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I don't agree that he has over performed. As far as I remember Southampton finished 8th, which at the specific point in time was reaching their potential but not much more. I remember thinking that the team they had and the quality of the rest of league meant that the finish was probably fair. The next seasons without Pochettino they finished around that level as well. As for Tottenham, again I find that he has performed very, very well. But I wouldn't call it overperformance.Eh - he has overperformed in the Premier league for 7 years with both Tottenham and Sounthampton and you think he has no strategy. This premier league whilst he has been here has had the best managers in the world in our league, no one can debate that and he has finished above every single one of those managers and you think he had no strategy.
Last year we all moaned that we could not score in the first half and we somehow found a way to score and win right up until January. So who was responsible for the turnaround in the second half of games?
His sequence (5,3,2,3 and 4)is only bettered by Bill Nicholson in the league since the late 50's, lets ask a question. would Bill have been sacked in year 1 if the internet was around and we had 24 hour sports shows (he finished 18th)?
I keep seeing things like he hasn't won away from home since January. Then go in the Var thread and see we were unlucky at leicester, everton and arsenal were Var has savaged us. The only other places we have been were Man City and Liverpool, so we could say Poch has been robbed in 3 matches by Var on his travels and the only shit result we have had was Brighton.
We have a young coach who is still learning his trade, but he has Tottenham above all of these world class coaches at some stage. He is having a tough year, give him a break.
Yes, he has had a strategy. Getting (young) players very fit and motivated. It was a good strategy. Up until the point that the young team has become a seasoned team, the other teams have caught up in fitness and the motivation is lacking.
I've said before for several seasons that he is still learning and that as long as he keeps learning in the job, I'm fine with that. The issue I see, is that he is in fact not really developing his skills that much.