Showing posts with label spurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spurs. Show all posts

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Why Mauricio Pochettino is NOT the right man for Tottenham........ But i might be wrong!

I just had to take this out of my chest.
To Americans, i'm talking about English soccer.
Ok, you can go back to whatever you're doing. lol
To Tottenham fans, well, i'm a Tottenham fan ever since Gary Lineker was in the team. And then there's Les Ferdinand, David Ginola, Jurgen Klinsmann, Darren Anderton, Edgar Davids, Teddy Sheringham and of course Gareth Bale.

photo from express.co.uk

Why Mauricio Pochettino is not the right man? Well, based on statistics, last season we beat them twice while he's in charge. Even Tim Sherwood's Tottenham won against Mauricio's Saints. and AVB's Spurs was above Southampton in the table. Which can or cannot mean, that our previous managers are better. Statistically. Why bring mid-table head coach to Spurs? Are we going back to where we've been a decade ago? A mid-table team.... thats what a gooner gonna and always say. We were never above Arsenal in the league when Arsene is in charge and still is in charge. Tottenham keep changing managers, i was rooting for AVB to be our long term manager but his football is a pain in the ass. It's enduring! When he was in charge, i've skipped a lot of Spurs games. It is just not worth watching. and he's stubbornness cost him his job. i think we should have stick with Redknapp although he never rotates the team and likes to talk bull but he did gave us Champions league qualification.

But i might be wrong. I have to admit, Southampton did play beautiful football. and it was a tough team to beat when Mauricio was in charge. Southampton was never a mid table team, they were more of a team that is closer to relegation. no offense. But Mauricio did turned things for them. Made them exciting, made them superstars, made them highest in the league in Southampton's history, beautiful to watch football, and making me nervous of playing against Southampton and boy was i relieved that we were able to beat them. So that do say something about Mauricio.

But then again, statistics is statistics, in 60 games, Mauricio won 23, draw 18 and lose 19, with a winning percentage of 34.39%. It's not convincing to say the least.

We should have appointed someone with a winning CV, people like Benitez, Mancini, De Boer and almost Van Gaal. AVB had the better CV than Mauricio but i still think he is unlucky (AVB) to get the players that he wanted to suit his style of play. Really? Played Dawson with a high line defense? LOL. No offense. Dawson is a great defender but he cant play high line defense. He's too slow. Let's just say it didnt suit him nicely.

But i hope i'm wrong. I do get excited to see him in action. but that's the thing, get excited season after season with new appointments, new signings (last season's signing was a mess) and hoping for the best which is not the case. Let's just hope that our players are better players than Southampton's and get that winning formula. If that is not the case, then we're back to mid-table, where we were most comfortable.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Come on you SPURS!


Ok, this is my first blog post about a football team or soccer team that i supported, Tottenham Hotspurs. But im not an obsessed fan, dont ask me about its history. i started become a fan when Gary Lineker was in it. I also took a considerable amount of time to figure out what COYS mean? Funny? Yea whatever. I just watched the football and the results matters. But being a Spurs fan, i dont have high expectations. Thats what usually any Spurs fans do, i heard. Until Harry Redknapp took us to Champions League. Gaargghh! It turned the fans wanting for more, expectation too high and now everything seems to be unstable in Tottenham. Changing managers, bought new half team and messed up each year. Too high of expectation is bad for your health. hahhaa... at least its frustrating. This rivalry between us and Arsenal, in reality, Arsenal has always been the better team. (A lot of fanboy Spurs will spit their coffee reading this). but its the truth. There is just not enough consistency in Spurs form/play. The football is better at Arsenal. I'm more of a fan of football than a fan of a club. I remember Spurs always start strong and then nervously crumbled down in the end. i think the best manager statistically was Harry. He brought us Top 5 every season and one champions league. now dont throw me statistic whos better or not, i honestly dont care. this is just what i think. The football was direct and fun to watch rather than the painful playing style of AVB. PLaying on Handbrakes one said. I've always waited each week for an entertaining football from AVB. Not so much. The cautios football is painful to watch. But Gareth Bale was there to push the gas, accelerate, "ok, lets score a goal" Bale said, then boom, sprinted, shot and scored! exciting times. Now he's gone to Madrid, and Spurs sucks to watch.  Then came Tim Sherwood, i seen this guy play on TV, it used to be called English Soccer and the anthemic song of that football program. So classic. So much memories. Anyway, Tim's a player. To be honest i like a manager who used to be a pro player. but the football is still painful to watch. AVB they said is a master tactician but he didnt live up to that reputation. Unless his tactic is to keep passing the ball back to the keeper eventhough we're attacking. Ever since he got the sacked, honestly i lost interest watching Spurs. Its just too unstable. I love stability in a team. Appointing Tim i can see it as a temporary, it never was full time. i guess Levy is wishing that we did not get into top 4 this season so he could appoint Louis Van Gaal whos been speculated to take the job next season. i dont hate Tim, its just that i can feel the instability of the club. Changing managers season after season is not good for the club. look at Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, these guys been in the club like forever and see where they've been up to. Spurs are always relying on a moment of individual brilliantness. its such a shame because its a team game. Yesterday's game against Everton was a moment of brilliance by Kyle Walker and of course Ade. Only the other shot at goal of the game besides Defoe last minute shot. But Ade took it. It was a wonderful control too. and shot at the tightest angle of the goal post is schweeeeettttt. But still the overall game is painful and boring to watch. no more excitement or the shakey trembling feeling of the body of nervousness and brilliantness.