I remember where we were for the last 3 seasons prior to Poch...4th,5th and 6th. He hardly inherited a club in turmoil. He had moved us on but he's had a very talented squad to allow him to do this.
It’s a really important point anyone with an objective view would come to. People need to remember we were already hovering around the CL places before Poch came in. Obviously it’s a difficult step to take to finish CL regularly but Pochs tenure has coincided with the emergence of Kane and the best squad in my lifetime. So let’s be honest, if he didn’t get CL qualification, he would have been sacked ages ago. I believe CL qualification is the minimum requirement with this current Spurs squad.
Unfortunately, if you step away from the CL qualification, his tenure is open to scrutiny and it doesn’t make great reading. The Football has never been consistently great, although it was much better three or four years ago. For the last two years it’s been largely poor, and often terrible, and also there are the consistent failures to win trophies when up against our rivals. The FA Cup semi final loss to United at Wembley for me was the most disappointing result of his reign. But we’ve lost countless games against our rivals, Chelsea league cup last season, Chelsea fa cup semi final two or three seasons ago. On top of that, we have never in a single season actually properly led a title charge from the start. We have continually been playing catch up and never actually led the way, which is strange. The Leicester season for me is when we should have won the league. In hindsight it was a shocker why we made such a poor start to the season and had to play catch up. Then we lost to Leicester at home when we were sucker punched by that header. The consistent theme is we ALWAYS fall short under Poch.
My memory of Poch will be a good manager but a nearly man unfortunately. I think someone else could have done an even better job and actually won stuff with this group of players. It’s sad that this cycle has come to an end empty handed. That is Pochs fault largely. The reason we lose these big cup games is mentality and tactical details. Like starting Son at wing back ??conte came in and straight away schooled Poch in a huge game.
And fans should really be concerned about Kane getting itchy feet. City will need a replacement for Aguero soon.
For the love of god this mourinho stuff has got to stop. The worst possible choice for us.
Levy likes
Yes Allegri would. Yet he’d leave after 1 window when he asks for Dybala and Levy gets him Clinton N’Jie.
i am avidly poch stay. But....
Howe would be a terrible choice too but he’s probably the top one. Levy likes someone who will work on a shoestring budget.
He wins things but if you think he’d be a good choice for this team, you havent been paying attention to this team.
