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Sometimes when you watch a game like yesterday’s in the flesh, you’re so focussed on the craziness that you don’t get to focus on what specifically went wrong. I’ve re-watched the first half of the match this morning and below are some hastily written thoughts. Spurs were not as terrible on second viewing as I’d initially thought. […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 29th January 2017 at 13:16
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In Mauricio Pochettino’s first year we lost one in six in the league in December and beat Chelsea 5-3 on New Year’s Day. In his second we lost one in six in December, and then went on a six game winning run in the league from mid-January. This season — his third — we’ve started […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 7th January 2017 at 09:13
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After the Arsenal match I wrote about Pochettino’s new-found flexibility being a positive. I’m back again to add caveats. Yep, fickle Tottenham fan here, changing my mind within a couple of weeks. Hands up. You got me. In the last two matches (against West Ham and Monaco) we’ve started with a sort of narrow diamond in midfield […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 23rd November 2016 at 10:04
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It will seem strange to many Spurs fans for me to suggest that this season has illustrated Mauricio Pochettino’s growth as a manager. Strange due to a number of reasons: We seemingly signed Moussa Sissoko for £30m based on Pochettino’s wishes, with Pochettino having taken on a new role with a wider remit. That signing has […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 8th November 2016 at 23:35
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Hey, remember when we comprehensively beat The Best Team In The Country™ last week? That was nice. What staggered me about the City game was not so much the quality or even the aggression with which we played, but how every man stuck to his task impeccably. It’s been a trademark since Mauricio Pochettino’s second […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 8th October 2016 at 09:16
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