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  • in reply to: Champions League / Europa League MATCHDAY 5 #54445
    Luckydestiny
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      Hope you saw the second half chucky was thinking about you mate,

      this ones for you πŸ™‚

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      in reply to: Chelsea Going Forward #54444
      Luckydestiny
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        lol, 30m seemed quite reasonable to me when I thought he was in last year of contract! Your right though threeps, as low as it seems, it does make some sense as you’ve explained.

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        in reply to: Champions League / Europa League MATCHDAY 5 #54442
        Luckydestiny
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          Only just put it on myself Banjo, Eriksen getting warmed up already.

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          in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54440
          Luckydestiny
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            Understand the context Chucky, overrated doesnt mean bad or average, it literally means given more credit than due, not that no credit is due.

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            in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54425
            Luckydestiny
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              Too right Hightown.

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              in reply to: Chelsea Going Forward #54423
              Luckydestiny
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                Koulibaily (Christensen), Chilwell (Alonso), Milinkovic-Savic (Barkley), Sancho (Pedro) Werner (Giroud).

                That would be awesome AMZ, if we can sell enough players for their value we might be able to manage it in theory, although in practice I would be happy with 3 players of that quality between now and August.

                FYI, werner has 6 months left on his contract, free in summer or 30m release clause for Jan. We wouldnt be the only ones in for him though, so while he is my choice too, dont see it happening.

                Would like Chilwell too, but I am sure Leicester would reject the 55m you estimated his fee to be. He would prob be 65m+ and considering we have plenty of young english player already I think the sensible thing for the club to do is look abroad for the positions we need filling so we dont have to pay the premium that always comes with buying an english player.

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                in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54421
                Luckydestiny
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                  Bottom line here for me is that all the arguments used to support the idea that Poch overachieved at spurs dont stand up to scrutiny. Having said that, by no means could any one argue that he under achieved.

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                  in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54306
                  Luckydestiny
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                    I couldnt resist Banjo;

                    Here’s an idea, instead of comparing Kloop’s and Poncho’s records by using data involving what Harry Redknapp did in the 2008 season, why don’t we compare data that’s a little bit more pertinent? I know, how about we compare the three complete seasons when both managers were managing against exactly the same opposition teams? Perhaps the 2016/17, 2017/18 & perhaps the 2018/19 seasons? One would think nobody could disagree with those stats as we have exactly the same data for both managers against exactly the same opposition.

                    Well, here it is…

                    Points totals for spurs and pool under Poch and Klopp for seasons 16/17, 17/18 and 18/19;

                    SPURS 86,77,71, -TOTAL-234
                    POOL 76,75,97 -TOTAL-248

                    Remember this was spurs at their peak under Poch versus a developing Pool under Klopp, and you have to accept it this time as like you said β€œOne would think nobody could disagree with those stats as we have exactly the same data for both managers against exactly the same opposition” ?
                    If only you actually paid the slightest bit of attention to the table I compiled and posted for your convenience, eh? ?

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                    in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54304
                    Luckydestiny
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                      Hopefully we can actually read this table πŸ™‚

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                      in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54303
                      Luckydestiny
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                        You are indeed Banjo… read my last post to you again, and if you still dont get it, I will see you in the morning πŸ™‚

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                        in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54302
                        Luckydestiny
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                          Thats fair enough Parklane, I can totally understand that from a spurs fan, but please dont get me wrong here. I am not arguing that he is a bad manager or did a bad job, I am arguing that in no way, shape or form has he proven himself to be amongst the best managers in the world during his spell at spurs.

                          He is worthy of every bit of love he has from spurs fans all over the world and I wont begrudge him that. If he goes on to prove he is great I will be the first to write a big post celebrating him, believe me mate.

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                          in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54300
                          Luckydestiny
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                            Back to you, Nancy boy!

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                            in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54298
                            Luckydestiny
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                              Chucky, let me put this to bed regards the Klopp v Poch stats

                              The first stats I looked at were Pochs 202 games compared to the prev 202 games, just to see how much spurs improved.

