Well, we are out of the CL... Can't say it was much of a surprise. Leipzig first goal and second goal were once again caused by individual errors. Several errors for the first goal (Dier, Tanganga ans LLoris) and one very huge for the second (Aurier, who else - but Tanganga din't look good either). Strange that a Mourinho led team is this bad at defending.
I must see in a way i enjoyed watching RB Leipzig. Spurs were bad, but we played a very good team.
The last five or six matches (we didn't win a single one of them) are a reminder how much Spurs punched above their weight under Pocchetino. We are currently eight in the league and that is slightly underperforming. Lokking at the salary mass (the best indicator for the table), Spurs should be 6th.
Under Pocchetino we finished 3th second and fourth, played stunningly good football and reached a CL final ( a once in a lifetime achievement for a Spurs fan, i'm afraid).
Yes, but we didn't win anything. Older Spurs fans like me will tell you that for the first time in Spurs' histroy, we didn't win a single thing for the last 10 years. Some people conclude that we are going backwards. That is not true.
Yes we are having a bad season, being knocked out of domestic cups by a league two team and by the number last of the EPL (although the best ever according to pundits) is not good enough. And maybe it might feel like we are in crisis, but are we? Are we in a bad state as a club?
I don't think so. We have the best stadium in the world (well, one of the best), we have a superb training center and money- and prestigewise, we did won trophees because we always qualified for the CL (our old friend Wenger was right about that). Next year we will not play the CL, so we should rebuild.
In England there are six clubs bigger than the rest, we are one of those six clubs, but in terms of money, we are clearly the worst of those six clubs.
People blame Levy. They are wrong. Yes; Levy is too clever for his own good when it comes to transfer negotiations. We could have had a squad with Grealish (Aston Villa asked 6 million, Levy only wanted to give 4), Bruno Fernandes (the polayer was keen to play for Spurs, but Levy's offer was far beneath what was acceptable for Sporting) and Dybala (but was Levy to blame for missing out on him?). But besides that Levy is doing it the right way. With the money that was invested in the stadium and the training facilities we could have bought dozens of players, but in the long term that is not sustainable.
The success under Pocchtetino and the very good football attracted new fans and i have the distinct feeling that quite a lot of them are glory hunters. They want quick success. But that never has been the Spurs way, Spurs want results but they want to achieve this in style and that is what attracts me in Spurs.
The big mistake Levy made imo is that in Mourinho he saw a manager who could bring quick success with a declining squad. Mourinho is not a manager for Spurs, he is an ultra pragmatists who doesn't care about the all important playing style. Mourinho builds his team upon a solid defense (well, that used to be the case, ours isn't exactly a fortress fore the moment). I have a distinct feeling that Mourinho is past it. Peak Mourinho would never have come to Spurs. Never, we are not a big enough club for Mourinho (and that is a mistake most of these fans also make, Spurs are not a massive club).
Spurs should go for a young manager who wants to play attractive football like Leipzig's Nagelsmann (but he is already too big for Spurs now, i think).
