Jose Mourinho

[NEVILLEB]

Funny how your two examples are two players that are known to be guys Poch wanted. Especially N'Dombele he was the main guy Poch wanted this summer afaik.

Please could you provide me a quote from Pochettino.

Not saying you are wrong but I’ve not heard that.
Ndombele may become a great fit once settled but early season he looked sluggish/slow in defence. Better in offence than defence.
Sissoko, for me, doesn’t have the positional instincts to play DM.

 

[etchedchaos]

Please could you provide me a quote from Pochettino.

Not saying you are wrong but I’ve not heard that.
Ndombele may become a great fit once settled but early season he looked sluggish/slow in defence. Better in offence than defence.
Sissoko, for me, doesn’t have the positional instincts to play DM.

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...nvinced-him-to-choose-tottenham-a4184106.html Quick google has Tanguy saying Poch sold him on Spurs. Doesn't sound like Poch would do so for a player he wasn't enthused about.

 

[fecka]

How would you describe this?



To me it looks just pure laziness, no desire, no pressing, no intensity...that is the very definition of not being bothered.

I thought your statement was lazy because I doubt they were all on the pitch thinking "Oh, I know I should press right now but nah.. I just can't be arsed".
As you say, the clip speaks for itself in the sense that you can clearly see why we've been below par performance wise but why were it so?
By all accounts the players all respected and liked Poch but couldn't seem to go that extra length for him anymore.

 

[NEVILLEB]

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...nvinced-him-to-choose-tottenham-a4184106.html Quick google has Tanguy saying Poch sold him on Spurs. Doesn't sound like Poch would do so for a player he wasn't enthused about.

Sorry I meant the Sissoko signing.

The reason I ask is because Sissoko wasnt always in the team when he joined which made me think Pochettino didn’t really want him.

It’s a bit like when they bought Zokora to replace Carrick. Totally different type of central midfielder and didn’t really work.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

I thought your statement was lazy because I doubt they were all on the pitch thinking "Oh, I know I should press right now but nah.. I just can't be arsed".
As you say, the clip speaks for itself in the sense that you can clearly see why we've been below par performance wise but why were it so?
By all accounts the players all respected and liked Poch but couldn't seem to go that extra length for him anymore.

Yeah I think it was more to do with anxiety and lack of confidence than players just actively not being bothered.

Conversely, the players naturally would have putting a shift in because of wanting to impress the new manager to ensure they keep their place in the team.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

The setup we saw yesterday was very Mourinho, one full back playing as a winger when we’ve got the ball while the other slots in as a 3rd CB. If we are ever to see Sessegnon as a LB I would imagine it would be in the sort of line up like:

Foyth Sanchez Alderweireld Sessegnon

Wouldn’t shock me if we saw Alderweireld at right back at some stage if Vertonghen is fit enough to come back in.

Alderweireld Sanchez Vertonghen Rose

As much as our defence has been awful this season (admittedly without cover in front of it for large parts) we have all the tools to play Jose’s preferred set up and quite a few options to make it work.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

The setup we saw yesterday was very Mourinho, one full back playing as a winger when we’ve got the ball while the other slots in as a 3rd CB. If we are ever to see Sessegnon as a LB I would imagine it would be in the sort of line up like:

Foyth Sanchez Alderweireld Sessegnon

Wouldn’t shock me if we saw Alderweireld at right back at some stage if Vertonghen is fit enough to come back in.

Alderweireld Sanchez Vertonghen Rose

As much as our defence has been awful this season (admittedly without cover in front of it for large parts) we have all the tools to play Jose’s preferred set up and quite a few options to make it work.

A CDM and WF in January would really freshen things up

 

[soup]

Apologies if already posted, found it on Cowlin's twitter.

 

[Johno1470]

I know there’s a lot of focus and talk on Jose’s defensive approach however can anyone shed any light on his attacking approach? Specifically regarding strikers. E.g. When Kane was out injured we relied heavily on Son or Lucas to play up top in recent years.

Do we think Jose will follow suit or is another striker a key area for us to address in the coming window along with a right back? I can’t see Jose wanting to neglect his style of play which seemingly relies on a top class striker able to hold the ball up and get at the oppositions defence.

I’ve seen the rumours about Zlatan (which will not happen) but maybe we will target another striker in Jan.

