An angry bear awaits

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Who else is getting very excited about the Spurs game?

Have you been sending all sorts of shit to their fans?

No response?

Send some more.

THEN BATTON DOWN THE HATCHES IF IT GOES HORRIBLY WRONG ON SATURDAY.

Airplane mode for 6 days straight.

Look at that meme, a thing of beauty. Crafted from my own fingertips. It’s incredible because it is relatable. It’s relatable to me because I MADE IT.

There’s been a lot of chest thumping from fans saying ‘IT’S ALL ABOUT WHERE WE FINISH’, and yes, this is true, and if we deal with Spurs, United and the slew of tough away games, then yes, Emery is the master of the universe.

Arsenal is everyone’s best pal when things are going to shit. They are the sleeping bear that Timothy Treadwell is goading in the meme. This weekend will mark the total collapse of their season, or it’ll mark a nasty cut to the Achilles heel of our #Top3 dreams. United are plodding along very efficiently, Chelsea has title blood in their veins, so despite sitting pretty… it could all turn Shaqiri gurning levels of ugly if we don’t strike while Spurs are weak.

Again, I’ll reiterate this point: 3 of our best players are coming into form and fresher than James Blake one-liner on Twitter.

That is a huge advantage if Emery can keep them all motivated until the end of the season.

Some great numbers doing the rounds yesterday. Mikhi has better stats than Dele Alli, Zaha, Lingard and Willian despite playing less games than all of them.

Maybe Sven did pull off a madness? You only appreciate them when they’re dead… or resigned.

Bobby P has taken a huge gulp of air and got down to some serious brown nosing with the mighty, infallible, NEW King of Arsenal.

“He fits the mould of the type of player that Arsenal look for with our style of football. He’s excellent at dribbling, has superb vision & his overall technique is top class. He has spent a lot of time working with Iniesta which has improved his game massively”

Trying to cover his tracks, he weighed in on the Ozil debate after the German had been returned to first team duties.

“Its vital that Emery finds a space for Ozil in the team. It would be a big step backwards for the club if they sell him. He recently extended his contract & there’s no arguing that he is one of, if not, the best player in Arsenal’s squad”

HARRY KANE ESCAPES BAN FOR HEAD BUTT BECAUSE HE IS SENSITIVE. F*cking jokes, blud.

FINALLY, Mesut Ozil has scored in the last three games he’s started with Jenko. All this time and the answer to unlocking Mesut was sleeping in an Arsenal-themed tent outside the training ground.

FIRST NAME ON THE TEAM SHEET THIS SATURDAY, FAM.

Right, I think that’s about as much Arsenal as I can handle today. But before I go…

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Guns of Hackney

HL

This is another game. The dirty Scottish bastard game is a bit more.

Even though there are only three Scots actually playing. Most are all poles or Armenians.

Guns of Hackney

What do you call something that could of had it all but became Wycombe wanderers?

Arsenal.

Marko

Spurs have had so many managers who haven’t won anything and I wouldn’t expect the next one to change that in all honesty. They’re going to have to come down from up high sooner rather than later. No way they keep that group of players together much longer without silverware

Guns of Hackney

Marko

That’s arsenal you’re thinking of.

Bamford10

Hackney

Well played. In truth, I’m neither of those things, but well played nonetheless.

Globalgunner

Spus are the ones who have an inferiority complex. They made their stadium hold about 200 seats more than the Emirates even though they will barely fill it. Forgetting than planning restrictions limited Arsenal from making the stadium hold almost 70,000. If we had managed that, the Spuds would have probably bankuoted themselves trying to top that. The only reason they can be called better run is because we had a moron in charge for 20 years doling out massive contracts to crap players to keep them loyal. we stopped being well run when Dein left

Marko

Guns gets his kicks out of being the stupidest person in the room.

Jim Lahey

Weighting in on the Spurs hate thing. Not growing up in England meant that I never even regarded Spurs as a rival club, sure I knew they were the local rival, but to me they were irrelevant. My school year was 150 students, of that two of us supported Arsenal. The others split 50/50 between Liverpool and United. Now Liverpool weren’t ever a threat to us so they were also irrelevant.. but United… I fucking hate United.. Glory hunting cunt fan base that could dish it out but couldn’t take it. United will forever be the enemy in my eyes.… Read more »

Marc

“Anyone would think spurs v Arsenal is Celtic v Rangers.

