Back in January we discussed Mauricio Pochettino, who yesterday left Southampton to become manager of Tottenham Hotspur. He is without question the hottest management property in the most bloated league in football.
He was also an unemployed flop a little over a year ago.
In reality, Pochettino is a good manager but he is also the latest in a long line of faux guru-managers, the aura of divinity around him is illusionary. He was sacked by Espanyol in December 2012 with the club bottom of La Liga after 13 games, after propelling them up the league from a similar position two years earlier. Espanyol’s problems were not Pochettino’s problems. The club strategy had been failing for years, Pochettino was not the first manager to suffer as a consequence, in fact, he was the club’s third manager in a season when he took over.
He joined Southampton, who were on a different trajectory. Southampton have been producing some of the best youth talent in the UK for a decade but a series of self-harming boardroom battles saw the club competing in the third tier of English football. In Nigel Adkins the found a man who won two consecutive promotions and had them comfortable in the Premier League.
Then, in January last year, Southampton made one of the ballsy-est decisions in football history. They sacked the successful Adkins and replaced him with the aforementioned unemployed flop.
Chairman Nicola Cortese, who was an outsider to the football industry, figured that Adkins could only take the club so far and that, with the appointment of a man in-tune with the new strategy, Southampton could make a real breakthrough at the top of the Premiership.
Pochettino did what Cortese wanted, not through obligation, but through instinct. Unfortunately for Southampton, Markus Liebharr, who appointed Cortese, died, and his daughter-and-heir, Katharine, figured the family had spent enough of their fortune on an English football club. With strategy tending towards a breakeven point, Cortese resigned. It was inevitable that Pochettino would follow.
What are the lessons for us?
Forget looking for a guru, it’s all about the strategy. Get the strategy right, only employ people who are instinctively aligned to it, and employ an intelligent, tactical student, even if he can’t speak the language.
CQN Event in London
Lisbon Lion John Hughes is joining Brogan Rogan, Auldheid and Angela Haggerty for a CQN Question and Answer evening at the Manor Club, Wimbledon, on 21 June. The event is ticket only, so let me know if you would like to attend, celticquicknews@gmail.com
Visit the CQN Bookstore to get Tommy Gemmell to sign your personal copy of his tome, All the Best.
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tinytim,
WC hasn’t got back with your addy, reckon you’re on top of the arrangements for the pool.
Acgr asked if there is any chance of getting pole dancers. Just asking like :)
Does anyone else think that Paul was hinting at Oscar Garcia???
Paul67 – the more I read the more I think Steve Clarke is the man. Accomplished and highly regarded coach. By his own admission that is what he likes doing. Bags of experience. Leave him to pick the team and coach them, DoF and our scouting system does the rest.
He fits our system / strategy the best for me
In other news
Bertie Vogt’s Azerbaijan side lost 2-0 to the USA at Candlestick Park last night.
Nothing much changes for Bertie
TBB
I am not as suicidal as most are regards Owen Coyle but would prefer Moyes as long as he keeps radio silent over thems.
What worries me the most is
MON became disillusioned eventually
But luckily WGS came in and ditto him too. Board where nowhere with regards transition.
Tony.
Luckily for board Neil Lennon stepped in.
Ditto Neil Lennon
In all that time the team has not progressed. Credit where its due it is not that far away either. This year was bad comparatively in CL. That has to be down to the strategy imho. I don’t believe Neil stalled as a manager.
Not a good pattern for anyone with ambition. 3 successful managers all went the same way after success. Any new manager will have to buy into THE STRATEGY. I don’t think anyone of Moyes calibre will.
The trap that is Celtic. What is success ?
Lets put it this way our next manager will not be in demand.
I expect a two tier implementation now. A firewall who will hang around and a coach to freshen things up every three years.
I hope both are foreign.
HH
FGF
I knew I shouldn’t have given Mrs BT the ole credit card….
the battered bunnet,
David Moyes with Henke as a coach?
Think our strikers could do with the help from a seasoned veteran. HH
Davie Moyes and Alan Stubbs ?
HH
Oh FFS Paul67!
“even if he can’t speak the language”
It’d Charlie Nicholas isn’t it?
MWD says Aye
Heading out shortly to look for something suitable for the pool day.
Speedos?!
