Fatso Jason
Mido
Yep but I think there’s a ton more scrutiny and momentum on the board now, especially when you look at the manager churn since Poch left. Just my opinion of course.
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Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach
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Yep but I think there’s a ton more scrutiny and momentum on the board now, especially when you look at the manager churn since Poch left. Just my opinion of course.
Baleforce
Terry Naylor
I’m disappointed, I think he’s a good manager.
The players have let him down, not the first time it’s happened to our manager.
I think we are unmanageable, we are not willing to give anyone decent a chance to change the mentality of the playing staff.
No idea who we go for now, but dollars for donuts they don’t last a season either.
I think this makes it more likely we go down.
The players have let him down, not the first time it’s happened to our manager.
I think we are unmanageable, we are not willing to give anyone decent a chance to change the mentality of the playing staff.
No idea who we go for now, but dollars for donuts they don’t last a season either.
I think this makes it more likely we go down.
Yiddo
Dimitar Berbatov
Sell the majority, add the money we make in sales with the summer transfer kitty and start a proper rebuild with a full team of players the new manager wants. Mix it with the youth and come out and tell the fans what is happening and what the vision is. If it’s a top 10 finish atleast everyone is clear on what to expect.
BrentwoodSpur
Young-Pyo Lee
Forgot that one, something about hearts desire wasn’t it? Could be interpreted one way or the other. I think in this SM driven world, the silence speaks volumes
Bishop
Jimmy McCormick
I likewise didn't think Poch should have gotten the sack, that was a mad decision. I'm just concerned that for many if the fans it feels like unfinished business and that they will expect too much from a return. I guess I just don't want his legacy to be damaged by a second stint at this club when I think the circumstances aren't quite as friendly as they were the first time around.
I could be wrong and he would he get the club back pointing the right way, I just think it's more likely that he will fail to live up to the fan expectations. He's almost become mythologised.
Finney Is Back
Paul Stewart
The only opposition I've seen us nullify this season is his old Brentford team.
DubaiSpur
Jack Jull
The silver lining, if we can avoid getting relegated, is that the squad actually fits Poch's 4-2-3-1 quite well, though of course it needs major strengthening in several specific areas.
For example, take that attacking midfield three. If you assume Xavi moves to the left, Kudus when he returns starts off the right, and Gallagher in the 10 - that actually mirrors the way we set up with Poch.
Eriksen's role as an attacking midfielder off the right - Xavi drifting in off the left. Dele's role as a hard-pressing No.10 who arrives late in the box is paralleled by how Gallagher played when he shone at Palace and Chelsea. Kudus off the right is a ball carrier, and can parallel Sonny off the left.
Obviously, the quality is incomparable - Dele-Eriksen-Son-Kane were a group incomparably more talented than Solanke-Xavi-Gallagher-Kudus. But, the basic shape is there.
Same with the back four. If you assume an ideal back four of Udogie-VdV-Romero-Porro, in terms of roles, that is pretty close to, say, Walker-Toby-Verts-Rose. No comparison quality-wise, but roles-wise, there's a fit.
Where he lacks is that he doesn't have a Dembele to carry the ball from the middle. Or a reliable goalkeeper who was one of the best in the world, like Lloris. And then the individual quality needs hundreds of millions of pounds to upgrade, because most of this lot are utterly brick and basically Championship level.
So, no illusions that he won't work miracles. But - he has something to work with.
Mr Gogolak
Luke Young
Another major fudge-up (Frank's appointment, not his sacking) and, more worryingly, I'm not sure the board really have any clue about the next manager. Hopefully, whoever it is will manage to get the points we need to stay up. They should have pulled the trigger a long time ago, even more so if the rumours about the squad having little time for Frank are true.
However, it's not a good sign at all if the players decided to down tools again, after what happened with Espirito Santo. If that is truly the case, we need to break up that squad and find players with a better mentality or we'll continue to cycle through managers the same way as we did throughout the 90s.
Also, whoever was responsible for the process that had Frank as the 'outstanding candidate' should follow him through the door.
However, it's not a good sign at all if the players decided to down tools again, after what happened with Espirito Santo. If that is truly the case, we need to break up that squad and find players with a better mentality or we'll continue to cycle through managers the same way as we did throughout the 90s.
Also, whoever was responsible for the process that had Frank as the 'outstanding candidate' should follow him through the door.
SissokoWasGood (BoL)
Steve Carr
I think it’s one of those that people see as an emotional decision (getting back with your ex) but actually it’s entirely rational. And actually the emotions and incorrect, irrational decision at the time was to sack him in the first place.
This was a clearly wildly talented manager with real charisma, who turned down the chance to go to Real Madrid to stay with us despite going more than one transfer window without signing a player. He could have been our Fergie. I think he knows too that his strengths are in developing players, building unity, setting standards and building a culture. We blew all that up by sacking him, and I think it was the stupidest thing this club has done probably going back to the Sugar years.
Get him back and I agree, we need patience again. The first year is going to be restablishing a culture, and standards, and a way of playing. But by the end of the first season we’ll see it, and the foundations will be laid for season two. And as long as we don’t get relegated, not having Europe next year will mean a style of play will probably start to pay dividends more quickly with him on the training ground.
I think it’s the entirely rational decision to bring him back. There is no one out there who is both as good, as suited to us, and crazily for some insane reason seems to romanticise our club. But it’s because he knows he’s right for us like we are for him.
Pochettino coming back and succeeding here would be a beautiful thing. I don't think there's a scenario imaginable that would top it.
Mikey10
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Thanks, but I think I’ll drive red hot knitting needles through my eyeballs. It’ll be more pleasurable and a better use of my time.
SissokoWasGood (BoL)
Steve Carr
Agreed! When the links appeared a couple of summers ago I woke up my wife excited (we were in Texas at the time) and I really thought it was going to happen. My wife still reminds me of it to this day. It’s one of the strangest things I’ve done with her because she has no interest in football outside of Man United in the late 90s.
Let’s rectify the horrible mistake and get back on the path we never should have left! And let’s please not get relegated so this can all actually happen!
I think with Poch he would come back whatever league we were in. Let's face it if last time around is anything tognonby he would need a nigh on total revamp of the squad anyway.