I think the constant resting of key players has been awful. * Excluding the league cup, who in particular are you referring to? Vertonghen in the CL game perhaps. You could argue that you know better than Pochettino, although I suspect he knows more that you or I will ever know about footballers and has the advantage of seeing them train every day.
I think the playing around with formations constantly has been awful. * Most people would disagree. This season we have had loads of injuries, combined with several dips in form. Do you think that is to do with formations? You know he never wasted Dier to play CB or Wimmer LB today but his hand was forced. He changed the formation against Woolwich and we looked strong. He is a great manager, the best that we have had in years. If he is driven out by idiots it will take years to get another one of his ability. People forget it took Ferguson years to win anything when he first joined M Utd, then what happened. Poch has over achieved in the time he has been here. We reached a cup final (Eriksen struck the bar at nil-nil) and had a title challenge last season that none of us would have predicted. If we are all honest we all thought 5th or 6th at the best.
I think picking a different back line and players has been awful. *He alternated the full backs last year almost every game last season and it worked great. Wimmer had to come in for Jan after C Palace away and did a fine job. If my memory is right he only kept Rose and Walker in permanently during the final run in, when results went against us. Were you complaining then?
I think his substitutions have been poor, * Moaners have mentioned this before, even last season. I wish I had a better memory but a couple of away games that i went to, Watford (Son) and C Palace (Chadli) saw his subs have an impact. Also it was Son that came on against W Spam.
Winks and Janssen were pointless subs * Who else could he bring on!! We have injuries and please dont mention Sissoko - as if he would have made the difference today.
I think his in-game management has largely consisted of him sitting on his bench looking upset, which isn't good enough.
I think his post and pre match interviews have been poor, passionless and not what fans want to hear. He's largely been content, despite such a drastic dip in form.
I think his prioritisation of games/leagues/cups is awful, highlighted by last year going out of the FA cup, Europa League and then losing many games in the League in a short period. *I remember my friends and I thought he was stupid to play a weakened team in the league cup against woolwich on a Wednesday last season because we all 'knew' we wouldnt beat Man City who were in storming form on the following Saturday. We all looked pretty stupid after we pulled out a dream performance and smashed them 4-1.
I took time off work and a coach to watch us play a weakened team against Dortmund, we were all disappointed but the following results were 3-nil over B'mouth, 1-1 at Anfield, 3-nil over Man u and nil 4 away to Stoke. Again he was proved right. Yes we went out to Palace in the FA Cup, but if we were being tactical we should have lost to Leicester in the competition and given them more of a distraction. He didnt do that, so its a case of damned if you do and damned if you dont.
I think not giving GK more game time has been awful.
I think the complete departure from last years formation and tactics have been awful, even when players have been fit to play largely the same 11. *So again this is a manager than put in place the things we all loved to see last season. Do you think he wants that to change? The issue is more to do with players coming back jaded from the international games during the summer. Our players are quite performing to the same standards, take Dembele who was brilliant last year (for many seasons he wasnt), are you really saying the Poch is limiting him?
I think the lack of pressing has been awful. When we do press (City and today first half) we don't look too bad. Then for some reason we simply stop doing it and look average. For Pedros goal we simply switched off and no one closed him down. Same for Moses.
I think selling Chadli was beyond awful and I think the transfers have made us weaker, not stronger. *you may have a point here. To be honest I was never a massive fan of Chadli. I think W Brom is about the right level for him. He gave the ball away that led to W Spam scoring an early goal at the end of last season. All depends if Jansenn comes good. Georges NKoudou is pretty much a straight swap for Njie. I think Sissoko was a panic buy and i wish we could have signed Mane instead. But no manager will always get transfers right. Even if you chose the right candidate there is not guarantee that you will be able to sign them. We fans simplify this.
On top of that his training seems to be exhausting the players and causing them injuries. We had almost no injuries last year, now we have loads. This is either down to pure luck last year or over-working the players this year. This is further backed up by the fact so many key players seem to need constant resting, when they didn't last year. *Firstly Kane and Toby were injured whilst playing. Absolutely nothing to do with over working them during training. Secondly you want (rightly) to see the high press from last season but dont you realise that it requires the team to train harder than the opposition?
We were a good team last year, not because we had good players, but because the tactics and team were more than the sum of their parts. This year we look like less than the parts themselves, never mind the sum. *so have faith in the guy who put those pieces together.
I think his post and pre match interviews have been poor, passionless and not what fans want to hear. He's largely been content, despite such a drastic dip in form. * Thats almost funny. I know you wanted to list many points as you could to justify your negativity but are you really serious??? Do you remember when Keagan lost it on TV or Benitez rant about Ferguson. Was that enough passion for you, shame it had the opposite effect and lost the players respect. Look what happened to Mourinho last year when he complained about his blue scum players. If Poch is calm and controlled on TV then that is absolutely fine, it doesnt piss off true fans. We are more likely to be made cross by melters on forums.
I think not giving GK more game time has been awful. * Based on what, Fifa?? He put in a decent cameo in a CL game but has since been poor when given an opportunity.
I think the lack of pressing has been awful. When we do press (City and today first half) we don't look too bad. Then for some reason we simply stop doing it and look average. For Pedros goal we simply switched off and no one closed him down. Same for Moses. * I rewound and watched Dier failed interception on Pedro a couple of times. At first i thought he should have closed him down, but IMO his weight was on the wrong foot and he couldnt shift into the right position quickly enough. But I admit i could be wrong. In any event it was a brilliant strike and hard to defend.
I hate the Blue Scum more than any anything. Its because of their fans and classless way that the club is run. I'm know I'm not the only Spurs fan to hate them more than Woolwich (but that was never the case 10 or 15 yrs ago). I watched the game today on TV with my Spurs supporting kids and felt just as gutted as anyone that we lost, but for people (i wont call them true fans) to blame the team or the manager is IMO wrong and can only damage morale.
I am lucky enough to have a couple of season tickets and get so frustrated by some fans who sit on the their hands and make a sound only when jeering a missed placed pass or only cheer when we are 2 or 3 goals up. Dont people remember the not too distant bad days?
I read this forum almost every night but I never post because I'm not an aggressive person and know that putting my head above the pulpit will result in a slagging match, but today I felt compelled to and responded to the above points. I am dismayed by the excessively negative posts from some posters and just wish they followed another team
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