Pochettino refuses to criticise Mourinho

[mawspurs]

Mauricio Pochettino refused to "trash" Jose Mourinho and Manchester United ahead of Tottenham's trip to Old Trafford.


Source: Sky Sports

 

[thinktank]

Why would he?

 

[ralvy]

Why would he?

Because the media demands it

 

[davidmatzdorf]

Headline: there's nothing to report, so we'll report that there is nothing to report in the most inflammatory way possible.

Journalist: "Do you want to criticise Jose Mourinho?"

MP: "No."

J: "Are you sure? You could criticise X or Y o Z? Surely there's something."

MP: "No."

Headline: "Pochettino refuses to trash Mourinho".

As if trashing the opposition manager is the expected, normal thing to do and Pochettino is stepping out of line by not playing along.

 

[Johnny J]

Headline: there's nothing to report, so we'll report that there is nothing to report in the most inflammatory way possible.

Journalist: "Do you want to criticise Jose Mourinho?"

MP: "No."

J: "Are you sure? You could criticise X or Y o Z? Surely there's something."

MP: "No."

Headline: "Pochettino refuses to trash Mourinho".

As if trashing the opposition manager is the expected, normal thing to do and Pochettino is stepping out of line by not playing along.

Football journalism 101

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Decent human being refuses to kick not so decent human being when he's down shocker.

 

[aliyid]

Mourinho must be fuming

 

[whitesocks]

MP did really well.
Said Mourinho was a friend from back when he managed in spain.

He didn't have to ask what was being said. Gave them nothing.

His best press conference for a good while.

 

[JimmyG2]

Our man has dignity and class.
May the better man win
on Monday

 

[Shadydan]

Man refuses to give us the the sensationalist headline we crave so we're just gonna write one anyway.

 

[1882andallthat]

On the subject of criticism and Mourinho, the post match press conference after we handed out the 3-0 beating sums him up, and sadly that of many modern day managers and leaders in all walks of life.

Mourinho is alway quick to demand respect and credit when he wins and there are times when he does deserve credit , but he is always quick to trash others, and blame others, I can honestly say that when things have gone wrong, I have never ever heard him say, "this is on me, or I take full responsibility for this, or the buck stops with me." He simply reverts to petulant child mode and demands respect for past triumphs as if criticism is beneath him and that he should always be given a free pass from it.

Praise and criticism should be accepted in equal measure, when fact, time and situation deem it appropriate, it's a lesson he will never come to learn.