The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - The Aero Edition 9th May 2014
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mattyspurs
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I wouldn't have put them 8th. I wouldn't have had them relegated either, but I think he's done an exceptional job with them.
Ok, another question. Did you honestly expect Saints to have 3 players in the England squad at the start of the season. Honestly? Hand on heart, stick a needle in your eye?
Honestly?
Franchise60
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cardiff spent a bunch of money this season too guys
qpr I remember tossing a few notes about
fullham broke their transfer record in January
qpr I remember tossing a few notes about
fullham broke their transfer record in January
dagraham
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So this meeting with Poch "went well" apparently. I can see it now :.
Poch : "so I don't want any of the top players sold"
Levy : "can you tell your bloody translator to speak up, I'm going a bit mutton"
Poch : "DO NOT SELL VERTS, LLORIS, ERIKSEN or SANDRO OK! "
Levy : "we don't sell out best players here, hamster cheeks"
Poch : " that's not what I've heard"
Levy : "you have my word"
Poch : "Lol"
Levy : "look, do you want the job or not? Southapton are shite, we're much better. Ask Ossie. "
Poch : "I would but I can't understand a word he says"
Levy : "me neither. See, this is going well, we're getting on great. Until I sack you, obviously. Don't worry though, you'll get a great severance package, we know how to look after our sacked managers here."
Poch : "Ok, where do I sign?"
Poch : "so I don't want any of the top players sold"
Levy : "can you tell your bloody translator to speak up, I'm going a bit mutton"
Poch : "DO NOT SELL VERTS, LLORIS, ERIKSEN or SANDRO OK! "
Levy : "we don't sell out best players here, hamster cheeks"
Poch : " that's not what I've heard"
Levy : "you have my word"
Poch : "Lol"
Levy : "look, do you want the job or not? Southapton are shite, we're much better. Ask Ossie. "
Poch : "I would but I can't understand a word he says"
Levy : "me neither. See, this is going well, we're getting on great. Until I sack you, obviously. Don't worry though, you'll get a great severance package, we know how to look after our sacked managers here."
Poch : "Ok, where do I sign?"
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mattyspurs
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Look, I don't have quite the hard on for him as @Mr Pink @thinktank and @JUSTINSIGNAL have for him, but to deny his quality this season and how he has brought that squad of players forward is just plain crazy.
Spurrific
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I honestly don't think getting into the England squad is that big of a deal. Gibbs is currently a better player than Shaw - Shaw is more hype than ability imo. Lallana is a good player, but still meh to me. Lambert is there through lack of competition, same way Welbeck is still there.
thinktank
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I see you've crawled out of your scum hole then.
Spring truly has sprung.
Good winter rest?
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We knew we were looking for a manager back in December !!!! If spurs levy and this spurs board had any ambition they would have got their man back then and nailed him to a pre contract ... 5 months on they still searching ... They knew they had break clause so if van gaal was pulling their wire waiting for bigger club , fine , move onto next manager target .... I'm sure players like managers know they won't be sticking around
I tipped spurs for 8th lol but Southampton are better than all rest of sides and my dark horses to do well . More to do with players they have though , too much emphasise is on manager these days imvho ... Yes a great good one helps but if you have proper players then it's 100% better
mattyspurs
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Get outta town!!! Really?? I used to like you, I thought we could be special together
mattyspurs
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We've got proper players, but they've been badly managed/coached.
thinktank
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You fucking are as well. lol!
Soz mate, tired and irritated by the Tino deniers. Just read quickly and didn't read the post you replied to so missed the irony content
Mr Pink
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There is not a shot in hell they would be finishing were they are now under Adkins even though he wasn't disastrous.
Admittedly quite a few were surprised by his sacking but Adkins was forgotten extremely quickly and that was down to Pochettino doing very well. Ferguson said they were the best team to play at OT at that point in the season to.
If you actually look at how they've performed against the better sides in the League under Poch, its been impressive. Not always on the right side of the result of course but they've shown more balls and played better football against the better sides than we've shown over the last season or so.
THFCSPURS19
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19528203
Poch has definitely improved them- I didn't even know who Lallana was at the time of this game
BPR_U16
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Eriksen - great, if he stays...
Lloris - understand why he would want to go, hope he doesn't cos we will not get similar replacement
Verts - 12/13 he was one of best CBs in PL. Played out of position too many times in 13/14 and lost interest - but again we would be hard pressed to get a better replacement
millsey
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The number 1 reason people want poch, is he has his team playing at FULL potential. Now if he gets Lamela ,Soldado,Eriksen,Chadli,paulinho playing to there full potential, watch us fly
Mr Pink
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Spurrific
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Why should people just hum and act like they agree with every decision? This is a forum, where people express their opinions. We don't all have to blindly spew spurious positivity.
The Scarecrow
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Some seem to find Poch underwhelming because Saints are doing no better than you'd expect them to. I tipped them in 9th ahead of the season, so to som extent I'm inclined to agree. That does, however, not make him a bad option, cos as you say, we've got proper players. If Poch were to get the potential out of the squad, I'd say we'd be on the same level as Arsenal.
We shouldn't be looking for a miracle worker, cos there are so few of them anyway. What we should be looking for is someone who can make the squad perform on the level that's expected of them, and I believe Poch fits that bill.
SpurSince57
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And how have they performed against the less-than-better sides? Sure, we've been appalling against the Sky Four this season, under both Villas-Boas and Sherwood, but that's hardly anything new; outside the top four, we've been very solid indeed.
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