It ain’t.”

First thing you’ve said that doesn’t make you look a cunt. Ranger’s and Celtic are both much bigger clubs than the Spud’s.

Danny

The thing is most of you lot are too young to remember the annual punch ups in the North Bank.
Rangers – Celtic? Do me a favour. Maybe since destroying Highbury the passion has decreased.

Valentin

@Bamford, I think that Emery will start with that configuration. Personally I would switch back to a 4-2-3-1. Spurs fullbacks are not great defenders. If we can put them under pressure high up the pitch, we could quickly turn the ball and score. No Mustafi in the defense to scare all the Arsenal supporters. Less chance of a brain fart or a player 10 feet behind the rest. In term of personnel, I would rather use Jenkinson than Lichsteiner. Positionally they are both terrible, but at least Jenkinson has some recovery speed instead of geriatric pace. I would use Ramsey… Read more »

Marc

I thought AMN was fit / well again?

Receding Hairline

3-4-3 might work next season when we have the personnel, it hasn’t worked when tried this season and should not be used tomorrow.

Marko

I would use Ramsey to man mark Christian Ericksen, the same way he blocked Jorginho

Can’t be done. Erikson doesn’t sit deep and dictate and Ramsey isn’t going to follow him around it’s generally not his game. You’re more likely to see Erikson do that to Torreira like in the first game. Only we’re not likely to have near enough possession to warrant him doing that. I fancy us tomorrow to possibly get a positive result given the form we’re in and the players that are now back

Guns of Hackney

Lolz.

The insults I get on here is rickydiculous.

I’m not religious but now I know what it would be like to be Jesus Christ.

The persecution I get is comparable.

Guns of Hackney

Marko

Says he would use a £400,000pw footballer to man mark Erickson.

Why not play Messi in goal?

And I’m the stupid one?

You have the IQ of a shoe size.

Guns of Hackney

Danny

The only punch up you’ve had is in a phone box with yourself.

Bob N16

Guns, you’re no martyr!

Spurs to me are like pantomime villains, I don’t hate them but losing to them is more painful and winning brings more joy. My Dad was a Spurs supporter, not a very noisy one, but since he was a gentleman he let me choose my team. My sons were not allowed the choice!

vickingz

And people expects kos to be at his best in how many days interval? Playing lichsteiner together with kos in whatever formation and selection would be our downfall tomorrow

Marko

Guns I’m merely stating a fact that you try very hard to say stupid things on here. Everything is a gag and you can’t be taken seriously. In fact the only time that you spoke with passion and the only truthful thing you’ve said around here was the time that you spoke proudly of your father killing brown peasants in some war. That’s it

Marko

Says he would use a £400,000pw footballer to man mark Erickson. Why not play Messi in goal? And I’m the stupid one? You have the IQ of a shoe size.

Valentin said it I said the stuff after it.

Guns of Hackney

Marko

Relax. Or I’ll ask him to come and get you.

He will find you, he will kill you.

Marko

Guns I’m white and don’t live in poverty he ain’t finding shit unless I’m at an ASDA

JDavey

Why as Arsenal fans are we not allowed to or are not supposed to hate them horrible fuckers from down the road, I’m perplexed!

Some ‘gooners’ on here starting to sound like closet spuds, fuck spurs.

Redtruth

Spurs 1 Liverpool 2
Spurs 0 Man City 1
Spurs 0 Man Utd 1

It seems Spurs shit the bed in big games.

Danny

Guns of Hackney
March 1, 2019 13:06:14
Danny
The only punch up you’ve had is in a phone box with yourself.
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Don’t be a wanker, against Spurs, fans were stabbed and even died on the North Bank back in the 60s and 70s.

Upstate Gooner

Jim Lahey
Same here, mate (in response to Spurs). Grew up in the Soviet Union. Didn’t really care much for footy back then. Started following Arsenal in the late 90’s when I was living in US. Never ever even thought about Spurs as rivals because like you said they were fucking irrelevant. Still are for the most part until they win something of note. It was always United for me, and then later on Chelsea. Their fans are also the most obnoxious bunch that I have ever met/seen. Hate those fuckers with a passion.

Guns of Hackney

Marko

He has a particular set of skills.

My father is Liam Neeson. I can’t believe no one has worked it out yet.

S Asoa

Right oh
Nice to have Valentin back today

Guns of Hackney

Upstate gets it.

