Sherwood stopped us getting relegated in my view.
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When did you decide it wasn't good enough?
But you didn't expect to win any trophies before Poch took over.Ive always thought our domestic cup campaigns have been a shambles and the managers outlook on them a disgrace
If that’s funny MVP Im starting to genuinely believe you wasn’t thereSherwood stopped us getting relegated in my view.
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I was there and I never believed we would get relegated, Sherwood did get us 6th though, which was a good achievement.If that’s funny MVP Im starting to genuinely believe you wasn’t there
But you didn't expect to win any trophies before Poch took over.
He did a good job.I was there and I never believed we would get relegated, Sherwood did get us 6th though, which was a good achievement.
So your expectations only changed this season?Yeah. Before he took over.
After five years my expectations have changed, and losing 2 finals and 5 semis indicates we should have won at least one in that tenure.
I dont think that’s unrealistic.
You seem to have a major problem tackling the notion that if I don’t expect a trophy in August that means come May, I can’t be disappointed that we play Son at LB and get hammered.
I think that every other appointment except Sherwood and to a lesser extent, Santini, effected us positively.So why blame them only for appointing Sherwood and no one else if what happens on the pitch is not down to them?
There are a number of players that are better now than they were when they or a Poch arrived. Some have since regressed.It would be nice if Poch took a page out of Sherwood’s playbook and trusted our youngsters.
Is there any player we can point to and say “Poch definitely made him better”?
I used to think it was Dele. Then I thought it was Winks.
Both have gotten stale at a very young age
So your expectations only changed this season?
You can be disappointed but if you didn't expect to win a trophy anyway then is not a really big disappointment when we dont win one.
But has you don't blame them for what happens on the pitch, what does it matter?I think that every other appointment except Sherwood and to a lesser extent, Santini, effected us positively.
Sorry. I thought I was being very clear. I’ll try again.But has you don't blame them for what happens on the pitch, what does it matter?
Well you said this just two years agoNo my expectations changed with every final and semi final we reached and could and should have won
It's a nonsense theory unless you claimed the same before the season started.
As said, our target this year was top 4....how can it set us back by achieving our goal.
We have excelled, yet people try to project a negative spin and keep raising the bar.
In November was a trophy a must? No, 4th was even doubted.
Tired of this mantra that whatever Spurs do is not enough. You have teams like Liverpool and Utd with 500m debts punching 5 places below their weight.....City with their billions behind us and Woolwich fighting for 6th, but Spurs are supposedly under pressure to achieve or implode??
We are building, the rest are buying.
The pressure is certainly not on this club this season.
Well you said this just two years ago
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So your expectations changed very recently. Possibly after we lost to Chelsea?
You seem to have a major problem tackling the notion that if I don’t expect a trophy in August that means come May, I can’t be disappointed that we play Son at LB and get hammered.
A scapegoat. & then when the new manager takes over it will be all his fault.
When really under enic, If the new manager is here for 18 years & wins us a league cup then it's been a success. Roll on 2037!
I've never said otherwise.You make it sound like he’s being forced to work down a coal mine. He’s paid 8 million. Sure, fully agree that he could have done with a few more players, especially a RB and DM, but fuck me he’s responsible for a lot of this as well.
It's recent enough for someone who wasn't expecting trophies for 16 years.Two years ago wasnt very recently (and it was actually 2yrs and 7 months ago), and we were still in the mix with our rivals which we arent now.
And "possibly after losing to Chelsea" would fit perfectly in with when I said:
Thanks again for keeping digging up quotes which show I was once an extreme backer of Poch and blowing away the myth I have an agenda and am always negative though
It's recent enough for someone who wasn't expecting trophies for 16 years.
Now you've gone from one extreme to another, I think it shows you in a rather bad light to be honest.
At least if you were always negative that would be consistent and more logical.
This nonsense if so infuriating.
The reason Pochettino & trophies is an issue for so many, is becasue we've actually had real opportunities to win one. This isn't wishful thinking. Over 6 years, this squad has been more than capable of winning something and have been in positions to do so.
Since he's been here, we've been to a League Cup Final, League Cup Semi-Final, Two FA Cup Semi-Finals & a Champions League final. We've also been one win away from going top of the Premier League (where all we had to do was hold on to a 2 - 1 lead against a 10 man Woolwich).
Whether we got there because of / in spite of ENIC is completely irrelevant. The point is, we got there.
On every single occasion, we have fucked it.
United FA Cup Semi, Chelsea FA Cup semi & CL final. Those three haunt me.