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Originally Posted by Bunker Buster
c*** of a man, absolutely finished as a top manager...
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Inclined to agree now. I had initially thought Spurs might be a good fit for him; he’s traditionally always thrived in an underdog environment, but it’s testament to how good a coach Pochettino actually was that he got a team full of average players to be one of the best teams in England. There was a point, from mid-season one year to mid-season the next that Spurs had won the most points overall in England I think, but they just never did it when it counted.
The game has definitely moved on, the overall quality of the football in the PL is shit but even the worst teams are at an elite level of fitness, and he just doesn’t seem to want to tackle that element. He seems to have no game plan; sure, against the bigger teams in particular Ole will have us sit back and wait for the counter, but you still have to coach your team to be ready for such scenarios. Our players never looked like they knew where each other were, hence the stunted, painfully slow attacks. It’s delicious to see it happening at Spurs, especially as they’ve been lording it up over everyone for a few years despite winning zero (0) trophies.