- Jun 28, 2011
- 4,035
- 6,190
Poch relied on everyone getting up and down the pitch all game long. He was a trainer, that’s all he had. He got us fit, then tried to get us fitter. When other teams caught up and stopped being terrified by the high press, and when our players started to burn out, he had nothing else. Still has nothing else.The problem is more the lack of actual good signings. They weren't all disasters but Trippier and Davies were poor choices to be backups Rose and Walker when Poch's playing style relied on the wing backs getting up and down the pitch all game long.
At this stage it looks like we have made 3 good signings this season in Romero, Bentancur and Kulusevski. 3 players who could be good 1st team starters for several seasons. In Poch's time we made 5 in 5 years. Big difference.