Pochettino puts Tottenham’s poor form down to small home pitch

[mawspurs]

Mauricio Pochettino believes Tottenham Hotspur are being stifled by the tightness of the White Hart Lane pitch.

Read the full article at Guardian

 

[UncleBuck]

Oh dear, we're sounding a bit desperate at the moment aren't we....

 

[Chedozie]

Thank god we're moving to a new stadium.

 

[Edgarsglasses]

Scraping the barrel now,embarrassing

 

[greamespurs61]

Oh fuck off!

 

[Dougal]

Well it is one constant in an ever changing set-up... But, no.

 

[parj]

in all fairness he does have a point, we have some massive egos in our team and they probably dont have enough space

 

[Mullers]

I´m sad to see him say this because it sounds like he is running out of ideas, a coach has to be able to adapt to the situation, we aren´t always going to be able to play on smooth large pitches.

 

[myhartlane]

I hope he takes a tape measure to his next job interview.

Joking apart, it's probably a very good point. I seem to remember Wenger having the same complaint about the old Highbury (not that it stopped them winning stuff though).

Obviously the Guardian are attempting to ridicule our club and our manager.

What they want to do is to forment discontent among the fans, encourage a booing campaign and get him the sack.

 

[Atarrier]

I actually didn't think it sounded desperate, just a misleading title of the article. He just said it's easier for teams to sit deep not "our bad form is down to the ground" and it still beats AVB blaming it on the fans. If anything he's slightly (ever so slightly) reassured me. He even alludes to the problems being multifaceted, (pitch size; expectations and the pressure that has on players; negative mentality.) So I don't think he was scrapping the barrel.

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Yeah it's a shame that the pitch has shrunk since the 60's/ 80's

 

[diamondlight]

it still beats AVB blaming it on the fans. If anything he's slightly (ever so slightly) reassured me.

Yeah, anything but the truth, pleeeeease. How are us jeering, booing, cursing fans supposed to sleep at night?

 

[bigspurs]

You've got to be fucking kidding me!!!

Waddle and Ginola were OK with it.

 

[Jimmyjimmyo]

The pitch is too small yet none of our wingers ever get chalk on their boots as they spend the whole game trying to play in the middle

 

[diamondlight]

You've got to be fucking kidding me!!! Waddle and Ginola were OK with it.

Andy Reid struggled a bit though. Jose Dominguez, on the other hand, barely noticed. Maybe we should just sign players of a consistent size.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Our style means we need a bigger space to play because we play a positional game

From http://www.openplay.co.uk/blog/premiership-football-pitch-sizes-2013-2014/ :

Southampton pitch dimensions: 115 x 74.5 yards
Tottenham pitch dimensions: 110 x 73 yards

Right so that extra yard and a half makes all the difference right? Give me a break.

And Newcastle played deep? With every sideways/backwards pass we made they pressed us further and further up the pitch until we make a mistake. And we've done that in nearly every game. The way we play invites teams to the point where they outnumber us in our own half.

Sorry, but there's a lot of nonsense being spouted here.

 

[HotspurFC1950]

110 x 73. Is a good size

 

[HotspurFC1950]

Play to the conditions !

 

[Redfap]

Bloody hell

 

[Spurs 1961]

I think it is down to the wrong type of grass