Mancs. Scousers. Pikeys. Idiots.

Oxygen thieves.

Guns of Hackney

Danny

It’s not Brighton Rock.

No one died at an Arsenal v Spurs match. Unless it was from boredom.

Scuffles and nothing more. We are a lightweight derby compared to some.

Danny

Guns of Hackney
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Obviously you never ever stood on the North Bank.

Guns of Hackney

Danny

Topside.

82-90.

Upstate Gooner

GoH I “get it” because I didn’t grow up in England/London. If I did, maybe I would see things differently. So I kinda get where the others ones are coming from too. As I mentioned before, I live in US now. It’s all about American football, college basketball, and baseball here. Not a huge amount of people who follow real footy. One of my best friends is a City fan. Another is a Pool supporter. There’s also a Spurs fan here, and he’s one of the nicest guys I know. A bunch of Goons like myself. The rest are United… Read more »

Pierre

Receding
“Bamford there is false optimism among some but others know exactly what they are doing, they are painting a picture fourth is a cake walk so as to be able to say Emery tanked fourth place.”

What a strange way to look at things..

Nobody has mentioned it being a cakewalk but we are in the frame for a top 4 place with a good a chance as the others if you take into consideration fixtures, fitness and the league position we are in now.

Guns of Hackney

Upstate

The whole spurs thing is just a bit silly.

Man U. Scousers back in the 80’s. That’s it for me.

Now, our rivals should be Everton, Palace and Doncaster. This is our level now.

Champagne charlie

Spurs aren’t rivals, they’re our banter outlet, the biggest joke of the season, the reason Englishmen go around saying “weheyyyy” in the city after the NLD.

They’re a great source of mockery and still deliver on that front. Like their stadium debacle. Undersized cables and misjudging load capacities 😂 The sparkies have to be gooners.

gonsterous

bigger question should be, if spurs lose tomorrow, should Poch get fired ?

Champagne charlie

Pierre

Receding is always angling a defence of Emery, he’s desperate to lay the foundations before anyone says anything so he in fact can come out on the defensive. I’d ignore it, he’s doing the very thing he claims of others.

Guns of Hackney

CC

It’s really funny you say that but there were loads of rumours that spurs fans who worked in the emirates did all kinds of shit to the stadia. It happens.

HOK sports is a monster company and they employ 1,000’s of contractors to build stadiums. There going to be 100’s of rival fans working on football grounds.

Guns of Hackney

Is it a nighttime kick off? If it’s a daytime one…how will emery cope in the sunlight?

ddkingz

GOH…..

you are a f*cking depressed kid… why put all your frustration on AFC…

@pedro… Get this spudshite fanboy outta here.
it’s an arsenal blog…. not a forum where a depressed spud kid get to relax and troll.

being making noise on here for the past days…. is arsenal the cause of your problem?????

Upstate Gooner

GoH
The whole spurs thing is just a bit silly.

I agree. I don’t like them but I can’t really say that I hate them. I get the bragging rights thing though so it would be nice to kick their arses tomorrow which would also keep us in the hunt for top 4. And we lose to Spurs tomorrow but still get CL footy next season, I’ll take it.

englandsbest

To understand the true nature of Arsenal/Spurs antagonism, you have to grow up in that area of London. Where I went to school, you were either an Arsenal supporter or a Spurs supporter. Some of my best pals were Spurs supporters.

There was no sense that the other lot were ‘scum’ – they were rivals, that’s all. Nor was there any thuggery in those days, that came later with the other London sides – we can all name them, can’t we?

Nevertheless, looking at the day’s football results, a Spurs defeat is still a fun thing, a real heart-warming pleasure.

Guns of Hackney

Ddkingz

Go back to building lo-riders blud.

Get me…kid?

Champagne charlie

Guns

I just find that level of idiocy quite spectacular on a project like that. I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt by blaming gooner sparkies haha absolutely shambolic to fuck the wiring up to that degree.

Guns of Hackney

Englandsbest

See, I went to school in Highbury in the 1980’s and it was Arsenal or Liverpool. Yes, Liverpool in a london school. Why? Because kids support the winning teams.

Zero spurs fans. Honest. Liverpool, Arsenal, one Man U and one St Mirren supporter.

But then my school was rough and no one had fathers so I suppose they supported who they liked, not who they were told to support.

