I'm proud to have Pochettino

[thelak]

The picture was of his family who sat with the away supporters. Made for an awesome feel good story though for a bit

Kind of the point though - his family wanted to sit with the Spurs fans and sing songs and get stuck in - when they could have sat in the box and had a nice meal. That in itself says a lot to me at least. Seems like a humble guy with no superority complex and is acutely aware of how important the connection between a club and its fans are even if the results are not there. And obviously feels comfortable and proud of the work he is doing even in such a short time to let his family do that - and equally must have thought it would be an exciting experience sitting with our normally excellent away fans

The newfound optimism is great - I share it but its we are coming of a low point - will fans be patient if this time next year we are still 6th for example? Poch has played a blinder blooding the yoof as young players always breed hope and renewal but equally there will be times the inexperience shows and the 2-1s become 2-2s etc. Important Levy now finally backs a manager that ticks most boxes (subsitutitions and tactical flexibility still need to be improved on I think) and doesnt seem to want marquee signings for the sake of it i.e. if he wants someone he genuinely needs him

 

[michaelden]

So Mauricio has a son called Maurizio??

Maurico & Fazio = Maurizio

 

[Kendall]

I'm cautiously optimistic.

Take away some of our frankly ridiculous home results early this season and we would be doing pretty well - though we have benefitted from Liverpool's disastrous start, United's slow season in general, and Southampton and West Ham's disruption of the top end.

We are still some way behind the team we were a few years ago in the CL period. I'm also not convinced that our current lot has the talent to reach that level (though overall I think it's possibly a little higher in quality as a squad).

I like Poch and hope he gets the time needed to implement his methods. I look forward to him bringing through more of the youngsters (especially Pritchard) and further defining his style.

Next season I'm hoping for a decent summer window clearout and hopefully a couple of very select signings in important positions.

As I say, I am cautiously optimistic. I'm going to remain cautious because one way or another we'll probably encounter at least one of the following in the next year:

- Our best player/s will be poached by a money club
- Our ideal transfer targets will be bought by Chelsea purely to prevent us getting them
- Our team will suffer a handful of defeats in a row and Levy's trigger finger will get itchy
- The media will turn on us/Poch
- Another club will poach Poch
- The Europa League will screw over our league games and cost us the one point we needed to finish above Arsenal in 4th
- Liverpool will keep getting better, Everton can't get any worse, Southampton might not be a one-off season

Seen us get screwed over too many times to be anything but grudging with a massive chip on my shoulder. I'll hold out hope,, but not conviction.

To do that, you'd have to take away the smash & grab wins at places like Hull and Villa where we only got anything due to red cards.

Personally, I think he's OK. Not the messiah, not a guy that has turned us into some sort of machine, not a guy that has sorted us out defensively at all and not a guy that has us playing particularly sharp-paced attacking football. A bit meh, really. He's being overrated by many quarters.

 

[jurgen]

I personally don't think some of the football we've played and the performances he's got from Kane, Bentaleb, Mason etc. is meh..

Personally, it sounds a bit like a desire to be contrarian for the sake of it to be so dismissive.. you can also go back to scabby wins for literally any club in the league but we stuck those matches out to get something from them. Referencing those 2 games you could obviously counter with Chelsea and the scum at home, same sample size, but saw us trashing two of the best teams in the land...

But we're a work in progress. Players seem united and appear to really like Poch.

I also think there's been a bit of a sea change in the atmosphere around the club which is just as important. Yes Tim technically did do well points wise, but it was aimless and toxic by the end so its good to see the club all pulling in the same direction.

 

[hughy]

To do that, you'd have to take away the smash & grab wins at places like Hull and Villa where we only got anything due to red cards.

Personally, I think he's OK. Not the messiah, not a guy that has turned us into some sort of machine, not a guy that has sorted us out defensively at all and not a guy that has us playing particularly sharp-paced attacking football. A bit meh, really. He's being overrated by many quarters.

So you think we could have realistically found someone who could have come in in the summer and done any better?


I very much doubt it. I think he's doing a great job, and has fully got my backing.

 

[Rout-Ledge]

To do that, you'd have to take away the smash & grab wins at places like Hull and Villa where we only got anything due to red cards.

Personally, I think he's OK. Not the messiah, not a guy that has turned us into some sort of machine, not a guy that has sorted us out defensively at all and not a guy that has us playing particularly sharp-paced attacking football. A bit meh, really. He's being overrated by many quarters.

You're not really addressing his positives though, which is a bit unfair.

• He's managed to get a hell of a lot out of our younger players, just like he did at Southampton.
• We very very rarely concede decisive late goals, and have often scored late winners/levellers.
• Our football has been pretty good (absolute leagues ahead of AVB's turgid stuff) and, at times, excellent.
• The awful results from earlier in the season seem to have been a teething period rather than a long-term issue.
• The fans, players, opposition, media, all like him. He's universally liked. That's pretty exceptional for a top PL manager these days. No division in the squad (AVB), no silly media feuds (AVB) and no animosity amongst our own fans (Harry/Sherwood)

 

[Lo Amo Speroni]

So I'm unlikely to persuade SC that my choice for manager in the summer, Rafa Benitez, is the man to take us forward then.

Suggestions please on how best to alter my tattoo.

 

[shelfboy68]

You're not really addressing his positives though, which is a bit unfair.

• He's managed to get a hell of a lot out of our younger players, just like he did at Southampton.
• We very very rarely concede decisive late goals, and have often scored late winners/levellers.
• Our football has been pretty good (absolute leagues ahead of AVB's turgid stuff) and, at times, excellent.
• The awful results from earlier in the season seem to have been a teething period rather than a long-term issue.
• The fans, players, opposition, media, all like him. He's universally liked. That's pretty exceptional for a top PL manager these days. No division in the squad (AVB), no silly media feuds (AVB) and no animosity amongst our own fans (Harry/Sherwood)

Cant disagree with this other than the quality of defending(or lack of it) is certainly an issue and not a teething one.
For him and the team to progress next year this needs to improve or it will undo all the other good work.

