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Disagree mate. I've seen Madrid fans applaud Ronaldinho and Messi. It's a show of respect. Something which is rarely seen in football.
We are still a young, small, tight knit squad. Of course we need to have some protection of those players, in terms of fatigue, mental and physical management.
The assumption we'll go and smash Villa because they are poor shows a massive lack of respect. It's going to games like this we need to be on our game. We've come unstuck plenty of times in the past due to the "it's only" assumption. We don't have a divine right to beat teams, we have to earn it through hard work and our own belief that we are good enough to win. If Poch thinks we can do well in the league by managing his players then I am happy to go along with that.
"I am not worried, I know the circumstances," Pochettino added. "We need to accept some periods during 10 months that we will have good and bad times.
These things happen, we live and learn and grow from it.
These things happen, we live and learn and grow from it.
Don't you dare tell me what to do
Who the fuck do you think you are?
It was bad enough listening to your brother, Robbie, droning on in the commentary last night
If you read some of my other posts, which you obviously haven't bothered to do before your last ridiculous post, you will have noticed that I did "dig" other players out, notably Son who I said was our worst player last night!
So get your facts right
Gooner maggot multi troll cunt
Proud of our fans last night!
Took a beating like men and showed our class!
Well done
Imagine Chavs or Scum behaving like that?
I would not like to see Spurs supported like that at all. Give me atmosphere's like Fiorentina at home, the filth on Saturday etc where it's genuine passion rather than forced ultra style shit where it's just a never ending drone in the background.
it would have been interesting to see what poch would have done if we had been at home in the 1st leg.
would he have done the same thing or gone a bit stronger as we were at home?
its just one of those no win situations for managers.
does anyone actually know how many times we train & for how long per session?
& how much more we train than the average team?
has he been cutting the training down recently?
would he have done the same thing or gone a bit stronger as we were at home?
its just one of those no win situations for managers.
does anyone actually know how many times we train & for how long per session?
& how much more we train than the average team?
has he been cutting the training down recently?
Yea, Saturday was mental.
I did read a while back that they did double sessions but I'm not sure if they are anymore.
I'm pretty sure he knows what he's doing though & I think he communicates well with the squad
What now occurs to me is how badly we miss Eric & in his absence how much Bentaleb must have shit the bed with Poch. Him & Mason put in a shift for us last season & he was surely a better option than Tommy Carroll (no disrespect to him) in a game that cried out for a powerful midfield. Tommy looked like a little boy lost out there & in our final third we were overrun for almost all the game. We couldn't get out of our half because we were being pressed to fuck the moment they Sussed us out- which took literally a few minutes.
At the risk of going all Gibbsy, it did actually look a bit "Tiny Dancer" last night. Horrible, horrible match. Best forgotten. Will the last person out of this abomination of a thread switch off the light please?
At the risk of going all Gibbsy, it did actually look a bit "Tiny Dancer" last night. Horrible, horrible match. Best forgotten. Will the last person out of this abomination of a thread switch off the light please?
Kommen sie bitte und listen to Kraftwerk!
Fair enough you don't like them, I don't think Poch really cares either way, it's obvious everything is going to be thrown at the league.
For me Dier along with Kane are the two most important players we have because they give us our shape although Alderwierald and Dembele often look more noticeable.
Yeh I am glad people see what a player Dier is and how important it is to get cover for him.
With regard to 'tiny dancers' for me Carrol and Mason are AM's, they look to lightweight in central midfield. They may have a future with us but I'd rather in competition for Eriksen or Lamelas place rather than Dier or Dembele's.
I'll take the two but I want a tenner
Completely agree. Poch talks a lot about rotation but Spurs have a limited budget so the squad depth he needs to be competitive in all competitions isn't going to materialise.
I think Spurs had a shot at the title this season but only if they completely focused their limited resources on the PL. I fear it is too late now, as the key players look like they are fatiguing; Kane in particular.
Poch could be a very successful manager however with a full squad filled with quality. Unless something radically different happens at Spurs (Joe Lewis throws the chequebook at him), Poch will realise his methods will only fully succeed at a club with bottomless pockets.