The romanticism of football has largely been trampled out of us with the eye-watering exploitation of ENIC, who may be close to facing their very own ‘Waterloo’ as this season winds itself to an inexorable close. The dream of Mauricio Pochettino is a recurring one.
The appointment of Igor Tudor resulted in a short-lived burst of enthusiasm, with a nasty loss at the hands of Arsenal last week. There were few, if any, positives from the game, with Spurs fans piling out of the ground from the point that the third goal went in, onwards.
Talk of Mauricio Pochettino making a return was inevitable, and sure enough, we’ve seen repeated articles discussing the possible return.
‘There are always rumours, I’m always linked (to clubs),’ Pochettino told Spanish radio programme Radiogaceta de los Deportes. ‘To Tottenham, just like at one time I was linked to Espanyol, or to other clubs.
‘In the end, especially because of my past at those clubs, when things aren’t going well, people tend to fall back on emotions and say, “Well, with Mauricio we played good football,” or whatever it may be.
‘But no. We’re focused on the World Cup, on the United States. My contract runs until after the World Cup, so after that we’ll see what might happen.
‘Open to everything, right?’
The only problem I have with Poch is that this squad is a heady cocktail of LinkedIn hires and assorted deadbeats, bar Conor Gallagher, all crushed by the wage cap of a business (note: not a serious football club) pretending to be a box 6 side.
The reality is that the players at Tottenham are way off from being the outfit fans have in their minds. Way off.
There’s no Harry Kane or Son Heung Min; there are not particularly distinguished players at all. If anything, the club is littered with pampered stars who feel they are owed more respect than they are worth.
Sure, bring back Poch, but to what end? Will the injuries dry up? Will the players who have been threatening to improve ever realise this alleged potential?
This club needs some concerted time in the wilderness to genuinely regroup and rebuild something worth holding dear to one’s heart.
Right now, the Championship beckons because of the bad hiring of ENIC.
Is Poch going to be backed, because he wasn’t in his pomp, and now there are no household names to save the day?
The loss against Arsenal significantly suggests that nobody is going to get a tune out of them.