                              Then Mak said that comparison is meaningless as if you did the same with Klopp and compared the games under him to the same period before, the stats would also be unimpressive. So I then did it for Klopp and low and behold there was a real noticeable uplift.

                              The point of these wasnt to compare them at all, it was looking for signs of impact, I only included them in this Ppost as an introduction in to the table I did on the top 4 battle over the last 10 years, that is what I am presenting as the real evidence here, the poch and Klopp stuff was the starting point that motivated me to look at the complete picture over the last 10 years to get a better perspective.

                              With regards the example you just posted, I dont need to explain to you why comparing Poch’s achievements with a ready made squad to klopps with a team in building os stupid mate, you know that. It is fairer to compare each’s FULL tenure to what their clubs were doing before.

                              But like I was saying, that difference only motivated me to look deeper, and it is the information in the below table that is the base of my argument here.

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                              in reply to: Week 14: A new dawn, a new day…. and I’m feeling gooooood!! #54294
                              Luckydestiny
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                                Why not Poch Stevo? πŸ˜‰

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                                in reply to: Mane vs VVD vs Salah #54292
                                Luckydestiny
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                                  Never really understood this award, glad I dont have a vote, how the hell are you supposed to decide?

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                                  in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54290
                                  Luckydestiny
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                                    Come on big boy πŸ™‚

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                                    in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54287
                                    Luckydestiny
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                                      P.s steveo

                                      it aint all about money spent either mate, you were criticising pool for not spending last summer and look where they are despite not signing Pepe mate πŸ™‚ Its about the players at the disposal of the managers, if you truly believe spurs were in a worse place and needed more investment when Poch took over than Pool when Klopp took over, then why does the points totals achieved by these teams in the years before each manager took over show the exact opposite. I am submitting to the stats because MOTD highlights and media narratives dont lead to balanced opinions!

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                                      in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54286
                                      Luckydestiny
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                                        Stevio and Nancy boy,

                                        I have made my argument and you have had fun picking it apart.

                                        Now why dont you let me know how you rate Poch and why, and I can pick your opinions apart instead πŸ™‚

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                                        in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54285
                                        Luckydestiny
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                                          Steveo

                                          there is so much more to concider.

                                          The relative quality of the squads when the manager took over, their league positions, the money they spent leading up to and beyond that point etc….

                                          Look at the performances of spurs the 5 years before Poch took over relative to Pools performances. Spurs were doing better, had a better squad and needed less investment than pool to compete for the top 4. Look at the top 4 picture before Poch, then after, it was easier for him than it was for Harry and Villas Boas mate, your lot and utd have more to do with spurs getting in champs league regularly than poch does, except for the 86 point season they were just achieving what spurs always did.

                                          And as for the Money argument, come on steveo, pool only went mental on a kepper and a centre back, why should this make all the difference? Poch had Lloris, Toby and Jan, he didnt need half the investment Pool did, and lets not pretend pools squad is miles away from spurs even now mate.

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                                          in reply to: The Legacy of Pochettino – Whats The Big Deal? #54284
                                          Luckydestiny
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                                            Chucky, It doesnt really matter that the total games used for each manager in that comparison are not exact, but if you really believe they should be equal, then count the extra 45 pool games pre Klopp as well, and guess what? His achievements are even more impressive than Poch’s. Besides like I said, the averages before are only useful to get a rough measure of where the clubs average performances where before the managers came in to compare with after, the differences in gains are significant whether you accept it or not. All I deduce from it is that Klopp clearly had a positive impact on pool, but Poch overall didnt really have any significant impact on the PL points spurs were achieving overall. I am not saying poch increased points per game by 0.08 and Klopp by 0.44, so klopp is 8 times better or anything ridiculous like that.

                                            The main point of my post however was how the challenge for top 4 was easier for spurs under Poch than before, not because of Poch, but because Utd and Arsenal went to shit and chelsea were also shit every other season. This is what the table I posted shows, this is what I am arguing, and this you can not argue against. Without any significant improvement in results, Poch got spurs into CL regularly, and this was because the teams above him regressed more than it is about the fractional gains made by Poch, that is the reality mate, the stats show it…and you know it! πŸ™‚

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