3 HUGE moves for Arsenal in a single day

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Well, well, well… what a fine day yesterday was for the Gooner faithful, finally a bit of good news for us.

Firstly, the big one.

Bulletin 1

SPURS SACKED POCH

I can’t believe they actually pulled the trigger. Their most successful manager since George Graham (lolz), fresh off the back of a Champions League final, was booted out at the end of an international week.

What a fall from grace. In front of the Amazon documentary filmmakers, what a coup for them, right?!

I’m still not quite sure to make of it. Something very bad has gone wrong for Spurs since before the Champions League final. I would suspect there are probably a few things at play.

  1. Tight board: Daniel Levy is a shrewd operator, but let’s be fair to Poch, he’s been incredibly frustrating to the progress of the squad. He’s always given the manager just enough to survive. His big bet was the stadium, so he just wasted a very good set of players by hoping to get by for the last 5 years. That must have left a bad taste in the mouth of the manager who I am sure wanted to push on a little harder.
  2. Fumes: One of the greatest feats of Poch’s tenure has been his ability to keep his best players earning a pittance. Spurs wage bill has sat below £150m for a long time. The manager has kept players happy by selling them the dream of winning, together. They’re all now in their late twenties, there’s no trophy to show for their sacrifice, now the cracks are showing. I would expect a major exodus is coming and the manager knows it.
  3. Boredom: When Klopp exited Dortmund, he said that after a while, the players get bored of him and he got bored of them. I think boredom or frustration sets in when the dream you keep promising never gets any closer. It’s been notable this season that the players don’t look like they’re firing on all cylinders and to be honest, the manager also looks like he’s done with the club.
  4. Ambition: Poch made a real point about being promoted to manager and not feeling like he was one. He even switched out of a suit into his training gear to make that point. When the manager is beefing with the CEO, that filters down to the players. The same thing happened to Conte when he fell out over transfer dealings the summer after he’d won the league. Managers are artists like players, if they don’t feel settled, it can really impact performance. Poch has put up with a lot of shit from Daniel Levy, in the end, when you know your ambitions cannot be fulfilled, why bother?

So in short, the perfect storm of mess.

Bulletin 2

LUIS ENRIQUE TOOK THE SPAIN JOB AGAIN

I pondered whether the rumours about Luis Enrique were generated by Arsenal, or by the Spaniard’s team. Turns out they must have been from his team, likely desperate to escape the general boredom and lack of prestige associated with being an international hack.

He was a nightmare in waiting. Brash with the media, heavily driven by the pound note, and basically a more glam version of Emery. Dodged bullet there. I really didn’t fancy a manager who was so awful, Barca fans hated him even after he won the treble. I would also dearly love it if we could move away from hiring Raul’s mates.

Bulletin 3

JOSE MOURINHO WAS LOCKED IN TALKS WITH SPURS LAST NIGHT

Now, this might be a good short term hire for Spurs, I am not denying it. Spurs have a very good squad of players that were in the Champions League final. That is the greatest competition in the world, they are primed for top 4, even from where they sit right now.

But hear me out… the idea that Daniel Levy is looking at bringing in Mourinho to a club that has contract rebels, low spirit, youth they hope to promote, and a pitiful amount of money in the bank is simply delicious.

My gut senses that Daniel Levy has been made to look shrewd by a world-class coach. I think he actually has rough judgement. He’s likely looking at the table with desperate eyes knowing that without top 4, he’s fucked. The most enticing person in the world when you are gunning for top 4 is Mourinho. He makes sense on paper, but you KNOW where this is going.

I do not believe in the rebirth of Jose Mourinho for a second, but it looks like we’re about to find out.

Regardless of how he does at Spurs, I wouldn’t have him at Arsenal for a second.

… but I would take Pochettino. I think the consensus amongst Arsenal fans is that we’d all 100% see him as an upgrade on what we have, and oddly, he seems to be the least hated of all their managers over the past 20 years. If we had David Dein at Arsenal now, he’d strike for him without a doubt. He’s literally perfect for our situation.

