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Pochettino remains fully focused on Tottenham despite Man Utd rumours

mawspurs

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Mauricio Pochettino insists he is focused only on his job at Tottenham amid speculation linking him to the vacant managerial position at Manchester United.

Source: ITV
 

yiddopaul

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Is it just me, but when I see ‘he’s fully focused on tottenham’ it doesn’t fill me with hope. Why not just come out and say “do one”.
 

Led Revolver

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This is a prime example of the bias in the media..

We have qualified for the Champions League for 3 consecutive seasons, yet that media still love to try to unravel us. I can’t imagine the boot being on the other foot if we sacked our manager and were linked with the manager at Man United, can you?

Shut up BBC, shut up Sky. Have some f-ing respect!
 

Johnny J

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Is it just me, but when I see ‘he’s fully focused on tottenham’ it doesn’t fill me with hope. Why not just come out and say “do one”.
Because he probably would quite like the job. It would be surprising if he didn't, it's one of the biggest in world football.

This summer's transfer farce could come back to bite us, with Real and United looking for new managers this summer.
 

spursfan1991

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Is it just me, but when I see ‘he’s fully focused on tottenham’ it doesn’t fill me with hope. Why not just come out and say “do one”.

They can never say that as that comprises their position when it comes to negotiating salaries and contract.
 

Sweetsman

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The BBC just had a group of ex-Man Utd players to opine in unison that Pochettino was bound to go to their club. It's really all down to Levy: will he try to bring to reality Poch's vision for the club? It really will be down to how close they are. The reason Poch left Southampton was the departure of Cortese. There's a lot of stuff being said about Pochettino's camp, which I find odd as he doesn't have an agent. I think this is Ferguson's cabal of journalists trying to put a wedge between Levy and Pochettino.
 

Johnny J

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The BBC just had a group of ex-Man Utd players to opine in unison that Pochettino was bound to go to their club. It's really all down to Levy: will he try to bring to reality Poch's vision for the club? It really will be down to how close they are. The reason Poch left Southampton was the departure of Cortese. There's a lot of stuff being said about Pochettino's camp, which I find odd as he doesn't have an agent. I think this is Ferguson's cabal of journalists trying to put a wedge between Levy and Pochettino.
I agree that the media do their best to make moves happen, because that's news, but I doubt what they say or think will have any effect on Poch's decision.

A big factor will, as you say, be his relationship with Levy and whether he feels he can realistically achieve more with the resources he has available. I don't think he could really have done a lot more. Quite a few signings haven't worked out, but we don't know whose they were. And he often doesn't act quickly to make changes in games. But that's about it as far as criticism goes, and you have to balance that against all his positive qualities, because all managers have faults.
 

Spur4life

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If poch does go and I am not saying that he will but all these bunch of clowns on sky sports,BBC,and newspapers can fuck themselves.
 

strader

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If poch does go and I am not saying that he will but all these bunch of clowns on sky sports,BBC,and newspapers can fuck themselves.
If poch goes it will be only down to poch, the media Circus is only in place to unrest the supporters and maybe the players. But football as we all no has no loyalty.
 

Sweetsman

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I agree that the media do their best to make moves happen, because that's news, but I doubt what they say or think will have any effect on Poch's decision.

A big factor will, as you say, be his relationship with Levy and whether he feels he can realistically achieve more with the resources he has available. I don't think he could really have done a lot more. Quite a few signings haven't worked out, but we don't know whose they were. And he often doesn't act quickly to make changes in games. But that's about it as far as criticism goes, and you have to balance that against all his positive qualities, because all managers have faults.
So, the thing about him not acting: he does act, but what he does is make tweaks at half time and gives it twenty minutes or so to see if it works. He's made a a tactical analysis before the game and trusts himself. I think that's why there is a consistent change at about seventy mins. Of course, Emery changing two midfielders at halftime looks amazing, but it could also have been that he knew we were running on fumes. Poch also knew this and probably thought the game was beyond salvaging.
 

Johnny J

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So, the thing about him not acting: he does act, but what he does is make tweaks at half time and gives it twenty minutes or so to see if it works. He's made a a tactical analysis before the game and trusts himself. I think that's why there is a consistent change at about seventy mins. Of course, Emery changing two midfielders at halftime looks amazing, but it could also have been that he knew we were running on fumes. Poch also knew this and probably thought the game was beyond salvaging.
That's a plausible theory but do we actually know that? All we have to go on is him only making changes late in the game.
 

Sweetsman

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That's a plausible theory but do we actually know that? All we have to go on is him only making changes late in the game.
It's the consistency that makes me think that. He has game analysers working to produce video analysis for halftime. He has always used data and Perez is vital in this as well as sports science. I'm fluctuating wildly between feeling low and not so low about this. I keep thinking that he has put so many bricks in place, it would be odd to move on. He is an honourable man and would have got players to sign extensions. His exits at Espanyol and Southampton were to do with sale of players and change of leadership.
 

ginola007

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Time for Levy to upgrade the contracts of the coaching staff, and to give Poch the autonomy to run the club without interference. That would do a lot to keep Poch, despite all the rumours. I'm convinced that given the reources of the club, no one can do the job better. The likes of Klop and all the big names only go to clubs that have got millions to spend.
 

Sweetsman

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This may be a bit left-field, but families may come into this. Do they want to move? Mourinho didn't move his family to Manchester, because he thought his kids would have better opportunities in London. Poch has two teenagers, one of whom is in the development squad and not pulling up trees. Perez has a girl of the age when she'd be moving to upper school and that would not mean such a difficult change. I was hoping she wouldn't want to lose her friends and therefore the whole team would stay. ?
 

davidmatzdorf

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No one has mentioned the primary difficulty for Pochettino at Manchester United, which is that he would not have the power or the time to shape the squad in the style he prefers: developing youth from the academy, ruthlessly excluding and selling players whom he considers to be disruptive or uncommitted, benching "stars" in favour of promising youth and taking a couple of years to weld a squad together and foment a team spirit.

If he wants prestige and money, it's one of the three plum jobs in European football. If he wants to do his job in his own way, he's not going to be able to do that at Old Trafford.
 

Real_madyidd

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Time for Levy to upgrade the contracts of the coaching staff, and to give Poch the autonomy to run the club without interference.

Does he want to run the club? It's a massive job for one man who is not a businessman.
 

yid-down-under

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No one has mentioned the primary difficulty for Pochettino at Manchester United, which is that he would not have the power or the time to shape the squad in the style he prefers: developing youth from the academy, ruthlessly excluding and selling players whom he considers to be disruptive or uncommitted, benching "stars" in favour of promising youth and taking a couple of years to weld a squad together and foment a team spirit.

If he wants prestige and money, it's one of the three plum jobs in European football. If he wants to do his job in his own way, he's not going to be able to do that at Old Trafford.

I’m not sure I agree mate. Sir Alex brought a load of players up through the youth system (class of ‘92 etc) and the hierarchy at Man U will see how he’s developed some of our youth into full internationals and will want the same.
 
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