Curious to see what your opinions of this ESPN article are:
http://www.espnfc.com/club/tottenha...urs-a-mess-with-no-direction-under-pochettino
http://www.espnfc.com/club/tottenha...urs-a-mess-with-no-direction-under-pochettino
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Is this the same John Crace that writes for The Guardian and wrote 'Vertigo'?
He slates the players yet blames Pochettino? Who's bought the players? A complete load of old bollocks.
He slates the players yet blames Pochettino? Who's bought the players? A complete load of old bollocks.
Yeah it is him.
John Crace is a columnist and feature writer for The Guardian. He is a THFC season-ticket holder and has written the books "Harry's Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp" and "Vertigo: One Football Fan's Fear of Success." Follow him on Twitter @JohnJCrace.
John Crace is a columnist and feature writer for The Guardian. He is a THFC season-ticket holder and has written the books "Harry's Games: Inside the Mind of Harry Redknapp" and "Vertigo: One Football Fan's Fear of Success." Follow him on Twitter @JohnJCrace.
LOL.
If we we go on a winning run until the end of the season I guarantee that this bitch would write an article saying that he always believed Poch would do good.
If we we go on a winning run until the end of the season I guarantee that this bitch would write an article saying that he always believed Poch would do good.
I really enjoyed his book. Surprised he's come out with this.
Who buys the players? Why do we fire so many managers? Why have we spent £46m on two players who aren't even second choice?
Sadly agree, however to say we are more disjointed than under Sherwood is a bollocks.
I personally think its a terrible article. It makes a few valid points but leave's out everything positive from this season. Its really everything that is wrong with fans at the moment. Negative, alarmist, misinformed. There's no chance Ade is on 170k a week. Mason has been very good, Stambouli has barely played and Beneleb has been hurt but apparently they're just "squad players". We're 3 points behind the scum, even with Pool, and can go ahead of United with a win. We've had a few poor losses but everyone has shown that this season. Hell, City just drew with QPR who we absolutely destroyed. If Poch is allowed to trim the squad and bring in a few players of his own in January and the summer than I believe he'll be successful. If not, he'll probably be unsuccessful just like AVB was and that's on Levy.
Yeah, it seems he's written off Stambouli who's barely played and the only player we've signed of late that looks half decent.
Imo ... John Crace sometimes writes brilliant articles about Spurs (on ESPNFC), and other times they're just meh and too negative.
I haven't read this yet, but I just wana say that I'm really not seeing at all Poch's stamp on this team atm. There's pretty much little difference in how we played last year compared to this.
That being said, I'm no way boarding the anti-Poch band, and I absolutely think he needs more time. I think the majority of the problem simply is due to the disposal of players in front of him, so there's not much to blame Poch for. ... It should go towards the players AND the board.
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I just read the article.
It started out giving the hurting truth, but it then became to pessimistic for my liking. I'm gonna toss this article to the meh pile ... nothing new or constructive here. I hope we smash Stoke, just so Crace can eat his words about his messy 1-1 draw that he's predicting.
I haven't read this yet, but I just wana say that I'm really not seeing at all Poch's stamp on this team atm. There's pretty much little difference in how we played last year compared to this.
That being said, I'm no way boarding the anti-Poch band, and I absolutely think he needs more time. I think the majority of the problem simply is due to the disposal of players in front of him, so there's not much to blame Poch for. ... It should go towards the players AND the board.
Edit:
I just read the article.
It started out giving the hurting truth, but it then became to pessimistic for my liking. I'm gonna toss this article to the meh pile ... nothing new or constructive here. I hope we smash Stoke, just so Crace can eat his words about his messy 1-1 draw that he's predicting.
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We are a mess. Not MP's fault though.
John Crace is a columnist and feature writer for The Guardian. - Say no more
When has he or the Guardian ever been positive about Spurs?
My faith has been restored by your post. One of the most positive ones I've read in a while. Mine have been shit in the recent past. Also on the plus side, I've just spent 40 mins to the Halifax bank with a fraud claim cos £399 appeared on my account to John Lewis which wasn't me. Now sorted. I can now go to the Lane tomorrow with my shirt & poppy and hopefully see Charlie Adam get done by Eriksen ( LOL ) or by anybody plus 3 pts. That would be happy days! COYS!
That's bollocks with all due respect. He's a Spurs supporter.
Hytner normally covers our games. They are not biased.
Really?
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