Saint IQ Posted 13 August, 2015 Share Posted 13 August, 2015 (edited) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3196646/Tottenham-set-offload-defender-Federico-Fazio-just-one-year-signing-him.html Fazio on his way just 1 year on from when he signed him, Benjamin Stambouli the same, already gone. He certainly had a big say in Osvaldo coming here and was working on a shoestring budget at Espanyol so can't of had much choice there. Not a great track record is it? If Toby works out it doesn't count, he's just seen him play so well for the 2nd best defence in the same league, it was a no-brainer even at the higher price! Edited 13 August, 2015 by Saint IQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 13 August, 2015 Share Posted 13 August, 2015 (edited) Pochettino probably has little to do with their signings. Paul Mitchell however has clearly already had an impact, as they've stopped scatterbombing anyone they've heard of and focused on a couple of key positions. They're looking likely to be better than last season, which is annoying. Edited 14 August, 2015 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 13 August, 2015 Share Posted 13 August, 2015 These are Baldini signings, no? Baldini has since been given the responsibility of getting players out of the club, with Mitchell in charge of recruiting on behalf of Pochettino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 These are Baldini signings, no? Baldini has since been given the responsibility of getting players out of the club, with Mitchell in charge of recruiting on behalf of Pochettino. An Argentine signed from the Spanish league? Clearly no way you can pin that on our Mauricio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 Mopo goes to great lengths to tell everyone he is only the head coach, and not the Manager, at Spurs the implication being player recruitment isn't his department "If you are the manager, you decide many things about the club. But if you are a head coach, your responsibility is to play better and try to improve the players and to get positive results," Pochettino said "The head coach is not the same as the manager. If not, why am I not called the manager? I am the head coach." "In Southampton, I was a manager. My responsibility was not only to coach the team. Here I am a head coach – a head coach is head of your department. My department is to train the team," Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 Spurs transfer policy now matches ours. Levy told supporters groups towards the end of last season that he was done spending £20m+ on players and would instead focus on the ~£10m signings where the player had development and potential scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 The lure of the glory and the massive wage increase that Spurs offered must have been enough for Pochettino to give up his right to choose which players the club were to buy. That Fazio was a fellow countryman to Poch and that he would have had experience of him from Spain is a total coincidence. "Ees nussing to do wit me, signor" We have to count ourselves lucky that we have an illustrious former World class defender managing us who is able to get the best out of any defenders he signs, whereas Spurs have a lesser calibre of former international defender who is only a coach, but does not have that capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 Spurs transfer policy now matches ours. Levy told supporters groups towards the end of last season that he was done spending £20m+ on players and would instead focus on the ~£10m signings where the player had development and potential scope. Massive shock as team copies other successful team's strategy. Let's hope it works out as well for them as Everton getting in the Wigan manager and his principles, and Man U getting in the Everton manager and his principles. An element of "playing down to their previous level" has been evident - you can't just change 10 years of planning to fit a new model overnight - in Mitchell's favour is that it's more likely to be Pochettino that gets the boot than him - against him is that Levy hasn't exactly been a bastion of tolerance and planning in the past... ever... and this idea is as likely to get the boot as every other one. Also, plus plastic Spurs fans screaming for them to spend more money on basically anyone. We're lucky in a sense that we don't have a rabid pervading entitled moronic global idiocy of a fan base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 He signed us Wanyama and Lovren (who was decent for us). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 He signed us Wanyama and Lovren (who was decent for us). Was that him, or was it Cortese/Michell? And if he is to be credited with them, whose signings were Osvaldo and Ramirez? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Pete Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 Was that him, or was it Cortese/Michell? And if he is to be credited with them, whose signings were Osvaldo and Ramirez? Ramirez was signed before Poch took over so can't blame him for that one I'm afraid! Suspect that one wasn't down to Adkins either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 All the indication we need about who was behind player signings came when we signed Forren on the same day as appointing Pochettino despite not having a manager for at least a week at that point. It certainly wasn't dependent on the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 14 August, 2015 Author Share Posted 14 August, 2015 Mopo goes to great lengths to tell everyone he is only the head coach, and not the Manager, at Spurs the implication being player recruitment isn't his department "If you are the manager, you decide many things about the club. But if you are a head coach, your responsibility is to play better and try to improve the players and to get positive results," Pochettino said "The head coach is not the same as the manager. If not, why am I not called the manager? I am the head coach." "In Southampton, I was a manager. My responsibility was not only to coach the team. Here I am a head coach – a head coach is head of your department. My department is to train the team," So you think he doesn't have a single say in any players coming in or out? Highly doubtful in my eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 (edited) All the indication we need about who was behind player signings came when we signed Forren on the same day as appointing Pochettino despite not having a manager for at least a week at that point. It certainly wasn't dependent on the manager. ...although I do recall Poch saying that he was offered Adkins' job in November.....so maybe he did have a say in the Forren deal ? ....but results picked up a bit and Cortese couldn't sack Nigel right away.....that is not until we only came away from Stamford Bridge with a draw ...... Edited 14 August, 2015 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Pete Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 Mopo goes to great lengths to tell everyone he is only the head coach, and not the Manager, at Spurs the implication being player recruitment isn't his department "If you are the manager, you decide many things about the club. But if you are a head coach, your responsibility is to play better and try to improve the players and to get positive results," Pochettino said "The head coach is not the same as the manager. If not, why am I not called the manager? I am the head coach." "In Southampton, I was a manager. My responsibility was not only to coach the team. Here I am a head coach – a head coach is head of your department. My department is to train the team," Interesting comments those as when Cortese was in charge, I distinctly remember him talking about how the manager/head coach at Saints was just another head of department within the club, which doesn't on the face of it seem that different to what he has at Spurs, even if the job title is different. I suspect the difference is that at Saints the manager/head coach is at least involved in the conversation when transfer targets are identified, whereas at Spurs it's more out of his hands completely and dealt with between the recruitment guys and Levy. I much prefer our way of doing things, as it has to be an advantage if the coach has at least had some input in recruiting players he is happy to accommodate in the way he wants to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMarlin Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 So Poch will find that at Spurs under Levy, he has little or no input into player signings, but that he will carry the can for the performance of players he had no say in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 14 August, 2015 Share Posted 14 August, 2015 So Poch will find that at Spurs under Levy, he has little or no input into player signings, but that he will carry the can for the performance of players he had no say in. unlike at Saints, you mean..... where the DOF only signs players that the Manager agrees to ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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