Pochettino new coach of Spurs

Should he go to madrid if rafa gets sacked?

No.

@RealGunner wrote:Should he go to madrid if rafa gets sacked?

Pochettino - "Obviously I would love one day to be the Real Madrid manager but I have to go step by step. I need to keep learning. Real Madrid are a great club and I have just started my managerial career. I have been in this just seven or eight years. But In the future, why not? Of course I would like to be the Real Madrid manager. Real Madrid are the best team in the world."


confirmed then

As long as Perez is the president it doesnt matter who the coach is. Either way Flo is choosing who plays and who doesnt and it basically makes it impossible for the coach to implement his tactics in a way he would want it.

He was forced to put on all there attacking superstars (CR, Bale, Benz & James) which made their midfield basically nonexistent. I'm sure Rafa himself, if he had freedom of choice, wouldve put on Casemiro alongside Modric/Kroos which wouldve surely worked way better altogether.

It didnt against Sevilla. If Rafa had COMPLETE freedom. Lucas and Casemiro would be the first players on the team sheet and we would be ultra defensive. Barely mustering attacks. I think like Mou he is being asked to step out of his comfort zone and he cant handle it. The whole appointment baffled me tbh. You cant go from posession footy to sit back and counter. We dont have those (Xabi, ADM) players anymore. The ones we have are (Isco, Kroos, Modric) you dont ask them to run up and down, they wont be able to handle it. I remember Pep back when Mou started getting the better of him complained that the tempo was too fast for his players. Nothing bad with that but he was able to recognise their flaws and build the team and tactics around the style most of his players were best at.

He got sacked because he put Espanlol in the relegation zone. Premier League is his level.

tbh when eventually he gets sacked at Spurs, I can see him coming to one of the BL clubs. Clubs like Leverkusen, Wolfburg or Mönchengldbach would love to have a coach like Poc.

http://twentyminutereads.com/2015/12/27/the-sheriff/

Very good read on his career

BC acting like anyone cares about this guy

You forget that he's an Argentine Hames

Pls it's not like I live bumping this thread. In any case it looks likely that he will finish on top of Liverpool, again

BC finished jerking off to Lamela's goal just in time to bump this thread

Currently the best manager in the league (imo)

Always been a fan.

Poor man's Roger Schmidt for me so far.

ES wrote:Can't wait to bump this once they finish outside of top 4

The beauty of this is that if they finish outside the top 4, well that's spurs for you. If they do then Pochettino>>>>

In any case even if they dont do it, I think there is a very noticeable difference in the spurs mentality that has completely changed the team and the perception of the team.

2nd place

https://i.imgur.com/uQ3nrNb.jpg

Well done by the intern's assistant's assistant intern assistant.

An incredible gesture by an incredible man

Didn't think his stock could get any higher in North London.

I think the funny thing here too is that I believe Pochettino would be a perfect Arsene replacement when he's done. I wonder if Pochettino would ever make the switch. Obviously, he doesn't have the ties to Tottenham that those on the Tottenham side of North London do, being Argentine and all, but he is very loved at Tottenham and I think he cares about Tottenham as well.

It's curious to me to see whether that might prevent him from going to Arsenal, if they came calling. Which I would try and do if I were Arsenal.

Kind of similar to how I wonder if Pep would turn down a job at Chelsea. He obviously would Madrid, but Chelsea he has no real ties against, being Catalan. Just personal experience and bad blood.

So his transfer record this season has been awful:

Wanyama: Great so far, only successful transfer

Janssen: Flop, in spite of plenty of minutes he has not been able to score from open play. Gets bonus points for effort, though.

Sissoko: Barely getting any minutes, panic purchase on last transfer week, totally overpriced

N'Koudou: Pretty much the same as above for a bit cheaper, should've convinced Chadli to stay and compete for minutes

Spurs have failed to build on their previous season and in fact have taken a step back with these guys, for instance by bringing on Sissoko they have stunted Dier's development as a good CM and now he plays where he is much weaker, at CB. They have also failed to cover their weaknesses, mainly a thin bench for the FB positions and a CF alternative.