By n8 dogg Go To PostJesus christ bro get a hair cut
edit lol fake but he still looks like a hobo
Don't all of us have quarantine hair that looks like that right now? Lol.
Isco showing solidarity for normies!
Isco showing solidarity for normies!
From the Athletic this morning:
After Tottenham lost their fifth Premier League game out of six, Jose Mourinho insisted that the methods that he and his coach staff use are “second to nobody in the world”. But the reality inside the Spurs dressing room is that some players are unhappy with training sessions they think are too defensive, too focused on the opposition, and not as intense as they were used to under Mauricio Pochettino.
The Athletic has learned from multiple dressing room sources that although Mourinho has not lost the whole dressing room yet, some of the team are increasingly unhappy with his approach. This disquiet is starting to tell in terms of results. Having started the season brilliantly and been top of the Premier League in December, Spurs have taken just 12 points from their last 12 league games. They have sunk to ninth in the table, raising questions about the direction under Mourinho.
It is 15 months since Mourinho replaced Mauricio Pochettino. And while the Argentinean’s relationship with the players had broken down by his sixth season at the club, some senior players now look back fondly at that era. A section of players who used to complain about Pochettino’s double sessions and rare days off now wish they were working harder, although the impact this COVID-19-affected season is having on training loads cannot be ignored.
Some of the attacking players, who feel that Mourinho’s training is too focused on defence and on not making mistakes, are unhappy with how little focus there is on coaching complex offensive patterns. Some attacking players have even remarked privately that they are still reliant on moves and finishes in the final third that they learned and honed under Pochettino because there has been so little detailed attacking work under Mourinho.
Fundamentally, this comes down to a difference in approach between Pochettino and Mourinho. Pochettino’s whole philosophy came down to a positive, dominant style of play, the positional game, and his training was built around helping his players to understand it, to play it and to perfect it.
Mourinho’s whole approach is different. Rather than mastering one particular style of play, he is focused on developing and executing a different plan for every opponent. This means that training is largely focused not on Spurs’ own game, but on how to exploit the weaknesses in whomever they are playing next. Training will be tailored towards the specific scenarios Mourinho expects to face, and the mistakes he does not want his players to make or does want to trigger in the opposition. Players have remarked that as they get closer to every game, the atmosphere is increasingly based on fears of what might go wrong, and Mourinho’s insistence that the players must be careful at all times, only playing out or taking risks under certain circumstances.
After Tottenham lost their fifth Premier League game out of six, Jose Mourinho insisted that the methods that he and his coach staff use are “second to nobody in the world”. But the reality inside the Spurs dressing room is that some players are unhappy with training sessions they think are too defensive, too focused on the opposition, and not as intense as they were used to under Mauricio Pochettino.
The Athletic has learned from multiple dressing room sources that although Mourinho has not lost the whole dressing room yet, some of the team are increasingly unhappy with his approach. This disquiet is starting to tell in terms of results. Having started the season brilliantly and been top of the Premier League in December, Spurs have taken just 12 points from their last 12 league games. They have sunk to ninth in the table, raising questions about the direction under Mourinho.
It is 15 months since Mourinho replaced Mauricio Pochettino. And while the Argentinean’s relationship with the players had broken down by his sixth season at the club, some senior players now look back fondly at that era. A section of players who used to complain about Pochettino’s double sessions and rare days off now wish they were working harder, although the impact this COVID-19-affected season is having on training loads cannot be ignored.
Some of the attacking players, who feel that Mourinho’s training is too focused on defence and on not making mistakes, are unhappy with how little focus there is on coaching complex offensive patterns. Some attacking players have even remarked privately that they are still reliant on moves and finishes in the final third that they learned and honed under Pochettino because there has been so little detailed attacking work under Mourinho.
Fundamentally, this comes down to a difference in approach between Pochettino and Mourinho. Pochettino’s whole philosophy came down to a positive, dominant style of play, the positional game, and his training was built around helping his players to understand it, to play it and to perfect it.
Mourinho’s whole approach is different. Rather than mastering one particular style of play, he is focused on developing and executing a different plan for every opponent. This means that training is largely focused not on Spurs’ own game, but on how to exploit the weaknesses in whomever they are playing next. Training will be tailored towards the specific scenarios Mourinho expects to face, and the mistakes he does not want his players to make or does want to trigger in the opposition. Players have remarked that as they get closer to every game, the atmosphere is increasingly based on fears of what might go wrong, and Mourinho’s insistence that the players must be careful at all times, only playing out or taking risks under certain circumstances.
It's all so repetitive, same shit we've heard for months, same shit that came up for United, on and on.
I just want out
I just want out
By n8 dogg Go To PostFrom the Athletic this morning:
After Tottenham lost their fifth Premier League game out of six, Jose Mourinho insisted that the methods that he and his coach staff use are “second to nobody in the world”. But the reality inside the Spurs dressing room is that some players are unhappy with training sessions they think are too defensive, too focused on the opposition, and not as intense as they were used to under Mauricio Pochettino.
