Pochettino approached by Man Utd

[SpartanSpur]

I'd assume Poch will be doing his Newcastle presser tomorrow lunch time, hopefully this will all be put to bed then.

 

[spursram]

I'd assume Poch will be doing his Newcastle presser tomorrow lunch time, hopefully this will all be put to bed then.

Man U are playing Bournemouth.

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

Man U are playing Bournemouth.

Looking at the way they played at West Ham half of those Yanited players were already on the beach.

 

[Stamford]

As predicted you have all turned into whining bitches over a couple of photos.

Poch isn't going anywhere. Why explicitly come out and say he is signing a new contract if he wants to leave?lol

Understandably so given our history. Natural to think this way

 

[yankspurs]

Probably not anything to be too concerned about.

Lets be honest here though, anytime a manager that is as hawked around by the media as much as ours is publicly meeting with a legendary manager who still does work with his former club, whose managerial situation just so happens to very dicey, is a bad look. Especially when it is crunch time at the wrt preparing for the summer transfer window and getting players to sign new contracts. Players are going to see this. As are our transfer targets. The best thing we can do right now, is announce that Poch has signed a new contract and leak that Poch was talking to Fergie about some players we have interest in. Even if its not true and this was just an mentoring meeting or something of the sort. Have to give the media a whole new narrative to spin. A new contact announcement wont do so now because Poch announced he verbally agreed to one last week.

 

[Trix]

Needs to be denied if no truth in it - and soon.

He will be bombarded with questions about it at the pre Newcastle pc. I'm sure it will be blown out then.

 

[zepstar]

This is just mutual admiration and are contemporaries from various UEFA managers sumits/meetings etc.

The David Lammy MP thing about Ferguson saying we had the best manager in the premier league suggests that they're familiar in a social context.

Ferguson went to Klopp and Guardiola once upon a time, in private, and they both said no. We only found out that they did, after the event. Ferguson doesn't operate in this way. If it was happening, it'd be hush.

 

[kaz Hirai]

Wonder what players would/want go with him if he did leave in this alternative reality

I'd guess

Alli
Dier -by proxy
Lamela
Eriksen
Rose

Though we aren't Southampton, levy just wouldn't allow anyone to go

 

[eViL]

There's something wrong with you lot.

Hopefully it was a meeting driven by Poch to ask Ferguson how to rule the Premiership for the next 10 years and to work out where he went wrong this season.

We're on the cusp of something special.

 

[thinktank]

There's something wrong with you lot.

Hopefully it was a meeting driven by Poch to ask Ferguson how to rule the Premiership for the next 10 years and to work out where he went wrong this season.

We're on the cusp of something special.

Not sure why Fergie would want to help us be a great club tbh.

It may have been a straight forward lunch, but he was no doubt planting seeds, the old whisky sodden xxxx.

It's in his nature.

 

[lol]

How long have you followed Spurs (polite way of asking someones age )

I've been following spurs since the 2005 season, so thats 11 years i suppose.

To be honest I've nothing against the way you think, but I just think differently from you.

For me i never believe in destiny, never in fate. I believe in cause and effect, i believe in action, reaction. I never believed that we were destined to lose to leicester city, i believed it was due to a defensive error, a lapse in concentration. I never believed that we were destined to miss out of champions league, i believe it was good positioning and heading from drogba that did it for chelsea.

I was a competitive athlete when i was in my youth, i've represented my countries in youth olympic games, SEA games, so i do know what it is like to compete at the highest level. its never about destiny, its always about mentality and work ethic.

granted we can always say "we could have been luckier", but thats only an excuse to blame something we cannot control. the thing that we can actually blame is that, why wasnt our stamina up to par? why do our stamina run out at the 90th minute? what if we could last 120? then we wouldnt feel as tired, then we could sprint faster while others falter, then we wouldnt lose our concentration, then we wouldnt concede.

Its things like these that make me believe that we could always improve, its thinking like these that will always make me believe that we would win the medal. no matter what the odds are, it doesnt matter, we will beat it. whether you actually do in the end is one thing, but whats the most important is to believe it.

