- Aug 13, 2005
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Mate this is not something new, it's been going on for months. I suppose there is only so many times the players can say it discreetly to the manager, and nothing changes. Then things escalate because they are said in public. I've been posting for quite a while now how some of the players didn't like the set up and the roles they were being asked to do. It's not because of self entitlement, it's because its too demanding/difficult to do the way Poch wants it done.
You can't come out as a manager and say the players are not executing my instructions/following the game plan, when the truth is they are not physically able to do so.
Why he's being this stubborn about this system is beyond me and it's looking increasingly inevitable it will be his downfall.
Sissoko has come out complaining quite rightly about it.
Sissoko questions Pochettino's tactics following Bayern loss
Tottenham fell to a 7-2 Champions League defeat to the Bundesliga club
www.football.london
"We get tired too quickly physically when we play with a diamond midfield," he admitted.
Apologies if already posted.