The Mauricio Pochettino thread

[RichieS]

https://www.football365.com/news/ch...sers-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-mauricio-pochettino

We certainly are on an excellent run and what we are achieving the season is remarkable. But if we actually had this "thin squad" people keep talking about, there is no way we would be where we are. It's the strength of the squad that's getting us through!

 

[Lennon1981]

I was just bantering my cousin who’s an arsenal fan about the score at the minute and then I said to him I can’t believe how much we’ve gone ahead of them.

I mean when they had Viera, Berkamp, Henry, Pires and playing in big European nights whilst we were struggling to beat farmers I never dreamed we’d get near them.

Now we’ve got Kane, Son, Alli, Eriksen and it’s us playing in huge games like last night.

The leap forward we’ve made under poch is unbelievable, he’s changed us into genuine title contenders. Spanking big teams in the last 16 of the champions league.

We can never let this man leave

 

[Metalhead]

Hmm. It's kind of true, this is a form of social media, but I'm sure you do actually know who I was having a pop at rather than message boards. It's Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat and the like who are the real culprits for allowing all sorts of idiots to post anything they like, some contributions have been so appalling, they've resulted in some young people actually taking their lives, like that poor girl the other week, Molly Russell. Perfectly innocent people are targeted for bullying and trolling for absolutely no reason other than the senders think it's a bit of fun.

Someone I know very well a while back lost his son at the age of 12 years old and soon after, he received some really vile messages on social media calling his son a stupid little c**t and he's better off without him and all sorts. Just what you need when you're grieving over your dead child...! And while this goes on, the people who own these sites say there's nothing they can do as they are only offering a platform for debate and conversation.

Sorry to go off on one mate, but this is exactly what I was referring to when I suggested we close down those avenues which are so often abused by some very strange people who get off on it.

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I know what you mean. Social media is fine but unfortunately just like some people shouldn’t be allowed to be behind the wheel of a car, social media is dangerous in the wrong hands.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

I was just bantering my cousin who’s an arsenal fan about the score at the minute and then I said to him I can’t believe how much we’ve gone ahead of them.

I mean when they had Viera, Berkamp, Henry, Pires and playing in big European nights whilst we were struggling to beat farmers I never dreamed we’d get near them.

Now we’ve got Kane, Son, Alli, Eriksen and it’s us playing in huge games like last night.

The leap forward we’ve made under poch is unbelievable, he’s changed us into genuine title contenders. Spanking big teams in the last 16 of the champions league.

We can never let this man leave

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

The classiest, baddest mofo in town...such class, passion & a fierce loyalty to his cause.

I honestly don't want another manager at Spurs.

He's Magic....

 

[mark87]

 

[coyspurs18]

Long but good article...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/sports/tottenham-pochettino-premier-league.html

 

[Saoirse]

Poch has got a really tough task now. The title is gone. Arguably it's been gone a long time - we'd have needed a really improbably run of form to be in it. And that isn't his fault when you consider the very limited resources at his disposal compared to Pep and Klopp. But now we have three games in ten days in Chelsea, Arsenal and Dortmund that are crucial. Mess up the first two and we risk bottling the Top 4, losing a couple of our top players in the summer, and not having the resources or attractiveness to replace them. Mess up Dortmund, and we're officially a laughing stock - not to mention that the 2010s will be the trophyless decade. So after a dreadful performance he's got to pick us up very quickly. A real challenge.

 

[SpursD22]

Call me crazy but we should go all In for the Champions League

We will not win the league and maybe I’m too confident but I can’t see us finishing outside top 4
We’re basically in the quarterfinals and in a 2 leg we could beat anyone, fu*k the league let’s go for the Champions League

 

[EQP]

Never seen him that angry before. We've had some really bad calls against us and you can tell that Poch has had enough of refs giving the opposition the benefit of the doubt and hitting us with the full extent of the rules.

 

[Mr Pink]

Call me crazy but we should go all In for the Champions League

We will not win the league and maybe I’m too confident but I can’t see us finishing outside top 4
We’re basically in the quarterfinals and in a 2 leg we could beat anyone, fu*k the league let’s go for the Champions League

We can't fuck the league. There's still a huge amount of work to be done before we can relax with top four qualification.

Next two games are massive, they're 6 pointers.

No time for feeling sorry for ourselves, got to respond and have a winners approach to EVERY game we play until the end of the season.

 

[Sevens]

I was just bantering my cousin who’s an arsenal fan about the score at the minute and then I said to him I can’t believe how much we’ve gone ahead of them.

I mean when they had Viera, Berkamp, Henry, Pires and playing in big European nights whilst we were struggling to beat farmers I never dreamed we’d get near them.

Now we’ve got Kane, Son, Alli, Eriksen and it’s us playing in huge games like last night.

The leap forward we’ve made under poch is unbelievable, he’s changed us into genuine title contenders. Spanking big teams in the last 16 of the champions league.

We can never let this man leave

We were near them for years, at least Premier League anyway. We finally got the better of them (as much as them falling off as us getting better to be honest) but I hate this narrative that we were shit before Poch took over. We certainly weren't.

Poch took over in 2014. In the preceding nine seasons, Spurs finished outside the top six just twice. We finished in the top five, 6 of the 9 seasons. We had finished in the top four, twice in the preceding five seasons.

The way the media, and even some of our fans talk, it's like we were some mid-table bunch of cloggers before Poch arrived.

 

[RichieS]

We were near them for years, at least Premier League anyway. We finally got the better of them (as much as them falling off as us getting better to be honest) but I hate this narrative that we were shit before Poch took over. We certainly weren't.

Poch took over in 2014. In the preceding nine seasons, Spurs finished outside the top six just twice. We finished in the top five, 6 of the 9 seasons. We had finished in the top four, twice in the preceding five seasons.

The way the media, and even some of our fans talk, it's like we were some mid-table bunch of cloggers before Poch arrived.

It's preferable for many to give Poch most of the credit for our rise than it is to acknowledge who's led and overseen the whole process...

 

[aussiespursguy]

Wonder what penalty he will be given?

 

[Spartan Spurs]

For Poch to confront Dean like that, Dean must be quite a prick or, at the very least, Poch is fed up with his calls.
And for both he & Jesus to come back at him pointing fingers... (Poch - "what did you say?!" & Jesus - "you can't say that!")

Really wonder what Dean said to them to set them off like that.

 

[ajspurs]

For Poch to confront Dean like that, Dean must be quite a prick or, at the very least, Poch is fed up with his calls.
And for both he & Jesus to come back at him pointing fingers... (Poch - "what did you say?!" & Jesus - "you can't say that!")

Really wonder what Dean said to them to set them off like that.

Hopefully it's something that will not see him referee any of our games for a while.

 

[glacierSpurs]

Wonder what penalty he will be given?

He's charged with improper conduct by the FA, numerous publications have reported..

Ffs he's no Klopp

 

[Insomnia]

For Poch to confront Dean like that, Dean must be quite a prick or, at the very least, Poch is fed up with his calls.
And for both he & Jesus to come back at him pointing fingers... (Poch - "what did you say?!" & Jesus - "you can't say that!")

Really wonder what Dean said to them to set them off like that.

Apparently he said to Poch, that's your fight for the league table over then

 

[danielneeds]

Apparently he said to Poch, that's your fight for the league table over then

Very unprofessional if he did. Everything’s recorded on his mic, so should be fairly easy to prove. He really is a first-class wanker.

 

[Gilzeanking]

Apparently he said to Poch, that's your fight for the league table over then

Well . Where did you get that Firestarter !