  • Can work on a less than elite transfer budget
  • Has built an elite culture at Spurs, players loved him, proved out by their insane loyalty to him over greater riches
  • Has a track record of building teams. Spurs has consistently delivered performances and consistency beyond the sum of their parts.
  • Lives in London
  • Can speak English
  • Knows the league
  • Knows how to train a disciplined press
  • Has sauce
  • Has great hair

I mean, it really is a no brainer. The only question I have about him is whether he’s a diehard Spurs person. I mean, George Graham moved to the enemy, he was way more Arsenal than Poch is Spurs. I guess it depends on how brutal the sacking was and whether he wants to avenge it. Really hoping Levy did it by text or had Tim Sherwood do it.

Would be a savagely good appointment regardless.

Right, that’s me DONE. Off to bask in a wonderful set of events right now. x

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HighburyLegend

“And I am gonna love it when Mourinho tanks spuds.”

Just wait to watch him tanks us, for a start.
lol

Un na naai

Jose’s Spurs will utterly destroy Emery’s arsenal. Nothing interesting about it. I’ll be hiding under the side for the next NLD. If we still have the waiter in charge it’s going to be a battering.

Watch how quickly Jose stamps his footprint and identity on this spurs team. We won’t stand a chance
If united get their act together expect us to finish 7th or lower this season

Careful what you wish for mugs

Daz

If we got poch i would just want him to stand in the middle of the Emirates pitch and shout

Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained?

Receding Hairline

“Getting Pochettino would be Christmas come early” He was literally just sacked next door for poor league form that started in January 2019. Tottenham’s league form has been relegation form since January. I will understand this if you used to getting damaged goods as Christmas gifts. Point of the matter still remains that Pochettino did not walk away from Spurs, he was sacked because his players stopped performing, tactics stopped working and he started fancying himself bigger than Spurs (for a man who has only managed Saints and Espanyol that takes some doing). Now you can go on and on… Read more »

azed

what if you stop smoking weed ?

@HL
Then what’s the point of living?

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habesha goonerNovember 20, 2019 12:12:09
Who said Pochettino Would do the same job as Klopp if he was installed. That is one of the most delusional comments I have read in a while.

Yeah I don’t think he’s as good as klopp but he’s top 5/6 in the world right now for me

Klopp and Pep in a league of their own. Literally the Messi and Ronaldo of coaching right now

Poch, Allegri and Ancelotti next.

HighburyLegend

Ah ah ah, correct.

David Smith

This is very desperate mid season short termist action.
Panic sets in, a mercenary is hired. Jose and Levy, few less compatible despite what the fawning media will try and convince us
Levy has big stadium costs to pay back, expensive players will leave for nothing, he has made a desperate measure to jolt the club back into top four contention, it may even work this year, but its a huge gamble with a man known for leaving a big mess behind, and the longer things go on, the worse it will get. A real shame.

Words on a Blog

The impression I get is that Poch sees his next step as going to a “next level” club where he can pick up a few trophies, and not a struggling club facing similar financial constraints (although not as bad) as Spurs.

So, putting aside the inevitable cries of “Judas” etc., I can’t see him wanting to come to us. He’s more likely to want somewhere like Real M or Bayern

Receding Hairline

Using the “poor” job Emery has done at Arsenal to big up Pochettino is laughable

In Emery’s first season here he finished a point behind Pochettino in his fifth (that was considered a failure as he should have finished well ahead of him)

Emery did not need conditions to win with Sevilla, he just won what he could and hence earned a platform to win more at PSG. Saying Pochettino has not been presented with a platform to win ( even with the playing talent at Spurs) is rubbish

Receding Hairline

“Poch, Allegri and Ancelotti next.”

