"I think the challenge for all managers is to win trophies, but I'm focused on developing our style at Tottenham - that's the most important at the moment," he added.
"It's important to work hard, to believe, to be realistic. We are ambitious but it's impossible to promise (trophies). We need to show our ambition in every game."
Pochettino does seem to have an unusual ability to make balanced statements, lacking the blarney and bullshit of Redknapp or the jargon and pretension of AVB. It's very difficult to comment on expectations in a way that doesn't provoke journalists either to negative-spin it ('Spurs will never win the league') or positive-spin it ('Spurs' ambition is to win the title this season'). Despite English being a second language, he seems to be able to do this. It's very promising. It's an absence of bullshit.
And there you have it. That's what this season is about. Sit back, watch, enjoy and wave goodbye to lack of desire, ropey tactics and zero drive.
This season will see our whole club elevated to a tactical level we quite possibly haven't seen here before.
And there you have it. That's what this season is about. Sit back, watch, enjoy and wave goodbye to lack of desire, ropey tactics and zero drive.
This season will see our whole club elevated to a tactical level we quite possibly haven't seen here before.
Failed miserablly against who?Lamela absolutely needs time. Ive seen too many comments insisting he has to play and why, because he is a big money signing with reputation? He has failed miserably when up against premier league opposition and no Spurs manager can afford to keep playing non performers on the basis of transfer fee, wages or reputation.
Agree with your sentiment. Disagree with your assessment. There's undoubtedly a world beater in there. I dont magically expect him to redefine football as we know it. But i do expect him to set a few tongues wagging. Undoubtedly has the talent to do so.Lamela absolutely needs time. Ive seen too many comments insisting he has to play and why, because he is a big money signing with reputation? He has failed miserably when up against premier league opposition and no Spurs manager can afford to keep playing non performers on the basis of transfer fee, wages or reputation.
Smashing 15 goals at 20 yrs in a top league says your wrong
What about the rest of your opinion?Quote the line I have stated that this is proves wrong
Jealousy will get you nowhere, ralv.Okay, try now saying that without making it sound like Poch's dick is stabbing the back of your throat
What about the rest of your opinion?
Failed miserably?
Pochettino does seem to have an unusual ability to make balanced statements, lacking the blarney and bullshit of Redknapp or the jargon and pretension of AVB.
Bollocks.
Your'e already drunk on expectation. I'd be a little more realistic in my expectations after all the AVB hype of being the Messiah.
I'll nail my colours to the mast here: I loved Redknapp.
Can you name examples of the 'blarney and bullshit' he talked?
I would say that, on the contrary, Redknapp's only 'problem' was that he was too honest.
(Although I don't even see that as a problem: if only more public figures had Redknapp's wonderful knack of telling the truth in a good-natured and witty way!)
Oh come on. I'm on record here writing that Levy was 'insane' to sack Redknapp and I think he's the best manager we've had in at least 20 years, but his version of 'the truth' reliably coincided with any of a number of these sometimes-contradictory characteristics: (a) whatever made Harry Redknapp look good, (b) whatever came into his head when he spied a microphone, (c) whatever was necessary for Harry Redknapp to evade blame after something went wrong, (d) the opposite of what he had said a few weeks previously, (e) whatever made the funniest soundbite and (f) whatever would produce a good headline.
He could manage to combine bullshit-off-the-top-of-his head and canny-carefully-concocted-spin-bullshit in the same interview. He fooled everyone into thinking he was this fun dodgy-geezer caricature with no interest in tactics who just treated football like a simple game, when in reality he had a highly-developed understanding of what it takes to form a team and how to get the individuals in that team working at their best together.
Virtually every utterance he ever made in public contained at least one bit of misdirection or sleight of mouth, masquerading as good-ol'-Harry.
Youy want an example? You don't seriously think he actually told Pavlyuchenko to 'fucking run about a bit', do you? It was a Harry-joke about the language barrier and was one of his few bits of bullshit that backfired badly on him.