Please explain: from where does this faith in Mauricio Pochettino arise?

[TaoistMonkey]

Ouch. This thread is cringeworthy reading it back.

 

[HappySpur]

Nov 22nd was a vintage day in this thread. Hopefully, one or two people will look back at their posts (and the cast iron certainty of tone) and think about how they should present their onions in the future. But I doubt that'll happen.

I say this as an expert in making myself look a dipstick

Thank you so much for bringing this up. I went back and read it and it was so goddamn enjoyable. I laughed, I cried, I wee'd myself a bit.

But I wasn't surprised in any capacity by the list of offenders. Had you asked me to list the suspects, I would have been about 75% accurate

That being said, among that litany of horse shit was a brilliant post by @dontcallme

Here it is

So far I've been happy with the way he has introduced Kane and Mason. Giving them game time but not simply playing them every game.

I like that Poch is happy to say when a performance isn't good enough even when we win. He doesn't appear to have such an ego that he'll claim a victory as his own and constantly concentrates on the players.

When we hired him and were discussing hiring him I was firmly on the fence. If we were 3rd or 13th right now I wouldn't be calling him the messiah or asking for his head. It is too early to judge and I want to see how he deals with challenges other than how well he has us playing after less than half a season.

That's exactly how you respond to such a ridiculous question at the beginning of a tenure. And that part about Mason and Kane.....that was before Kane had passed Ahuru Mazda and was closing in on Jesus in terms of messiahs. And Mason had just started getting time. Top notch post DCM.

 

[Lukasz]

Is there a website that would allow to check stats of a manager after specific number of games? I wonder what AVB's and Harry's records after 40 games are.

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

This is a superb read on Poch.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...for-the-battle-to-finish-in-the-top-four.html

 

[Mr Pink]

This is a superb read on Poch.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...for-the-battle-to-finish-in-the-top-four.html

Loved this line in the context of playing better teams, Clyne:

he trains the mind as well as the body

 

[thinktank]

This is a superb read on Poch.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...for-the-battle-to-finish-in-the-top-four.html

Nathaniel Clyne, Southampton’s right-back under Pochettino, said of his training sessions: “He’d have us pressing high, keeping a high line, receiving the ball in difficult situations, keeping possession and basically having the confidence to play football rather than being afraid. The understanding in our defence was down to our training. Personally, it took my game to another level.”

Which is what the other key s'ton players have said; still - as absurd as it is - denied by some on here.

"he inherited the yoof innit...adkins did a good job innit...dats why dey were good already...innit."

Shameless.

 

[Mr Pink]

The training the mind remark from Clyne is already evidenced by the change/improvement in our self belief as a team. To come from behind and get so many late winners etc.

And obviously we've just dispatched Chelsea and Arsenal very impressively. Not winning and hanging on, but hammering them - and all in the Pochettino style.

 

[thinktank]

The training the mind remark from Clyne is already evidenced by the change/improvement in our self belief as a team. To come from behind and get so many late winners etc.

And obviously we've just dispatched Chelsea and Arsenal very impressively. Not winning and hanging on, but hammering them - and all in the Pochettino style.

The job now is consolidation towards the end of the season. Then when we integrate new players into the team in the summer they are swept up and absorbed into our culture much faster, as the main bulk of the squad would already be fully programmed.

 

[E17yid]

It's how Spartans would play football...and they were cool

I think the Spartans would of been better off down the road considering how much they liked noncing off little boys.

 

[freeeki]

I haven't logged on SC for a couple of months, but I knew when I did I'd find the usual bunch of reactionary hysteria spreaders, doom mongers, blind faithfuls and I-told-you-so merchants.

I'm with the guy who pointed out we're only 12 games in to the season.

Settle down you lunatics.

Just saying...

 

[Locotoro]

Just saying...

Im sure that was me

 

[prawnsandwich]

He said in the paper that he would have been happy to see out this season with just Kane and Soldado as our strikers.
That is either breathtakingly confident or very stupid.
The top goalscorer in the NLD and Andros have been dropped from the squad today.

A few spammed and disagreed with this post.
What happens if Harry gets injured?

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

A few spammed and disagreed with this post.
What happens if Harry gets injured?

Interesting that you chose to pick up on that post, i'd have gone with this one

Stability at 12th spot?
If he has not got it right in 5 games not 5 years he has to go.
Why should we put up with shit? Would Chelsea? Would Real Madrid?-No.

It got its share of doh's and wtf's

 

[prawnsandwich]

Interesting that you chose to pick up on that post, i'd have gone with this one

It got its share of doh's and wtf's

What is the point of that post?
He got it right in those 5 games.
The whole point of a forum is to express peoples's opinions. At the time.
I stand by every single opinion I have expressed on this forum. Every single fucking one.
Have I been ever wrong?
Never!

 

[TwanYid]

Let the man have his 5 years.

Do you still feel this way?

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

Careful boys, the "i told you so" brigade are gearing up to prematurely ejaculate all over the place.

 

[sheringmann]

Interesting.

 

[Spurger King]

Careful boys, the "i told you so" brigade are gearing up to prematurely ejaculate all over the place.

I don't think anyone's taking pleasure from our disappointing end to the season. At least they shouldn't be.

I was not keen on us bringing in Pochettino, but it would be pretty dumb to start crowing about it. He needs at least another full season (unless we're in relegation form).

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

I don't think anyone's taking pleasure from our disappointing end to the season. At least they shouldn't be.

I was not keen on us bringing in Pochettino, but it would be pretty dumb to start crowing about it. He needs at least another full season (unless we're in relegation form).

That is how I fell.

Just slightly funny that the thread would get bumped for the the first time in 2 months by the original poster after we have a few bad performances.

I don't think that it is overly cynical to state that people get joy out of being 'right', especially when that is clearly the case in this thread.

I have always felt that it is pretty twattish to say "I told you so" even if you are right in the end. It just makes it feel like you being proven right is such a rare occurrence that you have to celebrate it.

Anyway, you are right. It is way too premature.

 

[stemark44]

Lets be honest...other than getting the players training harder with double sessions and trying to get them running a bit more on the pitch...what exactly has Poch done at Spurs?

We also have a huge section of the squad that the manager doesn't trust and who are frozen out of the first team.

Its a shambles at Spurs at this point in time.