parklane1
Tony Galvin
I think that paragraph can very easily be flipped around with “pro Poch crowd”
tickle my balls with a feather.
I think that paragraph can very easily be flipped around with “pro Poch crowd”
Probably more likely than Poch returning to Spurs right now. Not sure anyone involved in his return would be sure how to spin it. It would be 'safe' but rather uninspiring/embarrassing. I think most would deal with it quite happily. Effectively he would have been on a sabbatical.
Meanwhile we've reverted to were our spend should have us.
This is good news as they are about the only news agency in the world that has a strange sentimental attachment to actually checking sources before publishing
A desperate narrative...I think you'll find.But Levy isn't desperate.
He could appoint a very good and popular manager in ETH.
He holds all the cards with Kane.
We obviously have signings identified and are negotiating.
Stadium is about to come back online.
What's to be desperate about?
Same players who thought Poch training was too hard
Same players who thought Jose didn't train enough
People bitch, it's what they do ..
Maybe it's an environment he is comfortable working in?7th? Behind Leicester and West Ham??
Ok, if that was actually a true reflection, why if you are Poch do you return?
Poch was giving Skipp a lot of game time and had just promoted Tanganga and Parrott into the first team squad after their impressive pre-seasons in summer 2019. He also seemed a fan of Eyoma.
People have been saying for years that that particular U21 age group that was maturing at that point wasn't very special, and that the better players were in the (then too young) U18/Scarlett group. If the best Poch had to pick from was really Shilow Tracey, Kazaiah Sterling and George Marsh, maybe that's why he wasn't promoting them?
If he did then it would be Lo Celso and Ndombele ahead of Hojbjerg (which I think are the roles he bought each of those two players for). Seemed to me that he wanted Bruno Fernandes to play at the tip of it.Time to being back the diamond formation
Hojberg at the base
Winks and Dier
Dele as the #10.
I must say that I haven't noticed that....I don't think there's as much correlation between the two positions as you'd like to think - I'm "pro Levy" but have always thought it was a mistake to sack Poch. In fact I'd say I've noticed more of the crowd that got on Pochs back also being outspoken wrt to Levy needing to go as well, but that's just me i suppose.
How would you square Levy being such a nightmare to work for should Pochettino return?
If Poch comes in, he knows who did sweet F A for him and hopefully will cull them ala Kaboul, Adebayor, Capoue etc ... Enter the Scarlett, Skipp, Devine, Cirkin
You state it was burn out with no facts to back that up. Pochettino could equally have been snappy with the media due to having enough of not getting the incomings and outgoings that he requested.We were 14th with a bad run that went to middle of previous season, all our top players (and team) were statistically on a decline for 2+ seasons, our manager was snappy with media, showed clear signs of burnout after 5 years in a role, made odd public statements, list goes on.
If you want amuse yourself
- The Pro Poch being fired cloud has data (see above) that suggests it was exactly the right decision at the time
- The appointment of Jose and his failure or success is not relevant to that discussion
- The Pro Poch never being fired club effectively have two arguments
1. He earned more time (something no one gets in football)
2. Somehow he was going to turn it around (despite no precedent in football, typically when managers get beyond a certain stage in bad runs, it never turns around)
So you have one group of people
- Who said we have a problem, we needed to take action, and based on this criteria, we are making this decision
- Another, who thought, lets just let it drift because we hope/dream/imagine it will magically get better ignoring everything re challenges mangers face after a certain amount of time in role, what personal burnout is and the messaging letting poor results have no accountability sends.
Dreamers vs. pragmatists ..
If Poch comes in, he knows who did sweet F A for him and hopefully will cull them ala Kaboul, Adebayor, Capoue etc ... Enter the Scarlett, Skipp, Devine, Cirkin
Because it cost less money and that is more important to the owners of our club than trophies.The question for me at the root of all this current rumour-stacked situation still remains: why was Jose sacked at that exact time he was, rather than two/three weeks earlier or just after the League cup final?
It's mostly just made up by the press anyway....Same players who thought Poch training was too hard
Same players who thought Jose didn't train enough
People bitch, it's what they do ..
Because it cost less money and that is more important to the owners of our club than trophies.