Like i say i have only watched them about ten times under Poch.
But i remember them against Ajax in the semis of the CL and they were poor. Ajax looked much better as a unit. I felt as well they were lucky in the return leg. They resorted to long balls at the end that got the goal to put them through. But i remember being more impressed by Ajax than i was of spurs.
I would love to be wrong though.
In the first half, Leipzig looked very impressive to me, even though we beat them 5 nil. Ajax under Ten Hag are also impressive. Maybe the current Southampton manager as well, although that would be a huge punt.
Do people understand what i am looking for? It is intricate attacking play that can break teams down, like Guardiola can. I am unsure as to whether Poch can teach that. Spurs under him tended to rely on the genius of Ali and Kane and Son to get them by.
I can see it. It's hard to explain but this is the problem.
A style of play is different to a tactic or formation. With Pep we can see a style of football at all his clubs. With Klopp we can see the same be it Dortmund or Liverpool he manages.
The tactic and formation is changed by them - both managers are able to use false 9's (Messi, Firmino) and inverted forwards (reus, Sterling, Villa, Mane) . They are able to use a central predatory striker (Lewandowski, Aguero, Jesus,). They are able to use different types of midfielders and change their tactics ( the change Pep went when using both KDB & Silva, or inverted fullbacks playing as CDM, the changes Klopp wants to make with Thiago which will be different to how Henderson and Widjnaldum and Fabinho play).
They are able to make these changes tactically whilst keeping a style of football in the squad.
Then there is the opposite - managers who come with a strict formation in their mind that requires a certain type of player. We saw this with Mourinho trying to rebuild a Chelsea like set up with a striker like Lukaku, crying out for wingers like Perisic and Willian whilst buying Matic as CDM.
It's the main doubt I have with Pochettino- does he have the ability to use a wide variety of players and change his tactics and formations to get the best out of them or will he have one in his mind? The managers who do - dont tend to be able to create a style of football because their main tactic is getting the best players they regard to playing their one and only types of formation.
I'm just not really sure Pochettino has the ability to manage players to their best abilities so he rather buys the players that fit his style of football in his head and I'm his tactics and formations.
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