HillWood

Englandsbest
What era are you talking about when there was no thuggery

Guns of Hackney

CC

It happens. Billion pound projects and someone forgets the doorknobs.

Chris

Arsenal fans on an Arsenal blog shouldn’t be looked down upon for wanting to beat Spurs, laugh at their misfortune or see them suffer. Hate is a strong word and I personally couldn’t say I hate them or any other team/player. I do however have a bloody good chuckle when they lose to Burnley or score an own goal like the other evening! Football is one of many escape routes from the rat race. People are allowed to let light football tribalism and sheer hope cloud their usual sensible judgment they probably use in the real word or in the… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“To understand the true nature of Arsenal/Spurs antagonism, you have to grow up in that area of London.”

Which is why most of us outside looking in don’t get it.

Receding Hairline

“What a strange way to look at things..”

Not as strange your takes on Ozil, Wenger and technical players

Guns of Hackney

Chris

Why is rugby so different then? No fights. Class acts. Drinking together and having a laugh. Football is disgusting and so are 99% of the jerks who follow it.

Receding Hairline

“Receding is always angling a defence of Emery, he’s desperate to lay the foundations before anyone says anything so he in fact can come out on the defensive. I’d ignore it, he’s doing the very thing he claims of others.”

Pochettino hasn’t won a trophy in his career…but how about Emery has he??…..Yet i am the one looking to drag Emery into everything

You spent all yesterday comparing Emery to Simeone, a comparison no one has ever made

Bob N16

Too much Guns, Chris had it spot on. 99% a little hyperbolic- I would say 20% at most. If you’ve ever been to Twickenham, you wouldn’t be waxing lyrical about the Hooray Henrys, quaffing away in their odious style, equally disgusting supporters as the Neanderthals who I believe you were referring to.

ddkingz

now I’m beginning to see things clearly…. how people take turn in posting foolish comments… and becoming the no.1 Resident of le-grove.

first it was Pierre… then u na naai, after some weeks, bamford took over.

then came CG, he was the worst of them all, and he did it very well till he got binned by his friend pedro.. .

Now it you, @goh….. don’t worry continue making noise on here, and after 3 weeks you will be tired and pass it over to the next troll on here….. continue disturbing everyone while you still can

Bob N16

Ddkingz, there is a long tradition on here….goes a lot further back than you’ve highlighted.

Champagne charlie

Receding I didn’t compare whether Emery has won trophies to Poch, I said if Emery was capable here. Not surprised that eluded you given your constant defensive stance on all things Emery. I was quite basically pointing out that it’s a big fucking ask for Poch to win the league or CL at Spurs of all places. If he ever became manager of PSG id feel pretty confident of him winning a league title or two. Also, spent the whole day? I made ONE reference challenging Banfords idea of Emery as a grand higher because he achieved top 4 in… Read more »

jwl

Joke Friday – A family is at the dinner table. The son asks the father, “Dad, how many kinds of boobs are there?” The father, surprised, answers, “Well, son, a woman goes through three phases. In her 20s, a woman’s breasts are like melons, round and firm. In her 30s and 40s, they are like pears, still nice, hanging a bit. After 50, they are like onions.” “Onions?” the son asks. “Yes. You see them and they make you cry.” This infuriated his wife and daughter. The daughter asks, “Mom, how many different kinds of willies are there?” The mother… Read more »

HillWood

BobN16
I had the misfortune of sitting amongst Wasps fans at Twickenham

Receding Hairline

“I didn’t compare whether Emery has won trophies to Poch, I said if Emery was capable here. Not surprised that eluded you given your constant defensive stance on all things Emery. I was quite basically pointing out that it’s a big fucking ask for Poch to win the league or CL at Spurs of all places. If he ever became manager of PSG id feel pretty confident of him winning a league title or two.” The FA cup?? The League Cup?? Copa Del Rey?? I remember the time he regularly fielded weak teams for the Europa, Or do you also… Read more »

Nelson

Emery is polar opposite to Wenger. His lineup and formation is so unpredictable. He played 4-2-3-1 vs Southamption and right afterward a 3-4-3 against Bournemouth. How he sets the team up for tomorrow is anyone’s guess.

