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Two points dropped. Right?
The story was a familiar one. A Granit Xhaka mistake costing us a needless goal. Two if you’re being very harsh.
The first came when he and Sokratis made a total mess of a clearance inside 11 minutes. The whole team folded allowing Lamela to fizz a shot across Leno, he parried it into the path of Eriksen, and we went one down.
The second mistake was an inexplicable lunge in the penalty box. Careless, unprofessional, but oh so very Granit Xhaka. Kane buried the penalty like a robot was a two-step special.
I don’t even want to get into the needless fouling towards the end when we were trying to chase the game. He wasn’t even playing players and he was slowing down the play.
It’s all so avoidable. Just don’t pick him. Emery has watched him make mistake after mistake for an entire year… he knows that he can’t stand up to pressure… he knows that he does dim things very consistently… so what does he do? He picks him against Spurs and gives him the captains armband in some sort of weird masochistic show of authority.
The midfield he chose was quite odd. Basically 3 deep-lying midfielders. Very little creativity. It didn’t really give us much solidity, as we were all over the place in the first half, and it gave us real trouble transitioning the ball forward. Lacazette was constantly dropping deep to collect the ball, sometimes from our own penalty box.
Thankfully, the Frenchman came through to save our half. Pepe sliced a ball into his path, he took two very good touches and forced the ball past Lloris from close range. That goal gave us a much-needed boost heading into the second half.
We came out a much more forceful side. The halftime team talk must have focused on urgency, pressure and more adventure moving forward. The game suddenly clicked into a proper North London derby, there was next to no structure, the ball was travelling end to end at a ferocious pace, and defending went out the window for both sides (not like it was ever in the window for us).
The manager introduced Ceballos for LT, and that gave us a different sort of energy. It introduced a link between attack and midfield, and it gave us a bit more mobility in midfield. Still didn’t stop Harry Kane waltzing into the box and ripping a shot off the inside of Leno’s post.
Still, you’d be hard pushed to convince me Arsenal weren’t deserving of a goal, the winds blew heavily in our favour and we looked far more menacing than Spurs.
The goal that levelled it was a thing of beauty. Matteo G threaded an outrageous pass that levelled the whole Spurs team, Auba gliding it past with the lightest of touches. It was out of this world.
We still had time for a Harry Kane dive, he shifted his body inside Sokratis running path and threw himself to the ground. It wasn’t even clever. It was pure out and out cheating. It really, really, really needs to be dealt with. His cheating is out of control. If he weren’t English, he’d be getting lampooned by the media.
So what can we conclude?
The Xhaka thing
Emery has to stop relying on Xhaka. He’s slow, ponderous, bad under pressure and he makes massive errors more often than any Arsenal player I can remember. I can give a pass to him for last season, but now it’s starting to look like a real blindspot.
Bland Midfields
Additionally, the manager needs to start being more aggressive with his line-ups. That midfield was always going to be bland. We shouldn’t have to watch strikers drop deep to make up for a lack of creativity. It made little sense to have 3 similar midfielders sitting in a flat line yesterday, especially when Spurs were there for the taking. We gave them far too much defensive respect and it didn’t even pay off, we conceded 8 shots in the first half, with 7 of them on target. An abomination.
The Masterful
I think that Matteo G just announced himself on the world stage. That performance was nothing short of sensational. He was at the heart of everything. His passing was good, he ran with the ball well, he was ambitious and his attitude was absolutely exceptional all game long. That should be the standard for every game moving forward. Incredible that he’s only 20 years old. A megastar in waiting.
Pepe
I’ve seen some tasteless Arsenal fans comparing him to Gervinho. Utter drivel. The man hasn’t clicked yet, but you can see he’s going to be absolutely class. He has that air of unpredictability we need in that front line, he’s fast, he can pass, he reads the game well and I think he’s going to be capable of explosive moments of brilliance. He just needs a bit of luck, then he’s away.
Defence
Spurs had a lot of good chances yesterday. I think if I watched that game again, I’d be appalled at some of the defending. We are going to need to sharpen up, we are too easy to get at, and we gave key Spurs players far too much time to do their thing yesterday. Leno kept that scoreline acceptable yesterday, but he won’t save us like that all season. David Luiz also needs to be pulled to one side… that’s 4 errors in 3 games from him. Not good enough.
