Pochettino: I’ll promote an academy striker if we can’t find the right signing

[Hazardousman]

It's unfair to blame Levy for not buying the 'correct' striker that Pochettino wants. Most likely, the striker that Poch want's will not leave in January. Most big signings happen in the summer. Very few strikers in good form will leave their club in Jan to play second fiddle to Kane, especially when there's plenty of international football to play in the summer.

Blame other clubs reluctance to let their key players go mid way during the season, rather than Levy.

We could have signed one in the summer, we knew we only had one striker then?

 

[tiger666]

All well and good, but is it really hat sensible? Well we won't get anyone is great sound bite, but if we suddenly play 4 months with just Son up top and an academy striker as back up, will we all say oh well at least we didn't buy a striker Poch didn't want. What you do is find a striker you like of a list and get one of them! It's not good enough to say I only want one and of that fails our season might? We
Should have 4-5 potentials for each position

Fine. How is that the fault of Levy if Poch doesn't want any old striker?

 

[Hotspur33]

I like the idea in theory, but then we don't have any strikers in the academy making a good case to be be picked.
I would prefer a loan signing of an experienced pro. Somebody that we can let go at the end of the season (so's not to compromise the 'bigger picture')
Maybe somebody that would like a stage to earn themselves a new contract somewhere else.

And before anybody asks, I don't have any names because my brains database is very limited.

 

[talkshowhost86]

All well and good, but is it really hat sensible? Well we won't get anyone is great sound bite, but if we suddenly play 4 months with just Son up top and an academy striker as back up, will we all say oh well at least we didn't buy a striker Poch didn't want. What you do is find a striker you like of a list and get one of them! It's not good enough to say I only want one and of that fails our season might? We
Should have 4-5 potentials for each position

You realise we can only register 25 players right?

 

[dk-yid]

Good. But of course it will all be the fault of Levy if we don't sign a striker.

And Jenas.

 

[Larryjanta]

Tim Sherwood, in amongst all the shit, had us well pegged

"'Liverpool are a different kettle of fish to us; home-grown players at Liverpool are embraced. They love homegrown players at Liverpool,'Tottenham fans like signings."

Massive shame that he's right on this

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Tim Sherwood, in amongst all the shit, had us well pegged

"'Liverpool are a different kettle of fish to us; home-grown players at Liverpool are embraced. They love homegrown players at Liverpool,'Tottenham fans like signings."

Massive shame that he's right on this

Bollocks.

 

[worcestersauce]

So to paraphrase, "if you take the piss we'll walk away"

 

[mpickard2087]

Bollocks.

He had a point at the time, a couple of years back the majority on here were dead against a youth policy and were disbelieving that you could put a squad together composed of several academy graduates.

 

[homer hotspur]

I keep reading that Sundeland are in for Andre Ayew and nobody seems to be suggesting this is ridiculous ie why would Swansea sell him and why would he go there? If he was potentially available, however, he could be an option? But I doubt he is or would demand wages above our limits.

 

[longtimespur]

Pochettino has now said the same thing, in slightly differing words, at least 6, perhaps 7 times. And still people keep re-spinning it to suit what they already thought, as opposed to listening to what he is saying.

He is saying that he, personally, does not want us to buy striker unless it is one of a very small number of people whom he is prepared to incorporate into the squad on a long term basis. He is implying that he has issued instructions, or at least a firm request, to the management not to buy a striker unless it is one of those players. He has now added that he would prefer to meet this season's requirements from our academy than to buy a striker whom he does not want for the long term. The overall implication is that he would prefer to risk an inferior result to this season, rather than have us sign a striker he does not want. The subject of money does not even arise - he's only discussing the identity of the player.

You can all disagree with what he's saying - I'm not sure I entirely agree with his priorities - but FFS, stop making it all say something it does not say. It doesn't say that Levy won't pay what Pochettino wants to pay for a striker. It doesn't say that we "can't" sign a striker, nor that we "couldn't" sign one last summer. It doesn't say that there are disagreements in the management team about whether to sign a new striker or about whom to sign.

It is Pochettino saying, very plainly, that he has control over, or at least responsibility for, whether we sign a striker this month and whom we sign. Most specifically, it is Pochettino restating ad nauseam that he will not accept players he does not want in his squad, even if this is at the expense of short term results.

This is the way he runs the club now - he doesn't shift blame onto the rest of management, he takes responsibility for working within the club's constraints - and thus wailing about the "failure" to sign players whom he does not want is getting a bit weird.

I wish there was a "SUPER DOOPER" rating for this. Well done David. Doesn't mean people will change their agendas though.

 

[longtimespur]

I keep reading that Sundeland are in for Andre Ayew and nobody seems to be suggesting this is ridiculous ie why would Swansea sell him and why would he go there? If he was potentially available, however, he could be an option? But I doubt he is or would demand wages above our limits.

Thought I read Swansea want rid because of his and Gomis's attitudes.

 

[worcestersauce]

He had a point at the time, a couple of years back the majority on here were dead against a youth policy and were disbelieving that you could put a squad together composed of several academy graduates.

To be fair a couple of years ago we couldn't.

 

[Japhet]

I wish there was a "SUPER DOOPER" rating for this. Well done David. Doesn't mean people will change their agendas though.

Would be a pretty dull forum though. Somebody posts an article and all anyone can do is press the 'agree' button.

 

[longtimespur]

Would be a pretty dull forum though. Somebody posts an article and all anyone can do is press the 'agree' button.

Where did I say this?
I mentioned people with an agenda that post what they want to regardless of any proof to substantiate it. All IMHO of course

 

[eddiev14]

Anyone know if Stirling or Harrison are any good?

I certainly find it interesting that Poch has gone as far to name those two.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

I keep reading that Sundeland are in for Andre Ayew and nobody seems to be suggesting this is ridiculous ie why would Swansea sell him and why would he go there? If he was potentially available, however, he could be an option? But I doubt he is or would demand wages above our limits.

Been mentioned by one of Welsh spurs fans that behind the scenes he is a trouble maker.

 

[tiger666]

Latest Grey Fox ITK should ease some pain.

 

[fatpiranha]

Whether or not it's true it's a very astute statement by Poch because it has no downside. It tells other clubs we won't be held to ransom. It tells Levy that he doesn't want some moneyball filler player. It's a bit passive/aggressive in that Levy either ponies up for a player Poch wants or takes the risk of shouldering the blame if he doesn't deliver. It also gives hope to the academy players that they might get a first team opportunity and it puts doubt in the mind of the fans as to who to blame if we don't sign anyone and it all goes tits up.

It's a power play and a smart one.

 

[Ady turner]

Whether or not it's true it's a very astute statement by Poch because it has no downside. It tells other clubs we won't be held to ransom. It tells Levy that he doesn't want some moneyball filler player. It's a bit passive/aggressive in that Levy either ponies up for a player Poch wants or takes the risk of shouldering the blame if he doesn't deliver. It also gives hope to the academy players that they might get a first team opportunity and it puts doubt in the mind of the fans as to who to blame if we don't sign anyone and it all goes tits up.

It's a power play and a smart one.

Exactly this