Spurs 0 Manchester City 1 – no capitulation but Aguero still proves Tottenham’s nemesis

Spurs City - Ryan Mason shoots

After conceding 15 goals in our last three meetings with Manchester City, this was certainly an improvement. Not only did we restrict our opponents to one goal, we were somewhat unlucky to finish up losing.

Spurs had 54% of possession and out-shot our opponents 21 to 15. Some of those were good chances too. Continue reading

Southampton 2 Spurs 2 – Pochettino takes a point on his return to St. Mary’s

Pochettino and Koeman

Mauricio Pochettino’s return to St. Mary’s ended in a point for both sides. It was an emotional game for the Argentine against the team he professes to still love – the chants from the Southampton faithful seemed to suggest the feeling wasn’t entirely mutual.

Reassuringly the team-sheet had Continue reading

Southampton Spurs Preview – Koeman vs. Pochettino’s Southampton stats

Koeman Pochettino

 

Mauricio Pochettino faces his old side this Saturday as Spurs travel to Southampton for the early kick-off.

The south coast side have been one of the more interesting stories of the season. Seemingly in Continue reading

Spurs 0 Aston Villa 1 – dispiriting loss as Sherwood gets some revenge

Sherwood Pochettino

 

This was not how it as supposed to be. Tim Sherwood returned to White Hart Lane and left with three valuable points in Villa’s bid for Premier League survival, while Mauricio Pochettino was left regretting another missed opportunity.

In his brief but turbulent reign at Tottenham, Sherwood alienated players and fans. His teams often seemed a collection of individuals without an identity. Despite his obvious flaws – and there were many – he did manage to Continue reading

Burnley 0 Spurs 0 – a drab draw as Spurs season starts to peter out

Spurs Burnley

 

With the Champions League places now almost certainly beyond Spurs’ reach, my hope for the remaining games of the season was that Pochettino would put some work into improving his defence. With that in mind, I suppose I can’t Continue reading