Next Spurs Manager v.2

[Gutter Boy]

You're talking like Poch is a done deal (much like you did with LVG). You realise it's not done yet right?

It's looking like it's down to one of him or FdB. I'd be happy to either (I'd probably prefer FdB actually). It's good to focus on something positive though now after the most depressing season in a decade. Our new new dawn.

Timmeh's sacking, FdB or Poch in, King's testimonial, back in the EL. I'm more positive now than I have been at any point since December.

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

I kinda feel what you're saying, but I fear he'd approach games not much differently to AVB and I don't think our fanbase would be able to stomach that for too long.
I also worry about managers who almost NEVER play with two strikers.

Maybe, but he also has the years and years of experience to back it up. He's got silverware, not Powerpoint.

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

@JBurtTelegraph: Sherwood has talked himself out of a job as much as anything. Expect approach for Pochettino this week. Benitez wants it.

The exact tweet

[-o<

 

[camspur]

I really hope we don't get Poch, our biggest problem is beating teams above us Poch's record this season against the 7 teams above Soton W 2 D 4 L 8 including two losses to a team managed by Tim Sherwood.

 

[Dicko]

I really hope we don't get Poch, our biggest problem is beating teams above us Poch's record this season against the 7 teams above Soton W 2 D 4 L 8 including two losses to a team managed by Tim Sherwood.

To be fair, that's better than we have managed almost every year for GHod knows how long! Add to that he is managing a Southampton side in their 2nd year in the PL and we have been around 4th-6th for the few years and it doesn't look too bad :lol:


EDIT: I was referring to our record against the top 4, just realised you said top 7 there.

 

[Superted]

Exactly. What's our record against the top 6? Not much better I suspect.

 

[Dicko]

Plus if they had a better record against the top 6 they would be higher and we wouldn't be having this discussion.. unless they even it out by losing points against lesser sides in which case you could make a case that he drops too many points against the bottom clubs 8-[

 

[camspur]

Exactly. What's our record against the top 6? Not much better I suspect.

Using the same games as I used for Poch our record was W 4 D 3 L 7. So in comparison we picked up 15pts and Soton picked up 10pts.

So that's a further 8pts more he dropped against teams below Soton.

 

[Gutter Boy]

Last season and even in some of Redknapp's later ones we had a very good record against other top teams.

It has only been this year that we've reverted to bad old Tottenham form.

 

[AdamB]

The most odd thing about the potential management appointment is that there doesn't seem to be a coherent plan. Ignoring the stuff which we can't verify, we KNOW that Levy spoke to both LVG and FDB - two completely different propositions. I expected us to go down the experienced route given clubs often move from one manager to the other extreme, but the FDB conversations suggest we'd consider another young manager like AVB (ignoring stop-gap-Tim)....

 

[DHSF]

I really hope we don't get Poch, our biggest problem is beating teams above us Poch's record this season against the 7 teams above Soton W 2 D 4 L 8 including two losses to a team managed by Tim Sherwood.

Still dont get the obsession with beating the teams higher than us. That would be important if fighting for the title but we are fighting for fourth so inr eality beat the other 15 teams and you can still get fourth.

 

[Seedy Ron]

Still dont get the obsession with beating the teams higher than us. That would be important if fighting for the title but we are fighting for fourth so inr eality beat the other 15 teams and you can still get fourth.

Six pointers aren't they, beating a team above us makes it easier to haul them in. We got what, 1 point from the top 4 this year? Not nearly good enough.

 

[Robbo]

Six pointers aren't they, beating a team above us makes it easier to haul them in. We got what, 1 point from the top 4 this year? Not nearly good enough.

Indeed. Such a shame we were so poor against the top four, as we've been very solid against the other teams. But to get anywhere, we need to get a few results against the top teams as well. I feel we could have gotten four points (win at home and draw away) against **** this season, and on our day we should have beaten Chelski at home, but in the other games we were outplayed (although we had a few major decisions go against us).

But these six extra points still wouldn't have been enough for top four, as **** would have edged us on goal difference.

 

[camspur]

Still dont get the obsession with beating the teams higher than us. That would be important if fighting for the title but we are fighting for fourth so inr eality beat the other 15 teams and you can still get fourth.

Its not an obsession but a target. If you fail to beat any of them then you are unlikely to make the top 4.

 

[Rossi22]

lol at us if Benitez actually wants the job and we pass on him, not that I'd be upset with Poch but still.