Nice

Don Carlo and Max Allegri below Pochettino because he got Spurs to the Champions league final …….SMH what a world we live in

CG

UN

“””Watch how quickly Jose stamps his footprint and identity on this spurs team. We won’t stand a chance
If united get their act together expect us to finish 7th or lower this season””””

A Pulitzer award winning post.

100% accurate analysis.

We are an irrelevance.

Spurs
Chelsea
Arsenal
West Ham
Crystal Palace is the new London Order!

S Asoa

RH
We took our time or rather our 22 year leach wouldn’t let go and we lost Pep as well as Klop. What they could do both demonstrated in EPL.
Let us stop dithering when opportunities come a-calling

InsideRight

”You really need to check what the word disaster means. Emery’s first season he finished two points off third and lost a final. Not a great season but no disaster.“ Way to gloss over what actually happened, RH. At the end of April we lost three games on the bounce (Palace, Wolves and Leicester) conceding nine goals, then went on in May to draw at home with Brighton. One point from a possible 12 with CL qualification there for the taking. Then in the EL we got creamed 4-1 by Chelsea in a humiliating result. That, with so much we… Read more »

Pierre

Leeds
“Imagine having a team with Aubameyang and Lacazette as your attack and still not qualifying for the Champions League… Emery really is not good enough for this club.”

Emery is done , finished , no more, demised , is ceased to be , is expired …he is a dead parrot.

He needs to be put out of his misery .

Un na naai

Rh He had spurs in the champions league final last season with his best player and talisman injured and with a creaking 16 man squad. What more can the man produce? Yet again. He’s matched what allegri can offer in the champion league with an inferior squad of players and a much lower budget. Spurs aren’t signing the Dybalas of this world. They are taking the Ali’s from mk dons, their youth strikers and they are turning them into £80m players. Look at what he did with trippier. A nobody from Barnsley. Was in the World Cup 11. He takes… Read more »

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S AsoaNovember 20, 2019 12:23:38
RH
We took our time or rather our 22 year leach wouldn’t let go and we lost Pep as well as Klop. What they could do both demonstrated in EPL.
Let us stop dithering when opportunities come a-calling

Ah yes. It’s wenger’s responsibility to sack himself
What a fool.

habesha gooner

Mourinho’s problems at spurs are gonna be
Eriksen, rose, Alderwield, Vertonghen are all out of contract. that’s 4 quality players to be replaced. then they actually spent a lot this summer which means possibly they won’t spend big next summer. So Is Mourinho counting on developing youngsters? He might do great this year but next season I very much believe they will tank.

Paulinho

Don’t really get the idea that Poch would get more out of our squad when he already had a better squad at his disposal and hasn’t got a tune out of them for a while. Fact is their football went to shit the moment Dembele left, and it hasn’t recovered. So he’s not some magician that can turn water into wine; his teams more or less play to the quality of player they have on the pitch. When they had a dribbling genius opening up the game from deep they played good football, when they didn’t; they didn’t. Poch also… Read more »

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Receding HairlineNovember 20, 2019 12:22:19
“Poch, Allegri and Ancelotti next.”Nice Don Carlo and Max Allegri below Pochettino because he got Spurs to the Champions league final …….SMH what a world we live in

Hair-brain
No moron.
They are in the same tier, below pep and klopp. Jesus, chubby bald and stupid. Real catch you are

The league title is a given for juve in the current serie A. It’s been the case for a decade. One horse race
But in the champions league Allegri has done no better than poch has with a superior squad and budget.

HighburyLegend

@Words : I’m sure Bayern is already interested.

Un na naai

CG

High praise from the man who Martyred himself in his quest to expose emery.

