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  1. 90sSpursBook

    Squad not good enough...or unable to play a different style?

    I've done some similar analysis: The average age of the squad is now 26.8 - at the start of the 2017/8 season it was 25.6. I actually thought the discrepancy would be bigger. However, it's not really the age that is significant it is the collection of players who are either well past their peak...
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    OOMT - Tottenham vs Emirates Marketing Project

    I've always been of the opinion that the FAC SF defeat to Man U in 2018 was the first chink in the armour under Poch - coming 6 weeks after we lost somewhat heroically to Juventus - I felt the players lost a bit of faith and began to think it was never going to happen in a big game. I know the...
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    Jose Mourinho - SACKED

    I must say that Jose's demeanour (publicly with the press at least) seem to suggest that he is a long way from the palpable toxicity on display in his final days with Chelsea and Man U so I have to disagree with the narratives being spun that its groundhog day for him. However, I also...
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    OOMT - Tottenham vs Emirates Marketing Project

    Ok. I'm prepared to give a 'free pass' for last night. There was very little positive to take but no new negatives - kind of the exact opposite from West Brom last week. The result was more about the brilliance of City than anything about us. Over the course of the last half a dozen games...
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    Next Manager?

    Yep this is definitely one of those intangibles its hard to quantify - Poch also had the issue that his profile and reputation was nothing like it was by the time he left - you've listed some high profile players who I imagine had dominant personalities. There are actually many similarities -...
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    Next Manager?

    Ultimately he did fix it and relatively quickly if you consider the progress we made from Spring 2014 over an 18 month period through to Autumn of 2015. However, that's easier to reflect on in hindsight and its often easy to forget that there were some really painful moments in Poch's first...
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    FA Cup 2021

    Morecambe home, Luton home, Barnsley away and now Sheffield U home :mad:
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    Next Manager?

    The last couple of games and his general demeanour suggest to me that the camp is not yet mutinous and that Jose can still get a reaction out of them. I think Levy will be concerned by the overall showings this year though.
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    Fixture & Ticket News 2020/21

    I'd imagine that's exactly what will happen - after all there's barely any gaps so yes I'm sure we'll now play Villa that weekend - it will follow Europa R16 second leg which hopefully we'll be in. It looks like w/c 2 March is a free midweek so wonder if we'll play Southampton then instead...
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    BLOG - IS JOSE IN THE LAME DUCK ZONE?

    You make some really important points - as ever the devil is in the detail and you also have to try and recall some of the circumstance and context around each situation. I've tried to pick up some of these within the retrospective narratives for example under AVB the style of football was dire...
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    Next Manager?

    Great point....you see this with England managers and to an extent Prime Minister's - the person selected is often the one with the attributes the predecessor did not have. We're certainly no exception to this: Mourinho replaced Poch....who lacked experience of winning trophies and one-off...
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    Next Manager?

    All managers carry a degree of uncertainty and risk. Generally the worst managers we've appointed have been those without any prior experience of the Premier League (Gross, Santini, Ramos) - Jol was the only exception though he had a minimal playing career in England. I actually went to bed...
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    BLOG - IS JOSE IN THE LAME DUCK ZONE?

    Following last night's result we have now gained 9 points from 10 games and thus recording 0.9 pts per game. This has been our worst return over a 10-game league period since April 2012 (the 'mind the gap' period under Harry). Going back through all ENIC managers' records - it has happened...
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    BLOG - IS JOSE IN THE LAME DUCK ZONE?

    Cheers @mkspurs - I've added in their appointment date to get a feel for how long into tenure they were. If I'd gone back before that you'd have to consider that the 1-6 home defeat to Chelsea in his first home game began Christian Gross' Lame Duck period! Prior to that Gerry Francis lost the...
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    BLOG - IS JOSE IN THE LAME DUCK ZONE?

    PART 2... Harry Redknapp appointed October 2008, sacked Summer 2012) Harry is something of an outlier in this list as he is the only one who was replaced during the off-season which perhaps dilutes his appearance on a lame duck manager list. Clearly there came a point that Levy felt Redknapp...
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    BLOG - IS JOSE IN THE LAME DUCK ZONE?

    Sorry - this is far too long for a thread but gather there is no longer a blog feed. In need of some cathartic reflection last night I have explored when Levy has pulled the trigger on previous managers. With just 9 points from the last 9 games Jose is getting perilously close.... I’ve always...
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