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posted on 14/2/20

If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season

posted on 14/2/20

Not especially excited about Spurs but not overly downbeat either. We're one of a handful of bang overage sides scrabbling for 4th place... pretty underwhelming as the quality of football we're playing is pretty low quality. An FA Cup or CL run is more likely to excite me as I'll always fancy Jose to figure out a way in a one off game... Should win at the weekend but not expecting any fireworks.... I'll take a 1-0 & hope United can get a result on Monday

posted on 14/2/20

Davies returning is a big boost imo.

He never lets you down and whilst he didn't excel in Pochettino's side, I think he's perfect for what José wants.

He also then frees Tanganga to either form a CB partnership with Alderweireld or play at RB (although I think Aurier has been decent under José and will further improve).

José spoke a lot about the players lacking confidence when he first joined, so I hope the recent wins will boost this.


Since our narrow loss to Liverpool, we're unbeaten in 6, which includes 2 clean sheets.

This is definitely something to build on and top 4 is in our hands.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 53 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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No, because he has had to sort out the mess he inherited. He needs at least two full seasons to bring the glory days back to WHL, he may do it quicker. But he is going in the right direction, so I am a patient man.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by José João (U3338)
posted 7 minutes ago
Davies returning is a big boost imo.

He never lets you down and whilst he didn't excel in Pochettino's side, I think he's perfect for what José wants.

He also then frees Tanganga to either form a CB partnership with Alderweireld or play at RB (although I think Aurier has been decent under José and will further improve).

José spoke a lot about the players lacking confidence when he first joined, so I hope the recent wins will boost this.


Since our narrow loss to Liverpool, we're unbeaten in 6, which includes 2 clean sheets.

This is definitely something to build on and top 4 is in our hands.
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Good positive post.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 52 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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José has got us within touching distance of 4th.

We were 12 point behind when he came in, and we've had some very difficult games in that time (Chelsea, Wolves away, Saints away and City), and we've still closed the gap.

Beat Norwich and we find ourselves in the quarter finals. Get a kind draw and we're off to Wembley and in touching distance of a trophy

Can't expect anyone to come in and win us the CL - that's just insane. We're so far behind the elite clubs. A good showing, maybe get to the last 8 and that'd be deemed as a good run - plus more money for the club and our rebuild in the summer.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by José João (U3338)
posted 12 minutes ago
Davies returning is a big boost imo.

He never lets you down and whilst he didn't excel in Pochettino's side, I think he's perfect for what José wants.

He also then frees Tanganga to either form a CB partnership with Alderweireld or play at RB (although I think Aurier has been decent under José and will further improve).

José spoke a lot about the players lacking confidence when he first joined, so I hope the recent wins will boost this.


Since our narrow loss to Liverpool, we're unbeaten in 6, which includes 2 clean sheets.

This is definitely something to build on and top 4 is in our hands.
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Stop that. No one is allowed to say José has come in and done a good job.

You're supposed to be negative and say that Poch should have had more time

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Doovdé™ (U2996)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 52 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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José has got us within touching distance of 4th.

We were 12 point behind when he came in, and we've had some very difficult games in that time (Chelsea, Wolves away, Saints away and City), and we've still closed the gap.

Beat Norwich and we find ourselves in the quarter finals. Get a kind draw and we're off to Wembley and in touching distance of a trophy

Can't expect anyone to come in and win us the CL - that's just insane. We're so far behind the elite clubs. A good showing, maybe get to the last 8 and that'd be deemed as a good run - plus more money for the club and our rebuild in the summer.
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Yup steady as she goes. Rome wasn`t built in a day. At least Jose has stopped the rot. The away record for the first nine months of 2019 was shocking.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.
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I dont 100% agree but lets call it for was it is.... Levy has hired Jose on massive money to get top 4, nothing else, not outperform Poch over some comparable time period. This feels like some kind of metric applied to this whole situation by "Poch Fanboys"

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 14/2/20

I agree that Mourinho will have failed if he doesn't do either top 4 or a trophy. He would even think that himself as he actually said we'd get top 4 a month ago.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.
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Only you would think it was a total failure. The rest of us live in the real world.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 minute ago
I agree that Mourinho will have failed if he doesn't do either top 4 or a trophy. He would even think that himself as he actually said we'd get top 4 a month ago.

