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Tottenham sack Pochettino and appoint Mourinho in the space of 12 hours
https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2 ... ead-coach/
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| 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | P. Hayward, Telegraph, London:
Spurs have ripped up a five-year manifesto for Jose's worldview
"Cheerio, the old Tottenham Hotspur, where the heart mattered as much as the head and Mauricio Pochettino promoted academy players as an article of faith. In the book he wrote with Guillem Balague, Brave New World, the now former Spurs manager said: "My team and I love helping young players. It's like planting a tree, watering it and watching it grow. All the fruit that it bears comes from the land and environment that you put in place."
You could run too far with the idea that Pochettino was a dreamer. But overnight, Tottenham have ripped up everything they represented to embrace Jose Mourinho's worldview. The club's identity has been rewritten in favour of experience, trophies, calculation and the kind of upscale cynicism the new leader brings.
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Spot the disconnect. Mourinho's spending on transfers in English football is calculated by Sky Sports to be Ā£925 million ($1760 million), while Daniel Levy's outlay in charge of Spurs since 2001 runs "only" to Ā£876 million. Unless Mourinho has changed his approach to management or Levy is sick to death of prudence, Spurs will have to be revived without tens of millions of pounds being thrown at a Romelu Lukaku or a Fred.
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Youth opportunities will be a back-burner topic in the first year while Mourinho is chasing a Champions League placing. But it will not go away. As for the style of play, there was no better encapsulation of his managerial thinking than this, from his second spell at Chelsea: "I am not a fundamentalist in football. What I mean is that in football, you have your ideas, you die with your ideas? No. People ask me: what is your model of play? I say: model of what?" Mourinho was wincing as he said this. "Model of play against who? When? With which players? Model of play what?" "
Spurs have ripped up a five-year manifesto for Jose's worldview
"Cheerio, the old Tottenham Hotspur, where the heart mattered as much as the head and Mauricio Pochettino promoted academy players as an article of faith. In the book he wrote with Guillem Balague, Brave New World, the now former Spurs manager said: "My team and I love helping young players. It's like planting a tree, watering it and watching it grow. All the fruit that it bears comes from the land and environment that you put in place."
You could run too far with the idea that Pochettino was a dreamer. But overnight, Tottenham have ripped up everything they represented to embrace Jose Mourinho's worldview. The club's identity has been rewritten in favour of experience, trophies, calculation and the kind of upscale cynicism the new leader brings.
...
Spot the disconnect. Mourinho's spending on transfers in English football is calculated by Sky Sports to be Ā£925 million ($1760 million), while Daniel Levy's outlay in charge of Spurs since 2001 runs "only" to Ā£876 million. Unless Mourinho has changed his approach to management or Levy is sick to death of prudence, Spurs will have to be revived without tens of millions of pounds being thrown at a Romelu Lukaku or a Fred.
...
Youth opportunities will be a back-burner topic in the first year while Mourinho is chasing a Champions League placing. But it will not go away. As for the style of play, there was no better encapsulation of his managerial thinking than this, from his second spell at Chelsea: "I am not a fundamentalist in football. What I mean is that in football, you have your ideas, you die with your ideas? No. People ask me: what is your model of play? I say: model of what?" Mourinho was wincing as he said this. "Model of play against who? When? With which players? Model of play what?" "
'Ole Gunnar SolskjƦr has said he is not threatened by Mauricio Pochettino being out of work despite the Argentinian previously being a candidate for the Manchester United job.
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The United manager said: āNo, it doesnāt bother me at all because Iāve got the best job in the world and Iām sure that if youāre in or out of a job and you are a manager, you would want this job. So it doesnāt really matter whatever happens around it.
āIāve got to focus on my job at Man United, do it as well as we can, I speak with Ed and the owners all the time about how we are going to move the club forward. That doesnāt change if some other clubs change their managers.ā '
(Guardian)
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The United manager said: āNo, it doesnāt bother me at all because Iāve got the best job in the world and Iām sure that if youāre in or out of a job and you are a manager, you would want this job. So it doesnāt really matter whatever happens around it.
