carmeldevil
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How are we fucked? As if all the spending up to now is helping them.
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How are we fucked? As if all the spending up to now is helping them.
PCozzie
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It's mad isn't it? I tuned in after 15 minutes today and it took me to half time to work out who half of their team were. For the best part of a billion quid you'd imagine they'd have started with Messi and Mbappe up front.
Marty
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/sarcasm
Sarcasm?
PCozzie
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Yes, thanks, though I'm never sure if it's sarcasm or irony. Happy to go with sarcasm though.
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Isn’t it more because football is a team game much more so than baseball? It’s not about the hit rate or individuals but then learning to play as a team. You can’t keep swapping players in and out, especially on that huge scale.
Marty
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Honestly, neither am I. Happy to go with either.
michaelj70
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Poch nice bloke.and did like him as our manager untill we / he went off the boil
But cannot see him getting this mess to gel
Hopefully not proved wrong
Much happier with Ange
Coyas
But cannot see him getting this mess to gel
Hopefully not proved wrong
Much happier with Ange
Coyas
Pochemon94
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Well yes, not the dodgers sorry that was a bad team to use, the orioles would be a better comp. But yes I still back the fact that he is trying to run that club like an mlb team
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Colonel_Klinck
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Hmm so much for that. From Shed End
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Poch now has a midfield three that can outrun, out work and outplay any midfield three in the world
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The only midfield 3's that can compare are those of City and especially Madrid. This is all on paper, of course.
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One of the reasons Poch was so excellent for us was that he was able to slimline the squad and work with limited number players on a regular basis until they all trusted him and each other.
Repetition and familiarity helped them to be moulded into a unit.
That didn't happen overnight or after a few weeks.
It took OVER a year for him to establish that.
I don't know how Poch is gonna go about that at Chelsea.
They HAD to get off to a stable and good start because it lays the foundations quicker.
Now he is going to be looking at that starting 11 and chopping and changing, putting players' noses out of joint.
Repetition and familiarity helped them to be moulded into a unit.
That didn't happen overnight or after a few weeks.
It took OVER a year for him to establish that.
I don't know how Poch is gonna go about that at Chelsea.
They HAD to get off to a stable and good start because it lays the foundations quicker.
Now he is going to be looking at that starting 11 and chopping and changing, putting players' noses out of joint.
carmeldevil
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this site has so many different kinds of personalities. Sometimes it’s hard to detect sarcasm. Then again maybe my sarcasm-o-meter is broken cuz I’m fucking buzzing from yesterdays win
Sid Tottenham
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Sold your soul to the devil Poch. I always thought he had more about him than that.
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The Dodgers are a better comp because they also have an insane payroll and have used that to remain competitive. But Rob’s point is right - baseball is essentially an individual sport which is added up to make a team result. Your team is literally the sum of it’s parts, in football you can be much more or less, and cohesion is a big part of that
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I think it’s more likely arguing who gets a seat and who has to sit down n the upturned crates.
Timberwolf
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Holy shit - that's exactly what he's doing isn't it!? Never really clicked for me before.
Makes sense on paper but when you realise how much harder it is to create team chemistry from scratch with a bunch of disparate youngsters with no connection to the club.....doesn't really work in a football context.
Add in the fact they've spent the best part of a billion quid and somehow only bought ONE consistent proven goalscorer in Nkunku...it really beggars belief. (I guess Sterling too but he was never going to get big numbers outside of City).
I'm still expecting them to land on their feet somehow but God I'd love it so much if their luck finally ran out and they can't buy their way to success yet again.
fishhhandaricecake
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It’s early days but… LOLLLLLLL 
hope they finish 12th again.
hope they finish 12th again.
Pochemon94
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the only thing i will say is, how bad were we when he first took over? he needs time to gel in the players and boot out anyone that doesn't buy in. With the unlimited tap they have i wouldn't be shocked if it gets situated this year/next
amathews3416
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I know everyone is itchy to buy more players here at Spurs, but it does make me appreciate the approach Ange is taking in trying to trim the squad and being very aware of the difficulties of working with such a large group. Seems like Ange wants a smaller group of core players that can build together. Now look at Chelsea who are going through a tough patch and just continue to buy more and more players to add to an already massive squad.