Top 4
I think we’re nailed on for the top 3 this season. Spurs don’t look the same, Chelsea will struggle, and United are utterly average. It’s basically ours to lose, I just hope that isn’t an invitation to coast. Emery needs to tighten the ship and he needs to find a way of unlocking the magic more consistently.
Right, that’s me done, see you in the comments. x
Upstate
Are you being serious with that comment? You can do better
“If Emery finishes above Poch this season, would you agree Emery is better than Poch?“
You think Emery is better and Poch finished above him last season.
I think Poch is a better manager with a higher ceiling, a seasons performance won’t alter that.
Woab
I’d do it for the spectacle mate lol
Defending has to be addressed immediately , Can’t keep playing from behind,Surely Edu will address this ASAP .
I know we’ve been starved off managerial brilliance for about 10 years but anyone who wants Mourinho at arsenal has had too many magic mushrooms today
Raheem
Dead serious. I was not surprised to see Ozil on the bench rather than in the starting lineup but is it Ozil’s fault that Emery decided to go with Mikhi instead in the second half, especially given the fact that he’s off to Roma today? Dumb choice which possibly cost us 2 points. And again, to blame Ozil for Emery’s decisions is ridiculous.
Poch is so good that one day he might even win a trophy despite having had the third best squad in the league for 2 or 3 years running When wenger was in his position with a good squad circa 2010 he was getting absolutely savages for the lack of mental strength to see you games and win any trophies But somehow after spurs build a very decent squad Poch has no requirement to deliver any silverware whatsoever because it turns out that the top 4 is a trophy after all If Poch is so good then barren years wenger… Read more »
Not sure if anybody mentioned this last night or today, but Spurs looked pretty iffy, and we pressed very well, whenever they tried to play out from the back yesterday, which was pretty frequently.
Upstate are you suggesting ozil comes on and wins us the game?
All evidence points to him coming on and vanishing
No one wants Mustafi it seems. Got 3 million loan fee for Mhiki though so not bad
Poch is not likely to become Arsenal manager any time soon.
His historic/current level, degree of achievement relative to resources, and ultimate theoretical “ceiling” is immaterial to us.
Why do we keep talking about Poch? We should leave the man in peace and in Levy.
Emery-Poch comparison is a non-starter. Emery is utterly clueless. You give him City’s current team to manage and he will probably struggle to make top 3. The guy doesn’t have a vision or philosophy, never gets his tactics and team selection right , has no idea about how to set up a team and looks every bit as clueless as he actually is.
Firstly I didn’t call Pepe Gervinho MK II , I said so far he has played more like Gervinho. As for some other posters taking a cheap barb at me, well all I want to say is I usually get my assessment of players correct. (Not a humble thing to say but needs to be said)
Like Pedro said utter drivel. Two starts in plays like Gervinho. Got it
China
All I’m saying is that Mikhi has been completely useless in recent months. And today he’s off to Roma on loan. Why put him in the game at all? I’m not suggesting that Ozil would have won us the game. I’m just saying it’s ridiculous to blame him for Emery’s decisions. Btw, Emery only made two substitutions. Again, not saying that Ozil would have made a difference ( which he might or not have) but we also had Willock and Nelson on the bench.
Surely a man that clueless in a league as unforgiving as the premier league has no right finishing a point behind the third best coach in the world and two behind Sarri current Juventus coach TR7? What makes it even funnier is that was rightly considered as failure, he should have finished third above the two philosophers.
Amen TR7. The trophy piece is a problem, but arguably, what Spurs needed during this period of austerity is CL football every year. The fact he’s kept a squad that good on such low money is a testimony to his man-management skills. He has a vision and the players buy it… maybe not this season, not down to him, but players have to earn big money at some point, so they’re all off for a mega pay day. He’ll go onto a bigger club, which isn’t a massive ask considering Spurs size, and he’ll do better things when he’s not… Read more »
The Poch stuff has to stop it’s an Arsenal blog for fucks sake and he’s won zero nothing since becoming a manager. Both 47 but 10 trophies stand between them. Utterly pointless comparison
Anyway that nonsense right after the rubbish that was the Gervinho MKII comment is expected, coupled with the arrogance. Gervinho wasn’t even a bad player, just didn’t work out at Arsenal, these things happened. Clueless: having no knowledge, understanding or ability Yet somehow has survived a decade and more in coaching, leading teams to promotion and actually winning something along the way. Third best manager in the world is confronted with his first real test and expectation at Spurs and suddenly it’s everyone else’s fault. He has even stopped putting on suits on match day to underline the fact he… Read more »
RH, you’re damn right it was a failure.
