The Mauricio Pochettino thread

[Shadydan]

My thinking is that the timing is the problem, we’ve built a new stadium in order to compete with rivals on the financial side.

That additional revenue only comes after the stadium has been finished and the extra revenue (tickets, sponsorship, nfl, events, etc...) comes in.

Agents will see the stadium being built and ask for the extra bump in wages now (before the money is there). We know the extra £££ are coming but the club can’t pay it before it comes in.

I'm quite sure we would have taken that into account, after all that didn't stop us spending in previous years.

What I suspect is that we didn't sell anyone this summer which made it hard to bring players in especially as we had the home grown issue to contend with as well, still think we should have pushed hard for Grealish at the start of the summer but guess that's for another thread.

 

[Insomnia]

#sharticle

I get those in my Calvin's.I've now got to that age where, as Bonnie Tyler once sung "I totally shit when I fart"

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

Extending contracts and buying players wasn't a problem in previous summers so why was it all of a sudden a problem last summer?

Maybe some stadium bills came through the letterbox and they decided we can't spend. I thought Poch & crew, Harry , Dele & Sonny did all sign new contracts last summer. Anyway Levy & Poch have repeatedly said they are not going to deal in a crazy transfer market like it is these days.

 

[stevenurse]

Well that's the BBC I'm telling to get fucked if I were him. How do we let them get away with it? How disrespectful to the club and to Pochettino. After the Kane stuff I thought the media would have learnt. Especially a massive programme like match of the day. Disgraceful

 

[Insomnia]

Well that's the BBC I'm telling to get fucked if I were him. How do we let them get away with it? How disrespectful to the club and to Pochettino. After the Kane stuff I thought the media would have learnt. Especially a massive programme like match of the day. Disgraceful

#olesatthewheel?
more like #thewallysgotthedeal
as for the BBC fuck them in the beard, ****'s

 

[hughy]

Weird that they announce the contract after losing 2 on the spin. Would be fucking hilarious if their season spirals out of control now.

 

[King of Otters]

Well that's the BBC I'm telling to get fucked if I were him. How do we let them get away with it? How disrespectful to the club and to Pochettino. After the Kane stuff I thought the media would have learnt. Especially a massive programme like match of the day. Disgraceful

The MOTD Twitter account is just the same shite Paddy Power banter that you see on all major sports social accounts now.

It's genuinely embarrassing and shit. But then this is Twitter.

 

[ToDarrenIsToDo]

 

[chinaman]

Now that all the top jobs are taken, Levy doesn't have to offer an enhanced contract anymore.

 

[TheVoiceofReason]

Weird that they announce the contract after losing 2 on the spin. Would be fucking hilarious if their season spirals out of control now.

I imagine that his contract has been riddled with clauses so they can fire him whenever they please. I feel like it’s probably a shrewd move from them- finish the season strongly and the board look great, if it all goes tits up, they can fire him and move on to the next one before pre-season.

 

[Shadydan]

I imagine that his contract has been riddled with clauses so they can fire him whenever they please. I feel like it’s probably a shrewd move from them- finish the season strongly and the board look great, if it all goes tits up, they can fire him and move on to the next one before pre-season.

Really can't see that happening, they'll be looking towards next season and beyond.

 

[rez9000]

Really can't see that happening, they'll be looking towards next season and beyond.

Absolutely. The blowback from hiring him and then firing him a few months later would be unbelievable. Even if the rest of the season goes to shit, they'll not fire him over the summer. Everyone'd point to their early season form as an excuse to give OGS the bye. Next season will be the real test for him anyway.

 

[midoshairband]

Well that's the BBC I'm telling to get fucked if I were him. How do we let them get away with it? How disrespectful to the club and to Pochettino. After the Kane stuff I thought the media would have learnt. Especially a massive programme like match of the day. Disgraceful

came in to post the same thing.

its fucking disrespectful. this is a national ‘neutral’ broadcaster. no other club suffers this constant baiting and de-stabilising attack from the media, i’m fucking sick of it.

 

[Gb160]

came in to post the same thing.

its fucking disrespectful. this is a national ‘neutral’ broadcaster. no other club suffers this constant baiting and de-stabilising attack from the media, i’m fucking sick of it.

People need to chill out, the MOTD social media guy did the same job for Man Utd before he went to the beeb...he’s obviously a Utd fan.
The BBC are no different to the other click/hits driven media, it’s all they care about about...they’re just playing to the masses.

 

[Jgplk1]

came in to post the same thing.

its fucking disrespectful. this is a national ‘neutral’ broadcaster. no other club suffers this constant baiting and de-stabilising attack from the media, i’m fucking sick of it.

What did it say? It's been taken down now. I can't open it.

 

[teok]

What did it say? It's been taken down now. I can't open it.

It was just a silly meme/joke posted by which ever work experience person runs their twitter account. People should be rejoicing poch is almost certainly staying. Really not a big deal.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Tweet deleted. Someone just lost their job.

 

[easley91]

It was just a silly meme/joke posted by which ever work experience person runs their twitter account. People should be rejoicing poch is almost certainly staying. Really not a big deal.

Would not have been deleted if it was not a big deal.

 

[carmeldevil]

From his press conference:

football.london asked Pochettino whether the impressive new stadium will play a part in getting star names to sign new contracts with the club.

"I don't know. I cannot guess. Five years ago when we arrived here everyone said if we want to attract better players or keep our best players you need to play in the Champions League. But in the end that was wrong. I feel we are all professional but not too many people are romantic. We are still so romantic," he said.

"You must convince people to stay or sign for you club, a good point is going to be the new stadium, the facilities and everything, but in the end there are a lot of people around that care more about the business rather than the capability to be in a very good place working. It's always the balance.

"Of course it makes Tottenham more attractive today. But I don't know. I can't guess because society is changing, business in football is changing and there are not too many romantic people in business like they were 30 years ago."

Basically pay the players and they'll come.

 

[DJS]

Tweet deleted. Someone just lost their job.

It was really lame anyways lol - they should be sacked for how crap it was if anything.