The contracts situation may be Levy’s one key mistake, it has been brewing a while for sure!
Pochettino sacked by Spurs
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Horrendous decision.
Mourinho and Levy 
Let's see how that goes
Let's see how that goes
And a poster called 2015 used one of his 12 posts over the past 5 years to write this:
Winning the equivalent of the Europa League is better than getting to the CL Final?
Has this actually been confirmed?
Yes confirmed by Spurs a few hours ago , Mourino expected to be installed before the West Ham match Saturday.
Spurs have been awful all year.. Not just this season.
Wouldnt be surprised if some players and even poch had checked out and dont care anymore... especially after the CL finals.
This squad is done. Some players want out and the manager probably doesnt have any interest in trying to build another great squad with limited resources.
Best for everyone to move on .
Wouldnt be surprised if some players and even poch had checked out and dont care anymore... especially after the CL finals.
This squad is done. Some players want out and the manager probably doesnt have any interest in trying to build another great squad with limited resources.
Best for everyone to move on .
We play them in 4 weeks time - Spurs to come to O.T and display new manager bounce..... anyone??
Levy is good at counting pennies and losing out on the big bucks.
Imagine the transfer fees and compensation fees he could’ve gotten for Eriksen and Poch a year ago.
Imagine the transfer fees and compensation fees he could’ve gotten for Eriksen and Poch a year ago.
Hey, you did great there. The end was rough, you need a bit of a break. It happens to the best of us. How about you make four times as much as the most expensive Director of Football there is, and work for us for the next 2-3 years to rebuild our club.
All the very best.
Sir Alex, Edward, and Ole
All the very best.
Sir Alex, Edward, and Ole
I think this is the most realistic outlook. Outside in we look at players as consummate professionals but like anyone at work I'm sure when they've had enough, things get messy.
Of all the hills to choose to die on, he picked a rugby thread on a football forum.
Shame though, I liked him. Is Glaston interested in rugby by any chance?
but world class and all thatHope we stay away from any temptation to hire him. A couple of years of pretty football with 0 trophies and apparently also losing the dressing room is the worst manager we could get.
I don't understand the criticism against him on this forum. Poch has been a brilliant manager. He was clearly being scouted by both United and Madrid last year - and that coincided with the worst run of form that Spurs have had under his reign. He then seems to have lost the plot a bit - which can happen to anyone (especially in football). The guy was shunned by United because a club legend had just got the team into a purple patch of results which wasn't seen from the SAF days, and by Madrid because their all time favorite player, and 3 times CL winning manager put himself back in the hat.
I'll be surprised if Poch doesn't get a job at a big club soon. I don't want it to be United - as I want Ole to be successful here. But, if things under Ole don't get better by summer and Poch is still available - I will be glad to have him here!
I'll be surprised if Poch doesn't get a job at a big club soon. I don't want it to be United - as I want Ole to be successful here. But, if things under Ole don't get better by summer and Poch is still available - I will be glad to have him here!
Wtf?
Once again proved that loyalty in football is just nonsense and people should calm down when they use that as a stick to beat players or managers.
That's the big difference between a great manager and a decent one imo. Competing is one thing, but going over the line is another. Poch has failed with remarkable consistency to show that he has what it takes to get his players over the line. The second big problem is that he also seems to be the manager that can not motivate his players when things go wrong and this has cost him his job in the end; this being another crucial aspect of a great manager.
So for these reasons, i hope we stay well away. Never hire a manager that does not have a trophy winning record or/and one that has a history of losing the respect of his players. Poch has both these faults regardless of how beloved he might be by so many.
Fans are like ‘you have to look out for number 1* when it comes to their own interests but somehow expect players and coaches to be utterly selfless and devote their wellbeing and fortune to the football club they happen to support.
This is genuinely surprising though, don’t know what Levy is playing at here because the chance Mourinho making it work with a mass exodus and stadium to be paid for is infinitely smaller than Poch turning things around, to some degrees.
Give Ole the DoF and bring Poch in.....
Swapping Poch for Jose is short termism and will cost them dearly in the next few seasons.
I'm not surprised he is gone. That philosophy of not winning trophies was always going to wreck him once his team got experienced.
What has Ole actually won? You gonna bring up his Norwegian league accolades?
If you have faith in Ole as a manager, why can't you have faith in Poch being a better manager, providing Poch is superior in terms of tactics and PL experience. Is it because Poch isn't a club legend?
This is the exact reason why people here want him in the first place!
Exactly what I thought. Surely a marriage made in hell!Mourinho and Levy
Let's see how that goes
I think sacking Poch was the right decision, cycle with Spurs was over and both needed fresh start. It's just that, it's very silly when people expect loyalty from players and managers but don't think twice before wanting them gone.
Oh I agree that he needs to go, their league form has been on a downward spiral for a year now, it’s just that bad as it is, I’d still bank on Poch to leave Spurs in a better shape if he continues than Mourinho.
I can somehow see it working there. Jose has the foundations of a good squad there and I think he'll be able to motivate the players more than Poch. He'll also get better results against the top six through his low-block football. Expect him to start throwing players under the bus and alienating his biggest stars the moment things start getting rough though.
If it goes well it'll go very well, if they don't it will be incredibly messy.
We've just not had any luck with managerial timings.
How does a CV ever improve if the employee is never given a chance to demonstrate their ability over a fair amount of time.
Poch was given years and years and won nothing.
We’ve won 6 of the last 7 matches, players who have been stagnating under previous managers are improving, signings have been the best we’ve made since SAF left... there are positives, people just don’t want to see them because they are determined to get rid of Ole before we actually see his long term potential here.
Repeating my post.
Poch to Arsenal, you heard it here first.
Poch to Arsenal, you heard it here first.
And lastRepeating my post.
Poch to Arsenal, you heard it here first.
We will see. I bet he spends a load. Hopefully on a load of shit.
One of @GlastonSpur last posts from October 23. Less than a month later....
Don't you know, winning Norwegian league is a bigger achievement than finishing regularly in PL's top 4 and reaching CL, or that's what some are trying to convince us.
The problem is that their wage bill seems limited, do you think that he will be able to do what he did at United and add almost a 100m on wages?
I doubt it but who knows. Hopefully not.
£40m for Eric Dier! Oh wait......
Don't push him further into the remote regions of India!
I wonder, if mou gets the job will he turn up to the press conference with MP's initials on his top as a sign of solidarity