Receding Hairline

“Let us stop dithering when opportunities come a-calling” This is not an opportunity If you want to stop dithering hire Max Allegri or jump ahead of Liepzig for Nagelsmann back in the days. Don’t wait for Spurs to sack their manager off a bad run of form dating January 2019 in the league and jump all over it because you are tired of good ebening starting press conferences. You lot go on and on like something out of the ordinary happened at Spurs, go back and look at that champions league run, VAR got them past City in a game… Read more »

Un na naai

Emery did not need conditions to win with Sevilla, he just won what he could and hence earned a platform to win more at PSG. Saying Pochettino has not been presented with a platform to win ( even with the playing talent at Spurs) is rubbish

Hairbrain
Different gravy in the prem though as emery is now finding out. Only the best can swim in an aquarium filled with sharks. Emery is best suited to his duck pond.

raptora

Think the tension has been building up for a while and there was a visible problem in the relationship between Poch and spuds during the 2nd part of season 2018/19, especially after the lost final of the UCL and in the Summer months. At least two journos talked about it in the Summer before a ball was even kicked that he will probably not finish the season. Some parts of it: https://talksport.com/football/580441/mauricio-pochettino-tottenham-manager-tony-cascarino/ https://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1156469526105640960 Tony Cascarino: “We all question whether Frank Lampard will still be at Chelsea by the end of the season and if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will still be… Read more »

Un na naai

You lot go on and on like something out of the ordinary happened at Spurs, go back and look at that champions league run, VAR got them past City in a game they were thoroughly outplayed, Ajax shit their pants when they were coasting, Inter should have beat PSV and dumped them out in the freaking group stages!! They lost the final to a Liverpool team who did not get in second gear, pipe down with the over the top praise Hairbrain Ah so it wasn’t that spurs scored more goals legitimately and knocked their competition out of the ties?… Read more »

Marko

He’s on 15 million a year?!?! And on a 3 and a half year contract?!?! Anyway you look at it it’s a terrible deal for Spurs.

Arsenal though what’s this meeting Ranier’s father and apparently showing around Haaland and his dad around Colney. Hopefully it’s Lacazette going and him coming in.

Receding Hairline

Whenever i am close to despair on here i can always count on Paulinho to drop in a word of wisdom

He takes spare parts and turns them into gold indeed…you are a clown Don

Receding Hairline

Raptora he has been preparing his exit and payoff for a while now. He will get a rest and then ponder a new project.

If he isn’t winning anyone league titles i wonder what the fascination with him is on here. The so called good football disappeared with Dembele, Son has literally been carrying that team for months now.

He is a man that needs a break, Arsenal are a team that needs a fighter, he is no fighter at least not at the moment.

Paulinho

Receding – Ditto. You’ve dropped plenty of pearls of wisdom yourself.

Pierre

Paulinho I do agree that the spurs midfield have never been the same since Dembele left. He and Dier were solid as a rock and gave superb protection to the defence , plus , as you say , Dembele was very strong on the ball and could break the midfield line. Also a very intelligent player , positionally aware , technically very good , strong as an ox and would never get caught ahead of the ball He wasn’t a player who assisted or scored as he was a team player and played his role to perfection Pochettino has used… Read more »

Un na naai

Arsenal though what’s this meeting Ranier’s father and apparently showing around Haaland and his dad around Colney. Hopefully it’s Lacazette going and him coming in.

Marko
Fuck off!! I’ve heard their Rainer talk but Haaland? That would be blinding. Would rather we let Aubameyang go though. £80m for a 30 year old who turns up for 2 mins per match. Yes please

Paulinho

In terms of his strengths, Pochettino did seem to transmit a sense of calm into Tottenham. I tipped them to beat City and Ajax on account of that – physical power as well with Ajax – because Spurs never lost their rag. They always kept their heads and it played a part in them out-lasting teams in that knockout scenario.

The flipside of that is Spurs almost seemed too lethargic on occasion. Remember them completely not turning up against Chelsea at Wembley.

Matt

Poch ain’t going to ANY rival in the premier league. The terms of his severance will see to that.

Even if he was free I’d give him a wide berth for a couple of seasons. He’s been behaving like damaged goods for some time and is as much responsible for losing his job as Levy is. He’s lost his hunger and needs to recharge to be successful again.

