- Jul 28, 2005
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Ridiculous.
I don't think the players need any more signals/warnings from Poch on what's acceptable or not.
Everything has been loud and clear.
All this does is weaken the fabric of trust he has painstakingly woven.
There should be an inner sanctum. Inviolable.
As a manager you don't give out internal shit like this, voluntarily.
It's a bad, bad look. Totally unprofessional and - as has already been mentioned in another thread - carries a strong smell of egotism.
You love you Poch, but you're not Ferguson...yet.
Run shit, win shit and then recline on your achievements in retirement and write your autobiography filled with man-management master-strokes and hairdryer anecdotes, THEN.
This has pissed me right off.
I expect to hear this shit in coded snippets from itks who have snatched a glimpse, NOT by the fucking manager.
I don't want our club's business out there for the press to fang-feast on and I'm sure the players don't either.
You can't rage at Rose and be airing dirty laundry to the world at the same time.
If Levy ok'd this, he's an idiot. If he didn't he needs to have a strong word with Poch about PR.
Don't want to be reading our business in the fucking papers like this - whether from book excerpts or whatever.
A concerning trend developing with Poch - after we get an important result in a game something to sully it soon follows.
For someone who wants to emulate Ferguson, this is more the way of Redknapp.
Cut it out.
I was actually unsure how I felt about this until I read your post. I think this is far worse than Rose’s outburst, which was linked to a lack of signings, which we were also bemoaning. But when the manager sets a precedent like this, publicly airing the internal works of an organisation, which has become famous for running a quiet effficient machine, who knows what shit may follow...