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Rose: Eriksen’s loss would be costly for Tottenham

mawspurs

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Danny Rose has called on the Tottenham hierarchy to ensure Christian Eriksen remains at the club next season and for many more thereafter, describing the midfielder as fundamental to how the team functions.

Source: Guardian
 

Japhet

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It's not just keeping Eriksen - it's having somebody else who can share some of the burden. Eriksen has had a remarkable record with injuries which means that he hardly ever gets any sort of a break.
 

JC-Rule

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Rose is right.

If the folks upstairs dont back Poch now, i'm not sure they ever will.

Our best players need to stay, and we need a few quality additions.
 
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wizgell

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Eriksen plus someone who can share the burden would be huge business.

Toby on a new contract is more vital than ever, him and Jan are back to their best as a partnership as far as I'm concerned.
 

ernie78

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State of the art training facilities, one of the best stadiums in the world, CL semi finalists (after qualifying 3yrs on the trot) and sat 3rd in the PL. If Poch isn’t backed now then he never will be.
 

Dennism

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Danny is right about Eriksen’s importance. However, it may be beyond our control if Real come in. Whatever happens it is essential we bring in a couple of quality players who can play his role. His importance is partly due to our lack of cover in his position.
 

rupsmith

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State of the art training facilities, one of the best stadiums in the world, CL semi finalists (after qualifying 3yrs on the trot) and sat 3rd in the PL. If Poch isn’t backed now then he never will be.

Don’t think he is not backed. Madrid, Bayern, Barcelona, Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal are all clubs out to rebuild and splurge on world class players. There aren’t that many to go around. I don’t put Wilfred Zaha in that category. Or at least not for 75-80 million.

It will have to be guys like Andre Gomes, Jack Grealish, Ruben Neves, with Zaha if we get a good deal, Daeulefeu etc. who Poch can work with and imbibe into the Spurs structure and ethos. Couple of pacey young full backs like Liverpool would really do the trick.
 

davidmatzdorf

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Rose is right.

If the folks upstairs dont back Poch now, i'm not sure they ever will.

Our best players need to stay, and we need a few quality additions.
State of the art training facilities, one of the best stadiums in the world, CL semi finalists (after qualifying 3yrs on the trot) and sat 3rd in the PL. If Poch isn’t backed now then he never will be.

This has now become a meaningless, knee-jerk phrase, because it's no longer how the club works. From scores and scores of statements, mainly by the manager himself, it's plain that there is not a bi-annual power struggle, such as we used to have when Harry Redknapp would try to arm-twist money out of Daniel Levy (sometimes in public) and Levy would try to scale down his manager's aims (generally in private).

Pochettino doesn't need "backing" in the sense of additional piles of money being made available. He already gets it when there are suitable players available whom he wants to sign - the obvious examples being Sanchez, Aurier and Sissoko.

If there are players around that price level whom Pochettino thinks have the right profile of ability, character, age and fitness, then I expect we will go after them. If there aren't, then we will look for less expensive, probably younger solutions whom he can develop.

But it isn't about a separate club-hierarchy money-base "backing" Pochettino. He and Levy will work out a plan together to secure some suitable players at appropriate fees for the positions they want to improve. Then Levy will try to sign them. If there aren't players who can be signed in that bracket who meet Pochettino's key priorities, especially the one about "character", then we might not sign anyone again.

It has nothing to do with "backing the manager". Our manager is extremely particular about the kind of player he wants to work with and has a clear understanding of the club's financial resources.

There will be a lot of expensive star players on the market this summer whom we will not sign - not because Levy won't pay for them, but because Pochettino doesn't want to work with them.
 

JC-Rule

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This has now become a meaningless, knee-jerk phrase, because it's no longer how the club works. From scores and scores of statements, mainly by the manager himself, it's plain that there is not a bi-annual power struggle, such as we used to have when Harry Redknapp would try to arm-twist money out of Daniel Levy (sometimes in public) and Levy would try to scale down his manager's aims (generally in private).

Pochettino doesn't need "backing" in the sense of additional piles of money being made available. He already gets it when there are suitable players available whom he wants to sign - the obvious examples being Sanchez, Aurier and Sissoko.

If there are players around that price level whom Pochettino thinks have the right profile of ability, character, age and fitness, then I expect we will go after them. If there aren't, then we will look for less expensive, probably younger solutions whom he can develop.

But it isn't about a separate club-hierarchy money-base "backing" Pochettino. He and Levy will work out a plan together to secure some suitable players at appropriate fees for the positions they want to improve. Then Levy will try to sign them. If there aren't players who can be signed in that bracket who meet Pochettino's key priorities, especially the one about "character", then we might not sign anyone again.

