How Mourinho replaced Pochettino: Inside Tottenham's turbulent day

[mawspurs]

The speed is the most surprising part. In the span of just 11 hours, timed between Tottenham's club statements on Twitter, they went from firing Mauricio Pochettino and unveiling Jose Mourinho as their new manager. After five-and-a-half years under the former, it took half a day to move on in a decisive, risky new direction.

Source: ESPN

 

[peteblue]

The whole thing seems like a whirlwind, everything moved so fast from Poch going to Mourinho's appointment. My take on it all is this. I am sad Poch was sacked and the way it was handled by Levy wasn't good, as we all know He was talking to Mourinho after the Watford game, while Poch was still in charged, seems a bit double handed to me. On reflection of the events of yesterday, I feel the time was right for him to go, he had probably taken us s far as he could in his 5 years in charge. In saying that he has brought this club forward in so many ways and developed youth players from the academy setup. So I wish to thank Poch from the bottom of my heart for his time and efforts at Tottenham he will never be forgotten by players and fans alike.

On to Jose Mourinho, at first I was a bit sceptical about his appointment, but looking at it from a club point of view it was a shrewd and somewhat risky move from Levy to bring him in, after all Jose has a winning mentality and a cup winning pedigree second to none. I think he will adapt his style to suit our play not the defensive style he is used too. Keeping up the Tottenham tradition of bringing youth players from the academy Is essential, if need be Levy must give him the funds to buy players although I think the squad is good enough as it is to challenge for major honours with a few tweaks here and there. The out of contract players haver to be told straight either re-sign or you will be shipped out. In conclusion under Mourinho we can win trophies, I just hope he is given time by Levy and support from the players and fans, if that is done, the future could be bright under Jose.

 

[guiltyparty]

So going on that, Poch isn’t that different to the want away players - wanted to leave for a bigger name in the summer, didn’t materialise, so hung on for the sacking pay day while clearly operating at a standard that was nowhere near as good as he had been previously

 

[wakefieldyid]

The out of contract players haver to be told straight either re-sign or you will be shipped out.

... but that was always at the heart of Pochettino's problems. At least 5 of the key players have been refusing to budge, and there was no form of compulsion, other than paying up their contracts and releasing them to become free agents, by which they can be forced out. (Admittedly, by the time of the January window, the likes of Toby Jan and Christian will only have a few months left on their contracts, so Levy might feel able to be more flexible than he was during the summer window.)

I guess that the key will be whether Mourinho can get these players to buy into his proposed tactics. It's widely reported that the older players were concerned that Pochettino's high energy playing style was no longer a good fit as the players lost their youthful exuberance, so Mourinho's immediate future at Spurs will depend on his ability to convince them that he intends a more pragmatic aproach.

 

[SpartanSpur]

No idea how accurate these sources are but that bit about Poch's exit do not paint him in a good light. It does back up what many of us had expected, that his heart wasn't in it anymore.

Now the guy deserves to leave with his reputation intact due to the incredible job he did - and I don't blame him for not wanting to leave by mutual consent - but it shows that this horror show of a season could have easily been avoided. Granted this loss of faith in the job is seemingly borne from issues with Levy and the players but he put Levy in an awful position, and made him drag this out much longer than it needed to (Brighton should have been the last straw). Hindsight is 20/20, had he left by mutual consent in the summer his rep would have been intact and potentially Mourinho would have had a whole preseason. I'm sure we'd be in the top 4 as we speak if that happened.

He's no different to a Rose or Eriksen if this is true.

I suspect part of him thought he could turn it around, and I'm sure the players have tried for him at times this season, but once that mental edge (belief, confidence, passion) has gone the game is up.

 

[Bilko]

Pochettino is already being discussed at Bayern
Think we've got it wrong
Most of you are already fixed on Mauri -no

Will have to get use to this bad and pathetic decision

 

[sebo_sek]

Pochettino is already being discussed at Bayern
Think we've got it wrong
Most of you are already fixed on Mauri -no

Will have to get use to this bad and pathetic decision

Saying poch would be a success at Bayern is grossly premature. He had 2 golden oopportunities for the title and stumbled. He had 2 cup finals and stumbled. Bayern would demand results in a way we never did.

 

[newbie]

I’m worried Jose may bomb but you could also argue he has a lot less pressure at spurs, hopefully he will shine and enjoy managing us and do well. On the flip side Poch is going to have a lot of pressure on him if he goes to a tier 1 club.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

I'll save you all some reading. The only sentence bringing new info is this: "Hiring a manager with his pedigree and global brand has been floated as a first step on the road to potentially selling the club".

 

[daveduvet]

I'll save you all some reading. The only sentence bringing new info is this: "Hiring a manager with his pedigree and global brand has been floated as a first step on the road to potentially selling the club".

Got that feeling too. There was a ‘business insider’ headline saying levy will be stepping down end 20/21. I now can’t find it anywhere online - maybe a blag, but wouldn’t surprise me if the sell came in next couple of years

 

[Twizzle]

That article, if true, highlights the need for a football manager, or a better conduit between players and Levy