Mauricio Pochettino

max cady said:

I think the writing is on the wall for Poch, another bad defeat and he'll be gone if not before. As another poster has alluded to he's failed to grow as a manager. I think the PSG job has made him feel he's bigger than he actually is. He should have known from his days at Spurs that Chelsea were a poison chalice. The Chelsea job was put on a plate for him and with the millions he was offered I would have taken the job also but he should have been aware of what was expected and the players have let him down massively.

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GutBucket said:

Sir Alex was changing his assistants from time to time to be updated to new tactics and other modern aspects of football, Poch is too loyal to Jesus Perez. Pressing the GK and FBs still works but we have more GKs that are comfortable on the ball and WBs are more than pace merchants, plus full backs and inverted FBs/WBs are becoming popular again. Their team lacks balance so it's a difficult job for anyone but I don't think that Poch is that good anymore.

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Hazelton said:

They'll go Mourinho again eventually and it'll be hilarious.

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spurs mental said:

I can't believe we lost to his absolute mess of a team.

Yeah, it was largely to down to injuries and indiscipline, but still. Annoying.

Hope we absolutely muller them at the Bridge and we see him crying

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Cavehillspur said:

Yep, fine margins, if that Sonny goal hadn't been a millimetre offside and we went 2-0 up I think we would have gone on to batter them fs, they couldn't get near us.

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max cady said:

I think the writing is on the wall for Poch, another bad defeat and he'll be gone if not before. As another poster has alluded to he's failed to grow as a manager. I think the PSG job has made him feel he's bigger than he actually is. He should have known from his days at Spurs that Chelsea were a poison chalice. The Chelsea job was put on a plate for him and with the millions he was offered I would have taken the job also but he should have been aware of what was expected and the players have let him down massively.

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TOLBINY said:

You would have taken the Chelsea job? Judas!!!

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only1waddle said:

The Shed End - this is all one poster and they don't seem keen, a couple of familiar points here.


Today sealed it for me - Poch out.
The club is absolutely broken. Sadly I don't think changing the manager will have much effect as every single department of this club, top to bottom, side to side, is misfiring. I'd like to hear a little more from the owners or directors at this time, but we know that won't happen and the manager normally takes the fall. However, there are good reasons for Poch to go:
- We have no identity. Nothing, no patterns, nothing to build on
- Even our recent wins, papering over cracks, weren't great. Luton (A), Palace (H), Fulham (H) - all last 10 min scrambles/chaos
- Makes poor decisions, repeatedly. Players out of position, continues to select underperforming players, poor timing for subs. Has ZERO plan B
- Worse discipline in the league
- Repeat the same mistakes time and time again. How many games have we conceded goals down the inside left - just look back to Brentford or Villa at home at the start, to Liverpool and Wolves today. Teams still exploit that area
- Maybe down to medical/sports science, but awful injury management
- Some of the most inept performances I have seen from a Chelsea team, all this season. Wolves (H and A), United (A), Newcastle (A), Boro (A), Liverpool (A)
- No bounce back or reaction after said inept performances. Nothing changes
- We may lack quality, but we are outworked, outfought, outthought, and over powered time and time again. It really is men vs. boys - atleast be hard to play against
- A manager that just sits in the dugout, looks somewhat resigned
- No real development of young players - they are regressing
Changing the manager only creates more instability, but what have we to lose at this point. We'll struggle to get a top coach, but were De Zebri or Postecoglu considered top before their current respective roles?
I thought Poch would be the needed breath of fresh air this club was calling out for. And again, the issues go much deeper, but we're 30+ games into Poch's tenure and we have regressed. He has to go - give a new manager the rest of another write off season and a full summer.

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Meercat said:

Maybe I’m weird, but I tend to think Poch got incredibly lucky with us… in the CL quarters vs City there’s a goal that would have knocked us out in the last seconds (90+5) cancelled out because it’s adjudged to have had the slightest touch turning it into a backpass and our equalizer on the night from Llorente touched a mix of arm and body and VAR could easily have overturned… so that was nothing short of a miracle we got through, even before that insane night in Amsterdam… if we’d gone out in the quarters I wonder what perception of Poch would have been - more of a nearly man?I tend to think his reputation as a world class manger isn’t deserved, personally, despite the joy those nights gave; but it’s so hard to judge. What with the madness of that Leicester title and the Chelsea record breaking run in under Conte… it feels like a better manager would have done more (I mean a true world class one) I tend to think he’s just a very good manager… but it’s all down o so many tiny factors falling into place. I mean, hell, without Ryan Mason he wouldn’t have seen out season 1…

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