Mauricio Pochettino

[Raziel]

For all the re-evaluation people give Poch these days, it has to be said we still seem incapable of reaching the heights he took us to, despite (supposedly) having more resources.

I'm not saying people should still be singing his name at games, but I think much more respect needs to be given when speaking about him and his time here. And i'm one that raised flaws/issues that i saw at the time (and i got pelters at times for doing so).

He had the best first team we have assembled in decades mate.

We will likely build a better team in next couple of years but a lot of that depends on how some of our current players step up and how we replace Son/Kane in long term.

Very much a right man, right place, right time for us, my but has always been
- He did really well for us, with a very good side
- He built on an upwards trend the club had been on for some time (BMJ/Harry)
- His limitations with us and post us have been proven
- His time ultimately has led us to a huge rebuild and it's taken a long time to get there (a lot of that is on the club itself)
- My biggest beef with him is in the end, he did the Conte thing, waited to be fired, both knew they were done/burnt out. Poch leaving that summer after the final, he would be seen how some people perceive.

He's was not the messiah, had he converted a few of those "almost", it would be a very different story, but that's Spurs

 

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He had the best first team we have assembled in decades mate.

We will likely build a better team in next couple of years but a lot of that depends on how some of our current players step up and how we replace Son/Kane in long term.

Very much a right man, right place, right time for us, my but has always been
- He did really well for us, with a very good side
- He built on an upwards trend the club had been on for some time (BMJ/Harry)
- His limitations with us and post us have been proven
- His time ultimately has led us to a huge rebuild and it's taken a long time to get there (a lot of that is on the club itself)
- My biggest beef with him is in the end, he did the Conte thing, waited to be fired, both knew they were done/burnt out. Poch leaving that summer after the final, he would be seen how some people perceive.

He's was not the messiah, had he converted a few of those "almost", it would be a very different story, but that's Spurs

Offered in the spirit of discussion and debate...

I think you've offered a fine example of how some folks under-appreciated his work here .

As for your biggest beef, you under-estimate the power of Daniel when he wants something. It would've been easy, given how things we on a knife-edge anyway; don't buy N'dombele early. Had he not done that, fans (like me!) would've complained, Poch would've negotiated an exit with him, and it would've been done. Instead, Daniel decided to back him. And having backed him with one player, held off on Lo Celso until late in the window, and then went on to not back him after all.

I disagree with that last statement, as in realtime he most certainly WAS a messiah to many. He unified a club which had struggled to maintain any identity, brought pride and passion back, established a philosophy, and achieved the jedi-trick of making us feel like a family whilst operating like a massive club. Whether history shows him as one or not depends on your definition of history; the ride I was on at that time, the magical moments I experienced in stadiums all over, yeah mate, he was a messiah.