I would think that he played 3 CB’s in last game is a preparation for tomorrow’s game. He stressed the important of rotation. He’ll probably replace Ozil with Ramsey; Jenkinson with Lichtsteiner. Xhaka and Mustafi will come back in. I like Emery rotating the players to keep them fresh. I can’t wait to see tomorrow’s lineup.

Receding Hairline

By the way i have zero interest in “discrediting” you on here Charlie, you are the only one on here obsessed with credit ratings hence your inability to own up to wrong assumptions and assertions.

Champagne Charlie always has to be right or his moniker is discredited

Bob N16

Hillwood, pissed up hoorays?

HillWood

Bob
Not sure about hoorays
But Mrs HillWood was glad when the match ended

MidwestGun

hahahaha You negative azzhats…. I think people should be allowed a little excitement for an NLD that means something… especially after the last dying ember years of Wenger…. where it meant fuk all besides bragging rights.. I also haven’t seen much of this so called false optimism for 4th… I’ve seen a bunch of former akb’s claiming our squad is so amazing after a 70 mill spend that we should be getting 4th nailed on though.. that I have read on here.. As for GOH…. he is a douchebag…. but a funny one and reminds me of an Italian friend… Read more »

Champagne charlie

Receding Nothing to do with being right, it’s to do with posters like you offering falsehoods with one aim – undermining others who present an opposing view. You do it so often you’re probably unaware at this stage. This “always right” bollocks is just another jab along those same lines. You’ll find my views aren’t absolutist as yours often are, I question more things and by doing so get challenged by militant views as your own because ‘how dare anyone’. It’s dead simple with Poch, he has a remit of Cl football and a slow build. Both of which he’s… Read more »

Champagne charlie

😂😂 Pedro you fucking wum

Davey

COME ON ARSENAL LET’S BEAT THE SCUM LADS LADS LADS

That’s more like it Pedro rally the troops. LETS AVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ddkingz

Bob n16

I do know that, those are the few I’ve noticed for the time I’ve been here….

guess as you said it’s a tradition😁… so GOH continue, till you pass up the throne to the next in line..

MidwestGun

Pedro… Enjoyed the meme… I can tell it took hours of meticulous planning..

Well done!

Guns of Hackney

Fuck off

Receding Hairline

“It’s dead simple with Poch, he has a remit of Cl football and a slow build. ” You really have to be kidding with the slow build part, you were on Emery after 7 months, so i guess only managers you happen to rate get to build things slowly, he has been there five years by the way. “You have a defensive stance in the language you use, “he has to be offered the job (PSG manager) first”. So Pochettino isn’t good enough to manage a better side that Spurs? That’s your view? ” He can be made joint manager… Read more »

Bob N16

You often make me laugh Guns, for that I thank you!

jwl

I’ve got the same tea mug as Jenks does in photo, who knew tent fella with fancy gnomes was the key to unlocking beast within ozil?

MidwestGun

Fuck off
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I don’t recall that passage of the bible.. Jesus. hahhahaha

8-2 Arsenal.. Mustafi gets a hat trick..

DaniAltos

RedtruthMarch 1, 2019 01:07:25 Most fans were against Usmanov taking control preferring instead a self sustaining model. Now the Wenger of fans themselves want to change course…wtf…lol Some posters here that I won’t name are on record saying that usmanov has blood money lol and we should not be a sugar daddy club like chelsea…that Arsenal has ‘class’…Wenger Hoodwinked people into thinking Kroenke is the best thing and some idiots lapped it up,now they are blaming Kroenke,who I see as an innocent business man looking to make profit.Lets be honest shall we?How many here would resist the chance to make… Read more »

China1

More was expected of wengers recent squads than is expected of poch’s current one even tho spurs have a better squad than wenger had for ages Poch has demonstrated that on limited funds he can build a very good team that play great football. What he hasn’t demonstrated is that after building such a capable team he knows how to get them over the line It’s disingenuous as hell to imply that emery’s Achievement was simply doing ok in the league with Sevilla when his biggest achievements were clearly winning the EL 3 times in a row. Poch has achieved… Read more »

jwl

Timothy Treadwell documentary was bizarre, there was a scene where he finds bear poop in forest and he is overawed by it, he picks it up and stares at it like he just discovered his soul mate. And in the end, Treadwell is mauled to death by love of his life.