I have no doubt that the players are feeling this way but this always happens when you go on a run of losing matches. When we did it in previous seasons under Poch then we heard about how the sessions were too intense, not enough focus given to the opponent, Poch not talking to certain players etc. Players don't like losing matches and if we don't start winning some immediately then we won't have any choice but to change the manager.
When we were playing effective Mou-ball earlier in the season and beating City and Arsenal the players were loving it. It's all about winning matches.
By Ushojax Go To PostI have no doubt that the players are feeling this way but this always happens when you go on a run of losing matches. When we did it in previous seasons under Poch then we heard about how the sessions were too intense, not enough focus given to the opponent, Poch not talking to certain players etc. Players don't like losing matches and if we don't start winning some immediately then we won't have any choice but to change the manager.
When we were playing effective Mou-ball earlier in the season and beating City and Arsenal the players were loving it. It's all about winning matches.
What you were doing earlier in the season was absolutely unsustainable and that's kind of the point.
The whole intensity bit, in COVID season, just feels like the writer pulled some greatest hits and wrote them down.
Makes sense that they focus more on the opponents though, as that makes it all about Mou instead of the team.
Makes sense that they focus more on the opponents though, as that makes it all about Mou instead of the team.
You only focus on the opposition when you know they have superior firepower - i.e City, Liverpool, Chelsea or United.
The underdog role is where Mou thrives.
The underdog role is where Mou thrives.
Sure in any expose of this sort the players are in part covering their arses to some degree. But how many times do we need to hear the same things about Mou's regressive, failing management of teams before things start to click for people?
It's not just a pattern, it's practically fucking Groundhog Day.
It's not just a pattern, it's practically fucking Groundhog Day.
By LabouredPatriot Go To PostSure in any expose of this sort the players are in part covering their arses to some degree. But how many times do we need to hear the same things about Mou's regressive, failing management of teams before things start to click for people?Exactly what I was thinking. I can point an accusing finger at Dier and English football, but it’s been the same shenanigans with Mou for seasons now.
It's not just a pattern, it's practically fucking Groundhog Day.
Focusing on mistakes explains a lot actually, as the more you focus on the negative the more you invite it. And Spurs have been making a lot of mistakes.
Think Ed Woodward should offer Mr. Levy a good deal on Kane. He will need the money to rebuild the squad.
Think Ed Woodward should offer Mr. Levy a good deal on Kane. He will need the money to rebuild the squad.
By LabouredPatriot Go To Post.They always select the worst teams for these Amazon documentaries.
By LabouredPatriot Go To PostThere already was a Netflix juventus show
By cRrusheR Go To PostFocusing on mistakes explains a lot actually, as the more you focus on the negative the more you invite it. And Spurs have been making a lot of mistakes.If that ever happened- Seven Sisters would become a warzone.
Think Ed Woodward should offer Mr. Levy a good deal on Kane. He will need the money to rebuild the squad.
Oh god that loss at Porto was just a plot point for an emotional remuntada episode innit. Played like a damn fiddle.
By cRrusheR Go To PostFocusing on mistakes explains a lot actually, as the more you focus on the negative the more you invite it. And Spurs have been making a lot of mistakes.
Think Ed Woodward should offer Mr. Levy a good deal on Kane. He will need the money to rebuild the squad.
A lot of clubs are looking for a marquee striker this summer and H probably wants to start picking up trophies at some point in his career (I'm not saying United will go for him).
By JesalR Go To PostDon't think I see many teams going £150m for Kane this year. I could see City?
I have this totally speculative prediction that City will go for someone like Ings.
I don’t think anyone will pay that price for him tbh. He’s already nearly 30 and fairly injury prone.
Not that I don’t think he’s worth that, I just don’t see anyone doing so. City will win the league without a striker so unless they massively cock up the CL I don’t see them not wishing to wait a year and get Haaland for much cheaper.
Not that I don’t think he’s worth that, I just don’t see anyone doing so. City will win the league without a striker so unless they massively cock up the CL I don’t see them not wishing to wait a year and get Haaland for much cheaper.
By JesalR Go To PostDon't think I see many teams going £150m for Kane this year. I could see City?
Why not 100?
Think you’re underestimating the kind of financial shape Spurs will be in after firing Mou and missing CL, considering the toll Covid season has already had.
Your defense will still be brittle and the midfield packed with average players + Ndombele. Let’s not forget Ole spent 200 million on Obi Wan, Maguire, Bruno Fernandes... it wasn’t as simple as Mou leaving.
Keeping Kane around if you’re not winning trophies? That makes Kane the trophy I guess.
By LabouredPatriot Go To PostI have this totally speculative prediction that City will go for someone like Ings.Calvert-Lewin. They'll want someone young, and they have a tendency to buy strikers like him that are completely ill suited to their team
By Daz Go To PostYou only focus on the opposition when you know they have superior firepower - i.e City, Liverpool, Chelsea or United.
The underdog role is where Mou thrives.
This isn't the way football works. Every team in the Premier League makes plans to deal with the threats they're up against.
We went to Watford five years ago, played with three centre halfs against Deeney and Ighalo, and came back with 3 points - and at that point we were a team that had lost only one of their last eighteen league games.
By LabouredPatriot Go To PostStill struggle to see how this makes business sense. Even with favourable loans, it's still £500m.
