Mauricio Pochettino sacked by Tottenham

[daveduvet]

Without doubt - for me - best manager and coaching team since burkinshaw. I see the logic behind the dismissal, but still feeling sad. Hope he goes onto an huge club and wins trophies left, right and centre.

 

[CheeseGromit]

He was a great manager

Many on here wanted him out. Careful what you wish for

Does Levy think we are a BIG club now so we can get world class manager Lets see

 

[Rob]

FFS

 

[parj]

But not whipping them into submission does him no good as a manager.

Why did it become a problem in January all of a sudden? Players stopped playing and that's unacceptable

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Ah, bollocks.

 

[daveduvet]

Gotta remember that Levy’s ‘stock’ stopped yielding a positive return. He sees units not personalities.. I get it, but abhor it

 

[bigfrooj]

I’m nearly 54. I’ve supported this club as long as I can remember, it’s a family thing. Without doubt Pochettino and his team have given me my greatest sustained period as a Spurs fan. I’m also a realist - I think Mauricio has simply passed his ‘best by’ expiry date. The feel good atmosphere has gone now in every aspect of the club including at the superb new stadium and amongst the playing staff. We need a change, it’s a harsh unsentimental truth. The rumour is out there about Mourinho but I have an inkling we may get Rafa Benitez...just instinct, not founded in any knowledge, just seems to fit at this moment in time.

 

[sebo_sek]

Why did it become a problem in January all of a sudden? Players stopped playing and that's unacceptable

But he had a year to get it sorted and it only got worse. He had 8 million a year to work it. He failed and got fired. That's what would have happened to all of us if couldn't fulfill our contracts

 

[daveduvet]

I’m nearly 54. I’ve supported this club as long as I can remember, it’s a family thing. Without doubt Pochettino and his team have given me my greatest sustained period as a Spurs fan. I’m also a realist - I think Mauricio has simply passed his ‘best by’ expiry date. The feel good atmosphere has gone now in every aspect of the club including at the superb new stadium and amongst the playing staff. We need a change, it’s a harsh unsentimental truth. The rumour is out there about Mourinho but I have an inkling we may get Rafa Benitez...just instinct, not founded in any knowledge, just seems to fit at this moment in time.

Interestingly a pal of mine said same re Benitez

 

[Jonesey]

Inevitable really. not entirely his fault - the club let him down on the promises they made when he signed his new contract in May but he hasn’t managed the unsettled squad enough to get results and that’s not great management.

Saturday’s going to be interesting if Levy doesn’t have a replacement sorted. Can’t see him pulling on a tracksuit.

Kane to become the youngest player manager in history? (Joking of course)

 

[Henry Percy]

IMO Poch lost it in Dec 2018 when he refused to rule himself out of the running for the Man Utd role. After that our form dipped and never recovered. I think Levy and the team saw a different Poch at that time, perhaps someone who was no longer 100% committed and looking to exit. Combined with the I'll quit if we win the CL statement which was a big distraction and must have had an impact on the players, was completely unnecessary.

It is a sad day, Poch put us back towards the top, CL final, prestige and gave us identity, hope and joy. It has been amazing to watch the team at times. Hopefully we get someone in who can carry it on. Good luck Poch.

 

[PLTuck]

Oh fuck. Sad day. Just have to move forward now.

 

[Mattspurs1982]

Jose would want £150m in Jan. The guy relies on money and this is Levy we’re talking about

 

[bigspurs]

Can’t wait to see the Amazon documentary

 

[Real_madyidd]

Jose would want £150m in Jan. The guy relies on money and this is Levy we’re talking about

He can have it. He just has to sell £160m of players first

 

[OneHotspur1988]

Let's be honest, we were peobably going to get relegated at this rate, still sucks though

 

[bigspurs]

Why? The results were shocking and we are in a results business.

Cause everyone is laughing at us of course. Think about it, it’s a fucking embarrassment. Will be great on the Amazon doc won’t it.

 

[peteblue]

Wrong desicion for me, players have to shoulder some blame for not performing. Don't want Mourinho at all he will make us too defensive. Go all out to get Rogers, but I somehow doubt he will come. Allegri is the next choice, not against Eddie Howe but maybe too soon for him. I feel Levy has dropped a huge clanger in sacking Poch, but only time will tell.

 

[Acid]

This isn't a flash in the pan or knee jerk reaction.
A few more weeks with results carrying on as they have been for the last 12 months and we'll be in a relegation battle. Deny all you like but thats the truth of it.
NOBODY knows if this is a good decision or not. Not even you.
Maybe he'd have suddenly turned it around, maybe not. I've never seen a manager turn around a slump like this so I'd say not.
What happens next is anybody's guess.
We can't live in the past. Poch was fantastic for us and will always be remembered for getting us to a CL Final (and remembered for what he did when we got there) but I think its just time for a change. Managers with supposed better reputations have snapped under much less.

How many managers have you seen - at a club with our supposed stature - in the position Poch had been put into by the board and other circumstances/variables converging on eachother? It's a pretty unique situation, almost 5 players outright wanting out for a good year, contracts running down (something I never imaged Levy would do after Sol Campbell situation), injury issues, adapting to a new stadium and not being allowed to sign a player for about 18 months, previous to the last window.

How is a new manager going to solve those issues?

They won't; it's now a waiting game to clear out the deadwood and rebuild, no matter who comes in. I find it doubtful it would make any difference to this season but obviously cannot prove that either way.

He outright told us to be patient as a rebuild was neccessery; combined with how we do business (and I'm not a Levy hater), that required time. I'd of rather showed some loyalty - which he had more than earned - and given him that time and backing to do so than bring in a new manager in. He had completed a transition period with us once before in which we came out the other side a much, much better team - after suffering through some shit - no reason to think he wouldn't of been able to do so again. Just IMHO.

 

[Mattspurs1982]

Ancelotti??