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Just throwing this out there, but in that case do you not think that maybe one of Poch’s strengthens may conversely also prove to be weakness?
The ultra fit, train harder, run harder approach could mean burn out is far more likely and that the peak shelf life of a Poch team is shorter.
There are advantages of having a young, hungry team that always buy into this method ( and it certainly synchs well with Levy’s approach), but I’m not sure it’s conducive to winning trophies. You always need a good balance between youth and experience, preferably with some players hitting their peak.
Plus I’ve always thought it would put some players off joining. Sure we don’t want lazy players but if people hear it’s too hard they won’t want to put themselves through it, especially if they could join Man U, arsenal or Chelsea and train at a normal level and be in the same position (financially and successfully) as if they joined us.