Maybe its the way i was brought up, maybe its the way i was trained. But what i do believe is that, yes manchester is indeed a big club, so are we. we've beaten them, we outplayed them, we outscore them. granted they are the bigger brand, but that is only for now. they are where they are at because did their job for the past decade, we didnt. kudos to them, but this is where it ends. this is where we take over, just like how we used to be the biggest club in town, others took over when we stop delivering. Of course this process is not going to be quick. Its not gonna be done anytime soon. its gonna take time. its gonna be a long grind. but it can be done

whether we can actually pull it off and become the biggest club in england once again, we dont know. but what is most important is to believe it.

 

[mickdale]

This is just mutual admiration and are contemporaries from various UEFA managers sumits/meetings etc.

The David Lammy MP thing about Ferguson saying we had the best manager in the premier league suggests that they're familiar in a social context.

Ferguson went to Klopp and Guardiola once upon a time, in private, and they both said no. We only found out that they did, after the event. Ferguson doesn't operate in this way. If it was happening, it'd be hush.

Man united approached Poch in January, who knows what was said then about the future, they might be asking again

 

[mickdale]

Wonder what players would/want go with him if he did leave in this alternative reality

I'd guess

Alli
Dier -by proxy
Lamela
Eriksen
Rose

Though we aren't Southampton, levy just wouldn't allow anyone to go

He would definitely take toby

 

[kmk]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ws/man-utd-news-ferguson-pochettino-11318564?

Why Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson met Pochettino

Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson is a big admirer of Mauricio Pochettino but the Tottenham manager arranged their London rendezvous.

Mauricio Pochettino arranged his London meeting with Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson in what was merely a social engagement.

The Tottenham manager informed his club of the rendezvous on Tuesday, where he was pictured with his assistant Jesus Perez and the former United manager.

Ferguson, who rates Pochettino as the best coach in the Premier League , has spoken with the Argentinian before at League Managers Association events and, according to PA Sport, the pair organised a few times to meet socially only to have to cancel due to other commitments.

Pochettino was reportedly determined to keep to the arrangement on this occasion, insisting he had nothing to hide. The fact he met with Ferguson, in the capital to attend United's Premier League defeat to West Ham, in the middle of the day, would suggest there was no intention to keep the meeting secret.

READ MORE: Selfie-taking United are becoming like Arsenal

Former Southampton manager Pochettino has verbally agreed a new five-year deal with Spurs but is admired by members on the United board, with Louis van Gaal's future still in doubt.

After announcing his plan to stay at White Hart Lane almost two weeks ago, Pochettino cited Ferguson as an example of the rewards longevity can bring.

“Sir Alex Ferguson is a very special person. He was given the security to build his legacy at Manchester United,” Pochettino said.

“But I believe we are special too and we can build it here together.”

 

[mil1lion]

I've been following spurs since the 2005 season, so thats 11 years i suppose.

To be honest fair I've nothing against the way you think, but I just think differently from you.

For me i never believe in destiny, never in fate. I believe in cause and effect, i believe in action, reaction. I never believed that we were destined to lose to leicester city, i believed it was due to a defensive error, a lapse in concentration. I never believed that we were destined to miss out of champions league, i believe it was good positioning and heading from drogba that did it for chelsea.

I was a competitive athlete when i was in my youth, i've represented my countries in youth olympic games, SEA games, so i do know what it is like to compete at the highest level. its never about destiny, its always about mentality and work ethic.

granted we can always say "we could have been luckier", but thats only an excuse to blame something we cannot control. the thing that we can actually blame is that, why wasnt our stamina up to par? why do our stamina run out at the 90th minute? what if we could last 120? then we wouldnt feel as tired, then we could sprint faster while others falter, then we wouldnt lose our concentration, then we wouldnt concede.

Its things like these that make me believe that we could always improve, its thinking like these that will always make me believe that we would win the medal. no matter what the odds are, it doesnt matter, we will beat it. whether you actually do in the end is one thing, but whats the most important is to believe it.