Cesc Appeal

Marko Just the solitary rumour right now but interesting given the rumours that both Lacazette and Aubameyang might leave at the end of the season. That is likely £100-120 Million right there which could see us get Haaland, Reinier and then a CDM. With Martinelli as well the club might think that is a good, albeit bold, course of action. It would also play into what ha sbeen said about Haaland’s dad worrying about a lack of game time at United. If he has been shown around Colney and told that both Arsenal’s STs are leaving then any fear he… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“Even if he was free I’d give him a wide berth for a couple of seasons. He’s been behaving like damaged goods for some time and is as much responsible for losing his job as Levy is. He’s lost his hunger and needs to recharge to be successful again”

This

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Receding HairlineNovember 20, 2019 12:36:06 Whenever i am close to despair on here i can always count on Paulinho to drop in a word of wisdom He takes spare parts and turns them into gold indeed…you are a clown Don Hairbrain. Thanks. But as per usual you make bold claims and dodge any attempt to verify them or counter mine. Poch has turned so many players into much better players Southampton Lallana, Rodriguez, VVD, wanayama, Tadic, Ricky Lambert, Nathaniel Clyne, Gastón Ramírez https://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/05/03/mauricio-pochettino-at-southampton-the-16-months-that-saw-the-saints-become-the-premier-leagues-entertainers/ Spurs Son Eriksen Kane Alli Dembele Wanyama Lallana Trippier Walker Rose Wanayama Sissoko Vertonghen Alderwied Dier Winks… Read more »

Gentlebris

‘Fact is their football went to shit the moment Dembele left, and it hasn’t recovered. ‘

Yes mate, Pep built the good football at Tottenham with Dembele as the main man and then handed it over to Poch who destroyed it all.

And yes Dembele was the reason they fought all the way to CL final, somewhere we only got to once because we had the like of T.H.

Uwot?

Shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.pochs available.as s Asoah pointed out.we missed out on Pepsi & kloppy because the ditherer wouldn’t budge until sacked.& now we’ve dodged two more bullets in Enrique & Maureen.fortune favours the brave.Poch doesn’t come with any baggage( except managing the scum) unlike others .Is nigh on perfect for what we need.But are we going to dither & miss @nother opportunity? Raul/ Edu should do the necessary.Now.

Gentlebris

*where

Guns of Hackney

It would be a master stroke of fuck you ness to get Pochettino at Arsenal but perhaps that’s all it would be. Don’t get me wrong, he would be a massive upgrade to emery but so would Arsene. Poch would have a point to prove but is that it? Spurs have won nothing under him. Nothing. They have been batting way above their pay grade and have some fan players…but still nothing to show for it. This was Spurs’ golden generation and they failed. And they failed with poch at the helm. I don’t actually think we have the better… Read more »

David Smith

CA, that lot with a bright young manager , ok some of those players would be a loss, but that would be a great summer and could even bring sexy football back

Receding Hairline

Shocker

A Guns of Hackney post i agree with every word

HighburyLegend

“Pochettino has spent ten days locked up at home in Barcelona, thinking 24h/24 about the final lost against Liverpool”

Didn’t know about that… in other words : we don’t need another pussy.
So thanks but no thanks.

InsideRight

Poch is a non starter for me. His confidence is shattered and his mentality is negative right now. I’ve no doubt he would get more out of our players. But the circumstances are all wrong.

I would rather we kept an eye on the likes of Erik Ten Hag, Dominico Tedesco, Ivan Leko and Julian Nagelsmann. These guys have a lot about them and I think they could make a real difference here.

HighburyLegend

“Arteta in.”
“but so would Arsene. ”

lol same old Guns… always joking.

Guns of Hackney

Also, poch wears a fucking tracksuit on the line. No. I absolutely hate that. Hate it.

Wear a suit you bastard.

