• Dear Guest, Please note that adult content is not permitted on this forum. We have had our Google ads disabled at times due to some posts that were found from some time ago. Please do not post adult content and if you see any already on the forum, please report the post so that we can deal with it. Adult content is allowed in the glory hole - you will have to request permission to access it. Thanks, scara

Mauricio Pochettino - Sacked

Poch:

“It is not because we have a young squad [that we recover quickly]. We run a lot and now we win the games,” said Pochettino. “It is because of the way we train and this is our sport science and medical team.

“When you need to push the players every day sometimes it is very hard for them to suffer because of the way we push them with running and training. Now you can say you are pleased and you can be proud about them and how they recover every two days.”
 
NaijaSpurs said:
I love our options in midfield, Dier, Bentaleb, Mason, Dembele, Alli and in the 3 positions behind Kane we have Son, Lamela, Eriksen and again Alli and Dembele. And we should not forget Njie.
And I have not even spoken about the future potential of Onomah or the fact that Pritchard has not played a minute this season. Well done Poch.
Click to expand...

This is spot on. Although the depth in our squad is fairly inexperienced we do have quite a lot of both depth and real competition. The highlighted striker position is the exception if people insist on labelling Son and Clinton as "not strikers", I think that's premature. But even if true that's essentially a single position where we have inadequate cover. Poch and the transfer team have done a splendid job with our squad.
 
braineclipse said:
This is spot on. Although the depth in our squad is fairly inexperienced we do have quite a lot of both depth and real competition. The highlighted striker position is the exception if people insist on labelling Son and Clinton as "not strikers", I think that's premature. But even if true that's essentially a single position where we have inadequate cover. Poch and the transfer team have done a splendid job with our squad.
Click to expand...

Have to agree with most of that, I have seen many false dawns in over 50 years of traveling around to watch our team but this lot have got a real chance of going on and bringing us glory. I am not going to get carried away but the foundations are looking solid and with most of the players still young and plenty of time left to improve even more.

Poch is doing a great job and IF we as fans give him the time to really cement his ideas we should be happy bunnys in the next few years.
 
sophiespur1992 said:
http://realsport101.com/how-talented-is-this-england-side/ although this England side may not be the most talented (as the article says) I am proud to see such a strong Spurs contingent in the team and am really impressed with the way that Pochettino has developed these young english players!
Click to expand...

Said it before, but the FA should be praising their lucky stars that Spurs are doing such a fantastic job with young players. Not only are we one of the very few top clubs actually developing young English players through our own academy we're actually giving game time to the young up and coming players we sign instead of shipping them out on loan or hoarding them in our reserves. Would Alli and Dier have gotten this much game time in such a short period of time for the other clubs currently in Europe? I really doubt it.

If any young English player has the choice between us and some other top club they should think long and hard before even considering the increased pay check or whatever it is the other clubs offer. And England youth coaches should encourage them to sign for Spurs. Same goes for young players from other countries of course.

Praise both to Pochettino, but also to Levy who has initated the work with our academy. And of course to the actual guys running the academy and youth setup.
 
Finney Is Back said:
We probably also have more players in the various England youth teams than any other club.
Click to expand...

I think quite a few of the "top 4" clubs have a considerable portion of players there too. Some of them have great youth/academy squads and have spent significant money on gathering young talent. Though not always English...

The difference between us and them is that there seems to be a path into the first team for our young players. At the "super-clubs" that's extremely difficult these days. Seems to be a fairly consistent string of promising players hyped up a bit, getting League Cup and sub appearances, perhaps a league start with much fanfare before fading and at their first loss of form being replaced by some freshly signed £30m+ player.
 
Anyone else think there has been a slight change in our pattern of play. We are not as predictable as we used to be - i.e. pass pass pass out to the inverted winger back inside pass pass struggling to make space - congestion, frustration.
Last few weeks there have been a lot more longer passes, switching the play quickly and making the most of the overlapping full backs. It's great to watch too, quicker really fluid and we can also hold the ball when we need to.
It's like an AVB/Redknapp crossover... and I'm loving the fact it's all with kids!
 
rxl said:
Anyone else think there has been a slight change in our pattern of play. We are not as predictable as we used to be - i.e. pass pass pass out to the inverted winger back inside pass pass struggling to make space - congestion, frustration.
Last few weeks there have been a lot more longer passes, switching the play quickly and making the most of the overlapping full backs. It's great to watch too, quicker really fluid and we can also hold the ball when we need to.
It's like an AVB/Redknapp crossover... and I'm loving the fact it's all with kids!
Click to expand...