Maybe its the way i was brought up, maybe its the way i was trained. But what i do believe is that, yes manchester is indeed a big club, so are we. we've beaten them, we outplayed them, we outscore them. granted they are the bigger brand, but that is only for now. they are where they are at because did their job for the past decade, we didnt. kudos to them, but this is where it ends. this is where we take over, just like how we used to be the biggest club in town, others took over when we stop delivering. Of course this process is not going to be quick. Its not gonna be done anytime soon. its gonna take time. its gonna be a long grind. but it can be done

whether we can actually pull it off and become the biggest club in england once again, we dont know. but what is most important is to believe it.

I admire your optimism I really do. For me I hope that this is a new era and this will be our time. Every big team has their era and I hope this is ours now.

I just can't help be sceptical of it at the moment. I've seen too many false dawns over the years. I don't actually believe in destiny but just saying that it feels almost like we're destined to fall short somehow. Whether it's missing out on 4th because of food poisoning or finishing 4th only for Chelsea to take our Champions League spot. It's almost like we did something and are now cursed (like My Name is Earl when he says every time something good happens something bad is waiting around the corner).

It just wouldn't surprise me that after this great season and finally everything heading in the right direction something bad goes wrong. To be fair I'm sure Man City felt that way too early on when they started competing at the top. Maybe it's just my way of thinking not to set my expectations so high just in case. Give it another 15 years and you might lose that optimism unless we do indeed take over.

 

[TwanYid]

I've been following spurs since the 2005 season, so thats 11 years i suppose.

To be honest I've nothing against the way you think, but I just think differently from you.

For me i never believe in destiny, never in fate. I believe in cause and effect, i believe in action, reaction. I never believed that we were destined to lose to leicester city, i believed it was due to a defensive error, a lapse in concentration. I never believed that we were destined to miss out of champions league, i believe it was good positioning and heading from drogba that did it for chelsea.

I was a competitive athlete when i was in my youth, i've represented my countries in youth olympic games, SEA games, so i do know what it is like to compete at the highest level. its never about destiny, its always about mentality and work ethic.

granted we can always say "we could have been luckier", but thats only an excuse to blame something we cannot control. the thing that we can actually blame is that, why wasnt our stamina up to par? why do our stamina run out at the 90th minute? what if we could last 120? then we wouldnt feel as tired, then we could sprint faster while others falter, then we wouldnt lose our concentration, then we wouldnt concede.

Its things like these that make me believe that we could always improve, its thinking like these that will always make me believe that we would win the medal. no matter what the odds are, it doesnt matter, we will beat it. whether you actually do in the end is one thing, but whats the most important is to believe it.

Maybe its the way i was brought up, maybe its the way i was trained. But what i do believe is that, yes manchester is indeed a big club, so are we. we've beaten them, we outplayed them, we outscore them. granted they are the bigger brand, but that is only for now. they are where they are at because did their job for the past decade, we didnt. kudos to them, but this is where it ends. this is where we take over, just like how we used to be the biggest club in town, others took over when we stop delivering. Of course this process is not going to be quick. Its not gonna be done anytime soon. its gonna take time. its gonna be a long grind. but it can be done

whether we can actually pull it off and become the biggest club in england once again, we dont know. but what is most important is to believe it.

Excellent post. The problem is most Spurs fans- myself included- are born pessimists.

Being an optimist is actually far more frightening.

 

[StartingPrice]

If this lunch date is true then He is definitely approaching Poch for the UTD job.

Why on earth would it be happening otherwise.. I'm a bit worried to be honest.

