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I still maintain that the Spurs side that lost the league to Conte Chavs was the better team. Just that they had little bit of luck to get them across the line.Man got us to a CL final, an 86 point season and had us in the top 4 every full season but one. Brilliant manager. I love Conte & what he's doing but under Poch at our best we bossed teams, bullied them in to submission. Hopefully we get there soon again.
(All btw with a budget at the time more comparable to bottom half sides than our top 4 competitors..)
It’s pretty simple when challenging for the league you are competing with clubs who are playing twice a week . The best teams challenging for titles are obviously competing in Europe, this causing fatigue , injuries and fixture congestion as they progress . Spurs title challenges Leicester and Chelsea are the exception , at least I can’t think of any team winning the league in the CL era without European football bar those two.I still maintain that the Spurs side that lost the league to Conte Chavs was the better team. Just that they had little bit of luck to get them across the line.
100% however for those that think we would have given him the money to rebuild an entire team BEFORE we moved into a new stadium that was designed to generate the income to rebuild a squad are deluded.Spurs fans who slander Poch are pricks to me. He had flaws but Klopp lost 3
finals with Liverpool (16 LC, 16 EL, 18 CL) before the club backed him with top quality signings before his squad got stale and burnt out. Funny how nobody points this out now.
I will go to my grave saying that that was the sliding doors moment between Poch’s Spurs and Klopp’s LFC. No signings in 2018, not striking whilst the iron was hot and momentum was on our side was criminal.
100% however for those that think we would have given him the money to rebuild an entire team BEFORE we moved into a new stadium that was designed to generate the income to rebuild a squad are deluded.
The timing was very frustrating but he knew the deal and we knew the deal but we gloss over the fact that this was the reality at the time. We peaked a couple of years too early under Poch, this was the reality. It was also referenced by Poch too but seems to get totally ignored.
100% however for those that think we would have given him the money to rebuild an entire team BEFORE we moved into a new stadium that was designed to generate the income to rebuild a squad are deluded.
The timing was very frustrating but he knew the deal and we knew the deal but we gloss over the fact that this was the reality at the time. We peaked a couple of years too early under Poch, this was the reality. It was also referenced by Poch too but seems to get totally ignored.
To add to the frustrations we then had COVID that basically fucked the revenue stream for two seasons.
We are now in a position to use those new revenue streams, wages have been increased and money has been spent. We all need to keep our fingers crossed that any spending actually improves the team. Early signs are that Paratici isn't shit.
We spent money during his years but we spent it very badly. Brilliant guy, superb manager, took us to heights that noone expected, but the man is very bad at choosing and selecting the right players to buy.
Just one example, and I know that during that summer he wanted the likes of Mane or Saha, but why the heck did Poch agree to the signing of Sissoko. He was the manager, he always had the final say on who comes in or out, what was going on his mind to bring in such a player. Absolutely shocking the number of wrong players we signed whilst he was here.
We spent money during his years but we spent it very badly. Brilliant guy, superb manager, took us to heights that noone expected, but the man is very bad at choosing and selecting the right players to buy.
Just one example, and I know that during that summer he wanted the likes of Mane or Saha, but why the heck did Poch agree to the signing of Sissoko. He was the manager, he always had the final say on who comes in or out, what was going on his mind to bring in such a player. Absolutely shocking the number of wrong players we signed whilst he was here.
Because it's not a choice between them. I guess he had no choice.We spent money during his years but we spent it very badly. Brilliant guy, superb manager, took us to heights that noone expected, but the man is very bad at choosing and selecting the right players to buy.
Just one example, and I know that during that summer he wanted the likes of Mane or Saha, but why the heck did Poch agree to the signing of Sissoko. He was the manager, he always had the final say on who comes in or out, what was going on his mind to bring in such a player. Absolutely shocking the number of wrong players we signed whilst he was here.
I even think that it is a demand by the Dortmund top brass. They only hire German speaking coaches.The thing is that very rarely German clubs hire managers who don’t speak German. And Poch doesn’t speak any German. But would be cool.
Again, and not for the sake of an argument, but to play devil's advocate for a second, we didn't have a DoF and we sacked Mitchell (a DoF like character but mainly focused on transfers) BECAUSE we wanted to keep Poch and not have him plucked by Real Madrid or Man U. We backed him by promoting him from Head Coach to Manager, we gave him the power.Shame cause if he would have just agreed to getting a DOF then maybe things would have worked out differently...
Mauricio Pochettino: I'm not in charge of transfers, maybe Spurs should change my job title
I am not in charge, I know nothing about the situation of my players. I am only coaching them, trying to get the best from them.www.skysports.com
We spent money during his years but we spent it very badly. Brilliant guy, superb manager, took us to heights that noone expected, but the man is very bad at choosing and selecting the right players to buy.
Just one example, and I know that during that summer he wanted the likes of Mane or Saha, but why the heck did Poch agree to the signing of Sissoko. He was the manager, he always had the final say on who comes in or out, what was going on his mind to bring in such a player. Absolutely shocking the number of wrong players we signed whilst he was here.
It really is a circus of a club. Cringe.
Poch wanted Mane, Mitchell wanted Mane.
Levy balked at Mane wanting 100k and ended up paying £4 mil and 10k less for Sissoko.
The Mane incident triggered Mitchell’s departure.
It really is a circus of a club. Cringe.
Pretty sure Mane’s agent would have just used Spurs as a negotiation tactic.
No way we could have matched Liverpool wages back then.
Handy place to send Mane to look around etc. I think he ended up getting £100k + plus Liverpool? And then they upped it to £150k relatively quickly.
It really is a circus of a club. Cringe.