Lads, it's the Premier League thread - EPL 2019/20

poch had "lost the dressing room" y/n?

― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 23:48 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

would say yes

mourinho looks done

cant say im optimistic that hes willing to change, or that a squad unwilling to follow poch will fawn over jose like he seems to require

More succinctly, Mou to Spurs wld be

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EB3tFeRWkAAx9bg.jpg

yknow tho

those players getting moud

levy getting moud

is a fair penance after how each side treated poch, who lets not cry for, hes off to see if his "run into the ground, pass sideways and score every chance or we lose" will motivate some superstars elsewhere for his 8m a year

would be genuinely sorry to see mou happen to spurs

otoh looooooooooool

he should go to MLS. I'm sure some team is wanting to make a big name hire there.

all otm since

mou official

the dark is rising

leaks suggest poch expressed desire to leave but not lose his payout

well yeah. in a press conference, most days.

also by selecting aurier. any day.

Why would any club want to go full nihilism w/ Mou after having witnessed the hellscape he created at ManU?

You were saying?

Amazing.

Speaking on his appointment, Jose said: “I am excited to be joining a club with such a great heritage and such passionate supporters. The quality in both the squad and the academy excites me. Working with these players is what has attracted me.”

Trolling from day one A+

Talking of hellscapes, how better to describe an ILX stuffed full of Mourinho camp followers?

I’ve long lost any frame of reference for whether Mourinho is a good manager or not. Looking forward to seeing how he gets on with Levy though.

we're not all camp

happy to see my unquestioning support for my clubs managers hasnt gone unnoted tho

also if aurier starts, its a mou out from me.

Resistance is futile.

Talking of hellscapes, how better to describe an ILX stuffed full of Mourinho camp followers?

― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Wednesday, November 20, 2019 8:44 AM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

It will be glorious. Props to Levy for injecting poison breathing new life into ilx's footy threads.

Man United v Spurs on Dec 4 btw

Bring it!

Who do we think is going to be the Luke Shaw/Juan Mata sacrificial lamb? Eriksen would be the easy option but I think Mourinho might get more pleasure out of destroying Danny Rose or Son instead.

Ndombele though - he's the one player in the squad who I can see Mourinho turning into one of the best midfielders in Europe.

this is so fucking weird

https://i.imgur.com/f93QjAs.jpg

id pay money to see danny rose dragged

i think eric dier will be england starter by end of season, maybe spurs captain

candidate for jose beasting is hugo tbh

Lmao

seems so unlevy like idgi. spurs will probably win a trophy under mou.

just need rafa in at arsenal now.

No

First presser of pre-season... "This isn't my squad, none of these will play, my squad is at the Euros still."

First presser of new season... "I needed four new players, Mr Levy worked very hard to get me the zero we got. I don't know what happened with Perisic."#THFC

— Kris Voakes (@krisvoakes) November 20, 2019

Post 'Lads, it's Tottenham' on this thread when you want to post 'Lads, it's Tottenham' on another thread

wonder how much amazon slipped levy for this plot twist?

The news from THFC is utter madness.

Utter disgrace.

The worst decision re: managerial tenure / appointments that I have witnessed in over 30 years as a soccer fan.

Some people have been undermining MP and calling for him to go for some time. Though they didn't make the decision, I suppose indirectly they are part of this madness too.

Contemptible.

Tim sherwood for assistant manager?

I doubt Jose is going to be a fan of Dele

Forking over, what, £15m odd per annum for fucking Mou, tied to a 3,5 year contract (as if he'll even get to two years lol). He'll destroy two or three key players and will pull a McTominay w/ using one academy player to counter criticism. Lose out £120 on Eriksen, Alderweireld and Vertongen walking out as free agents. Sign Bale in January - another overpaid sack of dung. And this hellscape is forming nicely.

I don't even have a stake in this except for the lols, but it still feels very much surreal.

*£120m

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, announcing Mourinho's arrival, said:

"We believe he will bring energy and belief to the dressing room."

lol

It looks very much like the players forced him out, which sucks, but part of being a manager is maintaining / building the confidence the squad has in you. I don't think that Mourinho is going to get on better with them but the status quo was unsustainable. It's not just lack of investment. Spurs aren't only getting worse relative to everyone else. Barring a few players, almost the entire team is playing worse this year than they did last year and played worse last year than they did the year before. The regression in Alli, for example, is damning. Poch deserves huge credit for capitalising on their potential, i don't think he can avoid blame for them going backwards.

Which dressing room though? (xp)

Mourinho ffs

xp All true. Which is why Poch should've left last summer, as I've previously said on here. Would've been the best for both parties. For Spurs also because it'd give them time to actually think about a new manager who'd somewhat fit with the squad, playing style, club etc. Ie. anyone except Mourinho.

lolz

levy be reading ilxorz innit

one big plus is that this is the thing which will finally stop me reading comments underneath match reports

this is unreal

Troy's seen enough

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJztqX7W4AAft12.jpg

grateful

My suspicion is that Poch took the defeat to Liverpool very badly indeed and said things he shouldn't have - if that's the case then it at least makes sense. What doesn't make sense is concluding that the solution is Mourinho, which would be like pouring oil on the fire at this point.

The squad is considerably better than the one Mourinho had at United, but Poch has also outperformed Mourinho several times over the last few years on lesser resources.

only way i can make sense of jose is that he, it can be argued, has excelled with senior players who are driven to win

pochettino, who in most other situations id think a better manager, coach, person etc, seemed to stall at spurs once he had to deal with i dont wanna say grown men but say once the majority of players had a few years under their belts and gotten established.

the effect of kyle walker getting his wages doubled to win trophies by working less hard probably started the rot too. did any significant players sign a contract since?