 

[mil1lion]

The setup we saw yesterday was very Mourinho, one full back playing as a winger when we’ve got the ball while the other slots in as a 3rd CB. If we are ever to see Sessegnon as a LB I would imagine it would be in the sort of line up like:

Foyth Sanchez Alderweireld Sessegnon

Wouldn’t shock me if we saw Alderweireld at right back at some stage if Vertonghen is fit enough to come back in.

Alderweireld Sanchez Vertonghen Rose

As much as our defence has been awful this season (admittedly without cover in front of it for large parts) we have all the tools to play Jose’s preferred set up and quite a few options to make it work.

I think we'll rotate a bit at centre back between Vertonghen, Foyth, Sanchez and Alderweireld. Toby and Jan are going to need a decent amount of rest between them so maybe we'll play a number of games with one of the 2 experienced centre backs alongside Foyth or Sanchez.
What was interesting was he seemed to switch Sanchez over to the right of the two so maybe Mourinho trusts him more on that side
Having Dier and Winks who are comfortable on the ball in centre midfield will help Sanchez play from the back as well.
Also with KWP back in the fold we'll rotate between him and Aurier on the right and Davies and Rose on the left. He likes 2 in each position and he has that. Sess for me is too attack minded for a more restrained fullback, I think he'll play as a wide attacker instead.

On paper I think we look pretty good. Still fancy he'll look to bring in new fullbacks and another defensive midfielder (a Wanyama type), if Vertongen, Alderweireld and Eriksen leave he'll probably want to replace each of them with already developed talent as well. So still 3-6 signings away from a title challenge.

KWP/Aurier----Sanchez/Foyth----Alderweireld/Vertonghen----Rose/Davies
Winks/Ndombele----Dier/Sissoko
Moura/Lo Celso----Eriksen/Alli/Lamela----Son/Sess
Kane/Parrett​

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Overtraining affects a person just as much mentally as it does physically.
Whether it was overtraining or something else I don't know but saying they just couldn't be arsed is a bit lazy IMO.

I agree with you entirely. And over training or effects from wrong training, is very easy to correct, (that is before it turns chronic).

 

[NovTHFC]

Jose has really instilled my belief and confidence back in to this squad. Just imagine what it’s done to the players. His aura/reputation should be enough to motivate any of our boys.

Cant wait to see how the next few games unfold with how we play and the team selections. #COYS

 

[Coyboy]

Anyone else read his full Wiki profile and be so glad he’s our manager?

yeah me neither.

 

[Dirtysanchez6]

I think we'll rotate a bit at centre back between Vertonghen, Foyth, Sanchez and Alderweireld. Toby and Jan are going to need a decent amount of rest between them so maybe we'll play a number of games with one of the 2 experienced centre backs alongside Foyth or Sanchez.
What was interesting was he seemed to switch Sanchez over to the right of the two so maybe Mourinho trusts him more on that side
Having Dier and Winks who are comfortable on the ball in centre midfield will help Sanchez play from the back as well.
Also with KWP back in the fold we'll rotate between him and Aurier on the right and Davies and Rose on the left. He likes 2 in each position and he has that. Sess for me is too attack minded for a more restrained fullback, I think he'll play as a wide attacker instead.

On paper I think we look pretty good. Still fancy he'll look to bring in new fullbacks and another defensive midfielder (a Wanyama type), if Vertongen, Alderweireld and Eriksen leave he'll probably want to replace each of them with already developed talent as well. So still 3-6 signings away from a title challenge.

KWP/Aurier----Sanchez/Foyth----Alderweireld/Vertonghen----Rose/Davies
Winks/Ndombele----Dier/Sissoko
Moura/Lo Celso----Eriksen/Alli/Lamela----Son/Sess
Kane/Parrett​

Jose doesn’t rotate half as much as poch so there is no chance this is happening !! Think a few are too used to the team rotating so much it won’t happen ! Yes there is options and he may tweak but once Jose finds his 11 he will mainly stick with it

 

[kmk]

 

[Deleted member 29446]

Ohh he certainly did.

 

[Primativ]

Haha that’s funny as hell. He blatantly would have already been in discussions with Levy at that point.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Not at all.

 

[wirE]

I love that cheeky smile and just sits there without saying anything. "we'll see about that"

 

[spursfan77]

Monday morning email from the Athletic on Mourinho's first week. A few interesting snippets in there:

There was a particularly eerie atmosphere among the squad that Mauricio Pochettino built when they learnt that their maker had been sacked.

