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Sorry, but three years of consistently performing is not perception. A lot of guff being written this week.'Eventually you begin to wonder if actually Spurs are more of a perception than a reality. Are they as good as people have made them out to be? Because if they are, then we are now at the stage where we should be seeing more evidence of their prowess.'
Say it like it is, mate. It's gone tits up... ?
Sorry, but three years of consistently performing is not perception. A lot of guff being written this week.
Nevertheless, given he’s been Poch’s ghostwriter this is a worrying piece. Just hope it’s his thoughts rather than any he’s been fed by our manager.
People love to pile on GB, but the fact is that he's close to Poch and isn't going to write anything that'll piss him off, or that is inaccurate (at least, inaccurate in a way that doesn't favor Poch. I can see him bending things a little in favor of the guy he wrote a book with).
This is the clearest indication yet that Poch is not happy with the summer's inactivity. "Other managers would have walked" is a fairly damning indictment of the situation right now.
People love to pile on GB, but the fact is that he's close to Poch and isn't going to write anything that'll piss him off, or that is inaccurate (at least, inaccurate in a way that doesn't favor Poch. I can see him bending things a little in favor of the guy he wrote a book with).
This is the clearest indication yet that Poch is not happy with the summer's inactivity. "Other managers would have walked" is a fairly damning indictment of the situation right now.
Ties in with Herc's remark that all is not well behind the scenes.
Poo-poo this piece by Balague at your peril...
It could be Poch has directed this piece, but in the article Balague says he asked Poch how they should use the media in regard to the Real Madrid interest and Poch wasn't up for it. He's not someone who plays games, iMO. Maybe he's reached his limit, or not. Who knows?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 would be very surprised if Poch didn’t read this before it was published and ok’d it.