No!
Baggy shorts?!
Possibly.
HH!!
Mon the functionary.
It’sAPuppet CSC
Nigel Farage rages at CQN as the blog goes all foreigner!.
Everyone is a foregner somewhere. But a racist is an ersehole everywhere.
MWD says Aye
My monies on a pole and Peter Houston. Peter will be bogged up by stories of his maw going shopping in Donegal with brother walfrifs grey niece.
Tallybhoy
they do a nice range of pool wear in 1920’sswimwearfashionista.com
MWD says Aye
Ha iPhone while walking not the best. You get the gist.
Sipsini, it wisnay pole dancers I was asking for, it was polish dancers. A nice bit o cultyoor never goes amiss.
bournesouprecipe
12:55 on 28 May, 2014
Mon the functionary.
It’sAPuppet CSC
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Larry the Loafer as Head Coach with “Dangerous” Brian Conley as Director of Football?
Pochetino spoke English but chose not to. We could have done with Dermot Desmond speaking through an interpreter when asked if he was fantasising about the return of the Rangers. Dermot could have prattled on for ages with the interpreter simply interpreting his fawning prose as naw.
Natknow
Ole Dr Josef Venglos and his ‘combinations’ CSC
Back to work slaves.
bournesouprecipe
13:05 on 28 May, 2014
Natknow
Ole Dr Josef Venglos and his ‘combinations’ CSC
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Ole Dr. Joe is coming to the Pool Day – he’s wearing his Disco Pants..!
meanwhile, back in the 21st century, a young pregnant Pakistani woman has been stoned to death by her own family.
What about Little and Large! Or perhaps, Bootsie & Snudge
KINGLuBO
murrayfield renamed the Blantyre Tim Murrayfield Stadium
Dontbrattbakkinanger
13:08 on 28 May, 2014
murrayfield renamed the Blantyre Tim Murrayfield Stadium
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New hospitality suite being created – “The Knights” :-)
Acgr,
My apologises, still, I don’t think there would be any complaints from the attendees if tinytim made the same mistake :)
Keep up the good work trying to nail the email ponce.
Sleep time for me.HH
KINGLUBO
13:07 on 28 May, 2014
What about Little and Large! Or perhaps, Bootsie & Snudge
KINGLuBO
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Bootsie and Snudge!
Like me, you must have been born way back – like, in the 80’s or something! ;-)
Baldrick
“Our new manager will be arriving from left field any day now.”
Are we replacing John Barnes with Neil Barnes? John Lydon as assistant coach?
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
12:47 on
28 May, 2014
Davie Moyes and Alan Stubbs ?
HH
interesting one.
Sipsini 12.39
They employ a few Polish lassies ,so it’s possible.
Registration is at 1.00pm for a 2.00 pm start .
We have 15 entrants so far.
TT
Whoever comes in Pedro really needs to take a back seat.
shamrock67
12:40 on 28 May, 2014
Does anyone else think that Paul was hinting at Oscar Garcia???
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Just read it, first thought in my head.
He resigned from the Brighton job around a month ago, and never really stated his reasons for it.
Something cooking between the Hoops and Oscar?
Maybe it’s Baldrick himself.
From Time Team to Tim team
I knew it…….
…………………………………….. an’ I’ve been sayin’ it fur weeks tae…
……..this has goat
BOABY fliippin’ Williamson wriitten aw o’er it…..
(I’ll get you LIEWELL if its the second last hing a dae ! )
hanks Paul!
Ragin’.
sipsini
Sorry missed that. I don’t have tinytim’s email address.
If you both want to email me I can pass on the details.
My email is david@CQNMagazine.com
Andy Thom
Andreas Hinkel
you heard it here first
Teennyy timothy
What is the date for the pool party?
MWD says yeeessss
2 things!!
firstly, sevco will be kept on life support until after the commenwealth games are over. god forbid our little hun friends wreck the place with the world watching
secondly, at this time of season ticket renewal in days gone by , as fans, we were enticed into parting with our well earned spondoolies by tantelizing stories of robbie keane, requilme and ahem jimmy bullard. this year …………………… nothing. the board havent even been arsed to play the game with us. their attitude towards us all is at an all time low. 34 years of age and im finally at the end of my tether at been taken for a mug