āIāve got to focus on my job at Man United, do it as well as we can, I speak with Ed and the owners all the time about how we are going to move the club forward. That doesnāt change if some other clubs change their managers.ā '
(Guardian)
"According to The Athletic, United have already met with Pochettino to discuss a potential move but the prospect of paying Ā£42 million in compensation to Spurs in order to land the Argentine was a major stumbling block.
But the report also claims that United are ācommittedā to Solskjaerās reign and are backing his ālong-term visionā. Woodward is also said to have been impressed during following a conversation with Solskjaer last December in which the Norwegian showed a flip chart of what his United side could look like in the next three years. Unitedās executive vice-chairman is also said to have been warned by Solskjaer last season that his team would suffer a dip in form at some point."
But the report also claims that United are ācommittedā to Solskjaerās reign and are backing his ālong-term visionā. Woodward is also said to have been impressed during following a conversation with Solskjaer last December in which the Norwegian showed a flip chart of what his United side could look like in the next three years. Unitedās executive vice-chairman is also said to have been warned by Solskjaer last season that his team would suffer a dip in form at some point."
Percentage of teams who change coaches each season, selected leagues, 2015-2019
EPL 57%
BBL 30%
NBA 24%
AFL Historical 19%
NRL 16%
MLB 16%
AFL 9%
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-17/ ... t/11313372
EPL 57%
BBL 30%
NBA 24%
AFL Historical 19%
NRL 16%
MLB 16%
AFL 9%
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-17/ ... t/11313372
'"Jose is not really a Tottenham fit," said Jamie Redknapp. "He's a winner when you look at his record, but this is going to be hard for him here. These fans want to see a bit of style. They want to see their team get on the front foot."
"We used to call these kind of performances Mourinho masterclasses, but I think the game has changed now," added Neville. "With Pep Guardiola's introduction, with what we've seen from Klopp and Pochettino and all the progressive styles of football, I'm not sure that fans are accepting a pragmatic style of play. They want entertainment week in, week out.
"One thing I would say is that Liverpool do like it when teams come onto them. ...
"But how many teams have we seen sit off Guardiola's Manchester City in the last three or four years and do well? Not many. We've seen it work less and less against Liverpool too. This tactic of dropping deep passively does seem to be working less and less and fans are accepting less and less."'
"We used to call these kind of performances Mourinho masterclasses, but I think the game has changed now," added Neville. "With Pep Guardiola's introduction, with what we've seen from Klopp and Pochettino and all the progressive styles of football, I'm not sure that fans are accepting a pragmatic style of play. They want entertainment week in, week out.
"One thing I would say is that Liverpool do like it when teams come onto them. ...
"But how many teams have we seen sit off Guardiola's Manchester City in the last three or four years and do well? Not many. We've seen it work less and less against Liverpool too. This tactic of dropping deep passively does seem to be working less and less and fans are accepting less and less."'
Many media running with stories of unrest:
Jose Mourinho 'losing Tottenham dressing room' with players frustrated over performances
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footb ... g-21333384
"Tottenham stars are already growing frustrated with Jose Mourinhoās old-school coaching methods - just two months since he took charge of the club.
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It is believed the Spurs squad are not at all impressed by the 56-year-oldās long-ball approach to training sessions, giving them the feeling they are regressing under his management.
His sessions are said to be centred around long balls, flick-ons and throw-ins - and have been compared to that of lower-league sides."
Jose Mourinho 'losing Tottenham dressing room' with players frustrated over performances
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/footb ... g-21333384
"Tottenham stars are already growing frustrated with Jose Mourinhoās old-school coaching methods - just two months since he took charge of the club.
...
It is believed the Spurs squad are not at all impressed by the 56-year-oldās long-ball approach to training sessions, giving them the feeling they are regressing under his management.
His sessions are said to be centred around long balls, flick-ons and throw-ins - and have been compared to that of lower-league sides."
Mourinho has been rebuked for "training in the public park". I don't know how many people this training involved, but if London is on total lockdown I guess it does not matter.
Son has flown back to S. Korea to complete his compulsory military training (apparently it's only three or four weeks) during the lockdown.
Son has flown back to S. Korea to complete his compulsory military training (apparently it's only three or four weeks) during the lockdown.