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Guillem Balague column: What is Mauricio Pochettino doing to ride Spurs storm?

dude573

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I don't think Poch would sanction this to be honest. I think this is more Guillem trying to help his mate get into a better job in the summer, or at least tell possible suitors that now may be the time to try.
 

Styopa

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In a nutshell: this isn't Pochettino's fault, the club needed to make new signings during the summer. Probably most of us here would agree with the overall sentiment, even if Poch does occasionally make some baffling decisions. I highly doubt Poch had anything to do with it, let alone compose it - after all, why would he need to? The article pretty much repeats what scores of journalists and pundits have been saying for the last couple of months.
 

markdadude

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Balague is obviously Poch's confidant. It's implausible that he would publish something that Poch would see as a betrayal.

You would struggle to find a manager in the country who does not want to continually refresh and re-invigorate their line-up on an annual basis, probably to the tune of 25% of their squad. Pochettino is unlikely to be any different.

How telling is the wording of that statement? Adding an element of speculation is an attempt to hide the fact its a direct statement from Poch in my opinion!
 

alfie103

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I don't think Poch would sanction this to be honest. I think this is more Guillem trying to help his mate get into a better job in the summer, or at least tell possible suitors that now may be the time to try.

To be honest, if he wants a better job than Tottenham, he needs to start winning things.
 

spuradik

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To be honest, if he wants a better job than Tottenham, he needs to start winning things.
He already has mate. Given what he has had at his disposal and what we've achieved over the past 3 seasons, isn't that evidence enough that he is clearly one of the best managers out there. Name me a single top 5 manager who would've accomplished what he has with the players we have.
 

alfie103

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He already has mate. Given what he has had at his disposal and what we've achieved over the past 3 seasons, isn't that evidence enough that he is clearly one of the best managers out there. Name me a single top 5 manager who would've accomplished what he has with the players we have.

He has been great for Spurs and done really well but he is going to be under different expectations with Real Madrid and Man Utd. He is going to be expected to win things straight away and he hasn't won a thing at any of the clubs he has been at.
 

Shadydan

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He has been great for Spurs and done really well but he is going to be under different expectations with Real Madrid and Man Utd. He is going to be expected to win things straight away and he hasn't won a thing at any of the clubs he has been at.

I think it's obvious that if Poch was at a really top club he would have won something by now, he's been handicapped by lack of resources and having the 6th richest team in the most competitive league in the world, the other 2 clubs have been Southampton and Espanyol so small chance of winning much there.

If he does become available make no mistake there are gonna be a swarm of clubs after him, if there's a choice between him and someone like LVG you think they would go for Van Gaal just because he's won trophies in the past, give me a break.
 
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Lighty64

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To be honest, if he wants a better job than Tottenham, he needs to start winning things.

the players also need to start preforming when the bigger games come up. Poch never made Trippier pass it to Dembele, he never made Dembele fuck up in a dangerous area. he made the mistake of putting Son as left back, but never made Son make a stupid choice to even make the Chelscum player have the choice to create a penalty
 

Metalhead

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If Pochettino has basically used this article to let his feelings be known through his mate then I wouldn't be very happy with him. He signed a new contract which made one of highest paid managers in the League and he knows we are in the process of building a new stadium in a very short amount of time which is taking a lot of money to complete and we offered Harry Kane a big wage bump with new contract offers to other players.
I wouldn't blame him tbh. I would be pleased to know that being one of the highest paid managers in the league isn't the limit of his ambition.
 

King of the Lane

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We lost 3 in a row....but before that we won 3 in a row...lots of knee jerk reactions so far. Lets see where we are at after the next 3
 

ralvy

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He already has mate. Given what he has had at his disposal and what we've achieved over the past 3 seasons, isn't that evidence enough that he is clearly one of the best managers out there. Name me a single top 5 manager who would've accomplished what he has with the players we have.

