I dislike conventional wisdom and it usually leads me to the question of "why not?"...and it usually leads to someone uncritically and tautologically restating the conventional wisdom But let's leave that for now as it's separate from the point at hand, the point I was thanking you for posting.Rebuilds can't happen all at once
Allowing for the fact that this is your opinion and you're completely entitled to hold it, for discussion's sake, can you explain why you feel this way? I ask because according to AG's article you posted it says Poch was calling for these moves 'almost 2 years ago' which would be the 2nd half of the 17/18 season...the spring preceding the Sammy-summer. Who is to say that he didn't want half of the squad that summer (2018), integrate them and move on those that were expecting/expected to leave (ie Dembele, Eriksen, toby, etc), and do the other half the next summer (2019)?I personally think that Poch lost sight of the incremental rebuild requirements for such a huge outlay.
I would argue that unless you have evidence to suggest he wanted it any other way, and he is on record supporting the conventional wisdom, then to think otherwise is uncharitable. And by not getting anyone in 2018 summer TW it would stand to reason anyone would expect more the next summer window as the need would be greater. If you go grocery shopping in February but skip March then you are going to have to double up in April. Just would like your thoughts.
I have my quibbles with your interpretation here but I will leave it for now so we can focus on 1 point at a time.When Poch spoke of the rebuild being painful and that he would have left the club if we had won the Champions League in all honesty do you think that screamed long term to the chairman and the players?
Again, this is moving away from the initial point/reporting of Poch wanting this rebuild 'almost 2 seasons' ago. Once we hammer out that point then these other points will come into focus.A further £100m-£150m worth probably required to be a force, that's a hell of a lot of money to let someone making noises about getting out to be given. It's a shame but ultimately I think the club was right. I think it needed new hands on it, a new set of eyes managerially.
You seem to be 'debating' but that was not my intention in my initial post. I was just saying 'thank you' for posting a definitive reference to something. But as I am always up for an honest debate I'll bite...especially if we can keep it focused on 1 point at a time.
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