Think it’s a very sound reason … they wouldn’t be sued, that’s what contracts are for.
However, if a deal can be done involving Zidane to PSG and Poch to Utd ….then great.
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However, if a deal can be done involving Zidane to PSG and Poch to Utd ….then great.
Imagine him with the City board though, it's worth getting him just to keep him out of their clutches
Unfortunately that’s a scary thought, I wish the board would just bring in a real DF, our situation would improve tremendously. Rangnick until end of season then move him up to DF and go from there would be the most logical thing to do, however I don’t see the board giving up power, so it’s just wishful thinking.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League
Ajax's great history hasn't translated into the modern day football paradigm in an important metric.
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Durham has officially lost it talking up Southgate over Pochettino
Deloitte Football Money League.
Having higher revenue doesn't mean you're a bigger club.
I guess Spurs are bigger than Milan, Inter and Dortmund as well then.
I'll take Poch in a heartbeat but i think we'll regret leaving Ten Hag at Ajax. Might be the next big manager.
Here we go
In all the arguments of who's better between Poch or ETH, let's just take a minute and recognise Rodgers is nowhere to be heard/read about. I really don't want him.
Thank feck for that! That would be a bloody huge let down.
Why is Ten Hag so highly rated?
I was revising my post as you quoted it. And bigger in this context is subjective after all.
I simply don't think we have the midfield to seriously win champs league.
Also, if we lose tomorrow its over anyhow pretty much.
Click to play and then click to paus to choose your manager.
People say Pochetino plays good attacking football, but whenever I've seen PSG this season, they play anything but. Also, Pochetino is struggling with big egos and a top heavy squad at PSG. Not sure why people cant see this obvious car crash from a mile away.
Is Ole carrying Poch in that holdall?
It doesn't look quite big enough. Might be Rodgers.
Agreed - I'm very happy it's gone quiet on the Rodgers front.
Wouldn't even give Duncan Castles the time of day. Last week he was reporting about Zidane.
Castles broke the sacking first and is likely is getting info from Mendes. I'd tend to believe this.
I'm not keen on him either but he's been pretty spot on so far. Seems Zidane didn't fancy it.
Castles is going to be taking snide digs at Poch after every bad result just likes he's done with LVG and Ole.
He's already started in that article, apparently the PSG players don't rate Poch's tactics.
No club operates on that basis. That's some fairy tale. The closest would be City having a raging boner over Pep and that's it.
He said we were trying to convince Zidane... Is there anything to suggest he was wrong? Other sources have suggested Zidane turned us down, as has Castles. If he's getting boardroom level info regarding Ole's sacking, I'd give him the benefit of the doubt on who we're looking at to replace him.
Having said that, this Poch news is hardly news, all day it's been clear Poch is the one.
Poch would be such an underwhelming appointment. I don’t think he’s very good at all.
Time we all face facts that Utd clearly have to try the Pochettino thing instead of Ten Hag
Exactly.
Look there is nothing we can do if he's willing to take the job whereas my top choice wants to wait until the summer. I am frustrated that Ten Hag doesn't feel that same urgency for the job but there's nothing we can do about that so get on with it
Anyone but Rogers
Really?
Making a Champions league final with Spurs is underwhelming?
And don't bang on about the quality of their squad etc... it was good by thread bare and he over achieved with them. Jose, Nuno and it remains to be seen if Conte can do better with much the same resources.
Should be between galtier and ten hag.
Seriously don't rate Pochettino that high. He is ok at best not someone who can get to the top.
His PSG side has been okayish since last season.
Seriously don't rate Pochettino that high. He is ok at best not someone who can get to the top.
His PSG side has been okayish since last season.
We’d actually be doing PSG a huge favour if we took Poch from them. Not only would we buy out his contract (despite them not even wanting him). It would also pave the way for their acquisition of Zidane who could be the one key man to convince Mbappe to stay there. A domino effect that could see them walk the CL 2 years in a row.
Would be the best Christmas gift we could give them to say the least.
Would be the best Christmas gift we could give them to say the least.
I love the crazy pressing is the equivalent to Brexit. You act like I'm saying pressing is the only way to play or get success which is not what I'm saying at all. If I was saying if we press we will be great, then you may have a point but I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying there are different ways of playing and we want a manager whose style complements the players we have. And a manager who wants to play with a striker who will close down the opposition as a key or significant part of his strategy would not be a good fit for a squad that is committed to having Ronaldo upfront. If you think that is the same as saying leaving the EU will allow us to give the NHS 350 million pounds then I'm a bit lost for words. If you want a silly comparison hiring a manager who wants to play pressing football with Ronaldo upfront is the equivalent of booking a holiday to Manchester hoping to get a tan. Maybe you will be incredibly lucky and get the odd day of sunshine, but that isn't why you come to Manchester.
No Ajax doesn't press like Liverpool, their press is more equivalent to man city, who again like a possession-based game with an overloaded midfield. Not an exact comparison but more similar than Liverpool. You look at the pressing stats of Man city forwards and Ajax forwards and again very comparable as why both teams like to play possession-based football they work very hard to get it back as soon as they lose it. One of the reasons I would have been intrigued to see what happened if Ronaldo had gone to City, Pep a manager who fell out with Zlatan at Barca cos he wouldn't press, dropped Aguero when he first came to City because of his lack of work rate and then again towards the end of his career at city as he couldn't cover the ground needed. What was he going to do with Ronaldo, whose out-of-possession work rate is below those two? Would have been fascinating to watch. Personally think Ronaldo would have been a plan B style option like Pep wanted Zlatan to be at Barca. I don't expect that would have ended well. But anyway I'm getting off-topic. The point is saying Ajax strikers don't close down and the press opposition isn't true you see it when they play and it is reflected in the stats. So if you suddenly took that out of the Ten Hag's team would they be as effective? I doubt it, you obviously don't think it would make any difference. I would argue the removal of strikers who will close down has had a massive negative effect on Poch's style of play at PSG, You bring in a manager who wants to play one way with players who prefer to play another and you don't get the best out of either, that's not saying one is the right one is wrong. They just are diffrent.
He did that but that alone doesn’t make him a top coach imo.
This is what some people do not understand. Yeah, we'd all want Ten Hag, but that means basically throwing this entire season away. We have to be pragmatic for once. There's a quality coach available - get him. This "let's wait and see what happens" is what has gotten us in this mess for the past decade. When are we gonna learn that we're not that special and nobody is gonna wait for us to make our mind? Top clubs sack a manager and appoint a new one. They don't wait around and see what's what. We've missed on Poch, we've missed on Tuchel, we've missed on Conte, how many managers do we have to miss on before we start acting like a football club and not Disneyland?
His achievements at Spurs were good. Its his PSG stint that worries me.
Poor football. Doesnt seem to have a defined style of play. Struggling with big egos and a top heavy squad. Sound familiar?
Ugh I can’t, just can’t get excited by this. Three years ago maybe, but I feel like we’re going to make another Klopp like mistake by snubbing Ten Hag and going for a manager we’ll probably sack within two years.
For what it's worth: the bookmakers favor Pochettino more and more, odds go down every 1 or 2 hours
We should wait for the right person if we think the right person won’t come till the summer
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