I have no more idea than anyone else. But just as an exercising of the imagination:

Fergie contacted Poch a while ago (due to a thinly veiled crush) to suggest them having a purely personal lunch, but Poch told him to wait until he had sorted his new contract with Spurs out, lest the lunch be misinterpreted

Or, how about, notwithstanding this was apparently arranged a while ago, maybe Poch wanted to bend his ear/seek advice, in his capacity within the LMA, concerning our treatment and the behaviour of other managers over the last month or so. I mean, how would Fergie have reacted, if his team was in a title race, of being forced to play a day later than the rivals his team was chasing, in a series of televised Monday clashes. Or what about if the managers of clubs who had to play one or both of the protagonists in a title race, had expressed a preference for one club over another and then performed pathetically against one or out of their skin against another? or the same type of statements from Chelsea players and manager, who then began the game, with the one they had stated they wanted to stop winning the title, like they were prepared to cause serious injury even if they weren't favourite for the ball?

Just some alternatives.

As others have said, I have no doubt that Beetroot Head would be more than happy to slip the odd baited line or insinuating thought in there.

 

[spursfan77]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ws/man-utd-news-ferguson-pochettino-11318564?

Why Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson met Pochettino

Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson is a big admirer of Mauricio Pochettino but the Tottenham manager arranged their London rendezvous.

Mauricio Pochettino arranged his London meeting with Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson in what was merely a social engagement.

The Tottenham manager informed his club of the rendezvous on Tuesday, where he was pictured with his assistant Jesus Perez and the former United manager.

Ferguson, who rates Pochettino as the best coach in the Premier League , has spoken with the Argentinian before at League Managers Association events and, according to PA Sport, the pair organised a few times to meet socially only to have to cancel due to other commitments.

Pochettino was reportedly determined to keep to the arrangement on this occasion, insisting he had nothing to hide. The fact he met with Ferguson, in the capital to attend United's Premier League defeat to West Ham, in the middle of the day, would suggest there was no intention to keep the meeting secret.

READ MORE: Selfie-taking United are becoming like Arsenal

Former Southampton manager Pochettino has verbally agreed a new five-year deal with Spurs but is admired by members on the United board, with Louis van Gaal's future still in doubt.

After announcing his plan to stay at White Hart Lane almost two weeks ago, Pochettino cited Ferguson as an example of the rewards longevity can bring.

“Sir Alex Ferguson is a very special person. He was given the security to build his legacy at Manchester United,” Pochettino said.

“But I believe we are special too and we can build it here together.”

You'd think a local Manchester paper would know (be told by the club) so this could well be true enough.

 

[BuryMeInEngland]

I can't think of anything more fucking tedious than a lunch with SAF. He'd just spend it all telling you how good he is and why Man Utd are shit now but still continue to be the greatest team in the world. All in an incomprehensible slurring jock accent.

 

[ostrov]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ws/man-utd-news-ferguson-pochettino-11318564?

Why Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson met Pochettino

Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson is a big admirer of Mauricio Pochettino but the Tottenham manager arranged their London rendezvous.

Mauricio Pochettino arranged his London meeting with Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson in what was merely a social engagement.

The Tottenham manager informed his club of the rendezvous on Tuesday, where he was pictured with his assistant Jesus Perez and the former United manager.

Ferguson, who rates Pochettino as the best coach in the Premier League , has spoken with the Argentinian before at League Managers Association events and, according to PA Sport, the pair organised a few times to meet socially only to have to cancel due to other commitments.

Pochettino was reportedly determined to keep to the arrangement on this occasion, insisting he had nothing to hide. The fact he met with Ferguson, in the capital to attend United's Premier League defeat to West Ham, in the middle of the day, would suggest there was no intention to keep the meeting secret.

READ MORE: Selfie-taking United are becoming like Arsenal

Former Southampton manager Pochettino has verbally agreed a new five-year deal with Spurs but is admired by members on the United board, with Louis van Gaal's future still in doubt.

After announcing his plan to stay at White Hart Lane almost two weeks ago, Pochettino cited Ferguson as an example of the rewards longevity can bring.

“Sir Alex Ferguson is a very special person. He was given the security to build his legacy at Manchester United,” Pochettino said.

“But I believe we are special too and we can build it here together.”

This is the prove some people let their fear rule their common sense when looking at only conspiracy theory.