TheBayingMob

The Trippier thing … genius …

China1

Wenger used to be lambasted because we’d say just because stan doesn’t pressure him to do more than top 4, doesn’t mean we should settle for it

Why can Poch settle for the same with a better squad than we had?

ddkingz

@goh 😘😁. poch is an okay coach… so also does Emery, but Emery is a more superior coach than poch based on trophies and achievements…. what did poch win before getting the scum job???? what has he won since getting the scum job??? NOTHING. what has he achieved since he got the the scum job??? made them a better team, both on paper and on the field, and got them to be top 4 contenders…. this takes time to achieve and he did it within 4yrs… just give Emery a chance to do his work, and support the team…. if… Read more »

jwl

China1 – I agree with your opinion but more was expected of Wenger than Poch because Arsenal are bigger club than Spuds. One club had undefeated season recently while other club hasn’t won league since early 1960s. I don’t know what to think of Poch, he is obviously a competent manager but I not convinced he is elite.

China1

How big arsenal are doesn’t matter

What matters is the resources at your disposal. City are a tiny dot on the radar of European football but have financial resources, an elite coach and elite players so they win

Spurs don’t have financial resources but Poch has built a really genuinely strong team. Whether he did so for 500m or 5m, the outcome is this team is good enough to get top 4 and win other trophies

He’s only achieving the first half of it

Champagne charlie

“You are on record as saying Emery’s league win with PSG doesn’t count so i wonder why you want Pochettino to go and win one there.“ I’ve not said it doesn’t count, i’ve said it comes with an asterisk down purely to the sheer domination they have of France domestically. It then becomes about how it’s won, and whether they gave a good account of themselves in Europe. Winning things at PSG isn’t a measure of the manager i’m afraid, they’ve won the league 7 of the last 8 is it? What happened in that one year they didn’t…..Emery. Exact… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“Again we’re going to have the debate whether a trophy will take the club to the next level. I don’t agree with it. It only builds your ego. The most important thing for Tottenham right now is to always be in the top four.”

Sounds like he is settling for top four

Bamford10

Champagne

Except that that’s not what I said. What I said is that Emery’s CV — top four finishes in la liga and three Europa League titles with modest squads — was quite a good one given his task is to finish top four or win the Europa League title with a modest squad.

Pretty hard to gainsay that, though you made a lame attempt at it, of course.

jwl

Elite managers win trophies with lesser teams, Pedro, and so far Poch has won sweet fa. Poch may be ‘linked’ with Madrid in press but there he is at Spuds not winning anything and making excuses for his lack of trophies when he has quality squad.

Receding Hairline

Julien Lopetegui has managed Real Madrid so it isn’t exactly a job reserved for the elite

Danny

“To understand the true nature of Arsenal/Spurs antagonism, you have to grow up in that area of London.”
———————–
No idea but as I’m a Londoner and ate shit from all the Spurs fans at school
(I was the only Arsenal fan) then I guess so.

Champagne charlie

Receding It’s a fair point he’s making. Spurs will grow by being among the best 4 sides in the league for the next 10 season more than they would dancing about with an FA cup win and DVD to boot. It’s a culture he’s shifting, one of being among the big boys. Of course he needs to deliver a trophy to satisfy the process along the way, but his work to date at Spurs is nothing short of enviable, simple as. Denying that on the basis of an inability to win a cup comp to date is massive amounts of… Read more »

China1

Pedro he’s trying to win the league but isn’t achieving it I don’t blame him for that part because he has city who are unbelievably hard to topple and Liverpool who are doing even better. But he doesn’t have an excuse for not winning any cups. It *is* possible for a squad that good to get top 4 and win the fa cup or league cup. Not every year but sometimes. Also links to Madrid are cool and all but arteta was linked to arsenal. He wasn’t offered the job. Neither was Poch. In fact they’ve gone through a couple… Read more »

Receding Hairline

Yea Spurs have not won a big trophy since heaven knows when but shouldn’t it be the work of a truly elite manager to change that??

Is he going to lay the blame for failing to win Silverware solely at the feet of Spurs being Spurs??

RodneyK

I think it’s fair to say that Poch should have achieved more with this Spurs team.
On the other hand, he probably feels that he has already over-achieved getting them to play the way he wants and having them compete in the EPL and CL.

Style-wise, I don’t think Poch, Simeone and Emery are very dissimilar – they all want their players to play with intensity while moving the ball very quickly. Players who can recover the ball and avoid the press would work well in their teams.

Trophy-wise though, Poch needs to prove himself.