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Storm in a teacup. Spurs will probably win 5-0 next week and all will be forgotten. A manager can only achieve so much, mind you they did spend a lot of money last summer but they cashed in a lot as well, no point in paying tax on the profits from selling Bale.

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I am more than slightly annoyed at the patronising tone of all these reports that suggest that, of course Spurs is a bigger club than Saints and, of course he'd jump given the chance.

 

That is wrong in terms of league position, potential and infrastructure. I also like to think that he's Cortese's man and won't be going anywhere.

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I think spurs would be silly to get rid of AVB. Top young manager. Yes spurs have spent a lot of money but those players need time to gel.

 

Also don't think Pochettino would go anyway. He has a good thing going on with us at the moment.

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Think he signed a 2 and a half year contract and is nearly a year into that so hopefully we sort him out another one.

 

He seems a very loyal guy though (especially to NC) so I dont think we have anything to worry about a tthe moment.

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If the team continues to be successful, then plaudits will rightly surround Pochettino and there will no doubt be suitors. Will be another test for Cortese, along with other teams eyeing up our young talent. However, should we lose him - I'm confident Cortese can replace him with the right man to continue the good work. He's done alright so far! I wouldn't mind betting he has a good idea who he wants to replace Pochettino already, should it happen.

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Wasnt AVBs net spend £2m? About £38 million less than mopo?

 

I thought they were in credit by £2m? Though I could be mistaken, but yes - they more or less spent what they received.

 

That said, I hear most of the signings were Baldini, Lamela in particular - so really, AVB didn't spend much himself.

 

Don't think he will be going anywhere soon if I'm honest.

 

Also don't really see Sportsdirect as the most reliable of sources. Like caughtoffside, it is most likely an aggregator/rehasher of other sites online.

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Why would he want to leave a project only one year into its tenure. It would be impossible to go to another team and achieve what he has achieved here overnight. Yes he's been here for only a year but his style was built on a solid Adkins base of possession football but the balance was changed to substitute some of the gung-ho style of attacking with better defensive control in our own half. Following some clown like AVB might not work so slickly and remember Pochettino has had his dismal failures in La Liga as well as modest success. Mr Cortese doesn't encourage people he trusts to leave The Family. Why would there be an exception now when everything seems fine and dandy.

 

A couple of massive cock-ups by Boruc and Fonte doesn't change anything and if we don't beat Chelsea on Saturday it still won't be execution time.

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Can't see why they'd sack AVB myself. The "board" sold his best player, the one who scored virtually all of their vital goals last season and replaced them with a bunch of lads with no PL experience (which is a handicap for just one and a major problem if there are several). Without Bale's goals last season they wouldn't have been far above the relegation zone, looks like one player just might be more important than the team in this case.

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Think he signed a 2 and a half year contract and is nearly a year into that so hopefully we sort him out another one.

 

He seems a very loyal guy though (especially to NC) so I dont think we have anything to worry about a tthe moment.

 

loyalty needs to be a two way street though and not sure there is more than one street in SMS

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loyalty needs to be a two way street though and not sure there is more than one street in SMS

 

If you mean Cortese then he is certainly extremely loyal to players. Staff apprantly less so, but he is certainly someone who rewards people for doing a good job.

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I am more than slightly annoyed at the patronising tone of all these reports that suggest that, of course Spurs is a bigger club than Saints and, of course he'd jump given the chance.

 

That is wrong in terms of league position, potential and infrastructure. I also like to think that he's Cortese's man and won't be going anywhere.

 

Tottenham is a bigger club. The rest is tittle tattle. 6 - 0 really cheered me up after Saturday.

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It was obvious these stories would surface with spurs hammering at city and us doing well with a trendy foreign hotshot young coach.

 

As someone else mentioned the irritating thing is the assumption implied in the articles that Tottenham only need click their fingers as Poch would come running. Like Saints are inherently undesirable to the point of leprosy.

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The story emanates from MIke Ashley's shower of s**te, cowboy outfit which was responsible for some truly bizarre stories over the summer e.g. Demba Ba off to Leicester.

 

Hope you didn't click on any of the adverts and cleared your computer of all cookies and various other STDs afterwards.

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Just my opinion. Don't think he'd leave midway through the project. Sure Cortese would play hardball, and plus I wouldn't even call those websites sources.

 

It probably is a load of nonsense. But there is a chance if Spurs sack AVB, which they wont for a while yet. A lot of bigger clubs will look at MP and see him as a good appointment and it'd be an attractive job for most managers.