So, Pochetino has won because he has been able to lead us to top four in an era in which all of Arsenal, Liverpool, City, United and Chelsea have been massively inconsistent? FFS, even Rannieri was able to lead freaking Leicester to a league title in such a time while Pochetino wasn't even able to mount a serious title challenge.

I'm sorry guys. Pochetino will have my full support as long as he's part of THFC and I'm likely to remain a fan of his after such time, but he hasn't achieved anything extraordinary and you guys need to stop overrating him so much (but, hey, you all have been doing that for the past 5 years, so why stop now I guess). The most tragic part is that I'm pretty sure most of you were some of those who constantly mocked Arsene Wenger for only leading Arsenal to top four finishes (and some FA cup titles) at the end of his days with Arsenal.
 

Metalhead

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Just hope Levy takes notice and trys to make amends in Jan. Which will be almost impossible as nobody sells in Jan.
Yep, awful window. Instant excuse for the club but probably a fair one. Next summer the pressure will be on.
 

Hercules

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Just hope Levy takes notice and trys to make amends in Jan. Which will be almost impossible as nobody sells in Jan.
I personally am aghast at the naivety of some posters. All is not well behind closed doors. Yes! Poch turned down the alternatives (that were shyte). But! Daniel done himself no favours in his aged dithering. Yes! Poch was sold a dud, some believe, in signing a new contract.

The stadium delay and excuses surprised nobody internally. AC’s post was on point. Yet some still will find ways to defer blame from where it should go. Remarkable to say the least.
I know as a surety; as many internally know, we had circa 150m expressed to spend, with net spend to be manageable. January will be interesting (very). With at the very least, deal/s confirmed 100% for the summer window. There is no more wriggle room.
 

Ghost Hardware

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I personally am aghast at the naivety of some posters. All is not well behind closed doors. Yes! Poch turned down the alternatives (that were shyte). But! Daniel done himself no favours in his aged dithering. Yes! Poch was sold a dud, some believe, in signing a new contract.

The stadium delay and excuses surprised nobody internally. AC’s post was on point. Yet some still will find ways to defer blame from where it should go. Remarkable to say the least.
I know as a surety; as many internally know, we had circa 150m expressed to spend, with net spend to be manageable. January will be interesting (very). With at the very least, deal/s confirmed 100% for the summer window. There is no more wriggle room.
That’s what I find crazy. If we can’t find a single target that would have improved us with 150 mil in hand than we must have the worst scouts in world football. Poch is obviously no mug, and although most would understand that maybe a Martial would be very hard to do because of it being utd and within the PL there are enough players out there to find another. Ending up with no one, especially if we have that sort of cash to spend, is beyond laughable... it’s tragic. And I’m not talking about signing any old joe, I really don’t believe we couldn’t have found at least one qulity addition. At this point I don’t see Poch walking, but really, I’m not sure why he would want to stay next season as Levy is not actually supplying Poch with anything to help achieve his goal of a league tittle.
 
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Metalhead

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That’s what I find crazy. If we can’t find a single target that would have improved us with 150 mil in hand than we must have the worst scouts in world football. Poch is obviously no mug, and although most would understand that maybe a Martial would be very hard to do because of it being utd and within the PL there are enough players out there to find another. Ending up with no one, especially if we have that sort of cash to spend, is beyond laughable... it’s tragic. And I’m not talking about signing any old joe, I really don’t believe we couldn’t have found at least one qulity addition. At this point I don’t see Poch walking, but really, I’m not sure why he would want to stay next season as Levy is not actually supplying Poch with anything to help achieve his goal of a league tittle.
Whether there was ever 150 million to spend is probably open to debate. I agree with the sentiments of that. Levy must have almost certainly been distracted over the ongoing stadium shenanigans and obviously the shorter window didn't help but surely there have to be lessons learned as to the club's preparedness for the window and how far and wide we are spreading the net in identifying players. Football is a global business now and one would expect us to have contacts everywhere. Are we not looking across several continents? Surely we can drum up a decent list of quality targets?
 
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