Jose Mourinho

[HildoSpur]

He’s been impressive in his support of Dier over the last couple of days

Eric Dier in right frame of mind to play for Tottenham, insists José Mourinho

José Mourinho says Eric Dier will start at Burnley because the player has put the incident with a Tottenham fan behind him

www.theguardian.com

He is starting to get Dier playing well and committed to playing in defence which is a big bonus.

 

[Metalhead]

Oh yes very much so. But maybe just maybe we wouldn't have reached this chasm of football existence. Or one could also argue that if we just had won the sodded final...

Yes, I get your point - it could have been a fork in the road.

 

[JCRD]

I just saw the goals again of us against Burnley bac in 2017 - Spurs tweeted it.

Man we were so much fun to watch... I miss us being good and cohesive and all singing from the same hymn sheet - it was fuckin harmonious man, damn peaceful it was and joyful.

 

[Metalhead]

He is starting to get Dier playing well and committed to playing in defence which is a big bonus.

I tell you who was very fair - Stuart Pearce. He said that he shouldn't have jumped in the stands but given the circumstances he shouldn't be treated too harshly.

 

[Mornstar]

I just saw the goals again of us against Burnley bac in 2017 - Spurs tweeted it.

Man we were so much fun to watch... I miss us being good and cohesive and all singing from the same hymn sheet - it was fuckin harmonious man, damn peaceful it was and joyful.

But we didn't win anything unlike nowait let me try again

 

[Gb160]

I just saw the goals again of us against Burnley bac in 2017 - Spurs tweeted it.

Man we were so much fun to watch... I miss us being good and cohesive and all singing from the same hymn sheet - it was fuckin harmonious man, damn peaceful it was and joyful.

You need to move on mate.

 

[Ionman34]

I think it's crystal clear what I said. You just don't want to understand it because it doesn't fit you story.
We are set up to wait. When there's 10 minutes left, Mourinho orders them to move forward and we actually play decent, and without a striker!
Why the fuck aren't we playing like that from the start?? We are conceding goals anyway

But if you watch the full game it's really not how we're playing. Against Norwich we could and should have buried the game long before they got their equaliser. Poor finishing cost us, not waiting until the last 10 minutes.
Against Chelsea you have a point.
Against Villa, a game where so many constantly bang on about us being lucky, we could and should have had 4-6 goals but for poor finishing and we still won the game. Granted it was through a defensive error, but we'd earned that through the pressure we kept them under.
Against Wolves we were, for the most part, the better team, but they finished their chances and we didn't.

Now I'm not in any way trying to put forward that we've been the better side in most games, nor am I claiming that the Football has been anywhere near what we want or expect. But what I'm seeing is our manager trying to implement a tactical approach that has been effectively forced on him by events. Sometimes it's successful, sometimes it isn't. At this point in time it's roughly 50/50.

There is one point i do agree on, that JM needs to change, and that's constantly referring to their tiredness, the missing players etc. Whilst it may be correct, it's not what the players need to be hearing. Tell them they're tired, struggling for form, missing key players and they'll buy it.

I've said it before, the game's in the head. I'd much rather see him saying that despite the missing players, those on the pitch are Trojans who are more than good enough to win and win well. Keep repeating it regardless, get them questioning their own belief in themselves if the manager believes what he's saying. He must because he keeps saying it right? It takes away the easy excuse.

I'm just hopeful that what he's saying in the press is the opposite to what he's saying to the players in training and in the dressing room.

What he needs most is a good, hard fought win though. Burnley would be the perfect start as there's no way they'll roll over after we drubbed them earlier this season. Get into them, get a fighting win and that really ought to go a long way to rebuilding that confidence and belief that is so obviously missing right now.

 

[Deleted member 29446]

Didn't you feel that way when Pochs prime team got battered by wolves? We were properly embarrassed that day. 3-1 was it. Could of been a lot more. They cut us open like their name was scissorhands.

The defeat to Newcastle last day was up there.

 

[JCRD]

You need to move on mate.

Haha I actually have but then they post shit like that... Hugely annoying...

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

He is starting to get Dier playing well and committed to playing in defence which is a big bonus.

Dier has actually wanted to play CB for a long time. I didn’t realise that myself until recently, but that’s been his silent preference

 

[Ionman34]

I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I was never expecting any miracles from Mourinho and I think you are right the mental aspect is important.

