He said it and he is in the best position to understand how the club is focused, so he must be bang on.
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Don’t expect anyone to address this or any of his weaknesses.
Don’t expect anyone to express the morbid looks on our players faces and frustrated demeanor on the pitch as anything other than “the window”.
I dismissed the rumours of players being unhappy about the brutal training as media bullshit, but maybe there is no smoke without fire. Don’t expect a discussion on any of the players getting a bit tired of Poch though.
Don’t expect a debate on Dier, Davies, Rose and Sons regression, or even Trippier looking poor, and don’t worry about Kane’s energy you know because he still scores.
You can ask questions but you will always get one answer: “The Window”
It’s startkng to sound like one of those Japanese horror films.......how can the same players that looked world class, look so insecure under the same manager?
Nothing to do with a change to our game?
The window did it.
Oh, for sure. He is right in there, he has more knowledge than all of us, which makes the statement even more worrying, because it isn't something a manager should be saying externally. If it's true then it's a massive issue that needs to be dealt with internally, not via the media.
And what if the quote is correct and the club have not been prioritising winning things?
My post above yours deals with that, he shouldn't be raising it to the media.
Especially not hours before the City game
There are many die-hard Spurs supporters in Malta who have never been able to see us play live. It would be a brave man to tell them to their face that they weren't real supporters!
I find it strange being a die hard supporter of two teams, that's all. I'd happily tell it to their face as well. Where did i mention seeing us live. If you want to have a pop at me MrsP then at least get the facts straight. Have a nice day.
Regardless of what he actually thinks and feels it was definitely a poor choice to say what he said before a game like this. I knew as soon as I read these quotes that we were going to lose because that kind of wording does, without a question, affect the players and doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
At least the 'English core' of our team seems happy and signed new contracts, and I think that's far more vital to future success than Poch himself.
Poch is one of our greatest ever coaches but if he no longer feels motivated then he is doing more harm than good. Hopefully when we move to the new stadium everything will change for the better but he doesn't seem happy.
At least the 'English core' of our team seems happy and signed new contracts, and I think that's far more vital to future success than Poch himself.
Poch is one of our greatest ever coaches but if he no longer feels motivated then he is doing more harm than good. Hopefully when we move to the new stadium everything will change for the better but he doesn't seem happy.
While this is a part of the grieving process, it’s a little early to be slagging off the ex in public to big yourself up. Pochettino hasn’t even left us yet.
While I dearly love Hughton, he’s not quite good enough for our level.
The minimum criteria are a someone who can coach an attacking, short-passing possession game with a press, develop young players, and manage a squad across a European campaign and the League at the same time.
Comfort with a Director of Football would also be a huge plus (I would also say this about our Chairman).
Hypothetical: If Conte showed up knocking on our door the day Poch leaves and asks about the job. Would you take him?
Again purely hypothetical
I don’t think the quote is unfair. I doubt a club attempting the most-complex privately funded construction project in Europe is going to be able to completely focus on the football. I’m not sure Pochettino’s comment is a complaint so much as a statement of fact. He’s not working under the same constraints as anyone rlse in the League. We all know that. So does he, and he still signed a contract extension, which says something else.
Don’t Chelsea have him in a contract where he cannot manage a premier league club for a while
No. He has complained at Juventus and Chelsea about ‘austerity’ projects, so he couldn’t handle conditions at Spurs. Also, his style does not fit what is pretty clearly considered ‘the Spurs way’.
This talk of new managers makes me feel physically sick.
Not because it shouldn't be happening, Poch does not seem happy lately. There is a bit in his book where he talked of things not going quite right early on at Spurs (or Southampton?) and how he was having doubts, I think mainly about himself, and it was uncertain would he stay or go. He rode it out and got past it. I really hope that happens here, but I think it is a similar situation where it's uncertain which way it will go. He could walk, so understandable we talk of new manager options. But look at the candidates, do any of them improve us, or make us worse? I think with the exception of Conte, all other options would leave us worse off.
What we need is for Poch to stay, get through a difficult patch, finish the fucking stadium and get in it, shift some deadwood in the summer, spend some cash we don't really have on new players that we obviously need and go for broke next season on winning something.
Not because it shouldn't be happening, Poch does not seem happy lately. There is a bit in his book where he talked of things not going quite right early on at Spurs (or Southampton?) and how he was having doubts, I think mainly about himself, and it was uncertain would he stay or go. He rode it out and got past it. I really hope that happens here, but I think it is a similar situation where it's uncertain which way it will go. He could walk, so understandable we talk of new manager options. But look at the candidates, do any of them improve us, or make us worse? I think with the exception of Conte, all other options would leave us worse off.
What we need is for Poch to stay, get through a difficult patch, finish the fucking stadium and get in it, shift some deadwood in the summer, spend some cash we don't really have on new players that we obviously need and go for broke next season on winning something.
So Dele signing today is not good news? doubling his wages is not backing the manager? investing 30m over six years in a player top class player is not backing the manager? ... or are you just perhaps talking out your arse?
Never going to happen.
When Poch says we need to take risks and be brave, it's falling on deaf ears.