Pochettino Press Conferences

[homer hotspur]

Goodness knows what the Lamela response was about. The journalist was probably thinking he was saying a good thing! These spats after a good win are not going to encourage the players who either want to come because of Poch( GLC,Sess) or the players already at the club who may want to look elsewhere if he left( most of the first team)!

 

[danielneeds]

What is most concerning is that there doesn’t seem to be plan Bs for either GLC or Sessegnon. The only plan B I can see is that Eriksen and Rose both stay. The question is whether Poch will be happy with that. It looks as though he has told Levy that these are the 2 players that he wants and nobody else. My own feeling , as I have said before is that paying an extra 20m over and above what Levy wants to spend would be worth it to keep Poch from being totally disillusioned and demotivated by Levys constant haggling .

As for Dybala if it’s true that we offered 45m I can only call that derisory and going through the motions .

I don’t find the lack of “Plan Bs” worrying. In my mind stopping the settling for B or C on the list was the first battle Poch had to have with Levy. Going down the list is what left us stuck with Janssen or GKD. Last summer Poch said he’d rather have nothing than inferior options.

Did Liverpool move on to Plan B when they couldn’t get Van Dijk two summers ago? No, they waited for their man. This is what Poch is trying to get Levy to see, that there are very few players who fit his specific requirements of talent, mentality, and application, and he’d rather not sign anyone than sign those who don’t fit the bill.

 

[SugarRay]

It’s always a worry when anyone starts even discussing the possibility of leaving.
Of all his quotes etc the only one that made the alarm bells start ringing for me was the talk of leaving after the Champions League had we won it.

I can put that down to tongue in cheek but if he was serious it’s not the best sign long term.

There is a chance he is playing games with the media but he does seem a bit fed up and has done for a while.

 

[BENNO]

Poch just doing what a lot of 'big' managers end up doing imo - they come in, play the media darling and talk for hours, then when their stock rises and they get very comfortable in their position, they get, or can get, far less media friendly if they don't like the line of questioning.

And who wouldn't ? Being asked the same question 50 different ways is annoying. It's annoying to me having to listen to it. I don't see Poch clam up or talk in riddles when someone specifically asks him about a game that's just been played, he's usually fairly free with his thoughts. But 80% of the questions asked to him during transfer windows are about players coming in, or players leaving, over and over again. So it appears to me that he feels he's reached a level where he can be stubborn about answering them.

He's quoted as saying something along the lines of 'I'll be happy with the players that Daniel Levy leaves me when the window closes'. Were he really unhappy he could (or should) have said ' i hope i'm happy with..' or 'maybe i'm happy with..' but he didn't, he chose to use the phrase 'i WILL be happy'.

 

[homer hotspur]

It’s always a worry when anyone starts even discussing the possibility of leaving.
Of all his quotes etc the only one that made the alarm bells start ringing for me was the talk of leaving after the Champions League had we won it.

I can put that down to tongue in cheek but if he was serious it’s not the best sign long term.

There is a chance he is playing games with the media but he does seem a bit fed up and has done for a while.

It lends weight to the view that he probably would have taken either the Real or Man Utd jobs had they been available and still would in the future.

 

[tooey]

I love Poch but for him to insinuate he wants full control when a month earlier he was saying he might leave is madness. Wenger and Ferguson had full control and look at the absolute mess they both left behind. The manager should have a huge say in who comes and goes and who he wants to give contracts to etc but Levy has the final say and rightly so.

 

[NickHSpurs]

Goodness knows what the Lamela response was about. The journalist was probably thinking he was saying a good thing! These spats after a good win are not going to encourage the players who either want to come because of Poch( GLC,Sess) or the players already at the club who may want to look elsewhere if he left( most of the first team)!

Just read the Lamela response, first time I've ever thought Poch has come across as a bit of a prick. He needs to stop himself saying this shit.

 

[paulcumpstone]

Wish poch would stop airing these things through press conferences. Clearly not happy with his role/club structure of the transfer side of things. I hope he isn't starting to engineer a reason for walking away. Starting to feel abit like the soundbites he used against the Southampton board. I'm not saying I dont agree with some of what hes saying as the success he has managed he has earnt the right to be trusted and backed but at no point does he say what he wants so who knows what his demands are.

 

[SteveH]

 

[Azzdeman]

And who wouldn't ? Being asked the same question 50 different ways is annoying. It's annoying to me having to listen to it. I don't see Poch clam up or talk in riddles when someone specifically asks him about a game that's just been played, he's usually fairly free with his thoughts. But 80% of the questions asked to him during transfer windows are about players coming in, or players leaving, over and over again. So it appears to me that he feels he's reached a level where he can be stubborn about answering them.

I agree entirely, and people read too much into it.

If he really wanted to express dismay at the club's transfer policy, he would. Not to mention the fact that the transfer window is still open!

