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I've never seen Game of Thrones.No, Winterfell.
I've never seen Game of Thrones.No, Winterfell.
Canada, probably.Its fucking infuriating, so much so I'm seriously thinking about following another sport for the next 8 months.
Who's the Man City of curling?
Those are the French Yanks, right?Canada, probably.
That's just QuebecThose are the French Yanks, right?
I thought that was a planet.That's just Quebec
Irrespective as to what Poch says or does, only 1 man can influence this:
Christian Eriksen's game by numbers vs. Everton:
0 take-ons attempted
0 chances created
0 shots attempted
0 interceptions
0 tackles made
1 yellow card
16 x possession lost
However, Poch CAN of course influence whether that player should be anywhere near the pitch...
Might as well be its own planet.I thought that was a planet.
Its fucking infuriating, so much so I'm seriously thinking about following another sport for the next 8 months.
Who's the Man City of curling?
Excellent post.
To pick up on your “nearly men” observation of both the club and Poch, this is the thing that’s niggling at me.
I can totally understand why Poch is being cut some slack by both fans and the hierarchy, but what concerns me is that if we batten down the hatches to implement this rebuild, what makes us believe that Poch MII will take the leap from nearly men to winners?
I’ve been very critical of ENIC in the transfer market and while I stand by it, there’s no doubt in my mind that our squad has been good enough to win something in the last few years, but have failed to do so.
We don’t really seem to have learned as a team over that period or acquired the street smarts necessary to become winners, and that’s largely down to the manager imo.
I also have my doubts the mark II rebuild will be any better personnel wise, with the potential for Kane to get restless also.
As you say, time to shed our “nearly men” status and be the club we’re purported to be. You can have as many top class facilities as you like, but success is ultimately measured by performance on the pitch.
I think the media silence on questioning Poch is quite remarkable. It’s kinda like they want him to keep his job to put us back in our place.. Strange how Neville etc are no longer calling for Poch to go to Man Utd, Madrid, Bayern etc.. It’s a funny old game.
This guyIts fucking infuriating, so much so I'm seriously thinking about following another sport for the next 8 months.
Who's the Man City of curling?
What’s it called? All or Nothing? I mean right there its a disaster. Just call it Nothing ?
The cosy spurs crew are the worse. Gold's latest article is another piece that paints the picture of a boy fighting against this tough tough world, going through a hard time...poor soul. You'd think we had just had a unlucky blip but were sitting pretty in 5/6th. No away wins since January and its wishy washy.I think the media silence on questioning Poch is quite remarkable. It’s kinda like they want him to keep his job to put us back in our place.. Strange how Neville etc are no longer calling for Poch to go to Man Utd, Madrid, Bayern etc.. It’s a funny old game.
Club seems content to throw the entire season away. Disgusting.
This is the bit I don't understand. We all know how much Levy likes making money, but throwing away a entire season,and missing out on the CL would see us losing millions, not to mention set us back years. I just don't get his thinking on this. Plus the fact then, we won't have CL football to entice anyone decent to come, and anyone we do buy Poch won't play until about 2022, so none of this makes sense, whatever way you look at it.
As a side note, great to see all of you back again guys!I think we're at a bit of a crossroads (ffs, not again!) and there are a couple of possible directions the club can go - assuming they want to take a direction at all.
Option One: would be something like the Dortmund approach, be a club that focuses on developing young talent. A project team for a project manager. This is where it makes sense to stick with Poch perhaps. Though it would require some serious changes in our approach to young players (see the Spurs Youth thread). It would also likely mean saying goodbye to Kane, possibly Son too. Ultimately though, what is the point of always building but never finishing? The ultimate in sports edging. Why develop talent for other teams to take advantage of, other than for profit? Why build the new stadium? (#Levyball.)
Option Two: would be to try and take advantage of the 5 year project we've just had, with experienced players and one of the world's best strikers, to push for trophies. Requires a change of manager, and some more investment. Getting an experienced 'big name' manager in would help the recruitment, the brand and the image of the club. It likely leads to another project in a couple of seasons time, but at least we'd have had a go, daring to do. A new manager would have this season to get his feet under the desk with the chance to really push for glory for a season or two after that. At the end of that we'd have some very saleable assets with which to fund the following rebuild. (#Levyballparttwo)
Both options require significant changes and more investment. I'd much prefer the second, but I could handle the first if it was made clear that that is what we're trying to do. I know the hierachy are allergic to communicating with fans, and I understand the reasons in terms of putting our cards so publicly on the table, but the complete failure to treat fans as anything other than consumers to be milked for all eternity is a big mistake in my opinion - especially when the 'product' on the pitch is so underwhelming.
It's the continued insistence on fannying about not doing one thing or the other that has become so wearing. To repeat the words of a recent home fan: "Do something Tottenham!".
Or as the great Yogi Berra said: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it!"
I'd have had to have stuffed that camera up some fkers nose if they'd tried filming that.Ffs, I'd forgotten about that fucking documentary. Were they filming last night? If they were we're guaranteed to see Sonny in bits in the changing rooms after the red card.
Excellent post.
To pick up on your “nearly men” observation of both the club and Poch, this is the thing that’s niggling at me.
I can totally understand why Poch is being cut some slack by both fans and the hierarchy, but what concerns me is that if we batten down the hatches to implement this rebuild, what makes us believe that Poch MII will take the leap from nearly men to winners?
I’ve been very critical of ENIC in the transfer market and while I stand by it, there’s no doubt in my mind that our squad has been good enough to win something in the last few years, but have failed to do so.
We don’t really seem to have learned as a team over that period or acquired the street smarts necessary to become winners, and that’s largely down to the manager imo.
I also have my doubts the mark II rebuild will be any better personnel wise, with the potential for Kane to get restless also.
As you say, time to shed our “nearly men” status and be the club we’re purported to be. You can have as many top class facilities as you like, but success is ultimately measured by performance on the pitch.