Got Levy written all over it
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Well, if Poch (or any manger) does not think he can succeed at Spurs, then I don't want him.
Well he couldn't succeed (in the way some fans see success) the first time round with a young and hungry team, despite numerous semi finals and finals. I don't see why the second time round would be any more successful.
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If the club wanted Poch he’d be in already. The fact he isn’t should tell us that ship has sailed.
As a matter of fact it is
I think it is fair to say that Levy let Conte humiliate the club, for at least two months, rather than sack Conte and pay another coach to see out the season.
I think it is also fair to say that Levy keeping Stellini on is based on the same fiscal principles.
Levy's actions suggest that his stance is that if he is contractually obligated to pay these people then he will not pay someone else, to do the job they were originally hired to do, unless Conte's staff all quit and forfeit their salaries until June.
Likewise; hiring Pochettino at this point may have contractual implications regarding his pay off from PSG.
No way is tight wad getting hit with a double whammy like that when he has to find the salary for the best paid chairman in the Premier League.
Season ticket renewals should be interesting this season.
Ally Gold will need to up his hyperbole game, regarding the managerial appointment, for his ENIC paymasters in the near future.
I think it is also fair to say that Levy keeping Stellini on is based on the same fiscal principles.
Levy's actions suggest that his stance is that if he is contractually obligated to pay these people then he will not pay someone else, to do the job they were originally hired to do, unless Conte's staff all quit and forfeit their salaries until June.
Likewise; hiring Pochettino at this point may have contractual implications regarding his pay off from PSG.
No way is tight wad getting hit with a double whammy like that when he has to find the salary for the best paid chairman in the Premier League.
Season ticket renewals should be interesting this season.
Ally Gold will need to up his hyperbole game, regarding the managerial appointment, for his ENIC paymasters in the near future.
Oh do shut up ffs.
Bit touchy today aren't you, precious?
Not get the Easter Egg you wanted?
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Yawn.
Poch is our best manager of the modern era. Operated on a near zero net spend for years to get those finals and semis, it was a football miracle.
Ironically Woolwich fans are exactly who would try and get digs in on him or not want him back here, because we scared them shitless under him & used to pummel them in many a NLD. The club failed him (and us) and that's why we didn't win anything.
Yawn.
Never once said he wasn't our best manager of the modern era. Keep up.
Poch didn't win one NLD at The Emirates.
Yeah you really show it with the constant digs you try and get in on him because he didn't win anything whilst we were spending the same as Stoke City.
These days we spend at a somewhat more reasonable level, so Poch might have a chance of going even further, not hard to work out is it?
Didn't he win an FA cup game there, I seem to remember Dele scoring.
Yeah he did. League cup quarter final, 0-2. And we were completely dominant at home vs them, used to go in to games and pin them back for most of the game.
Emirates in the league is a voodoo I doubt we'll ever shake off but I was never more confident for a NLD than I was under Poch.
Personally I think his tenure with us the last is a small bit over egged while he did a good job against the odds this time the squad is weaker needing a huge refit can he bring in enough quality to make it happen ? . His record with transfers was patchy like a lot of others but our form fell off a cliff towards the end of his stay .I am not totally against him coming back but maybe that is down to some of the other names like Rodgers being linked rather than thinking Poch will have learnt a lot and will return a much improved manager .
Wasn't a single dig in that post you quoted, Culumbo.
Some Spurs fans consider success as winning things. They're not happy with getting in the top four and failing in the cups every year. Funnily enough, you're one of them. On paper, that's all he achieved. Top four and failures in cup competitions. Numerous semi finals and finals and he couldn't get his team across the line.
I've posted numerous times my feelings on the Poch era. The best time to be a Spurs fan in the last few decades. Which outweighs ANY cup winning feeling. I felt more attached to the club and got more enjoyment out of the club during a few years under Pochettino than I got when we won the League Cup under both Graham and Ramos.
And I am right again in that if Pochettino comes back. Why would it be any different? He couldn't get our best squad in decades passed the finishing line. Why would he be able to do it with this bunch involving a washed Son, a Kane that isn't anywhere near as good as he was first time round and a defence that's a shambles?
We might see some good football (we may not) and the fans will be in good spirits again because Pochettino is back, but if it stays the same, it'll just quickly soon turn toxic again. The same ones calling for him now are the same ones who wanted him gone when he couldn't win a game away from home for nearly 12 months.
And if all you want from football is to see your team play football, enjoy watching them play and see a team that wants to go into every game winning with zero expectations for winning things then Poch will be good appointment, just like 10 or 20 other appointments out their that could be made.
You are correct about the League Cup quarter final when Dele got a couple but I strongly disagree regarding Poch's NLD record generally.
We didn't beat them enough or dominate them as we should have despite being a much better side.
They got a few draws at the Lane with their shite team.
We got some good results at home against the top six, but even with his best team, we barely got much away from home, the team never had the belief to get results.
Yeah there was, and you do it all the time. Attribute the failures to him rather than look at the fact we've failed to achieve that under a long line of them (even ones who ALWAYS win something) and deduce that it went a lot deeper than Pochettino.
We didn't just fight for top 4 under Poch, we got it comfortably most seasons. And we genuinely fought for a league title vs Chelsea's Conte and had a CL final. That, again, with the net spend of Stoke. Give him a genuine budget and a decent DoF and we will get over the line.
What I hate is top 4 being treated like the Holy Grail. Under Poch it was an afterthought. We were genuinely disappointed to finish 3rd in the Leicester season, or 2nd in 16/17. That's a HUGE difference with the level of ambition now.
Because he had a paper thing squad last time & this time would be able to actually bring in a handful of players every window. Our squad was good but elevated by Poch and we never fixed the deficiences that existed as we were in austerity measures.
Lot of hindsight going on with Poch. He developed a lot of this talent, when he took over we were NOT a great team. No reason whatsoever that, given a tiny bit of time and resources, he couldn't be more successful. Our platform for success now is greater than it was when he took charge the first time.
We did win a League Cup tie there but both teams left a lot of players out that night.
It was the one where Dele showed the crowd what the score was.
I feel Spurs generally under performed in these games under Poch; home and away.
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