Tottenham slide continues, as Poch book sales climb.

Tottenham slide continues, as Poch book sales climb.



Poch critics are in 7th heaven, their moment has come, they are crawling out of the goalpost, their coffins and from under their beds, their time has come and it’s clear they want to make up for lost time…


The theories` and reason being spewed out for our dip in form has been done to death just about everywhere.

The two that haven`t been properly explored are Poch`s book; which as we`ve been discussing in the forum is beginning to leave those of us who`ve read it uncertain that it ever should have been.

Needless to say I`ve tried to maintain some perspective about it, but do now believe that it shouldn`t have been published.

You need to trust your gaffer, your boss, your manager. You need to trust that what goes on between you stays between you, lose or undermine that and it causes a nagging doubt in the back of your mind.

Those players nagging fears about it, are now writ large.

There can`t be a player at the club now wondering when (if ever) an anecdote about their behaviour, their feelings is going to turn up in a sequel at some later date.

I am now convinced this was the second step of erosion of the ‘Group` team ethic, the first was Walker, which I am not going to go over again, but will summarise it as his behaviour being rewarded, when a statement needed to be made and he should have been forcibly dealt with, not rewarded with the move he wanted.

Add to that Rose`s unprofessional outburst entirely designed to get him what he wants whilst enjoying the financial reward for not having to ask for a move, and you have the next nail in the teams moral, contrary to much that has been published, my source tells me that it has struck deep inside the team and has badly undermined moral and Pochs authority.

Poch has very clearly stated that ‘he is the boss’ and he makes the big decisions; treating one player one way and others another is inconsistent and can and will only lead to a loss of respect.

Pile on key critical injuries of Victor and Toby, a complete loss of form by the three ‘D`s – Dembele – Dier and you have a perfect storm.

Chuck Llorente on the fire as well for simply misfiring, which we are told is due to a big miss of games last season and a lack of conditioning this and Tottenham is resembling a serious of misfortunate events.

Throw in Pochs’ reasons for not looking for pace players, despite the book telling us when and how hes’ tried to use it – and this makes his recent protestations sound shallow.

I`m one of those that always believed that Wembley would be a problem; it has proved to be so historically, and the change in pitch size and the complete lack of atmosphere (it`s almost as bad as a visit to the Library) and it means our ‘home` games are anything but.

Rose is a bad egg now, a really nasty smelly one that`s stinking the place out, he`s polluting the dressing room in the worse possible way – Poch can`t say it, or won`t but that`s the score ladies and gentlemen.

All of the above is irrelevant (apparently); Poch believes things happen for a reason and that fate guides the outcome – he better be praying a lot, because we`re not in 7th heaven, we`re in a dog fight for 4th and we are now the third favourites to get it.

The question is, what should he do about it?

Any suggestions?



p.s. Poch, Levy will be warming up the task of putting another notch on his Walnut office desk; you need to keep that in mind when you whatsapp him this morning, as you do everyday…