Jaffa

Poch over emery all day long.

raptora

Like I said last night, think Poch engineered his way out of spuds so he could get his huge compensation. The additional reasoning however is the more important one. He saw the gap between spuds and pool in the UCL final. He saw the gap between spuds and city and pool in the Premier League. During his days in charge of Spuds mouninho won the title once, Ranieri won one title, Conte won one title, Pep won two titles. This year Klopp is probably going to win it. He knows what Receding Hairline, Rambo Ramsey and thousands of others talk… Read more »

raptora

Rambo RamseyNovember 20, 2019 08:43:03
“No doubt Ponchettini would next be involved with Villarreal or some other Spanish Spurs equivalent.”

I’m willing to bet $50 on that.

raptora

I’m willing to bet $50 on that not being the case. Poch will take a big team. How he does there is another story. But it will be a big team.

Mark

If Poch lost the dressing room, couldn’t somebody just show him where it is?

HighburyLegend

“poch wears a fucking tracksuit on the line”

And his zip is ridiculous – compared to “you know who”… lol

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Rambo

No chance. We’d be lucky to get him. He’s off somewhere bigger than arsenal. And I’ll bet now that he’s going to win titles

HighburyLegend

@Mark : congrats, joke of the century so far.

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Hackney

Arteta wears a tracksuit….
What’s wrong with trackies anyhow? Much more comfy. Let’s your players know you’re part of the team
Just wear suits for the big days.
Cold days in Sunderland it’s all about the tracksuit and trainers

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Mark

You could try showing emery first but he wouldn’t understand you.

raptora

HL:“Pochettino has spent ten days locked up at home in Barcelona, thinking 24h/24 about the final lost against Liverpool”
Didn’t know about that… in other words : we don’t need another pussy.
So thanks but no thanks.”

Thought Pep used to do the same. In general, the mark of a winner, is that you really, really hate losing.

I think what he did shows him as the opposite of a pussy.

Receding Hairline

“Arteta wears a tracksuit….”

Arteta is not a football manager

Words on a Blog

Raptora,

Agreed.

Poch wants a next level team where he can win trophies. So, with plenty of money in the bank, he can afford to bide his time until Bayern or Real or Juve come calling.

Really can’t see why he’d entertain the prospect of Arsenal at this moment.

Receding Hairline

“Thought Pep used to do the same. In general, the mark of a winner, is that you really, really hate losing.”

Then stop losing

Words on a Blog

Un,

With all due respect to Harry Redknapp (ha ha) he’s never been known to be particularly close to the decision-makers at Arsenal……

Receding Hairline

“Really can’t see why he’d entertain the prospect of Arsenal at this moment.”

Really can’t see why Arsenal should want him at this moment either, being considered better than Emery at the moment is not a reason. If he cannot hope to win with Spurs hence the frustration he cannot hope to win with Arsenal either

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Receding HairlineNovember 20, 2019 13:26:01
“Arteta wears a tracksuit….”Arteta is not a football manager

Neither are poch or emery brains. They are coaches loooool

Game set and match
Booooom
Boooya
This house is clear

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Words

It ain’t just Harry son…
Check the other link

Bob N16

You’re on it today Guns!

Receding Hairline

“Neither are poch or emery brains. They are coaches loooool”

How many games has Arteta coached? What first team coach is he?

“Game set and match
Booooom
Boooya
This house is clear”

Maybe in kindergarten it is

InsideRight

The Express is such a comic…

”Arsenal fans are fuming the Gunners missed out on Jose Mourinho after the Special One joined Tottenham.”

Four tweets cited as evidence. What a load of pony.

Matt

Pedro, dude’s too straight for that. Me with that severance package? Las Vegas residency 😉

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Receding HairlineNovember 20, 2019 13:30:17
“Neither are poch or emery brains. They are coaches loooool”How many games has Arteta coached? What first team coach is he? “Game set and match
Booooom
Boooya
This house is clear”Maybe in kindergarten it is

Hairbrain

You don’t need to coach games to be a coach….
Loooool
He strikes again
Touchdown
Slam dunk!!!
Mic drop

Spanishdave

Jose will get Spurs up the table, they are only three points behind us.
When Man U get their coach sorted which will be soon they will go past us.
We will piss about over Emery and go downwards.
We are a yesterday club now, living in the past.

