Aye he won a cup, but he left us in almost as bad a state as he found us. Pochettino has helped to build Spurs into one of the best teams in the country and in that time we've had 2 coaches who despite spending more managed to finish behind him. I guess it is easy to speak now it was all said and done but there is no doubt which appointment was smarter out of LVG and Poch.
Yeah, a talented squad that he has built and developed. He didn't inherit a strong squad like Guardiola did, and he didn't have the money of some of his rivals to buy top players. Bottling it against Leicester is obviously not a credit to him but again, the fact Spurs in a situation when they're in the title conversation speaks volumes of their growth under him.
The two are not mutually exclusive, in fact the two often go hand in hand. We aren't winning anything this season so what's the excuse for the dogshit football?
I completely agree, they should have gotten past the likes of Gent. That said, we shouldn't act like winning the Europa league was some great feat, it was just necessary since we couldn't get top 4. Furthermore, looking at how they've performed against sides like Real Madrid, Juventus, and Dortmund in the Champions league is something I think has a bit more weight than crashing out of the Europa League.
I get where you're coming from. He hasn't delivered silverware and for many that's a requirement for managing us. He isn't the perfect manager, and not even the guy I particularly want to follow Mourinho (yet). But the job he has done at Tottenham is great and the fact he hasn't delivered silverware shouldn't be used as a stick to beat him with considering their outlay compared to their rivals, and where they were before he arrived
As much as flavour of the month appointments aren't the solution, handing the reigns to washed up coaches living off their past reputation isn't the solution either.
I understand where you're coming from, in each one of the points you made above. i do agree that he did a good job at Tottenham, not great because, wether he inherited a strong squad or not isn't the point here, the fact is that he has a great squad, one of the best players in the country and he was nowhere near challenging with it. and before you point out to the LCFC season, that's not a challenge, even a shitty Arsenal finished above them. Guardiola in his barça days inherited good players from the academy, he made it count, he won with them. granted it's not the same type of opposition but you get what i'm trying to say.
If your point is, let's find someone better than Jose, i completely agree with you, i'm happy with the progress he made, but not the type of football we play, but who is better and available and that you would trust with a big re building job like ours ? i would love to have Pochettino after Jose decides to go, after all, he is one of the best coaches available. but we shouldn't rush the decision and sack Jose. let him have his time, we are improving.
Can it be better ? of course it can, look just at the other side of Manchester. will it be better ? i'm sure it will, when he'll have his squad, Pep does have his squad. spent more, had a better base, so it's normal that he's arrived there quickly.....
We can't label Jose as a washed up coach yet, as his last premier league win was just 3 years ago, his last trophy was just last year. if he is a washed up coach, then everyone in the premier league is at this moment. and before you point out to the type of football he plays to justify the Washed up label, well he always played like that, it's not new.
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