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Spurs probably are a slightly 'bigger' club than Saints, but to go there would be something of a sideways move for Poch. If he moves on, it'll be more likely to a proper 'big' club, like ManU/City/Arsenal/Real/Barca/Milan, all of whom dwarf the spuds.

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Spurs probably are a slightly 'bigger' club than Saints, but to go there would be something of a sideways move for Poch. If he moves on, it'll be more likely to a proper 'big' club, like ManU/City/Arsenal/Real/Barca/Milan, all of whom dwarf the spuds.

 

Slightly bigger? Are you mental?

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Surprised it has taken this long for him to be linked with other clubs.

 

It hasn't. The story first appeared a week or two back. Just that the 6-0 thrashing gave the lazy ones a chance to run with it again. No substance in it. I think MP is really sold on the project here and cannot see him leaving for another club given his experience at Espanyol

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Slightly bigger? Are you mental?

 

"Probably are slightly bigger" to quote fully.

 

A few years back when they won the league cup I remember thinking what a small fry no-mark team they were going for tin pot trophies like that. It was then I knew how much bigger than them we are.

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Why would he want to leave a project only one year into its tenure. It would be impossible to go to another team and achieve what he has achieved here overnight. Yes he's been here for only a year but his style was built on a solid Adkins base of possession football but the balance was changed to substitute some of the gung-ho style of attacking with better defensive control in our own half. Following some clown like AVB might not work so slickly and remember Pochettino has had his dismal failures in La Liga as well as modest success. Mr Cortese doesn't encourage people he trusts to leave The Family. Why would there be an exception now when everything seems fine and dandy.

 

A couple of massive cock-ups by Boruc and Fonte doesn't change anything and if we don't beat Chelsea on Saturday it still won't be execution time.

 

Sunday at 16:10. I wouldn't want you to miss anything :)

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loyalty needs to be a two way street though and not sure there is more than one street in SMS

You just cant help yourself can you ? Stick to your cut and paste books and shut up.

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I am more than slightly annoyed at the patronising tone of all these reports that suggest that, of course Spurs is a bigger club than Saints and, of course he'd jump given the chance.

 

That is wrong in terms of league position, potential and infrastructure. I also like to think that he's Cortese's man and won't be going anywhere.

 

I don't think he'd jump at chance. I don't think they are much bigger than us and also think our infrastructure is right up there. I trust the chairman to sort it out now more than I did with Lowe.

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I don't think he'd jump at chance. I don't think they are much bigger than us and also think our infrastructure is right up there. I trust the chairman to sort it out now more than I did with Lowe.

 

OMG! :lol:

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"Probably are slightly bigger" to quote fully.

 

A few years back when they won the league cup I remember thinking what a small fry no-mark team they were going for tin pot trophies like that. It was then I knew how much bigger than them we are.

 

I laughed at their 13,000 waiting list for season tickets and thought how they wish that they had a catchment area as huge as ours.

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How much did he add to the Spurs wage bill, compared to how much Poch added to ours.

 

Probably not as much as you might think. With the number of outs they must have saved a packet, doubt if Soldado and Lamela combined earn as much as they'd have had to pay Bale to stay. As for the others you can probably offset them as like for like because some of the blokes they shipped out probably weren't there for a low salary, like Dempsey,Caulker and Parker. They did pretty well in the transfer market monetary wise it's just that what they brought in hasn't really replaced what went out in terms of team effort. PL clubs should really steer clear of players from Italy, it just doesn't work unless they're vastly experienced and built like outside khazis. The problem with adapting to the PL is that there are no easy games, every week it's a tough grind whereas in other championships there are always a few really rubbish sides that take little or no effort to beat.

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Probably not as much as you might think. With the number of outs they must have saved a packet, doubt if Soldado and Lamela combined earn as much as they'd have had to pay Bale to stay. As for the others you can probably offset them as like for like because some of the blokes they shipped out probably weren't there for a low salary, like Dempsey,Caulker and Parker. They did pretty well in the transfer market monetary wise it's just that what they brought in hasn't really replaced what went out in terms of team effort. PL clubs should really steer clear of players from Italy, it just doesn't work unless they're vastly experienced and built like outside khazis. The problem with adapting to the PL is that there are no easy games, every week it's a tough grind whereas in other championships there are always a few really rubbish sides that take little or no effort to beat.

 

Still, would be interesting to know the actual figures as opposed to supposition.

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