Personally I'm still utterly unconvinced by Poch but feel we have to give him time. I think it's ridiculous who he gave the captaincies to, I think it's ridiculous how long it took him to realise kaboul and Ade were awful, and fear the bust up is the only reason they'r not around now and not because they're crap - if there wasn't a bust up would they still be playing?!?
The art of war. No point running into a building screaming and shouting about things, better to stroll in, size it all up and take proper stock over a period of time. You win the respect and trust of the squad that way. I would wager that when he invited a squad vote for captain he was, shall we say politely, 'disappointed' it was Younes. I'd also say that he took note of how Ade had bossed the club/chairman around in the past and realized that with patience and the deep knowledge he himself was always going to get his way, that everyone would see for themselves and that the wasters would be ousted. I think it'd be very very hard to deny that Poch has dealt with the situation supremely well. AND he's done it without blarting off to the media every 10 minutes. All quiet. All laundry in-house. Quality.
I think we've been pretty much terrible bar qpr, arsenal, city and the first half against burnley.
I really don't like the way he drops Soldado after he scores when he's clearly a confidence player. I don't like the way he can't see Kane works better BEHIND a striker, don't like the way he thinks Mason is good enough for our squad never mind the first team. I HATE the way he doesn't seem to try and change games, we get battered and he sits back and watches and hopes for the best. That's what harry used to do, he had no clue tactically either...
I've picked up on a couple of points here mate. First of all, as long as Chadli is prepared to work hard, Poch has shown there is absolute life in Kane up top simply because there becomes interchange between him, Chadli and Eriksen, thus we become harder to pin down and man-mark. In fact, today, when Chadli really started to put a shift in after a (frankly) tepid first 30 minutes or so, when he really started working, moving into spaces, allowing others to switch outside and inside with him, we were clinical and dominant. As for the subs comment, well, there's not much to say that other than IMO you're wrong. Today's subs alone prove that point - Paulinho, for all the **** he gets on this board, came on, shored things up did a great job and provided an excellent touch in the 5th goal build-up.
I find everything really worrying and feel like we're suddenly accepting of being an average premiership team praising players because they "work hard" and not expecting much of us...
Sorry, but are you telling me you do not see anything Poch is building?
Every game I expect us to click, every single time, and I think it about Chel53a, and every game I watch truly awful football. Awful. Create nothing, don't control games, rely on Hugo far too often. I find it all a bit embarrassing to be honest.
I just cannot believe you are being serious with this last point, and if the joke is (indeed) on me, then congratulations as I have been victim of the greatest prank post on GG Sir!
