1 mistake we make is our inability to clear the ball out of defence and the insistence on playing it out 'tippy tappy'. Sometimes you need to just welly it away and concentrate on winning the ball back farther up the field. Clearly that has to be an instruction from the coach.
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1 mistake we make is our inability to clear the ball out of defence and the insistence on playing it out 'tippy tappy'. Sometimes you need to just welly it away and concentrate on winning the ball back farther up the field. Clearly that has to be an instruction from the coach.
Those short goal kicks are obviously an instruction. But you make instructions on the premise players won't fuck it up.
Individual errors are not coach's faults. They are players'.
I do hate those short goal kicks though.
Poch says we can’t compete with the big teams but wants to play keep ball on the 6yrd box like City.
Even though we’re doing it players like Lloris, Aurier and Sanchez as a RB.
It’s lunacy.
The most damaging aspect of this last 10 months relegation form, is that I’d say that about 50-75% of goals conceded were all easily preventable.
The real danger is that the go to guys for reliability like Jan and Toby have been sucked into the vortex of confusion and doubt.
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An observation I have drawn from the 'Poch doesn't look very happy here' posters, well he is obviously going through a difficult spell with the squad at the moment - the issues he is facing are probably eating him up inside as he tries to find solutions. At the moment you are unlikely to see a happy, glowing Poch like you saw during the Champs League run, but I would argue that isn't due to him wanting to leave. He is having a tough time with this rebuild and needs our support!
It is the coaches fault when your goalkeeper has been dreadful at kicking for his entire Spurs career and zero ball control and is prone to mental lapses under pressure, but you keep telling everyone to pass it to him with 4 opponents in the box.
How can you rebuild the same squad?
It’s one player to put in.
Lo Celso, Sessegnon and Clarke are nowhere to be seen. Lucky we didn’t get Dybala eh, imagine what a pain in the arse that would have been for the manager. Having to play a new person who is supposed to improve us.
He also has one less problem as he’s seemingly fucked Moura off.
Eriksen should have been phased out over the last season in games to see what works. He was naive to think this player was committed.
Now he’s using the new season as an experiment and a lesson teaching excercise for naughty want aways.
Actually, I'd argue a reason we do the short goal kicks is because Hugo's distribution is so poor.
I understand the benefits they're trying to achieve with the short goal kicks, I just don't think they are overly worth the risk.
We let at least one soft goal in, in almost every game it's alarming.
The whole world knows are ambition is top 4. Anything else is a bonus brother.
Poor little love
Im a fan of Poch, however there's a reason he is paid well. Is it a tough time for him ? Yes.
Irrespective, he is now in $$$ terms, in an elite bracket. Sought by some of the biggest clubs in the world according to many. He needs to own " this moment" and learn from it. As much as I love the fella and his passion, the "re-build" is an excuse.
That started 5 years ago.
Other teams sign players and they get to play! We seem to sign players to give them 5 minutes here and there and when someone gets injured they get to play but as they haven’t played in months aren’t no where near match fit so look ropey
Can't believe anyone is stupid enough to think that the club want to win big things it ain't happening top four is indeed the peak of our ambition because it keeps the money rolling in.
Well there are 8 million reasons why he should be alright certainly better than any of us.
One individual mistake is the fault of the player, systemic mistakes is the fault of the manager, coaching and tactcs.
Well one anyway which isn’t difficult tbf
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Can’t blame him tbf
One of the world’s top strikers
His goal on Saturday was amazing
"Of course, it's always in your head, you never know. With the way I am, I am always going to prioritise the club over myself.But maybe if it was a different result after the CL final you can think, 'OK, maybe this is a moment to step out of the club, leave the club and give them the possibility of a really new chapter with a new coaching staff.'
Poch
When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go."
Nanny McPhee
Poch
When you need me, but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me, but no longer need me, then I have to go."
Nanny McPhee