Sarri, who is now at Juve, was very much disliked by the players and he managed to snag a Europa league Final win and CL spot. Poch tanked the back half of the season, but it is absolutely clear he was chasing a CL final win. Making the CL after spending zero the previous season is quite something.
Emery didn’t blow it with a brave run to the end, he blew it in a cowardly bottle job… then put on one of the most insipid finals I’ve ever seen.
Context.
Teams having two elite strikers as their main players are always going to outperform their xG even if they have lower no. of shots and underlying stats . That is what makes them Elite . And we have Elite that is why we overperformed our xG last season. It wasnt luck it was Auba and Laca and now we also have Pepe who can rack up those underlying stats.
But then again clueless is better than garbage i guess so Pedro will ride along with that
Still waiting for him to explain how a football manager who has managed four reasonable clubs in three major leagues winning ten trophies is garbage
Garbage: worthless or meaningless material or ideas
Gazidis, Sven , men we have been told are top notch by the same Pedro were responsible for the appointment of this said garbage mind you.
Wasi, the goal of having great strikers is probably to give them more chances to score from… not hope they maintain luck all season burying half chances. Let them thrive, versus stifling them because you can’t build a good supply line.
The trophy piece is a problem, but arguably, what Spurs needed during this period of austerity is CL football every year.
This what exactly what Wenger did but they didn’t stop you from writing day after day about him.
Why does your criteria change from manager to manager?
If you consider Poch keeping Spurs in the Champions League, then Wenger was a success.
Context. You don’t know what that word means Pedro, not in the slightest You have run a smear campaign, relentless one on Emery since the first day he arrived here, nothing he does is good enough. You wrote piece upon piece on this same pages on the patience required to right the wrongs of the past when you thought an appointment you approve of was forthcoming, all that went out the window the minute the club appointed a man you hate for clearly personal reasons. You do not know what context means if you actually believe Spurs lost 13 league… Read more »
RH, Sven is widely regarded as one of the best scouts in the world. Pochettino is also regarded as one of the best managers/coaches in the world. It’s not a debate. You are flat-earthing to protect your god, just like you did last season. Emery is a bland manager that isn’t cut out at the highest level. He can’t build defences, he’s tanking underlying stats again and his football is extremely boring to watch. His redeeming feature is the Europa League and winning trophies in a weak league… and being the first manager with a full season of oil money… Read more »
The guy doesn’t have a vision or philosophy, never gets his tactics and team selection right , has no idea about how to set up a team and looks every bit as clueless as he actually is.
You’ve still not answered the most important question of all.
How has a clueless manager without vision managed to win trophies while Poch who has all the sauce and vision lost the league to Ranieri.
RH, my so-called smear campaign was spot on.
Not good enough for Arsenal. The case still remains.
Azed, bit like asking if DiMatteo was a better manager than Wenger because he won the Champions League.
“RH, Sven is widely regarded as one of the best scouts in the world.” Go easy on the widely, he works at Stuttgart I mentioned Sven because he is considered a good judge of talent and potential, he opted for Emery when the choice was him or Arteta, remember there was a vote, he probably didn’t think much of Arteta’s talent or potential coaching wise. “Put Wenger in Paris and he’d clean up.” No one is putting Wenger in Paris though, you have to earn the job. Emery did not become manager of PSG by winning a lottery, they went… Read more »
Pedro what a load of nonsense Emery isn’t elite but we’re likely to finish this season top 4 at a minimum The glorious Poch can’t win a damned thing despite having had a very good squad in recent years. What gives? You wanted wenger our with a passion for not winning trophies or competing with squads no better than the one Poch has had. But somehow Poch is awesome? And emery is turning us into Sevilla, fucking lol. I don’t even like emery and will probably be glad when he’s fired or gone. He should’ve been fired after the EL… Read more »
RH
You mocked Sarriball throughout last season and mocked his trophy drought. You claimed he had lost the dressing room
The same Sarri finished ahead of your hero in the league, won a trophy and then got a gig at one of the biggest clubs in the world. You still have the cheek to take a potshot at Sarri and aggrandize Emery. As for Poch, he was chasing the CL trophy, not a surprise you don’t get it.
