Whether he cared or not, he was politeness personified.īut for all his attributes, too numerous to count, Poch has one Achilles heel that keeps reoccuring – seemingly failing to grasp what winning cups means to those of us who have followed the club since before he was born. Poch smiled and said he didn’t know that. For the uninitiated, the original was a huge hit by the band Pilot in the mid-1970s. Indeed, when I met him briefly at an official function last year and had my photo taken with him like an excited schoolboy, I informed him where the song we sing about him (“oohh, oohh, oohh he’s magic, you know, Mauricio Pochettino”) came from. All of us adore him, all of us dread the day he leaves. He invariably comes across as a grounded, honest, sincere and respectful human being as well as being a tactically brilliant coach who has transformed our football club and made us feel proud again. If and when he leaves, many of us fear the entire deck of cards could come tumbling down.Ħ Keith Burkenshaw holds aloft the UEFA Cup in 1984 after leading Tottenham to European glory
He’s the best thing that has happened to Spurs in decades. Pochettino is the greatest Spurs manager since Keith Burkinshaw and, one could argue, since Bill Nicholson. This time, my deep sense of frustration is directed not only at the legions of modern-day supporters who subscribe to the “top four at all costs” mentality but also, in part, at Mauricio Pochettino.ĭon’t get me wrong. It made you want to both weep and lash out in equal measure and those same feelings of stunned anguish and gut-wrenching disappointment came flooding back on Sunday and have pre-occupied me every waking hour since my beloved Tottenham Hotspur were knocked out of the FA Cup to complete a wretched, miserable four days. The caller, who supported one of the country’s wealthiest, most successful clubs and displayed an arrogance so common among Johnny-come-lately fans, described the world’s oldest and most revered domestic knockout tournament as a “mickey mouse” competition.
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