We were getting the points to be higher, but the spots above us were not dropping the points needed. The fact that if you remove the first 6 games of the season, which was a ravaging nightmare of people getting taken out like they were in a horror movie, combined with some absurdly bad calls, and bad luck….. From that point on we were 4th in points accumulated.
We were heading back in the right direction, and everyone was talking about needing a few adjustments and we’d be ready to fight for top 4. Now we are starting over.
Poch did a good job of building a pretty cohesive, quality side at Tottenham. They never quite got over the hump, but some people blame that on Levy. Regardless, another year of solidifying this team and going for 3rd or 4th and THEN going for the manager you think can take the next step makes more sense. We were not at the end of where Poch could take us.
What it tells me, along with the reports of how much influence the owners want, even in practice, is that they want someone who will just say “yes” to everything, and is just happy to be there. This will NOT work.
They don’t even understand the odd reason they THINk it will work. They look at City’s structure and see that Txiki and others are involved in a lot of the team structure there, and think “that’s what we need!”
But Txiki is Pep’s best friend, and they don’t get that, ultimately, Pep will get what he wants, and the players KNOW who is in charge.
Mckenna will not have that. We are not recreating City’s structure. McKenna isn’t even to the point an inexperienced Poch reached at Southampton yet. McKenna will drown dealing with this structure trying to survive as the dangling scspegoat at a club like Chelsea. They can’t sell me or anyone else the idea of a “patient process” anymore.
The leaks that people Poch’s training techniques led to injuries is an especially low attempt at justification. Why did they run a whole study that determined the entire medical staff needed replacing then? Why were a large portion of the injuries a typical type of “re-injury” associated with mishandling of rehab?
That whole line is almost embarrassing.
They were, we know, split. Boehly most likely had his dinner with Poch to warn him. And telling everyone about the dinner was Poch’s way of saying “I know what you’re doing” .
Boehly is technically tied more to Strassbourg now anyway. Then Eghbali and the directors moved in, told Poch whoever manages here needs to keep their mouth shut and do as told. Gallagher and Chalobah would be sold. And the directors would continue to have direct control even over the coaching in the field (like with the selecting of set piece coaches that didn’t answer to Poch).
I don’t blame Poch with being fairly happy to leave.
People keep blaming Boehly because he’s not a football guy… but at least he IS a sorts guy. Eghbali is a pure money guy, and the person who should be getting the most pressure from fans.
