does he have any control of the players? serious question?
Against WBA he sees Alli and Walker kick out. Any manager would see this (and Alli's 3 match suspension) and drive it into the players that kicking out/reacting at this time is the stupidest thing you can do. What do our bunch do the very next game? they gauge eyes, throw blood at opponents, kick out again (one being the same fucking brain dead moron that did it the last game) and all sorts. Another player banned.
Poch says "that's football blah blah". Doesn't drop Walker for being poor as well as being an idiot. Poch plays mason despite being fucking turd water. We lose to southmapton....
Poch decides after that loss is the best time to meet Sir Alex Ferguson. In public and just before the newcastle game he thinks it's a really good timer to cause controversy (straight out the Harry Redknapp book). He then talks about how it's not important to finish above Woolwich blah blah blah
we get battered to a relegated team and put in zero effort.
Whether the manager of a team finishing third in one of the World's most competetive leagues has any control of his players is not a serious question.