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In Poch's case, it always seemed he identified the players with a really good attitude in Kane, Eriksen and others and put them to the front.If you can tell inside of 3 months that you have the wrong manager - then you sack the person who hired the manger.
ANd, sometimes -its the players who are the problem, not the manager.
That's why I laughed when someone said above that Poch did not alienate the players - when there was a huge shift at the club, where Poch and several senior players had a falling out early in his tenure...
He identified players like Adebayor and Kaboul as coasting and pushed them to the side.
If the new manager identifies the problem players and pushes them to one side, then great. It's what we need.
Poch did not alienate the wrong players in his first season, that was the difference.