31 Mar 2024 19:14:23
I stayed away yesterday to think on the performance.
I believe we have a good squad. Missing a striker, mainly. Once the injuries are back.
But we are a team of individuals. That lack cohesion. This for me is on poch, he doesn't seem to have made any progress in a style of play. He should be able to give each position instructions on where he wants them.
I constantly see our players moving into each others space. This shows me signs that they don't know where they need to be.
I do want poch replaced. With someone that is going to stand on the side line. Wearing a suit with his heart on the sleeve with passion and say "I am here and you are going to do as I ask"
Hate managers that wear track suits lol.
Who that guy is I don't know but either way I think poch has hit a brick wall.
Another thing that is really p***ing we off. This stupid update on injuries of the website. Either give us full details or get rid of it fully.
"Nkunku is continuing with his rehabilitation.
31 Mar 2024 19:42:20
Jsfinchy, I want Poch to stay but I do understand your concerns about his motivational abilities.
The injury updates don’t bother me as much as they do you. My big dislikes are the obvious, the away fans in the shed and the pre match flame throwers.
31 Mar 2024 20:04:46
I have to admit tomb my lad 4 years ago absolutely loved the flamer thrower show. Especially on a night game. He believed it got him excited ?.
As for poch I never wanted him. But I also don't know who I want. Am sorry to some but I don't want to go back to "the special one" again. I do like the look of sporting Lisbon guy but is it too early.
The injury update just seems pointless to me without details. It just screams to me "look how many we have injured! "
And as some have rightly or wrongly pointed out we have spent a lot of money on a lot of players. So we shouldn't be crying about the situation.
We have what we have now show some passion for the badge or F off.
Noni screams to me like he has a bad attitude just strolls around.
And I hate seeing Sterling on the pitch for us. If he mess up he always seems to be laughing or smiling after and that is really getting on my nerves.
So worry about the money we have spent. I worry about players coaches attitudes. We would all be moaning if the owners came in and didn't spend a penny.
31 Mar 2024 21:18:47
I believe Poch will stay until the end of the season whatever happens, there is no point in trying to get someone else in now. In any event, he should suffer like the rest of us. However, I will be extremely disappointed if he is head coach next season. He is a loser. It’s not as if he is an up and coming coach who might develop and learn from his mistakes, he has been around the block and won’t improve .
31 Mar 2024 21:26:40
My guess is four years ago I thought the flame throwers were a bit of fun and a little exciting. I’m sure it’s just me being a bar humbug!
The last ten games in the premiership will tell us a lot about the players and our coach. We are playing for a place in the lower echelons of Europe. Let’s see if they can at least manage that objective.
01 Apr 2024 00:32:22
But hey we'd be top 4 if football was only stats according to poch. He lost me even more when he tried to claim that. embarrassing.
Pochetino was never the correct decision. It's been mistake after mistake in the managerial hunt. No idea why we got rid or tuchel who won the ucl and got us 3rd.
01 Apr 2024 07:14:24
I didn’t want TT sacked but I acknowledge his football was awful to watch and under his tenure we made some significant signings that were strange. Lukaku being a classic example of buying a player and not playing to his strengths.
01 Apr 2024 08:44:43
Agree with that TomB. I'm a big lukaku supporter (or was) and I thought lukaku was the final piece. Oh how wrong I was.
01 Apr 2024 08:58:08
Let’s not forget PEA another player apparently wanted by TT and then never played. Surely when a player is bought a manager might well keep his strengths and then play to them.
I’m not sure of the reasoning behind the TT exit from CFC but it would appear he isn’t the flavour of the month in the manager merry go round. Maybe another candidate for one of the Merseyside clubs.
01 Apr 2024 11:35:27
Tom to be fair there was one game that tuchel had with aubemeyang.
The aubameyang signing was comical, tuchels pick and then we sacked tuchel a week later. So poor.
01 Apr 2024 11:56:55
Really don’t get the TT love in. Appreciate him for helping us win the CL but after that the football was dire and his signings even worse. Lukaku, PEA, Koulibaly to name just a few. Hardly ever used Pulisic who’s excelling at Milan now.
I’m stuck in two minds about a new manager. Amorim is supposedly a good young manager but he plays 3 at the back and is that the direction we want to go in? Other options we’ve been linked with are Naglsemann and Flick. Are they the answer? Will we get either of them? Amorim might end up at Liverpool, Flick possibly back at Bayern. De Zerbi is not the answer in my opinion and he might end up at Barca. So even if we get rid of Poch, the options seem slim and we might end up with none of them. At which point is it better to stick with him?
01 Apr 2024 14:19:34
I find it impossible to judge Pochettino this season based on the number of new and largely young players, many new to the PL and the horrific list of injuries.
The injuries have completely disrupted the continuity that the squad needed to build understanding and confidence.
In addition I don't see any realistic candidates that would instantly improve the situation given that so many big clubs are looking for managers.
Whoever the manager is next season will need more experience in the squad particularly at CB/ Striker and Goalkeeper where we have two players at a similar level and not good enough to be No1 at a big club.
01 Apr 2024 15:13:15
K Drog, Strangely I find myself agreeing with a lot of your post.
I would just say that Petrovic to me looks like an outstanding signing and a potential leader.
01 Apr 2024 20:08:43
Style of play, 10 shots on target 13 off and 10
Blocked, 7 big chances created 2 taken ( one is a penalty ) so I agree with the team of individuals but wouldn’t the performance of yesterday say that the style and set up and tactics were spot on they wernt delivered, we had it with potter, and Lampard and now poch, maybe, it’s the players not being good enough in front of goal, changing manager won’t change that, giving the manager a striker who needs a half chance to score would change that drastically, despite a few calls for Jackson to again be our main man, however much he has improved, he isn’t there yet,
02 Apr 2024 06:59:43
Matt, I enjoyed and agree with a lot of your post.