 

[spurs' magna carter]

Indeed. Such a shame we were so poor against the top four, as we've been very solid against the other teams. But to get anywhere, we need to get a few results against the top teams as well. I feel we could have gotten four points (win at home and draw away) against **** this season, and on our day we should have beaten Chelski at home, but in the other games we were outplayed (although we had a few major decisions go against us).

But these six extra points still wouldn't have been enough for top four, as **** would have edged us on goal difference.

68 points from an available 90 against the other 15 teams isn't to be sniffed at by anybody but those other 8 games against the top four are just beyond a f@cking joke.

 

[Grassroots]

I just can not see beyond Frank de boer now that lvg is out of the way or off to united (didn't want him anyway )

Just would be so nice to have a respectable winner at spurs for a change and one the press cant destroy after the first 7 minutes of the first day in the job

 

[Jordinho]

Guilleme Ballbag on Pochettino:

After a season that has seen Mauricio Pochettino take his Southampton side to an eighth-place Premier League finish, the former Argentinian international now finds himself at a crossroads in his career.

Proud in the knowledge that the Saints have enjoyed their most successful campaign in the history of the Premier League, he is understandably concerned about rumours in the press that the club is on the verge of selling much of the "family silver" to the bigger clubs.

Being a coach is all about making decisions, not least about your own position. Pochettino must now decide whether he wants to stay at a club that could potentially hamper its progress by selling off its best players or cash in on his success so far and jump ship.

If he decides that it's time to go, he will do so because he knows that to replace some of the brilliant young English players he has at the club, he will have to go shopping abroad—because as yet there is not enough quality in the junior sections ready to make the transition to the highest level in the club.

And if that happens, he also knows that he risks upsetting the mentality and stability presently enjoyed at the club.

Mind you, should he choose the latter option, it's fairly safe to say that he's not exactly short of suitors.

He was certainly offered the job at Olympique Marseilles, and when he turned it down immediately, the club gave it to another ex-Newell's Old Boys player, Marcelo Bielsa. There have also been approaches from Spurs and Saudi Sportswashing Machine, and my understanding is that an ailing AC Milan would also take him on in a heartbeat.

At Spurs the destination of the new manager's job is probably a two-horse race between him and present Ajax boss, Frank de Boer, with the Dutchman the bookies' slight favourite, although I believe the Spurs board is more inclined to take Pochettino if there is the real possibility to take him.

So what is it about his way of playing and style that captivated the attention of the footballing world?

In the first place, everything he does is based on a total belief in his ideas about how the game should be played. More importantly, however, he believes firmly in communicating that style and making sure that everyone understands perfectly what is required.

Since his arrival at the club, players and coaches alike have been amazed at his levels of intensity and commitment as he strives to get his ideas across.

Drills and exercises are designed with the specific intention of dealing with situations that he looks to create during matches and are adjusted constantly to those ends. He prepares new drills if he thinks the way the team is building from the back is not correct in the most recent game—and he does so on the same night of the game.

It would be incorrect to describe his type of football as tiki-taka, although it is one fundamentally based on high intensity and possession of the ball.

Not everyone understands the concept of the game, and not everyone has the bottle to continue with it when, occasionally, it goes awry. But Pochettino, just like a certain Pep Guardiola, believes in the idea.

And, in fact, there are many similarities between the two managers who were adversaries in the same city when Pep was in charge at Barcelona and Pochettino was in the hot seat at Espanyol.

For both of them, their playing system is built on three basic premises: the level of intensity, the level of belief and an obsession with the job at hand.

Now Pochettino must spend a bit of thinking time wondering how he is going to map out his immediate future. It should be an interesting few weeks.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2057715-southampton-manager-mauricio-pochettino-at-career-crossroads

 

[Eamo71]

I would like us to return to a high tempo game like we had under Harry and at times under AVB (away against United in his first season). What is Napoli's style of play. Has anyone been watching them this season. RB seems to have done well with them. They've won the Italian Cup and are third in the league??
Would Poch be a better fit for high tempo or would Rafa?

 

[indianspur]

In the first place, everything he does is based on a total belief in his ideas about how the game should be played. More importantly, however, he believes firmly in communicating that style and making sure that everyone understands perfectly what is required.

Since his arrival at the club, players and coaches alike have been amazed at his levels of intensity and commitment as he strives to get his ideas across.

Drills and exercises are designed with the specific intention of dealing with situations that he looks to create during matches and are adjusted constantly to those ends. He prepares new drills if he thinks the way the team is building from the back is not correct in the most recent game—and he does so on the same night of the game.

It would be incorrect to describe his type of football as tiki-taka, although it is one fundamentally based on high intensity and possession of the ball.

..................AVB????