Yeah he will potentially sabotage Spurs getting into Europa League next season because he hates Utd. You really do think the world revolves around you don't you.
You think his ego would let him fail to get into Europe with Spurs then?It's actually thinking the world revolves around Mourinho's ego and pettiness, which suddenly doesn't become all that unrealistic.
Yes, it's one way to spot the trend but it doesn't always work that way. City were 7 xPTS better than Liverpool last season when they were crowned champion by a 1 point margin. You would think they should be the favorites this year. It turns out this season they still maintain the 7 xPTS advantage, but Liverpool have already won the title with 7 games in hand. Again these stats are interesting and are worth taking a look, but the more important thing is to interpret together with the context and never jump to conclusion solely based on them.
You forgot how he tamed Pogba by bullying him by putting him on the bench. That along with a few threats to sell him off has done wonders for his temperament and attitude. Look how well he is playing now.
Luck
Only luck we had this season was that he is not our manager anymore.
Club | Games | Total Shots | Total Shots on Target | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tottenham | 24 | 280 | 101 | 39 |
Manchester Utd | 24 | 352 | 148 | 47 |
I get what you mean but I think it's a bold statement. There are plenty of reasons a team overachieving the xG metrics, and it's dangerous to jump to conclusion without considering the reasons behind. Tottenham have kept overachieving since 14/15 (-15.06, -0.59, -10.63, -0.98, -9.56, -7.34 xPTS) and this doesn't mean they have just been lucky for 6 years or Pochettino deserves to be sacked. Liverpool overachieved by -13.55 xPTS last season, did you think xG metrics would catch up with them? It turns out they have overachieved even by a greater margin this season and won the league title.
Luck
Only luck we had this season was that he is not our manager anymore.
Not sure about West Ham though. Their board wants possession football so bad that they don't like Moyes at all. They kept recruiting technical players (e.g. Wilshere) who just didn't fit into a midtable side. He was not given a new contract when he saved them from relegation last time and I doubt whether he will be given the support he needs this time. I know very little about Watford and I have no opinion about them.
Yeah they need investments. Watching them now. Can't trust Danny Welbeck and the likes of Antonio too much.
Club | Home | Result | Away | Shots on Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tottenham | Bournemouth | 0:0 | Tottenham | 0 |
Tottenham | Tottenham | 0:2 | Chelsea | 1 |
Tottenham | Tottenham | 1:0 | Everton | 2 |
Tottenham | Sheffield Utd | 3:1 | Tottenham | 2 |
Tottenham | Burnley | 1:1 | Tottenham | 2 |
Tottenham | Tottenham | 1:1 | Manchester Utd | 3 |
Tottenham | Chelsea | 2:1 | Tottenham | 3 |
Tottenham | Tottenham | 2:0 | Manchester City | 3 |
Tottenham | Tottenham | 2:1 | Norwich | 3 |
Manchester Utd | Chelsea | 0:2 | Manchester Utd | 3 |
Still better than those days when we had multiple games with 0 shot on target with van Gaal though......
You mean like Porto and Inter?
How many of those games were we without Kane and/or Son?
So almost half of them. I'm confident Jose will get our attack working eventually.
Who was comparing Spurs to Inter? I wasn't.
He must be the only manager in club football who negotiates player salaries if that's true.
That was me being sarcastic in response to a poster dissing Spurs. I wasn't comparing the clubs at all. My point was that Jose has managed clubs before that aren't the traditional 'mega' clubs like Madrid, etc. The poster was suggesting he hadn't before he managed Spurs.