Un na naai

I think hairline is going to be in for a rude awakening soon. There’s so much clamour around Arteta right now and it’s growing around poch.

Emery is odd on for the sack next.
Those two are available
Jose is not.
Tick tock

Words on a Blog

Un,

Yeah, I linked to the Mertesacker comments about Arteta a few day ago, but they would suggest that if we’re looking at anyone it’s Arteta not Poch.

Gentlebris

‘Poch would have a point to prove but is that it? Spurs have won nothing under him. Nothing. They have been batting way above their pay grade and have some fan players…but still nothing to show for it. This was Spurs’ golden generation and they failed. And they failed with poch at the helm.’ Totally devoid of objectivity because if we say Poch is not good enough, then who is good enough? Pep? Klopp? Well they are not available! And if you would tell me that you feel some Nagelsmann or Rose would do a better job than Poch then… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“You don’t need to coach games to be a coach….”

You need to be one to be compared to first team coaches with hundreds of games under their belt, maybe you should scroll back u and read the comment you responded to kid

“I think hairline is going to be in for a rude awakening soon.”

What rude awakening? Emery’s sack? Big deal. He moves on and so do we.

“There’s so much clamour around Arteta right now and it’s growing around poch.”

Which is it? A clamor for Arteta or for the coach Spurs just sacked for poor performance?

Bergkamp63

Wouldn’t surprise me if Poch went to Utd, plenty of money there to spend on new players.

Wasi

Paulinho

Yes Dembele was a vital cog in Poch’s team. Still not really clear why he was allowed to leave. He couldve given at least this season to Spurs until Ndombele who is probably seen as Dembele’s successor settles to life in the Prem .

I remember Poch comparing Dembele to Maradona once.

Words on a Blog

Pedro,

A question I asked you last week but which you may not have seen is: does Arteta’s lack of a ready-made team of assistants slow down or inhibit any move to Arsenal?

Presumably, even if ManC are prepared to let Arteta go, the people he works with at Man C are all beholden to Man C and Pep and would stay put. And of course Emery’s guys would leave with him.

Receding Hairline

“Allegri only won the domestic trophies with Juve,”

Won the league title with Milan in 2011

“And by the way, would it have made Poch more of a winner if he had won a couple of carabao?”

Would have made him a winner not more of a winner, he isn’t a winner right now regardless of how many times you call him one

Valentin

Between the players liking social messages asking for Emery to be sacked, current Arsenal staff reminiscing how lovely it was to work with Mikel Arteta, pundits clamouring for him, it is like there is a campaign to convince Raul to take the right decision.
I don’t think that he wants to sack Emery. However when (or if based on your opinion of Emery) Arsenal fell in the bottom half of the premiership (based on current form, we may be 14 or 15 after the ManCity game), he may be pushed into it.

raptora

GoH: “They have been batting way above their pay grade and have some fan players…but still nothing to show for it. This was Spurs’ golden generation and they failed. And they failed with poch at the helm.” They failed from the perspective of winning throphies. From the money perspective that is really important for the future you are expected to have, pretty sure that Poch helped massively in laying a solid foundation to a future good team. You know we are the Arsenal, and we’ve been entitled to only think about trophies. But the hundreds of millions of profit that… Read more »

Gentlebris

‘Poch wants a next level team where he can win trophies. So, with plenty of money in the bank, he can afford to bide his time until Bayern or Real or Juve come calling.Really can’t see why he’d entertain the prospect of Arsenal at this moment.’

Exactly why I said Poch will need some convincing but a smart fella here would have none of that.

Guns of Hackney

Suits should separate you from the team. Just my opinion.

Arteta would wear a suit.

