This is why Poch needs to come out and say what he said.
Maybe he was told not to and he agreed if he only received a two match ban
The likes of us will probably never be told the truth until his autobiography
The Fighting Cock is a forum for fans of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Here you can discuss Spurs latest matches, our squad, tactics and any transfer news surrounding the club. Registration gives you access to all our forums (including 'Off Topic' discussion) and removes most of the adverts (you can remove them all via an account upgrade). You're here now, you might as well...
This is why Poch needs to come out and say what he said.
Agreed 100%. The FA had us by the balls thanks to the timing of the ban - and you can absolutely bet that they agreed to keep it to two matches (therefore allowing Poch the honour of being in the dugout in our opening game at the new stadium) if he avoided shaming Dean.Maybe he was told not to and he agreed if he only received a two match ban
The likes of us will probably never be told the truth until his autobiography
Agreed 100%. The FA had us by the balls thanks to the timing of the ban - and you can absolutely bet that they agreed to keep it to two matches (therefore allowing Poch the honour of being in the dugout in our opening game at the new stadium) if he avoided shaming Dean.
I wish it was at another time and Poch could take a 3 or 4 game hit for telling the world what Dean said. Bet he was tempted.
Told him Malbec is shit and Buckfast is God's elixir.I heard Mike Dean told Poch he was a terrible Asador that didn't know his blood sausage from his offal.
No wonder he was livid.
He's from the Wirral so it'd be pretty dodgy if he did ref a Liverpool gameSure I read somewhere he hasn't covered a Liverpool game for 5 or 6 years. Pretty sure he'll be kept away from us now too.
You're thinking of SausageVince with that line...Told him Malbec is shit and Buckfast is God's elixir.
Interesting reading the Times report on this earlier today. Not word for word but basically said: - Poch was confronting Dean fairly about the issue, Dean said something which has not been reported, Poch replied, "what did you say?" and it kicked off from there.
I know it alludes to what we have heard that Dean said something inflammatory but if a national paper are reporting that something was said and it has not been reported then the whole story has not come out and in the interests of fairness it should.
It's really not that bad of an insult. Dean is a massive prick by all accounts but if you are dishing it out you have to be able to take it.One of the versions I’ve heard was that Dean accused Poch of bottling it again and Poch kept demanding that he repeated it for the cameras
Sounds feasible
It was stupid by Pochettino. He had no reason to to rant at the referee, it wasn't his fault we lost the game.
A time when things are tough, do we really need our coach losing his shit and getting banned?
It was stupid by Pochettino. He had no reason to to rant at the referee, it wasn't his fault we lost the game.
A time when things are tough, do we really need our coach losing his shit and getting banned?
You suppose too much. When everyone else knows that something was said by Dean to infuriate Poch, how do you come to the conclusion that Poch had no reason to rant? "It wasn't his [Dean's] fault we lost the game", but it hasn't been suggested that Poch was angry because we lost the game.
I love the fact he loves football and celebrating his team. He's no different to any of us. The narrative arround refs is a joke TBH.Well he won't be reffing the League 2 Play-off Final then I guess!!
...and judging by that footage, he's a lot taller than I thought!
(anyway, isn't he supposed to be Spurs??) ochsulk:
I love the fact he loves football and celebrating his team. He's no different to any of us. The narrative arround refs is a joke TBH.
(Nothing wrong with fans at a game slating the officials, that's called home advantage, it's part of the theatre of football too. Whenever I've sat near the front along the touchlines it's one of my greatest pleasure screaming "offside" when it clearly isn't or having a pop at the lino all game etc...)