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About Jon @ AnythingButPenalties

Spurs Blogger, supporter and member.

Mauricio Pochettino’s tactics through statistics

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Pochettino and Bielsa

Pochettino with Bielsa

Mauricio Pochettino is the current favourite to be named the next Spurs manager. The Argentine coach has been heavily influenced by his compatriot Marcelo Bielsa – the legendary tactician behind Chile’s wonderful football at the last World Cup and Athletic Bilbao’s destruction of Manchester United in 2012. Pochettino’s time as a player and manager at Espanyol, the “other” team in Barcelona, has also had a part to play in developing his footballing philosophy.

So, what style do his teams play?

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He’s finally gone – Spurs say their goodbyes to Tim Sherwood

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Sherwood in his Gilet

 

This week finally, inevitably, the axe fell on Tim Sherwood. Strangely, when he was eventually sacked I felt a pang of sadness for him. He probably wasn’t treated that well by Daniel Levy but then which manager has been?

Despite this, the overwhelming feeling was one of relief. Sherwood was ridiculously  Continue reading →

Spurs Villa Preview – the fat lady’s warming up

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Spurs Villa

 

So here we are at the season’s end. One more Spurs game to go, where Aston Villa are the visitors to White Hart Lane. It doesn’t seem that long ago that the midlands side were challenging Tottenham for the European places. This season Villa only guaranteed their Premier League survival last weekend. A cautionary tale – maybe we should count our blessings.

Spurs beat Villa 2-0 back in October. The game saw one of those rarest of things, a Continue reading →

ABP Tottenham End of Season Awards 2014

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The ABP Awards

The season’s almost over, we’ve had the PFA player of the year, so now it’s time for the “Anything But Penalties” Spurs end of season awards. Who’s won the coveted prize of Tottenham player of the year? You’ll have to wait until the end of the article to find out.

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West Ham 2 Spurs 0 – Tottenham Hammered again

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West Ham Spurs - Carroll Dawson

 

Well here we are again. This tortuous season just gets worse. A third loss to West Ham, another comprehensive beating from the “tactical genius” that is Sam Allardyce. We’ve pretty much saved his side from relegation. They must wish they could play us every week.

There were some small crumbs of comfort – it Continue reading →