However, to me Mourinho seems to be in a very good mood - so I can't see him draining players the way I think he might at the end managing both Chelsea and Utd. And normally with a change of manager you do get some new energy. Maybe we had it in the beginning slightly, but not much. Also even if we weren't playing brilliant football we were getting back to the fight for 4th. Shouldn't some of this given us a mental boost?

Whatever it is that is wrong this is to me where I think Mourinho hasn't been successful so far. Obviously not suggesting we sack him and hire Redknapp, but I would be shocked if doing exactly that wouldn't give us a bit more of a spark short term.

Could obviously also be that we just aren't fit enough. A lot of things seemed to go the wrong way at the end for Pochettino so maybe we let our fitness levels drop as well? I don't know.

Oh there's more than just the mental exhaustion at play here for sure. It's just 1 of the issues we have, but it's a big 1 for sure and I think it leads to more issues such as poor decision making, lack of self belief etc.
Also don't underestimate the psychological blows losing 3 key players to injury can have, especially when 1 is your leader and talisman on the pitch, the second is your next biggest goal threat and the 3rd is your engine room.

All parts of a whole host of problems that we are struggling to overcome.

Here's some food for thought, Liverpool got turned over by Chelsea when they'd lost Henderson to injury, Salah didn't play and Firminho was on the bench. They also rested TAA. They created chances granted, but Chelsea were able to limit Mane and, barring a dire finish, should have had 3 goals. So you take out their engine room and main goal threat, remove their number 9 and they end up losing.

See the correlation? 2 forwards missing, their main midfielder (who also happens to be the heartbeat of their team) and they struggle. This is the team with absolute belief that they are the best in the World.

Kind of puts our situation into perspective really.

 

[monkeynick]

Chelsea. Slag. Out.

 

[double0]

Since Mourinho came our football hasn't been consistent at all. We've played some good football in games when we've decided to remove the handbrakes but far to often we've paid far too much respect to the opposition, allowing them time and spaces to express their will and dominate possession while we sit back, it is unacceptable to play that type of football at home against teams such as Southampton Norwich even Redbull.

What is clear, certain players we thought would step up haven't, the so called leaders fans associate certain player to be are far from it. The squad in general is laboured we look tied bereft of how to move into positions to attack other than the out ball the Aurier (AURIER) it's stale and not good enough we also seem type trained to a certain type of football any other tactic that doesn't involve possession or press we seem lost in what to do.

I think where Mourinho is making the mistake he shouldn't keep going on about what we're missing when he first came to our club he was quick to highlight the coaching staff that were assembled well he needs to trust them a bit more.

 

[John48]

People have said for years that this Spurs team is one of the best counter attacking teams in football.

Inviting teams on is a quick and easy way to ensure the counter attack is a viable option.

From corners & FK's into our box maybe, but sitting back isn't really in our DNA.

 

[@Bobby__Lucky]

Dier has actually wanted to play CB for a long time. I didn’t realise that myself until recently, but that’s been his silent preference

It's odd how media and reports a couple of years back said he didn't want cb, and it would damage his England place,which all seems so long ago now. Regardless I'm glad he is making the choice which is probably best for him and us. He has been very very decent these last 2 games ?

 

[RickyVilla]

Chelsea. Slag. Out.

 

[ralvy]

I'm struggling to see how you can even begin to see it that way.

The main reason Kane is so susceptible to injuries is because he insist on playing almost every match and never getting subbed and then, when he does get injured, he always rushes his healing time, instead of giving his body enough time to rest and recover itself. I love the guy but he clearly is a bit of a selfish part of the team who probably cares more than he should about his individual records.

 

[Gb160]

The main reason Kane is so susceptible to injuries is because he insist on playing almost every match and never getting subbed and then, when he does get injured, he always rushes his healing time, instead of giving his body enough time to rest and recover itself. I love the guy but he clearly is a bit of a selfish part of the team who probably cares more than he should about his individual records.

 

[RickyVilla]

The main reason Kane is so susceptible to injuries is because he insist on playing almost every match and never getting subbed and then, when he does get injured, he always rushes his healing time, instead of giving his body enough time to rest and recover itself. I love the guy but he clearly is a bit of a selfish part of the team who probably cares more than he should about his individual records.

 

[Lighty64]

Bring back the bird with the under boob FFS. I miss her!

like the person you posted, we were all asked to remove any avatar that had anything a touch sexual. Google threatened the site's income they receive if we didn't hence my beauties sent to the scrapheap also coincided with our form going out the window