Unite them and help them re-find their hunger then gaffa.... That's where you come in.
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Poch or no Poch; Jose can fuck right off!
A chequebook manager at this club is a preposterous idea. Even more so when so many seemingly crave a more dynamic approach and less player alienation.
If we could get Ten Hag I'd pull the trigger on Poch now personally. He's in his 6th year and the best players are mostly the ones he inherited. No clear football philosophy anymore. Signings have been all over the place, partly because there is no football philosophy. Lucas and Sissoko have had their moments of course but they don't really fit in with any kind of philosophy. You feel Klopp and Pep buy certain types of players in a way Poch doesn't.
Players aren't progressing under him, yet do when they leave - Walker and perhaps we'll see that Trippier too. He's got favourites and people he turns to outcasts, we're seeing that with Aurier I think and now we're fucked at RB.
But the most troubling thing is his general demeanour over the last year. Flirting with the Man Utd job, constantly moaning about this or that, and he looks disinterested on the touchline a lot of time. You don't seem to see him barking "push!" anymore, just always seems to be sitting and looking at something on his iPad with his assistants. This whole demeanour is rubbing off on the team.
Things can turn around of course but I definitely think the club should be looking at alternatives. And I don't think that's being fickle to say so. We've been in decline since the highpoint of 2016/17, and excuses are running out for Poch.
Yeah, sadly not exactly a 'fortress' yet is it. Add Ajax, WHU, narrow Everton draw. Brighton.So far I'm really enjoying how this new stadium has 'set us up for a generation'. Scraping a win against Villa and losing to Newcastle - both promoted sides and relegation fodder.
We weren't too eager to get an equaliser in the CL final, we never properly attacked until around the 65h minute!
The problem is very simple. The tactics simply don't work. The stupid playing out from goal kicks where we invariably lose possession in our half, the narrow sliding defence that teams know can be flooded at the back post. The stupid positioning of our centre halves. The slow play, the OTT square passing procession, the lack of urgency and now most worrying, the fact Harry Kane looks like he has no idea how to fit into the team when he used to be our main player.
Roughly October last year it was the “worst situation he’d ever been in since joining and he’d never been so unhappy”.....
Wasn’t that after our best points haul since the 60’s, fuck knows how he feels now.
One of two things need to happen.
Either Poch wields the axe and we go into a season of transition, or we change manager as stick with the squad.
I’m starting to doubt very much whether this shit behind the scenes is between the players now and feel the “disharmony” is between the players and coaching team.
In a nutshell if it’s a straight choice of the squad or the manager, then I’m afraid I’m keeping the squad. A new manager would give far more of effect than a couple new players in January or worse next summer.
This shit should have been dealt with MONTHS ago. Massive, massive oversight for Poch to be saying all this 3 games in.
Roughly October last year it was the “worst situation he’d ever been in since joining and he’d never been so unhappy”.....
Wasn’t that after our best points haul since the 60’s, fuck knows how he feels now.
One of two things need to happen.
Either Poch wields the axe and we go into a season of transition, or we change manager as stick with the squad.
I’m starting to doubt very much whether this shit behind the scenes is between the players now and feel the “disharmony” is between the players and coaching team.
In a nutshell if it’s a straight choice of the squad or the manager, then I’m afraid I’m keeping the squad. A new manager would give far more of effect than a couple new players in January or worse next summer.
This shit should have been dealt with MONTHS ago. Massive, massive oversight for Poch to be saying all this 3 games in.
Unite them and help them re-find their hunger then gaffa.... That's where you come in.
Poch definitely does seem like he can teach donkeys and rocks about being stubborn at times.I just think hes guilty of overthinking things and takes shit a little to personally. Eriksen and Vertonghen dropped when its clear as day they are better than the alternatives, saying Lo Celso is nowhere near ready like hes been out injured for months or something.
Fuck contract situations and just play our best team ffs like every other team would do.
It is, the guy is under severe pressure I’m sure, 6 seasons of always being the bridesmaid and never the bride may have taken its toll.Poch looks and sounds like his head is all over the place, not criticising him because I don’t know what’s going on.