Every player at the club was either signed by Pochettino, transformed by his coaching, or both. Five and a half years is an epoch in modern football and Tottenham as a club are totally unrecognisable now from the days when Tim Sherwood was in charge and the main question was how to get the most out of Roberto Soldado, Paulinho and Emmanuel Adebayor.

“It’s a strange feeling,” reflects Toby Alderweireld as he spoke to The Athletic on Saturday afternoon, after the start of the next Tottenham era. “You’re loyal to your old manager. We have to be very grateful and thankful to him, where he brought us. It is a strange feeling when the manager where you’ve been for five years is leaving and suddenly, you have another manager. But sometimes, that’s football.”

And as soon as Jose Mourinho entered the building on Wednesday morning, he started to make an impression on people. Everyone knows about Mourinho’s reputation, the authoritarian who exhausts his players after two years of work, the man who will say or do anything to get a rise out of a rival.

But he is also capable of being incredibly charming when he wants to be, and that is how he was when he was introduced to people for the first time on Wednesday. Joking with staff about getting his club uniform sorted, putting them at ease by talking about his family, he was unfailingly personable and friendly with everyone he met. That was the first thing that stood out to those that met him. The other thing was his focus.

Mourinho first met with his players on Wednesday just before training to tell them that they were better than they looked. Mourinho acknowledged that he had competed against this team in the past, with Chelsea and Manchester United, but said he was no longer their enemy, but their family instead. “I will be your father, friend, girlfriend, whatever you want,” he said, according to reports in Portugal. He promised to do everything to help the players.

The goal for this season is to finish in the top four. Mourinho showed the players the Premier League table, with Spurs stuck in 14th, and told them they were far better than that. And it registered. “He believed in us, he believed in the team,” Toby Alderweireld says after Saturday’s game.

“He’s a winning guy. I think he will help us a lot,” Lucas Moura tells The Athletic. “He tries to give confidence for everyone and to change our mentality, putting in our minds that we are very good players, that we are very strong, and we can win big things. And we believe that. We work to win trophies this season.”

Had Mauricio Pochettino taken training on Wednesday, it would have been in the morning, but it was pushed back into the afternoon so that Mourinho could take it instead. The training ground had not been a happy place in recent months, with the players feeling increasingly distant from Pochettino, sensing that his enthusiasm had waned, finding themselves with nothing left in the tank for those demanding double sessions, looking forward to those rare days off.

But speak to those who know the Spurs dressing room best and they say that the change in mood Mourinho has delivered was instant. “Jose has brought so much energy to training already,” says one source. “They felt they had reached the dead end in the road under Pochettino.” The players knew that after 25 points in their last 24 league games, no away league win in 10 months, the whole place needed a freshening up. And, according to another source, that is precisely what they feel they have got.

Mourinho took training on Wednesday afternoon, along with his new team of assistants. Joao Sacramento always stood out at Lille for his ability to run sessions in French, Spanish and Portuguese, and here he was barking out instructions in English. Ricardo Formosinho, their tactical analyst, formerly part of Mourinho’s staff at Manchester United, helped to run a series of short sharp drills. Nuno Santos, who, like Sacramento joined from Lille, took the goalkeeping drills.

There were individual meetings with the senior players too, as Mourinho took the most important men aside to start working on them. He had his already-famous conversation with Dele Alli, asking the 23-year-old if he was Dele, or his brother, and telling him to play like his old self again, a conversation that was already bearing fruit by lunchtime on Saturday.

On Wednesday night, Mourinho stayed so long at Spurs’ training ground that he did not want to drive back down through the traffic of central London to his home in Belgravia afterwards. So with his staff, he decided instead to stay at the on-site accommodation at Hotspur Way. “If you are trying to find a six-star hotel, you could not find better than here,” he explained the next day.

And Mourinho is right. A typical room at the lodge has a super kingsize bed, four kingsize pillows and another four comfortable cushions. “Amazing to sleep in the middle of five or six huge soft pillows, and an expensive duvet” Mourinho said. These are rooms designed to give players the best possible rest and sleep before games, with top-of-the-range memory foam bedding, coffee machines and fruit bowls in every room. Mourinho and his team got up early to start work at 7am on Thursday.