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Poch because he wanted to be here
Pochettino or Conte
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EastLondonYid
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I think you jumped the gun fella
I said THIS broken squad... don't recall saying it was the same squad as the one Poch left us.
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You mentioned the likes of Mourinho, who had a different squad. 6 players have joined that he didn't have, and several have left that he did have (Alderweireld, Sissoko, Lamela, Hart, Rose, Foyth, Aurier etc.). If you count all of them, it's 13+ first team players different.
The "rebuild" is a fallacy. It's a complete lack of coherence throughout the way we want to play, and the players we have. It would be a huge mistake to build our team specifically for one way of playing (e.g. Conte's formation), but we're backed into a corner. He could sign everyone for that system in July, then leave in August, and we'd be another foot deeper in the hole
spurs mental
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Yeah aside from the times he flirted with United and Madrid and did nothing to distance himself from the jobs when asked about them and our press officer was forced to stop the questions.
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EastLondonYid
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Breaking news!
No loyalty in football.... except from the ones who can't get a better move.
No loyalty in football.... except from the ones who can't get a better move.
dontcallme
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What on earth are you going on about?
EastLondonYid
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Lighten up ffs
dontcallme
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I have no idea what point you're trying to make, hence I asked.
EastLondonYid
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Nor do I
archiewasking
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Seriously wish this thread was locked. We've got a far better manager now, despite all of the good times we had with Poch. If he wants to come back, it's because he's realised the grass isn't greener in Paris, not because he loves us forever and ever amen.
Spursmatty87
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Did he though?
CoopsieDeadpool
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Yeah mate. He was buzzing. Loved it!
Pochettino's side-door exit from Madrid's Estadio Metropolitano, within an hour of Tottenham's Champions League final defeat against Liverpool in June, when he and his coaching staff walked through the media centre, past bemused journalists and straight for a flight to Barcelona, was a clear hint that all was not well at the London club. While the Spurs players gathered their thoughts and headed home the following day, Pochettino was already somewhere else. In the minds of many at the club, he'd checked out long before that 2-0 loss to Liverpool in the Spanish capital.
The 47-year-old had done little to dampen speculation linking him to vacancies at Manchester United and Real Madrid during the middle part of last season. While that was viewed within Spurs as both the nature of the game and a ploy that any leading coach would adopt, Pochettino's sustained refusal to rule out leaving the club at the end of last season was a cause for alarm and displeasure, both in the dressing room and among the hierarchy.
Spurs went into the Champions League final -- the first in the club's history -- with Pochettino repeatedly being evasive when asked if he'd still be in charge at the start of this season, with the former Southampton and Espanyol coach even admitting he would be "open to anything" when asked if he would consider leaving the club. When he confirmed, during Tottenham's preseason tour of Singapore in July, that he would probably have left his job had Spurs won the Champions League, the guessing game that was a distraction among the club's players, supporters and senior figures finally had its answer.
The seeds of disaffection that were sown in the weeks before Madrid began to emerge at the start of this season, too. Spurs have made a dismal start, winning just three of their 12 Premier League games so far this term as well as suffering a humiliating 7-2 defeat at home to Bayern Munich in the Champions League group stages.
Pochettino had made it clear that he was no longer fully focused on his job at Spurs.
Pochettino's Tottenham exit was inevitable
News of Spurs firing their manager might seem shocking, but when you break down the breakdown in North London, you see how predictable it was.
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UncleBuck
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Not even a debate. Give the man whatever he wants this summer, I’m so looking forward to next season with conte having a whole summer to improve the squad and get rid of the wasters.
Something has our name on it next season, time to build a dynasty!
Something has our name on it next season, time to build a dynasty!
EastUpperDK82
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Close the poll...
Spursmatty87
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I feel Poch’s team played on emotion and Contes teams are cold and clinical. We loved the poch era but I think conte will achieve more.
mattstev2000
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You're so obsessed with Poch it's weird.
To bump this thread after the day we've had for some weird sort of 'i told you so' (which itself doesn't make much sense considering Poch got us CL numerous times) says more about you than anyone who voted on this poll.
Did he run over your dog or something?
spurs mental
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Could say the same about plenty in the Jose thread tbf
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