No, we won 2-0. I’ll happy rescind my comment. We were magnificent in that game. City were lucky to get out of that game without getting beat 7-0.
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Maybe but I always want to give any manager time. Let’s see what happens next season and if it stays the same then I’d imagine Levy will be forced to pull the trigger.
If he goes though it leaves us in a big mess and also it leaves Levy in a mess. What vision is left for the club. Our scouting and philosophy would seem very erratic. I hope at that point Levy finally accepts that we should appoint a director of football and that he is not a football man but a business man.
Levy has been and is a business man but on the pitch the club still fails to deliver.
Let's hoe he's gonna do next season.
Pep was awful 1st season at City, just like Klopp with Liveroool.
Just be patient. We knew this season is fucked.
But Mourinho still got it, no doubt in my mind.
Btw his way of speaking to media is way more likrable than what Poch used to do. Poch was gentleman, Jose doesn't give a shit.
Pep was awful 1st season at City, just like Klopp with Liveroool.
Just be patient. We knew this season is fucked.
But Mourinho still got it, no doubt in my mind.
Btw his way of speaking to media is way more likrable than what Poch used to do. Poch was gentleman, Jose doesn't give a shit.
That’s the point we go from Redknapp to AVB to Poch to Mourinho while leaving holes in the squad.
I love what Levy has done with the business and stadium and how that has set us up long term just wish he would keep out of the football side and that requires a DOF to control and run the long term vision of the football side.
Wtf?
I've taken on you're bet of £50 that Jose will still be here at Xmas.
If he's gone, you pay my charity £50 if not I pay yours £50.
I then offered you a £100 bet that Jose won't equal or better Poch's miracle of taking a Daniel Levy team to a CL final. You know, when you pissed on my statement that Poch worked miracles
A different bet unrelated to yours.
SpiderSpurs . Are you taking on my bet, or backing out?
Mourinho isn’t taking us to a CL final and 4th in the League. And if he does, it will be under the most shithouse football you and I have ever witnessed. Poor old Spurs are getting lost in this argument. It’s all about Poch vs Mourinho and their supporters.
For the record, Poch wasn’t good enough, and Mourinho certainly isn’t. But somehow we’re this supernova football club, right? We’re a mid-table club punching above our weight, and if we’re not why no trophies? We just exist to make money. 8th richest club in the world? How? On the back of a league cup in 2008? Fuck’s sake. Modern football is fucked.
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That 'one of the best squad in the league...' comment was absolutely baffling to me. I don't for one moment believe he actually thought that. That's when the alarms bells started ringing for me, very early on. If you take out Celsco and Ndombele our midfield is totally sub par.
No one can argue that the infrastructure at the club is in a good place world class even but on the pitch levy apart from the league cup win has presided over 20 years of failure and nearly men status.
Agreed when he came in he said it was the best squad he had taken over and didn’t need to buy anyone! He was so pleased. Now it’s a different tune and he can’t be bothered to try anything different. Even if we had Andy Carroll or Bernard up from he would play the same way! This is the manager that said spurs parked the bus in front of the goal when we got a 0-0 v chelski and supported would be frustrated to pay £50 to watch that type of football! Everyone said we had a top 4 squad at the start of the season so what’s changed? We have a new manager everyone thought would take us to next level but like a few posts we have been outplayed in virtually every game! Teams with far less quality play better football than we do I do not accept that can’t play better football and still get results. Just image if those lucky wins we got , which were not due to any tactical plan, we had lost or drawn what every one be saying. Just take the wolves and villa games 2 points instead of 6!we would be nowhere near top 4.
Absolutely spot on. It’s not easy coming in mid season and taking on another managers team.
Since he arrived in late November we have scored something like 39 goals in 22 games.. That’s not bad is it?
We all know there is some dead wood in this squad and I’m sure he knows it as well he needs a summer transfer window to put his stamp on this squad and get players in to play the system he wants.
Injuries are just a pathetic excuse, he’s had Kane and Son playing in the home game v Chelsea and away at Man Utd and guess what? We played the same fucking crap. These are games where he should have shown his tactical masterclass yet the way we were set was to sit back and hope for the best which is far from tactical masterclass.
And for the most points won since his appointment? We’ve scraped through a lot of results, see 1-2 away at Wolves, the win against Man City, I’d say even the win against Villa was circumstantial lucky despite creating and missing a lot of chances.
