of six straight Serie A titles. A defence including Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli have also conceded only once in their past 16 matches.
“It’s better that I don’t tell them that,” said Pochettino. “That will be my psychology. It’s a great team – one of the best in Europe and they have a lot of experienced players who know what it is to compete in the Champions League. We don’t have that but our belief, our confidence and our form are good. We will be ready to be very competitive.”
On the evidence of this most emphatic of 1-0 wins, against an Woolwich team described by Pochettino as “our sworn enemy”, he is right. Tottenham were outstanding and, while Harry Kane again scored the crucial goal, it was his wider work-rate that most impressed.
Led by Kane, and supported by Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Son Heung-min, Tottenham’s intensity and tempo were suffocating. It provided a stark contrast to the collective pressing of Woolwich’s new front trio of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil.
“After United, Liverpool and now Woolwich, it has been one of the best periods since I’ve been at Tottenham,” said Pochettino. Also striking was how Pochettino and his players again played down the significance of their rivalry with Woolwich and repeatedly stressed that their ambition extends far beyond local bragging rights.
“We don’t care if Woolwich are behind us - we are winning because we are building something special,” said Pochettino. “Some performances and some results make us trust in the way we play. My idea against Juventus is to keep playing the same, to try and be a little bit braver if we can, but being clever because their level is one of the best.”
Mousa Dembele says that Tottenham now feel “100 per cent” like a top four Premier League club.
“We’re not scared to play any team,” he said. “We’re not thinking about who is the best club in the world, in London or even in England, we just want to win something.”
One selection decision for Pochettino on Tuesday will be whether to recall centre-back Toby Alderweireld after he was left out of the squad completely on Saturday. Alderweireld had played in midweek against Newport County but Pochettino reacted with irritation to being asked why his defender, whose contract expires next year, was not involved against Woolwich.
The Premier League gap between Tottenham Hotspur and Woolwich had just been extended to a potentially irretrievable seven points when a further reminder of the shifting north London power balance became evident.
While Mauricio Pochettino was stood at one side of the Wembley corridor discussing how his players would travel without fear today to face the mighty Juventus, Arsene Wenger was left to preview a Europa League trip to Ostersund against a club that has only ever spent two seasons in Sweden’s top-flight.
Woolwich are also already out of the FA Cup and so, for the first time this season, Wenger will play his strongest available team in a competition that might well become their best chance to return to the Champions League.
Tottenham, by contrast, are increasingly well placed to finish in the top four of the Premier League for a third straight year and, having already beaten Real Madrid earlier this season, looked perfectly poised for another shot at one of European football’s aristocracy.
As well as twice previously winning the European Cup and reaching two out of the past three finals, Juventus are on a run of six straight Serie A titles. A defence including Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli have also conceded only once in their past 16 matches.
“It’s better that I don’t tell them that,” said Pochettino. “That will be my psychology. It’s a great team – one of the best in Europe and they have a lot of experienced players who know what it is to compete in the Champions League. We don’t have that but our belief, our confidence and our form are good. We will be ready to be very competitive.”
On the evidence of this most emphatic of 1-0 wins, against an Woolwich team described by Pochettino as “our sworn enemy”, he is right. Tottenham were outstanding and, while Harry Kane again scored the crucial goal, it was his wider work-rate that most impressed.
Led by Kane, and supported by Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Son Heung-min, Tottenham’s intensity and tempo were suffocating. It provided a stark contrast to the collective pressing of Woolwich’s new front trio of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil.
“After United, Liverpool and now Woolwich, it has been one of the best periods since I’ve been at Tottenham,” said Pochettino. Also striking was how Pochettino and his players again played down the significance of their rivalry with Woolwich and repeatedly stressed that their ambition extends far beyond local bragging rights.
“We don’t care if Woolwich are behind us - we are winning because we are building something special,” said Pochettino. “Some performances and some results make us trust in the way we play. My idea against Juventus is to keep playing the same, to try and be a little bit braver if we can, but being clever because their level is one of the best.”
Mousa Dembele says that Tottenham now feel “100 per cent” like a top four Premier League club.
“We’re not scared to play any team,” he said. “We’re not thinking about who is the best club in the world, in London or even in England, we just want to win something.”
One selection decision for Pochettino on Tuesday will be whether to recall centre-back Toby Alderweireld after he was left out of the squad completely on Saturday. Alderweireld had played in midweek against Newport County but Pochettino reacted with irritation to being asked why his defender, whose contract expires next year, was not involved against Woolwich.
Did he actually refer to them as Woolwich???
The man should be deityfied.
Two castles for a population of 1100.....
Now that’s a defence!
If it was that great city would have bought it by now
Well said Steve!
'Why on earth would you leave a club like Tottenham for a club like Real Madrid, [they're] probably in their lowest for maybe the past 10 years. Their squad's aging, all their senior players, Ramos, Ronaldo, Benzema, Modric are all in their 30s now. He's building a young team at Tottenham, they're going into a new stadium, the premier league is the premier league. I think he'd be Absolutely crazy to leave, and I don't believe seriously that he wants to leave tottenham."
He wants out, it was confirmed to me at the weekend.
waste of air the four of them... That nervous twat in the blue shirts talks utter shit. The Lass spoke the most sense...