TR7 not buying into a football coach being “clueless” does not a hero make.
Emery has clear and obvious achievements in his career to prove he knows what he is doing, you on the other hand are a fellow who believes he is never wrong on his judgement of players and manager yet has never worked a day in football
“As for Poch, he was chasing the CL trophy, not a surprise you don’t get it.”
13 league losses, don’t worry boys we are chasing the CL trophy, not surprised you buy that nonsense
Pedro,
If Emery gets us 3rd or 4th in the PL, would your view of him being “not good enough” change in any way?
Without wishing to put words in your mouth, the answer is probably: “not one iota”. And the reason for this is that you think that “his football is extremely boring to watch.”
Fair enough, but I’d base my criteria solely on results and position in the league.
RH, Sven chose a project at a club that gets 60,000 into the ground for a relegation battle. Starting something from scratch was always going to appeal to an ambitious person. Emery ‘earned’ his move to Paris by winning second-tier Europa trophies. The players found him overly pragmatic, he lost control of the dressing room and tanked the CL twice in embarrassing fashion. Exited after winning the league tells you all you need to know. Alluding to his time at PSG as a success based on trophies is a bit of a stretch. You are weirdly obsessed with a bland… Read more »
Words, getting top 4 this season with OGS and FL should be a given. Falling up the stairs will likely get him another year… but I’ll only dish out plaudits if he improves the team.
Has Poch been under greater constraints than Wenger was? I’m not so sure.
Even Wenger managed a few FA Cups in the banter years. Top 4 finish is the basic remit for any saucy gaffer. I hope Spurs collapse this season. And when I say ‘collapse’, just a point below 4th will do.
They’re due an epic and prolonged choke. Been riding their luck for too long. I fucking hate Spurs.
‘Emery has clear and obvious achievements in his career to prove he knows what he is doing, you on the other hand are a fellow who believes he is never wrong on his judgement of players and manager yet has never worked a day in football’
The debate is not between Emery and me, it’s between Emery and the likes of Poch/Klopp/Pep.
“You mocked Sarriball throughout last season and mocked his trophy drought. You claimed he had lost the dressing room”
Chelsea fans hated Sarriball, there was no Sarriball played at Chelsea, just an insistence on everything going through Jorginho and yes he finally won a trophy beating Emery in the final, good for him. Emery won the same trophy beating Klopp in a final, that was his third of the dame trophy
So don’t even know what your point is …ah yes you wanted to prove Pochettino your hero was chasing the CL, did he win it?
RH, TR7 has you on Sarri… you critiqued him for lacking special sauce all season and he’s picked to replace Allegri after securing a shite Chelsea side top 4 and the Europa League.
You’re currently digging out a manager that took Spurs to their first ever Champions League final because he took his eye of the ball in the league… likely because he wasn’t able to add bodies the previous summer with a spend of 0.
Now you want to convince us you have it right on Emery?
Pedro
“Azed, bit like asking if DiMatteo was a better manager than Wenger because he won the Champions League.”
Erm
Di Matteo has won just one trophy in his Career while Wenger has won plenty…
Poch has been at Spurs 6 years, before that Southampton and before that Espanyol and still yet to win anything.
How did Poch lose the league to Ranieiri?
What do you judge a manager by?
Yea I think Pedro just came out a load of nonsense posts. I just only want him to answer one question that RH seemingly asked
If Poch lost 13 league games chasing UCL why did Liverpool lose only 1 winning it and coming just one point short of the league title?