It has nothing to do with "backing the manager". Our manager is extremely particular about the kind of player he wants to work with and has a clear understanding of the club's financial resources.

There will be a lot of expensive star players on the market this summer whom we will not sign - not because Levy won't pay for them, but because Pochettino doesn't want to work with them.

Thanking you kindly for the explanation for the doh rating of my earlier post.

It is possible to have a different view without reverting to indicating someone else, who has another view is stupid.

But at least I now have a reference point for your dissatisfaction.

My view is that Levy sometimes penny pinches and if we just loosen that purse string a tad we could achieve more.
 

davidmatzdorf

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Thanking you kindly for the explanation for the doh rating of my earlier post.

It is possible to have a different view without reverting to indicating someone else, who has another view is stupid.

But at least I now have a reference point for your dissatisfaction.

My view is that Levy sometimes penny pinches and if we just loosen that purse string a tad we could achieve more.
I'm not sure the rating was entirely intentional. It's wasn't accidental, but I must have clicked the wrong icon. Removed now.

My view is that your view about Levy is five years out of date. He has a different relationship with this manager. It was obvious to some, including people who are a lot more ITK than I am, within weeks of Pochettino's arrival.

The distrust and suspicion are gone. One could argue that they were not altogether misplaced in some prior cases, but Levy's a bright man who knows that trustworthy colleagues or employees will work better if you give them your trust, preferably without making them "earn" it first. He found a trustworthy manager, so he changed his management style to suit.
 

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Does Rose really think he has greater insight on strategic matters than MP and Levy?
He must surely know that he doesn't, so for me it just comes over as he is trying to bite the hand that feeds him once again.
It is different when fans have an uniformed moan, as we fund the whole show one way or another.
 

davidmatzdorf

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Does Rose really think he has greater insight on strategic matters than MP and Levy?
He must surely know that he doesn't, so for me it just comes over as he is trying to bite the hand that feeds him once again.
It is different when fans have an uniformed moan, as we fund the whole show one way or another.
Nah. He just answers questions the way he sees it, instead of feeding journalists anodyne evasive bullshit and bland clichés.
 

JC-Rule

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I'm not sure the rating was entirely intentional. It's wasn't accidental, but I must have clicked the wrong icon. Removed now.

My view is that your view about Levy is five years out of date. He has a different relationship with this manager. It was obvious to some, including people who are a lot more ITK than I am, within weeks of Pochettino's arrival.

The distrust and suspicion are gone. One could argue that they were not altogether misplaced in some prior cases, but Levy's a bright man who knows that trustworthy colleagues or employees will work better if you give them your trust, preferably without making them "earn" it first. He found a trustworthy manager, so he changed his management style to suit.

I disagree with your analysis, in May 2018 Poch was quoted as saying....

“Sometimes I have crazy ideas in this type of situation. We need to take risks. We need to be brave."

For this reason, I read the situation in a different way.

I think Poch sometimes feels he could achieve more with Spurs if the way we did things at the club changed.

It just my opinion and the game is about views.

That was the reason for the "back the manager" statement.

I'm not saying Levy and Poch have a contentious relationship, but do I believe Poch is ambitious and wishes things were somewhat different at Spurs.

He is professional and stays on message, but I think it goes deeper.
 

Paolo10

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I wish they'd all shut the fuck up and just play football tbh.

Interviews after matches like Pogba and this whole social multi media society footballer brand makes me wretch.

We'd miss Eriksen, yeah Danny? Thanks for letting us know that he's important to the team. Insightful.
 

Johnny J

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I wish they'd all shut the fuck up and just play football tbh.

Interviews after matches like Pogba and this whole social multi media society footballer brand makes me wretch.

We'd miss Eriksen, yeah Danny? Thanks for letting us know that he's important to the team. Insightful.
Rose is one of the few intelligent footballers who actually gives honest answers rather than PR bullshit. He's one of the good guys. He also always gives 100%.

Pogba is a narcissist with a terrible attitude and work ethic.
 

davidmatzdorf

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I wish they'd all shut the fuck up and just play football tbh.

Interviews after matches like Pogba and this whole social multi media society footballer brand makes me wretch.

We'd miss Eriksen, yeah Danny? Thanks for letting us know that he's important to the team. Insightful.

"Retch". Verb: gag.

"Wretch". Noun: person who posts for no reason than to have a pop at one of our players.
 

cooperman

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It just my opinion and the game is about views.

JC, no-one's disputing your right to have an opinion, so it's redundant to say this.

I agree with @davidmatzdorf that the "back the manager / it's now or never" mantra just doesn't fit with what we know about how the club operates. The manager has made it clear that he has very specific targets in mind, and if those targets are unavailable for any reason, he'd rather keep his powder dry.

He's not as desperate to spend money as many fans are.
 
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