Tottenham hero Gerry Francis can understand the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino.
Pochettino was axed and replaced by Jose Mourinho last week.
Francis told the Daily Express, Getting to the Champions League final was a magnificent achievement, but do people remember second places?
Pochettino's team has been excellent, with the pressing football he brought from Southampton and the flair his team played with. I enjoyed watching them, they played great stuff and you always felt that on their day they could beat anyone.
He did so well in so many ways. Off the field the club has grown fantastically to have the best stadium and the best training facilities in the country if not the whole of Europe.
But he was there more than five years - and what was won?
Mauricio really needed to win a trophy, whether it was the League Cup or the FA Cup.
It helps all round with a club if you can win trophies - certainly with the players who become even more hungry to win silverware. Because that's really what it's all about, winning silverware. That defines your period at a club in football history."