Alder does like an occasional cross-field 'Dawson'. The winner last night started with a long ball from him for Onomah to chase.
 
rxl said:
Anyone else think there has been a slight change in our pattern of play. We are not as predictable as we used to be - i.e. pass pass pass out to the inverted winger back inside pass pass struggling to make space - congestion, frustration.
Last few weeks there have been a lot more longer passes, switching the play quickly and making the most of the overlapping full backs. It's great to watch too, quicker really fluid and we can also hold the ball when we need to.
It's like an AVB/Redknapp crossover... and I'm loving the fact it's all with kids!
Click to expand...

I do ..

- Son, Dembele (new version), Lamela all provide runs alongside or beyond Kane (big problem in the past)
- Eriksen, Lamela, Alli, Mason (freed up by Dier) provide more creative outlets (not as simple as mark out Eriksen and Spurs has no creativity)
- Son, Alli, Njie, Onamah provide more pace to setup
- Toby & Jan actually help going forward (Toby with passes, Jan with runs from deep)

It's all a change in mix/balance that is slowly improving the side, fun to watch. Additionally the growth/improvement of individuals has been immpressive

Last year's major improvements -> Kane, Rose
This years' major improvements -> Dier, Dembele, Lamela, Mason (harder to judge because of injury, but for me looks so much better than last year's "trier")
 
Raziel said:
I do ..

- Son, Dembele (new version), Lamela all provide runs alongside or beyond Kane (big problem in the past)
- Eriksen, Lamela, Alli, Mason (freed up by Dier) provide more creative outlets (not as simple as mark out Eriksen and Spurs has no creativity)
- Son, Alli, Njie, Onamah provide more pace to setup
- Toby & Jan actually help going forward (Toby with passes, Jan with runs from deep)

It's all a change in mix/balance that is slowly improving the side, fun to watch. Additionally the growth/improvement of individuals has been immpressive

Last year's major improvements -> Kane, Rose
This years' major improvements -> Dier, Dembele, Lamela, Mason (harder to judge because of injury, but for me looks so much better than last year's "trier")
Click to expand...

Great point that.

I like to think as well that the longer Poch harnesses the 'young team growing together' mentality it might, just might, be a deciding factor in the players wanting to stay here and create a bit of history rather than move on when those offers undoubtedly start coming in over the next few windows.
 
sophiespur1992 said:
http://realsport101.com/how-talented-is-this-england-side/ although this England side may not be the most talented (as the article says) I am proud to see such a strong Spurs contingent in the team and am really impressed with the way that Pochettino has developed these young english players!
Click to expand...
Did the read spme of the crap in that article, alli apparently hasnt set the PL alight, he is just 19 and only played 10 or so games for Spurs, utter cretin of a writer
 
rxl said:
Anyone else think there has been a slight change in our pattern of play. We are not as predictable as we used to be - i.e. pass pass pass out to the inverted winger back inside pass pass struggling to make space - congestion, frustration.
Last few weeks there have been a lot more longer passes, switching the play quickly and making the most of the overlapping full backs. It's great to watch too, quicker really fluid and we can also hold the ball when we need to.
It's like an AVB/Redknapp crossover... and I'm loving the fact it's all with kids!
Click to expand...
Good shout.

I was annoyed we went long ball vs Villa as we were turning over possession... But yes, I've not been as frustrated as usual in recent games as we've not been doing that turgid thing you described
 
Raziel said:
Last year's major improvements -> Kane, Rose
This years' major improvements -> Dier, Dembele, Lamela, Mason (harder to judge because of injury, but for me looks so much better than last year's "trier")
Click to expand...

Think its a bit early to say that Dembele, Lamela and Mason have been major improvements this year. Dier though has been outstanding. Can Alli be an improvement? I think its fair to say that he's exceeded most people's expectations
 
Arsenal vs Tottenham: Mauricio Pochettino’s refusal to compromise is paying off for Spurs

Only the committed – and the disciplined – are allowed to wear the Tottenham white under Argentinian’s regime

Mauricio Pochettino does not give much away at press conferences, but on Wednesday he revealed a side to his personality which had been largely private until then. Tottenham Hotspur’s head coach, outwardly affable and light-hearted, has a cold, ruthless edge which he made very clear as he castigated Andros Townsend in front of the cameras, throwing the winger’s Spurs career into serious doubt.


“Where there is an action, there is a consequence,” Pochettino said. “If you behave in the wrong way, you always need to pay. He needs to learn about football, about behaviour, about discipline, about a lot of things.”


Townsend was fined, banished from the main group, and suspended from selection after a public row with fitness coach Nathan Gardiner. He is unlikely to play for Tottenham again. “I am friendly,” Pochettino said, “but discipline is very important.”


The story of Pochettino’s 18 months at White Hart Lane has been of him moulding a young squad in his own image: competitive, hard-working and utterly committed to the cause. The team he fields at Arsenal on Sunday afternoon, hoping to climb into the Champions League places, will include no player about whom he has any doubts.