Un na naai

Words

Yeah. Ive seen a lot of other sites reporting on him coming to us regardless of the meet comments but it only serves to fan the flames

I’d be chuffed with either.
We’d make top 4 with poch no sweat with our squad but I have a sneaky feeling about Arteta. There just seems to be a bit of magic there. Something written in the stars. Destiny.

Valentin

Juande Ramos is the last Spurs managers to win any trophy.
But I challenge anybody to find a Spurs fan who would consider Ramos over Pochettino.

Yet in the eyes of some winning the “What’s it name” Cup make him a winner while reaching the final of Champion’s League makes Pochettino a loser.
Sense of context seems to be lost by some.

raptora

If Brenda finishes 4 years in a row in top 4 with Leicester but fails to win any trophy would you say that he failed?! Same goes for Everton or West Ham.

Receding Hairline

“Between the players liking social messages asking for Emery to be sacked, current Arsenal staff reminiscing how lovely it was to work with Mikel Arteta, pundits clamouring for him, it is like there is a campaign to convince Raul to take the right decision.”

What is the right decision? Sacking Emery? Appointing Arteta? Both?

If he sacks Emery and appoints a manger you do not approve of would that also be the right decision?

Spanishdave

Poch will go to Man U , maybe in January.
We will still be fiddling about, we are good at it.

Marc

V alentin What I don’t get is why is Sanllehi hesitant / reluctant to sack Emery. Sanllehi has come from Barca – a club where success is the minimum requirement, he has no back ground with Emery so it’s not like he’s sacking an old friend or someone he’s worked with before for years. Emery has no good will with fans so you’re not sacking a fans favourite and results have been poor since the end of last season. Sanllehi mortgaged the clubs spending in the summer on achieving CL football and that is looking more and more unlikely. I… Read more »

Gentlebris

‘Won the league title with Milan in 2011’

Milan were Italian king back then, same context as 2018 Juve.

‘Would have made him a winner not more of a winner, he isn’t a winner right now regardless of how many times you call him one’

Do you actually know the meaning of the word ‘winner’?

Receding Hairline

Raptora i would say he did a swell job, a great job, a remarkable job. But i wouldn’t call him a winner with Leicester because he did not you know WIN.

Rodgers on his one though can be called a winner because he has actually won something.

There is no honors roll of the runners up in life.

Un na naai

Receding HairlineNovember 20, 2019 13:38:01 “You don’t need to coach games to be a coach….”You need to be one to be compared to first team coaches with hundreds of games under their belt, maybe you should scroll back u and read the comment you responded to kid “I think hairline is going to be in for a rude awakening soon.”What rude awakening? Emery’s sack? Big deal. He moves on and so do we. “There’s so much clamour around Arteta right now and it’s growing around poch.”Which is it? A clamor for Arteta or for the coach Spurs just sacked for… Read more »

Marc

raptora

“If Brenda finishes 4 years in a row in top 4 with Leicester but fails to win any trophy would you say that he failed?! Same goes for Everton or West Ham.”

No for a SMALL club like Leicester for Everton that would be a success. The issue for the Spud’s is that they are a SMALL club who think they’re a big club.

Un na naai

Big deal. He moves on and so do we. “There’s so much clamour around Arteta right now and it’s growing around poch.”Which is it? A clamor for Arteta or for the coach Spurs just sacked for poor performance?

Brain dead

I take it you aren’t up on current affairs…

Receding Hairline

“Yet in the eyes of some winning the “What’s it name” Cup make him a winner while reaching the final of Champion’s League makes Pochettino a loser.”

Yes he lost the final so he would be a loser.

Trivia question: Who was the losing coach of the 2019 Champions league final

Answer: Mauricio Pochettino

Notice how the word winner has no place there?

Un na naai

There is no honors roll of the runners up in life.

Says the chubby balding armchair gooner sat in one of the most corrupt and unsafe places on Earth

Yeah you really are the authority on winning hairline.