Wouldn’t be so rosy if you look through that.
And for the most points won since his appointment? We’ve scraped through a lot of results, see 1-2 away at Wolves, the win against Man City, I’d say even the win against Villa was circumstantial lucky despite creating and missing a lot of chances.
Wouldn’t be so rosy if you look through that.
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I maintain that Poch worked miracles getting this team to 4 successive top four finishes and a CL Final working under the financial constraints imposed by Levy.
SpiderSpurs
disagreesHe also thinks Mourinho will move us on. Do more than Poch
So, I offered him a £100 (to charity) bet that Mourinho will not match or exceed Poch's miracle of taking a Daniel Levy team to a CL final
SpiderSpurs
, im still waiting for clarification. Are you going to back up your claims or back down?Good post.
I sat watching the game yesterday and thought what a load of sh!t.
Anytime we lose I am irritated but I just saw nothing to give me confidence.
Worst however is that I flit between feelings from game to game and that completely suggests no pattern of anything tangible and concrete .
Mourinho would expect to be judged to some extent because of what he has done in the past. He would surely expect us fans to see evidence of his presence. I am struggling to see that, notwithstanding the comparative points haul.
Whether we need 3 links as in players to bind it all together or 5 or 6 new faces I have no idea but we are not the best at anything at present and I suspect not even n the top 5 in any one facet You don't win things with those kind of stats.
John Thomas
Don't bet against Mourinho. He always comes on top. Somehoe he does it. Even at United he won trophies.
I’m off to Coombe Hill to fly kites. The kids are ridiculously excited. Sod Spurs, they’ll always let you down. Have a nice Sunday.I maintain that Poch worked miracles getting this team to 4 successive top four finishes and a CL Final working under the financial constraints imposed by Levy.
He also thinks Mourinho will move us on. Do more than Poch
So, I offered him a £100 (to charity) bet that Mourinho will not match or exceed Poch's miracle of taking a Daniel Levy team to a CL final
The CL final was a miracle, no doubt. We played mostly terrible football for the entire CL campaign and were bailed out by a few amazing moments at crucial times, mainly from hoofing the ball long to Llorente. The squad had run out of legs and couldn't play proper football anymore.
The top 4 finishes were not a miracle. Poch had Kane, Son, Dembele, Eriksen, Alli, Walker, Rose, Lloris, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, etc all in their prime. World class players in almost every position. Finishing in the top 4 with those players was not a miracle when you consider how inferior the likes of Chelsea, Woolwich and United were at that time.
I think part of the problem is that we have seen the Jose story play out numerous times before.
Many people were hoping that he would tweak his tactics following some time away from the game and modernise in line with how the top clubs are approaching football, particularly in the big games.
Whilst I accept he is without key players, nothing in his Spurs tenure or the history of his management record has indicated that anything will change in approach when Kane and Son are back and he has his own players in from the transfer window. This is Jose ball.
Also wish people would stop referencing his trophy haul too. You could do the same with Wenger; the game can quickly pass managers by when they don’t adapt. Focus on what you’re seeing he is doing with the players and tactically on the pitch.
Many people were hoping that he would tweak his tactics following some time away from the game and modernise in line with how the top clubs are approaching football, particularly in the big games.
Whilst I accept he is without key players, nothing in his Spurs tenure or the history of his management record has indicated that anything will change in approach when Kane and Son are back and he has his own players in from the transfer window. This is Jose ball.
Also wish people would stop referencing his trophy haul too. You could do the same with Wenger; the game can quickly pass managers by when they don’t adapt. Focus on what you’re seeing he is doing with the players and tactically on the pitch.
Just over a year ago we went to Stamford Bridge with no Kane, no Son and no Dele due to injuries and Asian tournaments. League Cup semi final. I was at both this and yesterday’s game. We lost both 2-1 but we were so much worse yesterday. No clear plan, system, cohesion, fight, spirit - nothing. Jose is in danger of looking on a par with George Graham or Tim Sherwood, and his increasingly open negativity is not going to sit well with ENIC. Fans are depressed. Players are depressed. There’s very little to buy into right now with Mou and I’m starting to feel it’s going to be a very short term appointment.
I think it more accurately reflects Spurs fans in general