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Mauricio Pochettino - Sacked

Cochise said:
I absolutely hate the double standards on which these journalist's work. One minute they talk about how they would love to see a story like Leicester or Spurs, the next they want to see it destroyed to maintain the status quo. Which do they want, the magic of seeing the underdog taking everyone by suprise or the super rich clubs at the top squabbling over who sits in positions 1-4 each year?

The moment we start to look like a force in the league every paper is running stories on how every player we have is going to be taken from us. Now they want to take Poch to truly destroy us. One thing for sure is that if Poch were to go there is that Levy would make sure that he couldn't poach players he has worked with at Spurs. I also don't foresee the fire sale that Southampton had happening here so Poch will have to start another rebuilding project there.

I think now is when we have to really cement our spot in the top four and go on a run. Personally I want third just because I can see Chelsea doing the unthinkable and winning the Champions League if we finish fourth.

<<Puts on tin foil hat>>
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4th will get the CL this year even if Chelsea win the competition unless the unlikely event of another English team winning the EL happens too. Even as I type this I can hear the football gods chuckling. Bastards.
 
Why succession plan when everything is going so sweetly? The only thing likely to rock the boat is if the current manager finds out the Chairman is talking to his potential successor.
 
Pirate55 said:
Why succession plan when everything is going so sweetly? The only thing likely to rock the boat is if the current manager finds out the Chairman is talking to his potential successor.
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Because it's a bit late to succession plan after someone has left. That does not mean that we should be talking to potential successors but we should at least have an idea of who they could be.
 
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galeforce said:
always have a backup plan
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milo said:
They want to sell papers and drive traffic to their websites.

It is completely wrong to think that a newspaper is doing the work of the top four. They don't give a toss about any club, they just want a story that attracts readers.
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Agree with that, its the paranoia of supporters that think otherwise ' everyone is out to get us" syndrome.
 
DubaiSpur said:
Simple: player loyalty. Some of the best managers (I'm thinking of Pep here, but there are others) create brilliant teams that win trophies galore, but at the end of the day, when they leave, the players themselves don't all yearn to go with them: they understand that they're playing for the club, not the coach, who just happened to be a very good one appointed by the club. Look at Dortmund post-Klopp, as one illustrative example: he took that club from mid-table obscurity to multiple Bundesliga titles over the course of seven years, but the players immediately knuckled down when Tuchel came in last June (seamlessly adopting Tuchel's somewhat different style), and none of them have made noises about wanting to follow Klopp to Liverpool despite his evident success as a manager and his development of those same players.

There is such a thing as players being too loyal to a coach over the club that pays their wages. It's one of the dangers that comes with appointing a charismatic manager like Poch who likes bringing through youth players and turning mediocre footballers into great ones: those players end up owing their careers to him in many cases, and it creates some tension when the manager (in this case, Poch) ups sticks to go to a club like United and then returns to tempt some of our players into joining him.

It's happened before, at S'oton: Rodriguez and Schneiderlin specifically wanted transfers to us because of their desire to play under Poch again to a considerable extent, judging by the news at the time (aside from our obvious appeal, of course), and there's obviously a danger of that happening here as well if Poch goes to a larger club that can then tempt our lads with higher wages and continued development under the coach that gave them their chance.



It's fine to be overly optimistic as a fan, but it's a terrible, terrible way to run a club. I do hope Levy's made plans for the possibility (and eventual certainty) of Poch leaving, and has tried his best to impress on our lads that, come what may, they're playing for Tottenham Hotspur, not Mauricio Pochettino. We've got a happy little situation here, with a good manager (and a good man, by all accounts) overseeing a good bunch of lads during an exciting time for the club, but that doesn't mean we can lose ourselves in the happiness of the moment and ignore the ramifications of it falling apart if that manager does leave.
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Well, I suppose you can accuse me of being overly optimistic about Levy too ;)

Not sure Barca and Bayern are fair comparisons, especially as you're effectively comparing them to Southampton.

There could be potential problems, but again I don't see this as particularly different to saying that there are potential problems in replacing any very good manager/head coach.
 
Finney Is Back said:
It is obviously important to find the right balance between resting players and picking a team that will win the match. I think there are a number of players who are probably in need of a game such as Vorm, Bentaleb, Chadli, Trippier, Wimmer, Onomah and perhaps Son. Add in Rose who hasn't played much lately and Carrol who has just broken into the team and that only leaves us to find somebody to partner Wimmer at centre half and somebody to play in the central attacking midfield role.

So that probably means one of Toby/Jan playing and the other on the bench and also one of Lamela/Ericksen/Alli playing and the other two on the bench (unless Poch really wants to be very bold and also give Harry Winks a game?
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Crystal balls available to purchase for £99.99. ;)
 
Harry Kane has revealed the one thing boss Mauricio Pochettino hates talking about - THAT Michael Owen penalty decision in 2002.

