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Mauricio Pochettino - Sacked

Have to admit, I did not think we would be where we are now if you had asked me in August. Massive credit to Poch. We seem to have found the formula to not only beat the teams from mid table and below but beat them comfortably and in most cases, brush them aside with ease. We need to improve on our away record, especially against the top teams but Chelsea have proven this year that you can get away with it to a certain extent as long as you win the majority of the games against the rest of the league.
 
mudshark said:
He's avoiding saying it at the moment because he knows there's no immediate possibility but he very obviously wants to see him at Man U.

I suspect that, among the 'many reasons' he would like to see us win the league is the idea that, having achieved a title with us, the possibility of Pochettino thinking about moving on to the next chapter of his career could be more likely to be opened up.
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Yes, I am sure Neville would love that to happen. And there will be others trying to entice him away too. I am looking forward to him ignoring/dismissing them all in his usual professional way.
Ironically for Neville, it's his former club and manager that have set the blueprint for what Poch wants (in my thinking) to achieve with us. So they can whistle...
 
glorygloryeze said:
Interesting discussion on MoPo and Spurs from Monday Night Football earlier in the week:

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Interesting they made absolutely no mention of tomorrow's FA Cup SF. Whoever wins that will derive a huge psychological boost that might just make a difference going into the home straight.

Nothing to do with it being on BBC rather than Sky surely? :rolleyes:
 
Spur of the moment said:
Interesting they made absolutely no mention of tomorrow's FA Cup SF. Whoever wins that will derive a huge psychological boost that might just make a difference going into the home straight.

Nothing to do with it being on BBC rather than Sky surely? :rolleyes:
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TBF i think they did, and about how it was important for Spurs to win the FA Cup and for this team to win a trophy..you did watch it in full didn't you??o_O
 
glorygloryeze said:
TBF i think they did, and about how it was important for Spurs to win the FA Cup and for this team to win a trophy..you did watch it in full didn't you??o_O
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Oops, yes I did watch it all the way through! But what I was getting at was they did not really talk about the importance of the SF in relation to it's potential impact on the race for the League.

And it's actually eight wins on the bounce not seven, but of course the FA Cup does not count does it!
 
Spur of the moment said:
Oops, yes I did watch it all the way through! But what I was getting at was they did not really talk about the importance of the SF in relation to it's potential impact on the race for the League.

And it's actually eight wins on the bounce not seven, but of course the FA Cup does not count does it!
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Fair enough, but i think they were fair in their assessment that the FA Cup semi-final was key; after all Chelski are in the driving seat in the league and as they said the weekend of the game when they play Everton will be key and i agree if by then they have maintained the current gap then it's in their favour big time..and again if the gap has narrowed however...
 
Poch has done an interview with Cadena Ser in Spain.

Sweet music to the ears of every Spurs fan :)

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Mauricio Pochettino has reiterated his intentions to continue at Tottenham Hotspur for the long-term as he has the feeling that his exciting project at White Hart Lane has just started. During a long interview with Cadena Ser ahead of the FA Cup semi-finals against Chelsea, the Argentinian boss spoke candidly about it and why he would say no to the Barcelona job.

Pochettino, 45, took over Spurs in the summer of 2014 following a successful spell at Southampton.

The former Espanyol boss has since garnered a reputation as one of the best managers in the world after having managed to create a team capable of fighting for the Premier League title with the other top sides.

The Argentinian is delighted with his job so far but is even more excited about the possibility of creating a long-term "legacy" to put Tottenham back in the level of Manchester United or Liverpool.

"Tottenham have been the most consistent team in the Premier League during the last two seasons. We have achieved more points than any other team the last two seasons. It's true that Manchester United, Emirates Marketing Project, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool have a different structure and philosophy to what Tottenham is looking for right now. It's true that the investment that they make is two or three times more than perhaps what Tottenham spend. But that is the great challenge and the beauty of Tottenham's project," Pochettino said to Cadena Ser ahead of the FA Cup semi-finals with Chelsea.

"When Daniel Levy called me three years ago, it really got me excited to listen to him and start a project that not only focused on winning but on leaving a legacy. We have the best training facilities in England. We have a stadium project that in a year will be ready and will be the best in London and perhaps in England. It's a club with a lot of potential. In the coming years, this Tottenham project is going to make people talk."

Nevertheless, the boss admitted that the resurrection of the club is going even ahead of schedule as this season they are still in contention to win both the Premier League and the FA Cup.

"Three years ago, when we started this project three years ago, our target was to reduce the gap with the top four. Daniel Levy first told me that the first thing was to finish the new stadium and meanwhile trying to consolidate the project, form a team with aspirations to play in the Champions League and win the Premier League. Now we are little bit ahead of that," he said.

"I would love to be here for as long as possible because it's a club with history. I thinks is the most popular in London even though Arsenal and Chelsea have won more titles lately. Tottenham is historically at the same level than Manchester United or Liverpool. We are trying to turnaround the situation. We are recreating that winning culture again, that culture of not to feel inferior to the rest, regardless of the fact that other clubs might be more potential than us in this moment."

That's why Pochettino completely rules out the possibility of leaving Spurs to take over Argentina ahead of the World Cup 2018 despite admitting that managing his country is an ambition for the future.

"Every coach has the dream to train his national team but of the rest I do not raise anything," Pochettino admitted. "I have not received a call (from Argentina football federation). In the long-term I would like to coach Argentina. I always say that one of the places I want to coach is my national team, the Argentina squad. I think every coach dreams of managing his national team and it's a dream for me. But in the long-term future, not short-term. Today, that possibility would not be viable."

Pochettino has also been linked with the Barcelona job in recent times after Luis Enrique announced his decision to quit at the end of the current campaign. However, the Tottenham boss insisted that he would say not the La Liga giants due to his past at Espanyol.

"I owe a lot to Espanyol both as a player and as a manager," he said when asked whether he would take over Barcelona. "In football not everything goes. After more than 20 years at Espanyol it would be a treason not only to others but to myself. I can't coach a team that is considered the enemy of the team that I cried for. It's not to disrespect Barcelona. I have many friends there but it would be impossible for me (to coach them)."

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mauricio-p...convinced-him-create-tottenham-legacy-1618044
 
Great quotes from Pochettino from that interview, really seems like he thinks he can take us to the top
 
He sounds like he is angling for a move and coincidentally having dinner with influential clubs.

Thanks MoPo you have been decent at spurs. If you win anything just like this interview it will just be ignored with media backing you to leave little old Tottenham.
 
DubaiSpur said:
It's true, so not sure what you're raging about. Man has won nothing. So....what exactly was so nonsensical about it?

Might be reading more into it than was intended, perhaps?
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You as well, no surprise at all. Don't have the energy to argue with your usual anti Poch rants when he loses. Fortunately for this board it has been so few times that you not had much opportunity. No doubt something is on its way.
 
Robspur12 said:
You as well, no surprise at all. Don't have the energy to argue with your usual anti Poch rants when he loses. Fortunately for this board it has been so few times that you not had much opportunity.
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With all due respect, s*d off. I'm happy to discuss my positions, but not with someone who knowingly twists them around like that. 'Anti-Poch rants', what asinine, mindless nonsense.
 
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