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No excuses.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.
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I dont 100% agree but lets call it for was it is.... Levy has hired Jose on massive money to get top 4, nothing else, not outperform Poch over some comparable time period. This feels like some kind of metric applied to this whole situation by "Poch Fanboys"
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I don`t think you can say he hired Jose to get top four this season, he was nearly a dozen points of that target when he was hired, so very unlikely that was his brief. I think he was firstly hired to steady the ship, then to win trophies over the next two or three seasons.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.
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Only you would think it was a total failure. The rest of us live in the real world.
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We’re paying the man 15 million pounds a year Sandy FFS, and so far he ain’t been worth the money.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.
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Like the previous manager won anything. And what did he achieve in his first season. Certainly not top four.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 14/2/20

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 38 seconds ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.
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Only you would think it was a total failure. The rest of us live in the real world.
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For a man as good as Mourinho is supposed to be, you can't say he hasn't failed in his objective if he doesn't get top 4. It shouldn't exactly be climbing Everest to him, although in fairness he got unlucky with the Kane injury.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 minute ago
I agree that Mourinho will have failed if he doesn't do either top 4 or a trophy. He would even think that himself as he actually said we'd get top 4 a month ago.

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No excuses.
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Well there are plenty of excuses, he took over a complete mess left by the previous manager.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.
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Only you would think it was a total failure. The rest of us live in the real world.
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The Trophyless Spurs world.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 14/2/20

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
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Totally failed.
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Like the previous manager won anything.And what did he achieve in his first season. Certainly not top four.
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Poch didn't have the reputation Jose had when he first came into the job, and we weren't even fully established as one of the big teams in the league. Poch made us that way.

posted on 14/2/20

I tell you what I’m NOT excited by, the dreary long ball football. If we are being forced to endure it, there should be silverware at the end.

Jose is George Graham 2:0, tolerated at best.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 14/2/20

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 1 minute ago
I agree that Mourinho will have failed if he doesn't do either top 4 or a trophy. He would even think that himself as he actually said we'd get top 4 a month ago.

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No excuses.
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Well there are plenty of excuses, he took over a complete mess left by the previous manager.
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It was a team underperforming for sure but still good enough to get top 4 and a CL final the season before. It's not like he was taking over some relegation fodder.

comment by Spurtle (U1608)

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 16 seconds ago
I tell you what I’m NOT excited by, the dreary long ball football. If we are being forced to endure it, there should be silverware at the end.

Jose is George Graham 2:0, tolerated at best.
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I can just about live with the football if we get the results or performances. So far there hasn't been enough of the one to justify the other.

posted on 14/2/20

comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 4 seconds ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 16 seconds ago
I tell you what I’m NOT excited by, the dreary long ball football. If we are being forced to endure it, there should be silverware at the end.

Jose is George Graham 2:0, tolerated at best.
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I can just about live with the football if we get the results or performances. So far there hasn't been enough of the one to justify the other.
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posted on 14/2/20

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you (U7905)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
If we fail to get top 4 or win the FA cup/CL from this position then Jose failed this season
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Totally failed.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I dont 100% agree but lets call it for was it is.... Levy has hired Jose on massive money to get top 4, nothing else, not outperform Poch over some comparable time period. This feels like some kind of metric applied to this whole situation by "Poch Fanboys"
----------------------------------------------------------------------

I don`t think you can say he hired Jose to get top four this season, he was nearly a dozen points of that target when he was hired, so very unlikely that was his brief. I think he was firstly hired to steady the ship, then to win trophies over the next two or three seasons.
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We were never getting relegated, Its all about money mate.... That stadium is gonna look facking stupid hosting Ropey league footy

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