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To add to this . With Poch, he was arguably the only manager we've had under Enic to succeed how Levy wants it. Buy/ harness young players into 1. a successful team 2. appreciated assets financially. He did it and took us to the precipice of success, and when it was time to back him and push onto the next level (a situation Levy had never found himself in), he was let down.I accept some of those criticisms of Poch but to just casually ignore the improvement in players under his tenure is criminal.
Jan- Was not even a nailed on starter the season before Poch arrives and playing awfully under Sherwood.
Walker- A player of potential but he could not defend and liable to constant errors.
Rose- Out on loan to Sunderland. Nobody envisioned him ever becoming a first team player
Dembele- Like Jan, was a technically gifted player but was far from being a superstar
Eriksen- No doubt a talent but disappeared too often and was too lightweight pre Poch.
To say he somehow landed on a ludicrously talented squad is demonstrably not true. Of course he was blessed with a generational talent in Kane but the improvement in the side was down to his coaching and the spirit he galvanised within the club. He has his faults but his sacking was a betrayal and travesty which the club had never healed from and I personally feel that whether he succeeds or fails he is owed the chance to carry on the work he should never have been removed from. He was owed a bad season given what he had achieved and Levy chose short-termism.
How it ended Poch needs to take some responsibility for. Regardless of how bad he was let down, it turned toxic and i was in the camp for him going at the time.
He will always be a spurs legend to me (alithough i wish he'd never wrote that book!). My heart would have him back in an instance. My head says that it would all end in tragedy, Poch now understands the gig under Levy as do we all.