Perhaps one day we’ll learn the full story of Kieran Trippier’s final season at Tottenham.
Speaking to The Telegraph in September 2019, soon after leaving for Atletico Madrid, the full-back described his last few months at Spurs as a “car crash’ and suggested that Mauricio Pochettino’s showed him a lack of support as rumours of his impending exit swirled.
The 29-year-old has now stuck the knife a little further into the Argentine, in an interview with Football Focus in which he raved about Atletico boss Diego Simeone.
Trippier did describe Poch as a “great manager”, but didn’t put him in the same class as his current gaffer who he believes has made him a more complete player.
When asked if Simeone is the best manager in the world, Trippier replied: “Right now, for me yes. Obviously you’ve got some great managers, you’ve got Klopp, Guardiola, Sean Dyche,” he said. “You’ve got quality managers out there. He’s certainly up there.”
He added: “At the Premier League at times I was too eager to get forward. I feel like my understanding of when to get forward, when to defend, the positioning, I’ve worked a lot defensively in my time of being here.”
Pochettino doesn’t deserve to be in the company of Simeone, Klopp and Guardiola, but the fact that Trippier namechecked Sean Dyche, another of his former managers, but not Poch infers some bitterness remains about how things ended for him at Spurs.
And a few more interviews later, we might learn exactly why that is…
As I say. Whatever you say.
So long as that can be reciprocated…
I’d have preferred to have kept him, especially as Aurier is so bad. However, he was never as good as Walker in his pomp because although Bonzo had a few brain pharts, you noticed them because he did defend well most of the time.
If he’s that good he’d be 1st pick at Atletico no?
Disagree, when we bought him form Burnel, he had outrageous stats in the PL for crosses and whatnot. He’s also clearly one of the best crossers of the ball we’ve had in recent memory. It was good scouting. And you fellas acting like he somehow isn’t good enough need to check yourselves and explain how he’s holding down a first XI spot at Atletico, playing regularly and well in the Champions League. This was never about Trips, this is all on Poch.
Whatever you boringly say. Not in the mood for rubbish. Do me a favor please. P!$$ off. Thank you.
Squad player is about it at the top level. It worked at the World Cup because Southgate played two right sided defensive players with Walker in a back three or de facto back four. He played pretty much like a winger and had little defensive responsibility. At full back he’s shackled from going forward and what do you have? An average defender…
I think the Champions League final appearance changed all that, plus being ever present in the competition with our budget. His stock is way higher post Spurs than pre, only Levy’s zombies think it was right to sack him…
You’re a hippy when it suits you then?
Rationing it. None spare for those who provoke. Antagonists
They did say “this is an NFL stadium” after all… 😆
Better defender than Aurier though, mind you so’s Harry Kane! 😂
Back to bickering I see… What happened to all the ‘peace n’ luurve? 😂
FCK you too also
Good going forward. Couldnt defend. Especially ball inside him. As for own goal at Chelsea. There was a goal at Southampton where 3 of our defenders missed a nothing cross to concede a goal. Dont know what happened last January , but we went from best defence to keystone cops in 18 months. ????
💩😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
FCK him and FCK poch too.
Sadly, Probably in the EPL. I think he would already be working or something credible leaked from Europe to say who with. He’s only known in England and Spain really.
I thought he was fast and had a good game against us, so we bought him. The usual metric for us to buy, (Sala as an example). Then Poch could up his game like he had done for Kyle and Danny and he would make a good squad player and he has.
Throwing Ball team more like. London Spurs NFL 2025
Still on Levy’s gardening leave severance package. He’ll be in a job this summer, no problem. Sadly it won’t be at Spurs. We are a long ball team now… 😂
I’ve seen him benched a lot for Atletico, seems like a bit of a rotation player in and out the side. Not really first choice. He’ll probably end up somewhere like the Spammers or back at Burnley in about 18 months…
When I see how Jose is dealing with Ndombele and how he hung Luke Shaw out to dry at Utd to little or no good effect, man management is a complex thing. Certain things work at certain times with certain players, some things don’t.
We’ll never know why tings went sour with Trippier but after a great World Cup with England he just seemed to want to put his feet up for a bit the following season. He was suddenly awful. Perhaps he wanted to move and it was blocked?
Who knows, all I know is Trippier was a fairly obscure player at Burnley and under Poch he really improved. Now he’s saying Simeone has improved him further, that’s probably true but Poch made him a regular international in the first place. As he did with Kane, Dele, Rose, Winks, Walker, Dier etc. He did – similar thing at Southampton.
People have short memories, fans and players alike…
He can say any old rubbish he likes to explain why he was never at fault. Blame the Ex Coach/Manager, everyone hates with a passion these days.
I think Trippier is on record as saying his form after
the World Cup was very poor, so don’t put that on Poch. There are interviews with Trippier where he describes the coaching techniques at Atletico and they’re very prescriptive, much different to Spurs, I haven’t followed his career in Spain too closely but I think he has had his struggles there, he hasn’t always been a first choice at right back.
He’s right to be bitter. Poch, as much as I liked him and wish he were still here, had some passive aggressive vindictive thing going on with some players that was childish and counterproductive. I hope Trips gives a full accounting sooner or later, I get the feeling that Poch kind of abandoned him after a couple of nightmare performances where he was at fault for goals. Instead of working to improve him, or showing good man-management, he just kind of sidelined him and didn’t really level with him.