 

[Kendall]

You're not really addressing his positives though, which is a bit unfair.

• He's managed to get a hell of a lot out of our younger players, just like he did at Southampton.
• We very very rarely concede decisive late goals, and have often scored late winners/levellers.
• Our football has been pretty good (absolute leagues ahead of AVB's turgid stuff) and, at times, excellent.
• The awful results from earlier in the season seem to have been a teething period rather than a long-term issue.
• The fans, players, opposition, media, all like him. He's universally liked. That's pretty exceptional for a top PL manager these days. No division in the squad (AVB), no silly media feuds (AVB) and no animosity amongst our own fans (Harry/Sherwood)

Universally liked isn't a positive or a negative, its an absolute nothing. I couldn't care less whether hes liked or not. Successful managers generally aren't universally liked.

 

[Chris12]

Still cautious about him personally as manager for us, but as a person I think he is great, just a nice guy it seems. Teeth freak me out though

 

[SteveH]

I think he is a keeper

 

[jambreck]

I hope the reason he left there was not due to disloyalty but more to do with their board deciding to sell the core of the team against his wishes.

We have given him a great platform for him to work....the new training ground, excellent youth facilities and soon a new stadium...hopefully he decides to stay for many years!!

They sold all those players after Poch left.

More of an issue for Poch, I think, was that the man who had brought him to Southampton, Nicola Cortese, had been forced out of the club. That made him more open to an approach from Spurs.

 

[jambreck]

I think he is a keeper

He's a manager.

Used to be a centre back.

 

[scat1620]

He's a manager.

Used to be a centre back.

If Harry Kane can be a keeper then so can Poch. Or me, or Dot Cotton for that matter.

 

[Dharmabum]

http://www.london24.com/sport/footb..._secure_signings_in_transfer_window_1_4047758

Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham need to be “cleverer” than their big-spending rivals this summer and land the first punch by signing their targets early.




Spurs brought in Southampton’s head of recruitment Paul Mitchell in November and have sought to develop their scouting network - and their head coach is keen to move quickly in the upcoming transfer window.

“If you punch before the opponent, you have half of the job done,” said Pochettino. “For us, it’s important to work hard during the season to take early decisions. This is always important in football.

“I think we need to be cleverer than the teams that invest more money than us. I’m happy that we have created a very strong institute now to follow the players around the world, and we need to arrive earlier than the teams that have more possibilities to invest than us.

“I think Tottenham have great potential to fight for the top four. Maybe it’s not easy to fight against Manchester City, Manchester United or Chelsea because they have behind them a big financial potential and every year they spend a lot of money and sign real players, who can perform right away.

“Maybe our project needs to be different. We need to create our own project, our own philosophy and we need to deliver it.

“Tottenham is different to other clubs – better or worse, I don’t know, but we need to create our own philosophy and be special, because we are Tottenham.

“We need to be clever and consistent and we need to fight for that. It’s a good opportunity now. That’s why I told you this season was one for transition, because weneed to settle our philosophy our own way to start to deliver next season.”

Pochettino added: “It’s harder [to be cleverer] because in football all people believe that they are clever. It’s never easy.

“But if you are strong, you have clear ideas and you are consistent and you work very hard, I think you can achieve everything.”

Follow me on Twitter @BenPearceSpurs

 

[Main Man]

This thread is nauseatingly optimistic.

In Poch we must trust! COYS!

 

[WiganSpur]

http://www.london24.com/sport/footb..._secure_signings_in_transfer_window_1_4047758

Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham need to be “cleverer” than their big-spending rivals this summer and land the first punch by signing their targets early.




Spurs brought in Southampton’s head of recruitment Paul Mitchell in November and have sought to develop their scouting network - and their head coach is keen to move quickly in the upcoming transfer window.

“If you punch before the opponent, you have half of the job done,” said Pochettino. “For us, it’s important to work hard during the season to take early decisions. This is always important in football.

“I think we need to be cleverer than the teams that invest more money than us. I’m happy that we have created a very strong institute now to follow the players around the world, and we need to arrive earlier than the teams that have more possibilities to invest than us.

“I think Tottenham have great potential to fight for the top four. Maybe it’s not easy to fight against Manchester City, Manchester United or Chelsea because they have behind them a big financial potential and every year they spend a lot of money and sign real players, who can perform right away.

“Maybe our project needs to be different. We need to create our own project, our own philosophy and we need to deliver it.

“Tottenham is different to other clubs – better or worse, I don’t know, but we need to create our own philosophy and be special, because we are Tottenham.

“We need to be clever and consistent and we need to fight for that. It’s a good opportunity now. That’s why I told you this season was one for transition, because weneed to settle our philosophy our own way to start to deliver next season.”

Pochettino added: “It’s harder [to be cleverer] because in football all people believe that they are clever. It’s never easy.

“But if you are strong, you have clear ideas and you are consistent and you work very hard, I think you can achieve everything.”

Follow me on Twitter @BenPearceSpurs

Good luck with landing targets early

 

[kaz Hirai]

Good luck with landing targets early

He's gonna be so disillusioned with levy come September

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Way too early to announce that he is anything special. He has shown nothing of that sort, and his future at the club hangs only on whether the next transfer window is a really good one or not.

 

[chinaman]

Good luck with landing targets early

He has to land an early punch in Levy's purse if anything is to be done.