AVB season 1 though! Before we rip into his tactics, gave us Bale the unstoppable scoring machine. For that I am thankful, it's not his fault Bale left and the way he wanted to set the team up was changed and his targets were not purchased.
None of that actually matters now because we have Pochettino who is what I had hoped AVB could have been. A progressive, cultured young coach who can inspire us. Not some throwback 'proper football man nonsense! What does that actually mean anyway?
Agree but I would temper that with our Spursy tradition. We always develop and build teams round players from Gazza to Bale but while the magic is nice it's short lived.
By making Bale the centre piece we advertised him to all the worlds big teams. We then lose that player then end up not replacing properly sending us back to square one. It demoralises the fans and fellow players alike.
Bale was amazing that season but it was always going to be brief. Poch builds teams, I am going to say it but I would rather lose Kane than Poch and I don't think I have ever said that about a manager being the most important not that Kane wants to go.