Pochettino inherited his squad from Tim Sherwood, who bemoaned a lack of “guts and character”. Pochettino’s solution has been to dispose of all the players he did not like, did not trust and would not come along with him.


By this time last year he had realised who those players were. Younès Kaboul , who was officially club captain, Étienne Capoue, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Emmanuel Adebayor and Aaron Lennon barely played for him again. Adebayor and Lennon returned for pre-season training this summer, but were not given squad numbers or allowed to train with the main group. “I went back in for pre-season and there were a few of us told they were not going to be in Tottenham’s plans,” Lennon said. “It wasn’t just me, there was a complete overhaul.”


None of which means that Pochettino is vindictive or unpleasant. Rather, he knows what he wants from his players, which is total commitment to his philosophy, his way of training and playing. Anyone who strays from that is straight out.


It was the same at Southampton, where Pochettino spent £13m on Dani Osvaldo, his old striker from Espanyol. When Osvaldo headbutted Jose Fonte in training, Pochettino said he would never play for Saints again, and so it proved.


Those who know Pochettino do not say he is a fiery Argentine with a short temper, but quite the opposite. He is markedly calm and level-headed, whatever the result. At times, such as during a match, he can be tactile and encouraging, but his natural mode is cold authority. Jesus Perez, his assistant, does more of the personal interaction.

Although the door to Pochettino’s office at the training ground is nominally open, players who come to him to ask why they are not playing get a curt response. Pochettino has his own explanation, about what it is to be a professional footballer, and why there is no use moaning to him.


“When you sign a contract as a player, you need to understand that you don’t sign to play, you sign to train,” he has said. “Then you wait for the decision of the manager to pick the players. This is football.”


It is an uncompromising attitude, but one that has served Pochettino well so far. It is an attitude he picked up from the most important person in his career to date, legendary coach Marcelo Bielsa, who managed him at Newell’s Old Boys, Espanyol and the Argentina national team, and whom Pochettino calls his “father” in football.


Oscar Garcia, recent manager of Brighton and Watford, played with Pochettino at Espanyol and recognises the similarities between his approach and Bielsa’s.


“I know Pochettino’s mentality, similar to the Bielsa mentality,” Garcia told The Independent. “I know a lot of players who played for Bielsa at Athletic Bilbao. Bielsa only has one way. If you don’t want to go this way, you will not play at all.


“When I played with Pochettino for Espanyol, he had a strong mentality, he was a leader of the team, and of the young players. He organised the team defensively. He had a typical Argentinian mentality, very competitive. He wanted to win every game and every training session. All the players who played under Bielsa learned a lot from him, and tried to copy Bielsa.”

Pochettino likes to say his tactical philosophy is different from Bielsa’s but the influence is clear. Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta played with Pochettino at Paris Saint-Germain and said last year that Bielsa was “his hero and his mentor”: “Most of the concepts Pochettino has tried to put into his teams are from Bielsa.”


What Pochettino also learned, growing up with that famous Newell’s team, was the special power and meaning of a derby. Newell’s great rival is Rosario Central and even now, Pochettino still thinks in those terms. In March, before Spurs played Manchester United, he was asked about Angel di Maria. “He is the opposite of me,” Pochettino joked. “I am leproso [Newell’s], he is canalla [Central].”


Through his whole career, Pochettino has fed off the passion and energy of derbies, from Newell’s v Rosario Central, to Espanyol v Barcelona, and now Spurs v Arsenal, the latest instalment of which takes place at the Emirates.


Pochettino was the first Espanyol coach to win at the Nou Camp in 27 years, overturning Pep Guardiola’s great team in February 2009. The greatest moment of his Tottenham tenure to date, even better than routing Chelsea and Emirates Marketing Project at home, was the epic 2-1 defeat of Arsenal at White Hart Lane in February, when Spurs overwhelmed their greatest rivals with their commitment, intensity and emotional energy, climaxing in Harry Kane’s header four minutes from the end.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...promise-is-paying-off-for-spurs-a6724701.html
 
rxl said:
Anyone else think there has been a slight change in our pattern of play. We are not as predictable as we used to be - i.e. pass pass pass out to the inverted winger back inside pass pass struggling to make space - congestion, frustration.
Last few weeks there have been a lot more longer passes, switching the play quickly and making the most of the overlapping full backs. It's great to watch too, quicker really fluid and we can also hold the ball when we need to.
It's like an AVB/Redknapp crossover... and I'm loving the fact it's all with kids!
Click to expand...
Great spot. Helps hugely that Alderweireld has such a tasty long diagonal in his locker
(I refer to his passing, behave!).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back