18 Mar 2026 05:55:21
Getting pumped over two legs by a very good PSG team shouldn’t be terminal for a head coach. There are other factors at play, such as PSG being given the weekend off, but the tie was lost in the last quarter of the first leg. It’s a disheartening, embarrassing aggregate score and result, but, like I say, along, it shouldn’t be terminal for the head coach.
Here’s the problem, it’s coupled with a run of one win in our last five in the league, including very disappointing draws against Leeds and Burnley, alongside a spiritless loss against Newcastle. That form, when coupled with this type of UCL exit, in the eyes of the fans, often is terminal. Once the toxicity sets in, it’s a very difficult ship to turn around and I don’t see Rosenior managing it.
There are undoubtedly positive pieces in this squad, players around which to build a team.
But something has got to change, the sporting directors' game plan needs to be altered, because it’s clearly not working. Enrique himself was interviewed, post Poch, but highlighted issues with overreaching ownership and too many directors; ultimately not getting or wanting the job. We won’t get a shot at another top coach unless the way the club is run from the top changes. Until then we’ll be stuck in the coaching cycle we’ve been in under BlueCo.
Just to be clear, Rosenior has my sympathies. I didn’t want Maresca at the club any longer, no need to go back over the reasons for that, but never felt Rosenior was the right appointment. It was a job he was never going to turn down, but it was way, way too early. He’s a decent young coach, with really good potential. But, we’ve got enough potential on the pitch, experience is what we need on the sideline.
18 Mar 2026 08:19:48
J, good post. The thing I find frustrating is talk of a project. There is no project. The buying and selling of young players is just a characteristic of how the owners operate, and indicative of their lack of understanding of how to build a successful football club.
Next season we will be overshadowed by Arsenal, City, Man U and Liverpool, and, at best, be struggling for fifth place again - that is our level.
18 Mar 2026 13:13:40
J, maybe the supposed end of season review will reach the same conclusion that you have.