Right from the group stages, nothing showed Spuds planned their UCL final run
“The players found him overly pragmatic, he lost control of the dressing room and tanked the CL twice in embarrassing fashion. Exited after winning the league tells you all you need to know.” And the same players who he lost exited in an equally embarrassing manner to Ole’s Man United At least Emery can say he lost to Barcelona and serial CL winners Real Madrid “Alluding to his time at PSG as a success based on trophies is a bit of a stretch.” No it’s not, 10 possible trophies he could win with PSG, he won seven. “You are weirdly… Read more »
How did Poch lose the league to Ranieiri?
What do you judge a manager by?
Sauce?
Wow Hairline It’s insane how blind you are to emery’s faults and how uneventful an arsenal game has become for us, the supporters. It’s worse than watching cricket. There is less cohesion than when he took over. All throughout the team. No synchronicity whatsoever from guys who’ve played together for over a year Chelsea and untied might be struggling but they look like they have a plan, identity and know their the game if their relevant team mates Our team plays like strangers outside of Aubameyang Our midfielders yesterday have all played with each other every single day of 18… Read more »
“The debate is not between Emery and me, it’s between Emery and the likes of Poch/Klopp/Pep.”
Only a Pochettino groupie will place him in a list containing Klopp and Pep…FOR SHAME!!
Upstate I think you missed Rambos point, he wasn’t blaming Ozil but saying he should feel ashamed that someone leaving got picked ahead of him!
‘So don’t even know what your point is …ah yes you wanted to prove Pochettino your hero was chasing the CL, did he win it?’
My point is in your relentless quest to aggrandize Emery, you mock the ones who are better than him and end up making a fool of yourself. Have you ever been able to point out what is it about Emery that you like and what has been his contribution to Arsenal so far ? 3 Europa league victories is all you fall back upon, a second grade trophy no top club takes seriously.
“you critiqued him for lacking special sauce all season and he’s picked to replace Allegri after securing a shite Chelsea side top 4 and the Europa League.”
I mean who seriously believes Sarri was selected to replace Allegri on the back of his Chelsea season? He wasn’t
Poch has no business being mentioned alongside Pep and Klopp. Jesus.
“Fair enough, but I’d base my criteria solely on results and position in the league.
WOAB
Spot on.
Let Pedro give us his (measurable) criteria for judging managers then end of the season we can compute this data as see how the managers rank….
PS: The criteria has to be measurable so things like vision doesn’t count.
Un na nai this particular conversation is a bit above you sorry to say, you are just here to curry favor so don’t be offended if i ignore you going forward. No hard feelings
I think we’ve entered into the twilight zone here We have arsenal fans who thought wenger was shit for winning fuck all with his soft babies even when he had some decent squads, getting frustrated and arguing to defend a SPURS manager who has never won a damned tin can in his life, whose players are soft Poch babies who bottle it in every key moment despite being the third best squad in England over the last few years I have news for some of you guys, if you feel defensive, annoyed or the need to argue to defend a… Read more »
Pedro
Even if we get 3rd/4th I don´t think many here wants an Emery extension.
Most are fed up with him already. He steadied the ship. Thank you and good riddance
Emery is like a coked Stripper casting aside all clothing while Receding Hairline frantically tries to cover him with cries of ‘He’s honorable’
TR 7, How is Poch better than Emery? Can you really explain it? Maybe I will see it
“My point is in your relentless quest to aggrandize Emery, you mock the ones who are better than him and end up making a fool of yourself. ”
You are the one making a mockery of Pochettino and a complete fool of yourself rating him on the same level as Klopp and Pep….
N5,
I guess £350k a week is pretty handy when it comes to alleviating feelings of shame….
If Poch lost 13 league games chasing UCL why did Liverpool lose only 1 winning it and coming just one point short of the league title?
Right from the group stages, nothing showed Spuds planned their UCL final run
Chickens would grow teeth before Pedro answers the question.
Funny how its ok for Poch to tank in the league chasing a final but the same posters lambast Emery for tanking in the same league chasing a final.
Where is the consistency?
Goonah, agree. Not a lot of love for him.
We should have been more ambitious, now I fear we’ll end up paying for him with a hire like Mourinho.
‘We need a winner!’
Versus hiring someone with big ideas and a high ceiling.
People say Poch has not won a trophy despite having the third best team in the league without even realizing he made Spurs the third best team in the league and all by himself.