In my opinion this smacks of frustration at the constant transfer questioning. His team just put in a very comfortable and professional display to beat Real Madrid, yet all anyone wants to ask about is whether new players are coming in. He has explained previously how disrespectful he finds it to the players that have played when he is constantly asked about those that are missing. I expect his frustrations to be along those lines more than anything else

 

[Matrix]

I love Poch but for him to insinuate he wants full control when a month earlier he was saying he might leave is madness. Wenger and Ferguson had full control and look at the absolute mess they both left behind. The manager should have a huge say in who comes and goes and who he wants to give contracts to etc but Levy has the final say and rightly so.

They might have left a mess in the final years but you can not deny they have been some of the most successful managers in the Premier League Era and continually built their teams( Wenger went a bit silly in the final years)
I can’t imagine Fergie saying “I want Ruud” and be presented with Van Hoydonk or wanting Ferdinand and being given Titus Bramble.

Yes the financials are done by Levy in the end but you cannot discount what ultimately Fergie and Wenger achieved by having full control.

 

[parj]

This is Poch playing the press. The press asking the same questions about transfers is the same as kids saying are we there yet. It must be fcuking annoying for him.

One thing we have to remember is Poch has the power. Poch is more in demand than we are.
He is the hot chick, we are just the dude desperate to hold on to her.

If there was genuinely an issue, Poch would walk and have a new job by Xmas at either Man Utd, Chelsea, RM, Bayern or PSG.

 

[NickHSpurs]

He needs to tone it down though, doesn't exactly make the club look harmonious by being a grumpy bastard in the pressers, just say it's policy not to talk about transfers and it completely eliminates the click-bait headlines.

 

[Dunc2610]

If I got asked the same questions in numerous press con's, by the same people, and having to give the same answer over and over because some journos are too thick to get my first answer, I think I'd be getting pissed off too!! That's all I see this as, is him stating his position within the club to stop people asking him stupid questions.

 

[SteveH]

He needs to tone it down though, doesn't exactly make the club look harmonious by being a grumpy bastard in the pressers, just say it's policy not to talk about transfers and it completely eliminates the click-bait headlines.

But that would be far too simple and even worse level headed.
Look forward to him going full Maureen tonight when asked about even the weather!

 

[NickHSpurs]

If I got asked the same questions in numerous press con's, by the same people, and having to give the same answer over and over because some journos are too thick to get my first answer, I think I'd be getting pissed off too!! That's all I see this as, is him stating his position within the club to stop people asking him stupid questions.

That's all well and good but he shouldn't be a twat when asked positive questions like Lamela looking sharp:

"I think you cannot judge the players. You need to ask if I am here like a manager which is my opinion about the game from individual player or collective. If you give me your opinion, I cannot say nothing if I am not agree with you. My job is to judge my team and players, but if your question is giving your opinion about how you see Lamela, I think I cannot change your mind if you believe a few minutes before that Lamela was good. If you believe he was good that's your opinion and I've got to accept your opinion."

Why not just say he was pleased with him and how the rest of the squad performed. If I was a journo and he came back with this response, I'd be like "fuck it I won't ask you anything then".

 

[Gareth88]

Just read the Lamela response, first time I've ever thought Poch has come across as a bit of a prick. He needs to stop himself saying this shit.

The 'question' asked was pathetic "Lamela looked sharp what do you think?"

 

[Shadydan]

That's all well and good but he shouldn't be a twat when asked positive questions like Lamela looking sharp:

"I think you cannot judge the players. You need to ask if I am here like a manager which is my opinion about the game from individual player or collective. If you give me your opinion, I cannot say nothing if I am not agree with you. My job is to judge my team and players, but if your question is giving your opinion about how you see Lamela, I think I cannot change your mind if you believe a few minutes before that Lamela was good. If you believe he was good that's your opinion and I've got to accept your opinion."

Why not just say he was pleased with him and how the rest of the squad performed. If I was a journo and he came back with this response, I'd be like "fuck it I won't ask you anything then".

That screams of being pissed off with the media, it was an aggressive answer and he'll probably realise how bad it is when he watches it back.

 

[SteveH]

If I got asked the same questions in numerous press con's, by the same people, and having to give the same answer over and over because some journos are too thick to get my first answer, I think I'd be getting pissed off too!! That's all I see this as, is him stating his position within the club to stop people asking him stupid questions.

Not on his salary you wouldn't.
He just needs to be professional and stop being 'the story'.
It's probably some cunningly clever and dastardly Machiavellianesk ruse to confuse the footballing world.

 

[jt hotspur]

I love Poch but for him to insinuate he wants full control when a month earlier he was saying he might leave is madness. Wenger and Ferguson had full control and look at the absolute mess they both left behind. The manager should have a huge say in who comes and goes and who he wants to give contracts to etc but Levy has the final say and rightly so.

Where did you get he wants FULL control.?