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Mauricio Pochettino - Sacked

I nearly cracked when Hoddle said "Im just so glad to be here to see this", such a touching moment.

I was blubbing like a baby when Poch was crying though, this means to much to him he actually lost his composure.




Modric THFC said:
Way too much made out his press conference answer than you'd get from actually watching it.
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This is literally ALWAYS the case. Wont stop people going off on one about it though.
 
Why Poch was tinkled about the Kane question.


Lucas Moura’s special hat-trick down to Mauricio Pochettino’s faith in entire Tottenham Hotspur squad

Mauricio Pochettino looked more than annoyed. The Tottenham Hotspur manager grimaced and glowered when asked if Harry Kane would be fit for the Champions League final on June 1.

It felt at first like an overreaction, not least because Pochettino is asked about Kane on an almost daily basis so he must have known it was coming. It made sense, though. Pochettino had just been waxing lyrical on how he could rely on his entire squad to contribute, that on this particular occasion, in defeating Ajax in Amsterdam, it had been the turn of Lucas Moura to be the hero. It was not the moment to be thinking of Kane and Pochettino took the query as an insult.

Pep Guardiola famously called Spurs the Harry Kane team and although the Emirates Marketing Project manager subsequently clarified this was not a slur, the term still had resonance. The north London club has so often under Pochettino been ordinary with a dash of goalscoring reliability in the form of Kane. When the striker hurt his ankle on April 9 it seemed that his team’s season would be undermined with both a top-four finish and progress in Europe under threat and yet they have soldiered on and will travel to Madrid comfortable in the knowledge they have secured Champions League football for their expensive new stadium.

No wonder Pochettino was cross that Kane was mentioned when his understudies in the form of Moura, Fernando Llorente and Son Heung-min have all worked diligently and unselfishly to fill the gap.

“When one player can’t play and you play with one player or another or use different players during the games,” Pochettino said, “I think it’s that belief in all the squad that pays off.”

When Moura scored his first Spurs hat-trick against Huddersfield Town a few days after Kane picked up his injury, it felt just a tad like a sweet consolation for not being as feted as Kane. Moura was so very obviously delighted that it also felt like he could not better this feat. That was supposed to be his season high, wasn’t it? Three goals against a team that had already been relegated. It gave the Brazil international a boost though, a dose of self-belief and as soon as Llorente came off the bench at half-time to distract the Ajax defence last night, Moura could start to run at it, to weave, to dart, to see the gaps, to pounce on passes.

This was the Moura that Neymar had been sad to see leave Paris Saint-Germain. The Brazilian was barely used by Unai Emery and the club needed to offload players to adhere to rules on Financial Fair Play. He must have felt like a bartering chip and, as the last player to have signed for Tottenham, was so often used as a barometer for the club’s fortunes. He seemed destined to not quite fit in anywhere.

His 96th-minute winner was a testament to how Pochettino must have kept on encouraging him, kept on reiterating that he valued his entire squad. In time, Llorente’s contribution will become a footnote but he has been someone his manager could turn to in desperation or despair to offer variation in attack and know that he would work hard to please.

All the cash at Spurs has been ploughed into the new stadium and on so many occasions in the Premier League and in Europe they appeared a team that needed to have replenished its playing stock. They have been running on empty far too often and four days before the victory in the Netherlands had lost to Bournemouth in a haze of ill-discipline and exhaustion but their manager patched up Jan Vertonghen, who needed to wear a face mask, and asked Son and Moura and finally Llorente to fill the Kane void. This they could not have done had they not believed in their manager, had faith in his tactics, his selection policy, his means of motivation, if they had been simmering with resentment all campaign at the Kane limelight.

Decency reaps its rewards eventually and Pochettino’s ability to ensure all his strikers believed themselves to be valued won the most pulsating of encounters.
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The way he came across to us after the game last night was brilliant, there are managers who when they do this they do it as a after thought and get it over and done as quick as they can. Not Poch he was as thrilled/happy/ ecstatic as we all were and when he went down on his knees and bowed to us it was genuine.

Love the guy and considering the problems he has faced ( injured players, off form players/ press asking stupid questions etc etc) he has done wonders for our team and us the supporters.
 
IF we won it, i have a feeling he may look at moving on.

1. There is not going to be the kind of money that would allow him to compete with City, and therefore unlikely to win league, at least in short term
2. Highly unlikely he will be able to win the CL again

Not saying he will go, however its a possibility

1. Unrealistic expectations (from outside)
2. Natural point to rebuild
3. Leave a legend or stay and become Wenger

However i also expect him to play the "I may leave game for next few weeks, this is a one off"

1. Takes all the pressure and eyes off the team
2. Builds up the "ive performed a miracle here narrative"
3. We want to be underdogs for final and 1 & 2 will help that

Not meant to sound negative, its actually massively positive, think he is doing a bit of expectation management and playing the game and really needs a holiday, but if i was him i can see why the temptation would be to go on a high.
Overall either way I would think he would stay either way, however we are doing an elite version of the miracle survival, the issues are still there, we are just papering over the cracks.

However reasons would expect his to stay are

1. Cant see him starting an argument with club or Levy over budget at least publicly
2. If he walked away then it may put a question in Real's mind over if he has drive to continually win things
3. If he won, he can literally do whatever he wants and not be questioned by 90% of us for 4-5yrs which would give him time.
4. Real Madrid Job isnt available and that or Argentina is where he will go next
 
imcallingbullsh*t said:
IF we won it, i have a feeling he may look at moving on.