Who here remembers when spurs were being lauded as title contenders and in a season when all the big teams were shocking including arsenal, they still managed to come third by blowing a massive points advantage to us near the end of the season
#pochbabies
Azed, ask questions worth answering.
You could do a bit of googling to figure out why Liverpool were more prepared to fight on two fronts. Not a tough one to figure out.
Words, I’m sure it does mate. I’d walk naked through the streets with the shame bell ringing like Cersei for £350k a week.
Sorry tr7 but we’re you saying the same things to defend wenger when we won fuck all but the top 4 trophy with a squad of cheap randomers and average journeymen he built himself?
We used to criticize wenger for that but now it’s an achievement?
So Poch can build a team of babies that can’t get over the line in any single competition in 5 years. Maybe it’s not as good a team as he gets credit for. Or maybe it is but he has let them become too soft…
… maybe we should focus on Arsenal.
Matteo G, what a player, maintains that level moving forward and we’ve got a player on our hands.
Deeper worry about Emery:
He’s a bit of a wimp when it comes to selection.
He played three deeper lying midfielders in what looked to be a more cautious setup and we conceded 8 shots, 7 on target. That really is an appalling defensive structure.
Also, it’s not at the expense of expansive attacking football either…
“he made Spurs the third best team in the league and all by himself.”
In that case Ranieri made Leicester the best team in the league all by himself so he must be a top manager too?
If spurs squad is really good with all credit due to Poch, it appears he is only good at building squads but not a sufficiently good manager to have them actually fulfill their potential to deliver and win anything
China, top 4 when there were only 4 notable teams didn’t feel like much of an achievement.
Now, TV money is through the roof, the quality of the league has jumped massively, and there are 7 teams good enough for the top 4.
Wenger didn’t build on the good squads, he hoarded money when he didn’t need to and he flunked our great position when he eventually did start spending.
Mystic ‘TR 7, How is Poch better than Emery? Can you really explain it? Maybe I will see it’ 1. Can build a team 2. Young players have evolved and prospered under him 3. Overachiever given the resources he has worked with 4. A defined style of play 5. Tactically flexible and competent People say it’s sacrilegious to put him in the same category as Klopp. Well ask yourselves if Klopp wasn’t backed with signings such as VVD, Allisson, Keita, Fabinho,Salah etc. would he have managed to compete with City ? Pep spent billions to build the current City team.… Read more »
Lol Pedro yeah let’s not linger on poch’s dusty trophy cabinet (with a solitary plastic world’s best dad trophy sitting proudly on display) and get back to attacking the arsenal manager
Good form
Again. We’re arsenal fans are Poch can’t win shit with his team. Let’s all laugh at Tottenham, no?
Ranieri made Leicester the best team in the league in under 2 years and from the bottom half of the table all by himself.
Hot sauce.
China, bit 2004 to just see the totality of football achievement through the prism of trophies.
Tr7 klopp achieves more than Poch did at Dortmund…
He won the league in spite of Bayern being Bayern
Does it really bother you that I laugh at Spurs expense?
Genuine question
China, as CC pointed out early, the good news is it looks like the end of the road for the squad he’s built.
Azed
Last 12 games of the season:
Chelsea 22
Arsenal 20
Man U 15
Spudz 11
Posh Posh Posh……
Or was it world cup fatigue and no new signings
For us it was season ending injuries to Holding and Bellerin and Torr+Guen falling of a cliff after Christmas in their first season. Emery seemed to misjudge the rigours o.f the league and overtrained players at the start.
Pedro,
On Poch and Spurs, and the continuing love-in by you and other posters on here all I will say, is that is surprising coming from you.
As an advertising man, you should really be aware that a Poch/Spurs perpetual big-up is highly destructive of your brand identity as an Arsenal blog…..it’s like pining for Puma when your account is with Adidas.
Cut it out.
Ha nice one Jamie
Snap N5!
Also I’m sorry but to say we shouldn’t be looking at trophies is ridiculous and a majorly wengeresque comment. Poch himself has been increasingly wengeresque in his comments over the last year or so So let’s even do Poch a favour and forget trophies. He made a CL final and how many others in the last 5 years with his squad? He doesn’t compete for the league, how many other trophies has he competed for in 5 years? Keep in mind he has the third best squad in the league and is in 4 competitions per year. So 20 trophies… Read more »
Words, my mostly objective analysis of Arsenal in the face of massive criticism has always been my ‘brand.’
