Pochettino was in disaster mode at the time, there was no turning back. Getting Mourinho though, that was a terrible idea from Spurs on so many levels. Probably can't even sack him now given the size of his contract.
The same defence of him was made at Utd. The reality is he's an egotistical narcissist that simply can't take any of the blame so he simply pushes it onto the players and club. He could easily say 'Part of this is down to my own approach and I need to reevaluate some of the decisions I've made' or simply just deflect and take the blame onto himself for once.
Something changed about his setup during his second spell at Chelsea.
Yes, but Mourinho was hired after the season was started, so maybe that way it works. Transfermarkt says AVB oversaw 54 league games at Spurs, Mourinho now had 51.
Jose is that type of manager. He will not show up to training all the time. He will not really smile at his place, he will kill the mood at every press conference and he's a total prick. I can't for the Love of God understand why the Spurs overloads decided to let go of a manager like Poch. Jose will run you to the ground and it will be slow and painful. I really hope for the club's sake it happens faster and he's gone because the faster the better. Spurs do not have a squad that can play his style of football and he asks for a lot in the windows to buy proven players to suit his style which is ridiculous. When he leaves the team and squad will be a mess. I hope he leaves early and leaves this team for a manager who can actually get in and get them playing the way Poch used to because they can be brilliant in the possession and not just counter-attacking.
no coincidence Pep & Ole become Pele when merged. Goat meets Goat
I think it was more the fact you genuinely believed it would be different.
Still pretty low but that is what it was like here. Years after he's left Spurs, you'll have fans saying he should never have been sacked.
I think with United his big trophies were still a bit 'fresher' in the memory and there were more who clung onto that, even though I think we were pretty unanimous in disliking the football. Spurs don't really have that so interesting to hear there's still a large proportion of fans backing Mourinho.
Those people will come around, Mourinho has that quality to unify everyone against him. With results not going their way its only a matter of time before he starts pointing out players and throwing them under the bus. Thats when the toxicty really starts.
To be honest, from the outside there was a chance he could've worked out for Spurs for a few years.
Ring any bells?