1. There is not going to be the kind of money that would allow him to compete with City, and therefore unlikely to win league, at least in short term
2. Highly unlikely he will be able to win the CL again

Not saying he will go, however its a possibility

1. Unrealistic expectations (from outside)
2. Natural point to rebuild
3. Leave a legend or stay and become Wenger

However i also expect him to play the "I may leave game for next few weeks, this is a one off"

1. Takes all the pressure and eyes off the team
2. Builds up the "ive performed a miracle here narrative"
3. We want to be underdogs for final and 1 & 2 will help that

Not meant to sound negative, its actually massively positive, think he is doing a bit of expectation management and playing the game and really needs a holiday, but if i was him i can see why the temptation would be to go on a high.
Overall either way I would think he would stay either way, however we are doing an elite version of the miracle survival, the issues are still there, we are just papering over the cracks.

However reasons would expect his to stay are

1. Cant see him starting an argument with club or Levy over budget at least publicly
2. If he walked away then it may put a question in Real's mind over if he has drive to continually win things
3. If he won, he can literally do whatever he wants and not be questioned by 90% of us for 4-5yrs which would give him time.
4. Real Madrid Job isnt available and that or Argentina is where he will go next
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Look at Liverpool. Their fans are DESPERATE to win the league -- in fact, I'm pretty sure that most red Scousers would, if given the choice, have Emirates Marketing Project lose on Sunday and Spurs win on June 1st.

With a bit of luck, that'll be us next season. We'll have had our CL win, and maybe our chicken badge will sprout a star, but the Premiership would remain a big target.

And then Poch can go for the double. And then a treble. Joking aside, I really hope that he sees this as his chance to make an enduring legacy. We're one of the few actual sleeping giants in Europe that could feasibly become a regular at the top table. Spurs are awakening.
 
Cochise said:
Sky sports already got an article out talking about how UTD should be looking at Poch. These clams just won't leave off.
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He turned down Madrid out of loyalty to levy. He won't go to man u.

I think maybe in a few years he might go to Madrid. But the guy is basing his psyche on honesty.

I think he will turn down United.
 
nayimfromthehalfwayline said:
I nearly cracked when Hoddle said "Im just so glad to be here to see this", such a touching moment.

I was blubbing like a baby when Poch was crying though, this means to much to him he actually lost his composure.






This is literally ALWAYS the case. Wont stop people going off on one about it though.
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The video on the Guardian website where Moura is watching his goal with Brazilian commentary was my favourite. So touching!
 
Will only leave for Madrid or Argentina imo, perhaps PSG. Dunno what the Argentinian manager situation is but Madrid are going to give Zidane next season. I am 95% sure he’ll be here next year at least whatever happens.
 
Poch's comments make sense to me. The 'go home' thing to me is equivalent to him saying 'I may as well retire' i.e. its not possible to do any better than winning the CL

I think his comments today about closing this 5 year chapter are similar. End of the period of investment in the facilities - what is the aim of the next project/era which we're about to move on to?

He'll want to hear from Levy that he's going to be prepared to sign say 3-4 decent players this summer, and then keeping topping it up each year. Not at the same rate, but make those signings this summer and add say 1 decent player and an emerging young player each year.

I'm pretty confident he'll be here next season (obviously helped by the fact that Real and Man U have managers and he wont go to Barca)
 
AdamB said:
Poch's comments make sense to me. The 'go home' thing to me is equivalent to him saying 'I may as well retire' i.e. its not possible to do any better than winning the CL

I think his comments today about closing this 5 year chapter are similar. End of the period of investment in the facilities - what is the aim of the next project/era which we're about to move on to?

He'll want to hear from Levy that he's going to be prepared to sign say 3-4 decent players this summer, and then keeping topping it up each year. Not at the same rate, but make those signings this summer and add say 1 decent player and an emerging young player each year.

I'm pretty confident he'll be here next season (obviously helped by the fact that Real and Man U have managers and he wont go to Barca)
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That sounds perfectly plausible to me, apart from the "3-4 decent players" which I think might be a little optimistic (assuming that you mean that they will be in or around the first 11 straight away). What I think it implies, taking into account his comments in El Pais earlier this week, is that if he gets, say, three new players this summer, he will most definitely sign up for another (5 year?) project. His loyalty is worth more to him than anything else. I am not concerned about any links to Madrid. The only exception, I think, would be if Argentina come calling, but that is only likely to happen after the World Cup in Qatar at the earliest. And even then, Levy might well succeed in persuading him to stay.
 
The way I read it is that he is going Argentina after the champions league and that closes the five year stint and will sit down with levy and say "you can trust me with with money ... i deserve it. I'll pay you back with loyalty and even more progress"

He subtly tells us that he has over achieved and had had to be clever in the market but it will have its limits.

I'm sure he wants to win the league with us also and he knows it will take better furniture in the new stadium.

The stadium deserves champions, he deserves it and I think levy knows it.
 
Gazza said:
The way I read it is that he is going Argentina after the champions league and that closes the five year stint and will sit down with levy and say "you can trust me with with money ... i deserve it. I'll pay you back with loyalty and even more progress"

He subtly tells us that he has over achieved and had had to be clever in the market but it will have its limits.

I'm sure he wants to win the league with us also and he knows it will take better furniture in the new stadium.

The stadium deserves champions, he deserves it and I think levy knows it.
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I think you are spot on with that, he is going nowhere but here.
 
Also, I think Poch feels that he owes it to the core players who have signed longer-term contracts (Kane, Alli, Sanchez, Winks) to 'sign up' for another project. He just cannot walk away, not now and not in the near future.
 
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