If I started letting others tell me what to write, this place would be finished. Comments up, traffic up, puts your theory in its place.
So Mikki gone, Emery therefore gave him a cameo at the cost of loosing to Spurs.
What a manager.
Senor Dickhead
The trophy piece is a problem, but arguably, what Spurs needed during this period of austerity is CL football every year.
Austerity? They went a whole season without making a signing and that’s it.
Marko, check back with their net spend over his tenure. Does it look close to Liverpool, City or Arsenal?
N5
‘In that case Ranieri made Leicester the best team in the league all by himself so he must be a top manager too?’
Poch has been able to maintain a certain standard season after season. It’s not a fluke.
Even some of wengers shit seasons when you were flaming at the mouth about how shit he was, he still managed to win FA cups
It’s all a bit personal really when it comes to Emery for Pedro…uncomfortably so
Emery once recommended Pochettino for a job he moved on from, since then he has been around different leagues picking up trophies,opening himself to new challenges…Pochettino has also done well, his work is grossly exaggerated by his boyfriend TR7 but he has done well all the same.
“Marko, check back with their net spend over his tenure. Does it look close to Liverpool, City or Arsenal?”
Any idea what kind of debt they are looking at for the new stadium?
Tr7 so did wenger… were you a AKB?
“by his boyfriend TR7 but he has done well all the same.”
RH this last bit really weakens your comment. It was good until you threw that in and then wasn’t taken serious. We’re adults we need to just discuss things without the name calling.
RH,
‘Pedro takes this too personal’
Next sentence
‘TR7 has a boyfriend’
Also who really cares about his net spend?
We’re talking about if he’s a good manager not if he’s good at signing good players on the cheap
Wenger used to hide behind the net spend argument and you lambasted him for it every single time Pedro
He knows how to build a good team with limited resources, but when he has that good team can he deliver with them? 5 years says no.
Bottle jobs
And yes, no Spurs love in from me. I am talking about Poch, a football manager. He just happens to be the current Spurs’ manager. Just like some of you talking about Simeone in glowing terms doesn’t make you Atletico fanboys, I talking about Poch doesn’t make me a closet Spurs fan. Let’s not get childish.
N5 I maybe you missed the bit when I was called a fool by same poster… Boyfriend is tame compared with some of the names I have been called because I don’t think Emery is clueless or garbage
I would have Freddie as caretaker if it meant Emery and Xhaka out for good tomorrow!
A Freddie/Viera/Bergkamp combo sounds good to me.
And I trust Edu to bring in a silky,pacey man mountain Brazilian in the mould of Casemiro/Gilbrto Silva to patrol our def midfield
What was emery’s Net spend at Sevilla when he won 3 back to back Europa leagues that Poch never managed to win?
I don’t even like emery and will happily see him gone but this Poch love in at emery’s Expense is ludicrous.
Maybe when Poch wins a trophy PSG will offer him a role too
China, you are all over the place.
Are you really asking why spend is important when judging a manager?
Spurs have spent over £100m net this summer (Sessegnon, NDombele, Lo Celso, and Clarke in, Trippier out). And they might lose 3 players on frees too. They won’t maintain past spending levels when Chelsea’s ban expires and Utd throw £200m at Allegri if they want to keep winning the tr4phy. It’s no wonder Poch is feeling the pressure. And he’s soft as shit at the business end of a trophy chase. They finish outside the top 4 and without a deep run in the CL, my guess is he’s off in the summer. At least we know Spurs won’t land… Read more »
I think Ozil will play well with the 3 forwards we have. It would really be a lethal attack.
We just need to define the role of the midfielders well. A bit like with Denilson – receive ball, pass to Cesc. If Cesc not around, pass to any forward. If not, lateral. He was a pass master.
Gwen did well. He just needs to be coached into his role. He has the attitude to be a great player.
Yeah I am.
Because you’re only judging half of poch’s Input
He built a good team on the cheap. Congrats. But he’s not been good enough to deliver anything with said good squad. Wenger did the same thing and you wanted him fired since forever for exactly that.
Who is all over the place?