Baleforce
Les Bennett
I'll bite. Who's the one guy?
AVB of course, sadly we've burned our bridges with the wee genius
I'll bite. Who's the one guy?
Do those who were clambering for Poch to go only a month ago, still feel the same? Quite simply he gets players playing better.
I was also encouraged that at times, after we scored the second, we dropped into two deeper banks to defend. He's a good manager.
I think he's been smart, smarter than AVB in this (yep, I said it), AVB made his mind up about certain players (correctly, it must be said) and marginalised them, it didn't hurt the team but he didn't have the evidence to back up his selection, Poch had the same conclusions but gave them enough starts to prove just how ineffective they were before presenting superior solutions, I can't see Levy asking any selection questions of him for a while
all aboard the MP bus! I wouldn't swap him for anyone right now
... well, maybe one guy, maybe
AVB of course, sadly we've burned our bridges with the wee genius
Come on Steff, I think that's a bit unfair on Grimsby. I assume he wrote that before today's result Nd the fact is we should have been 3-0 at half time against Man U but for some poor finishing by them, and good luck on our part, not to mention Falcao turning into a pumpkin.
I'm positive about the Poch but we have 3 very winnable games coming up, first up against Palace without Jedinak (I'll be hanging out with him with 20,000 of my nearest and dearest at the AsianCup). If we don't kick on in the next 3 then thisChelsea game will just be an interesting footnote.
Totally agree, said it all along. Poch gave them the rope and they hung themselves.
When the votes came in I bet Poch thought it was 50/50 as to wether he seen the season out. By going along with it he was able to stand aside and say heh you chose them, if you don't like it deal with it. The leap in Kane's confidence is immense, he's treated like a man now not a boy and you can see he knows it.
Sitting on my porcelain throne using Fapatalk
AVB of course, sadly we've burned our bridges with the wee genius
I really liked AVB as well, but i'm not sure if you're really serious..?
Not just basing this on yesterday's performance but it does seem that in recent weeks something seems to have clicked with the players and Poch's style and system.
I admit I had some reservations and after the performances vs Saudi Sportswashing Machine and Stoke left the ground with the feeling of that we'd regressed and was he the right man for the job. My feeling then was we needed to persevere as changing manager yet again wouldn't be any use but wouldn't have been too upset had we got rid then. Did it take 6 months for his system to kick in at S'ton previously?
Without getting carried away we are still no where near where we need to be but we seem to have turned a corner and with the style of play starting to become more pleasing to the eye, starting to score goals, scrap for each other, battle out hard fought late wins, still in with a shout of all the aims for every competition and it looks like the players and staff are enjoying working together there are plenty to be positive about.
AVB of course, sadly we've burned our bridges with the wee genius
Credit where it's due. I was unconvinced by Poch as I thought our performances for the most part had been poor up until yesterday. Still, we need to keep the momentum and no do anything sexy, like say losing to Crystal Palace. I remember we lost 3-1 to Reading the week after beating Chelsea under Jol.
Credit where it's due. I was unconvinced by Poch as I thought our performances for the most part had been poor up until yesterday. Still, we need to keep the momentum and no do anything sexy, like say losing to Crystal Palace. I remember we lost 3-1 to Reading the week after beating Chelsea under Jol.
For the tactics geeks out there, was yesterday a pure example of Bielsa's "verticalidad" in action?
Mate,
Going to respond to your post in bold-type italics...
I wasn't clambering for him to be fired... But that was more because I thought we had to stick with him as we really had hit a last chance saloon type position. I really couldn't see any improvements and I didn't and don't get Lamella starting.
Was has really developed is the fitness piece where we just have more in the tank consistently and the shape. They have allowed the players to step up and perform and he has to be given credit for that
Do I think he got lucky with some of the players stepping up... Yes massively.
Do I think he deserves credit for keeping them playing though... Yes massively
It could have been different if he didn't start Kane in the league. Bug he did, it's worked and it brought everyone up a level and I'm enjoying it again
I think you are giving insane amounts of credit for POCH choosing them as captains, crazy. Based in nothing. All we know is he DID give them captai ncies and play them every game until 'the incident'. When we all knew they weren't captain material and simply not good enough. It took hi way too long to figure that out.
As for kane being a number 9. Obviously I wrote that before yesterday where it was the most effective demonstration of it, so it convinced me it could work, but it was quite specific to the opposition. Still feel home to QPR or whoever them kane behind would be more effective. But it definitely convinced me more.
Same with poch building. I don't take back anything I said, I did feel like we were pretty bad. Yesterday was amazing Obviusly, and if we can build on it then great, but I don't think yesterday suddenly makes the Man U, palace, burnley etc etc games good.
Hopefully this can be it, but who would be that surprised if we struggled against palace