Some 14 years ago the Tottenham boss, then a cultured and classy Argentine international centre-half, was part of the Albiceleste team who took on the Three Lions in the World Cup group stage in Sapporo.

Just before the break, striker Owen sprinted through into the box, dropped his shoulder only to be felled by a stray leg - or so it appeared - by Pochettino.

Despite protestations that Owen dived referee Pierluigi Collina pointed to the spot before David Beckham slammed in from the spot to banish his demons of four years previous securing a famous 1-0 win.

Spurs star Kane admits he was too young to remember the 1998 tournament and Beckham's infamous tangle with Diego Simeone, but reveals that his manager at White Hart Lane still doesn't look back on the Japan and South Korea tournament fondly.

"The 2002 World Cup was first one. I remember the England-Argentina game. Pochettino brought Michael Owen down for the penalty that Beckham put away," he told Sport Magazine .

"He absolutely hates that. Someone brought it up recently. He didn't find it funny."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/mauricio-pochettino-still-hates-talking-7181235
 
Jordinho said:
Harry Kane has revealed the one thing boss Mauricio Pochettino hates talking about - THAT Michael Owen penalty decision in 2002.

Some 14 years ago the Tottenham boss, then a cultured and classy Argentine international centre-half, was part of the Albiceleste team who took on the Three Lions in the World Cup group stage in Sapporo.

Just before the break, striker Owen sprinted through into the box, dropped his shoulder only to be felled by a stray leg - or so it appeared - by Pochettino.

Despite protestations that Owen dived referee Pierluigi Collina pointed to the spot before David Beckham slammed in from the spot to banish his demons of four years previous securing a famous 1-0 win.

Spurs star Kane admits he was too young to remember the 1998 tournament and Beckham's infamous tangle with Diego Simeone, but reveals that his manager at White Hart Lane still doesn't look back on the Japan and South Korea tournament fondly.

"The 2002 World Cup was first one. I remember the England-Argentina game. Pochettino brought Michael Owen down for the penalty that Beckham put away," he told Sport Magazine .

"He absolutely hates that. Someone brought it up recently. He didn't find it funny."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/mauricio-pochettino-still-hates-talking-7181235
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If you had to take the blame for somebody cheating to knock your country out of the World Cup I'm sure you'd be annoyed at it too.
 
Didn't see it anywhere else -> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/football/article4668777.ece

Good for Poch, says something about club direction

Manchester United have been dealt a blow after John McDermott, Tottenham Hotspur’s highly regarded head of coaching and player development, rebuffed an approach to join the club as part of a planned overhaul of their academy.

The Times reported last week that United had earmarked him for a key role in revamping their youth set-up.

It is understood that McDermott rejected the opportunity in order to stay with Tottenham, where he has a strong working relationship with Mauricio Pochettino, the head coach.

United are believed to have made their initial approach for McDermott, who oversaw the rise of Harry Kane, Ryan Mason and Tom Carroll, among others, before Christmas.
 
Raziel said:
Didn't see it anywhere else -> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/football/article4668777.ece

Good for Poch, says something about club direction

Manchester United have been dealt a blow after John McDermott, Tottenham Hotspur’s highly regarded head of coaching and player development, rebuffed an approach to join the club as part of a planned overhaul of their academy.

The Times reported last week that United had earmarked him for a key role in revamping their youth set-up.

It is understood that McDermott rejected the opportunity in order to stay with Tottenham, where he has a strong working relationship with Mauricio Pochettino, the head coach.

United are believed to have made their initial approach for McDermott, who oversaw the rise of Harry Kane, Ryan Mason and Tom Carroll, among others, before Christmas.
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Haha, Man U are the new Liverpool.
 
Jordinho said:
Harry Kane has revealed the one thing boss Mauricio Pochettino hates talking about - THAT Michael Owen penalty decision in 2002.

Some 14 years ago the Tottenham boss, then a cultured and classy Argentine international centre-half, was part of the Albiceleste team who took on the Three Lions in the World Cup group stage in Sapporo.

Just before the break, striker Owen sprinted through into the box, dropped his shoulder only to be felled by a stray leg - or so it appeared - by Pochettino.

Despite protestations that Owen dived referee Pierluigi Collina pointed to the spot before David Beckham slammed in from the spot to banish his demons of four years previous securing a famous 1-0 win.

Spurs star Kane admits he was too young to remember the 1998 tournament and Beckham's infamous tangle with Diego Simeone, but reveals that his manager at White Hart Lane still doesn't look back on the Japan and South Korea tournament fondly.

"The 2002 World Cup was first one. I remember the England-Argentina game. Pochettino brought Michael Owen down for the penalty that Beckham put away," he told Sport Magazine .

"He absolutely hates that. Someone brought it up recently. He didn't find it funny."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/mauricio-pochettino-still-hates-talking-7181235
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He's not near him!
 
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