Well its touche as far as Im concerned
Mauricio Pochettino says Moussa Sissoko is falling short of expectations
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander....if we have an in-house critique policy, then it should filter down from the top
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Well its touche as far as Im concerned
Mauricio Pochettino says Moussa Sissoko is falling short of expectations
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander....if we have an in-house critique policy, then it should filter down from the top
Only difference is that Moussa Sissoko is not the boss. It's not a democracy. If Poch comes out and encourages players to criticize him in public, then I'll change my stance on Sissoko's moaning.
Only it is a democracy
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The same reason why Rose can go and criticise the squad and our transfer policy on talksport
Not really. Of course, losing the dressing room will almost certainly cost Poch his job, but he's not relying on his players to like him all of the time.
Have nooooo idea what the losing the dressing room comment is about....anywaaaaay
Have you ever considered that he may have done the interview with Pochs blessing, and that because you dont like it, doesnt mean Pochettino minds him speaking freely.
I didnt like what Rose said.....Im not going to sit here and talk about how he´s broken codes and shouldnt be excercising his democratic rights to freedom of speech just because he plays for a football team.
He said something I didnt like, he has a right to say it though, now matter how disrespectful to his teammates I think it was. Maybe the players or Levy couldnt give a fuck though. No big deal.
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In the end it's all speculation. I think Sissoko has burned his bridges now. Would be very surprised to see him play for us again.
I only saw some very innocent quotes from Rose's interview. What did he say that was so terrible?
I think Sissoko was done regardless....he clearly wants to play for France in 2018 so needs out to to that.
The Rose interview was not a massive thing, I just found it really unnecessary to talk about the team "must be better" and we need a marquee signing and poor squad depth, and playing down our injuries this season with comments like "imagine if Dele and Eriksen got injured".....what about everyone else that DID get injured and the back up that covered them quite brilliantly.
All on the back of winning 12 of the last 13 games WITHOUT him....weak depth? We didn't miss Rose because Davies was brilliant.
Doesn't Winks deserve a shot next season then? Kid looks marquee enough from where I'm sitting.
But like I said, that's his opinion and his right.
Going to be brilliant. Would hate to see his development stifled by signing Barkley for 28M
Definitely his right, but in the context of being a Tottenham player it can influence his standing with the hierarchy. I don't think that will be the case with Rose and his interview, but Sissoko did himself no favours (all from my arm chair position of course). But I agree with you, he was probably on the way out anyway.
still cannot understand who wanted him surely this was a Levy signing signing same as van der vaart and he thought it would be a nice present for pochettino .Sissoko is a very limited skilled player he has poor control, has no crossing ability and rarely beats his man if he was brought in to be a winger then someone needs sacking .as someone said on here he could play centre midfield no thanks he doesn't have the ability to pick a pass and generally loses the ball to much .get rid Asap as hes not going to improve at all and i can see him causing trouble within the club if he doesn't get his own way.
From Sport Witness:
The French newspaper put it to Sissoko that he and Pochettino haven’t exactly hit it off, to which the midfielder replied: “I wish there was better communication.”
On being banished to the stands at the end of November, Sissoko said: “I won’t dwell on it but it wasn’t because of my performance on the pitch. There was a misunderstanding between us, it was settled.”
Tottenham player hints at exit, Poch 'misunderstanding', poor communication with manager - Sport Witness
I think Sissoko could be ok in a defensive midfielder role. Like Dier, Wanyama. He's, big, long and strong, fast. If he's got the head for it. Probably he's passing isn't good enough, but with a player like Winks beside him in charge of the passing I'm sure he would keep a steady starting place in a Championship club, or the Dutch league.
His signing was bizarre quite frankly. Hopefully lesson learned and we make more of an effort to get targets we actually want rather than last minute panic buys
That article is full of bad translation and has been spun badly.
He didn't say "I wish there was better communication", he said he hopes Pochettino is honest with his agent when they meet. It's wildly out of context.
Again, he wasn't "banished to the stands" as that article has invented, he was dropped for the Chelsea game due to form and fitness. He was neither "banished" not was he "in the stands".
Are clickbait articles verbatim in this thread?
You say:
Sissoko is quoted as saying:
"I won’t dwell on it but it wasn’t because of my performance on the pitch. There was a misunderstanding between us, it was settled.”
How do you know he was dropped for form and fitness? Sissoko himself appears to contradict you. Or are you suggesting the quote is invented?
Sissoko is quoted as saying:
"I won’t dwell on it but it wasn’t because of my performance on the pitch. There was a misunderstanding between us, it was settled.”
How do you know he was dropped for form and fitness? Sissoko himself appears to contradict you. Or are you suggesting the quote is invented?
Because Pochettino explained why - which matches with what Sissoko says - that it was due to his training not being at a level he expected. GK has said the same - Poch expects his team to train to a certain level in order to play. Sissoko wasn't and he explained as much at the time.
I trust the combined quotes of the team, not a translation of French that is used in a click bait article.
We've seen what Poch did to Townsend (and others) - he'd hardly drop Sissoko for just one game if there was an issue.