Yeah Doherty, Hojberg and Joe Rodon should have transformed Spurs fortunes. Son and Kane performed at their highest level under Mourinho. Eriksen wanted to move. Sacking a cup specialist manager the week of a final was insane.
To be clear I meant a pivotal 12 months ahead in the club's history.
Mourinho is a marmite manager.
His record is unquestionable.
I wouldn't have sacked Poch but it is what it is.
I think Hojbjerg has been immense.
Doherty at wb has recovered his form.
Rodon just has never got a look in which is unfair cos he's a solid CB.
If they'd won the league Cup it would have made getting rid impossible and a league cup but no CL isn't good enough. CL has to be the minimum, for finance, for the quality of player you attract, for where any club should want to be.
And I'm not being smart cos Spurs just got back in. Look at the players they're going shopping for vs the players who would be interested in coming otherwise.
I don't think Mourinho was the choice if a choice ever had to be made. Conte was there for the hiring last Summer and his Inter contractual exit and the lack of a warchest prevented it and it cost Spurs a Conte preseason and a Conte summer transfer window - and they got 4th getting 56 points under Conte , 3rd to Liverpool and City from the November he arrived.
That is a Mourinho appointment, sacking, a missed Conte, an NES and a Conte since Poch was fired and all the money spent on contracts and balloon leaving payments and the transfers in between. For the want of giving that money to Poch.
Anyway. Tis what it is.
Conte was supposed to meet Levy in Italy over the weekend but apparently Levy isn't going because they're confident Conte isn't leaving now. Might get to play with the big boys next season.
