Do you even acknowledge the desperate injury situation we had, no squad reinforcements with the blank transfer windows, players running on fumes? All of those are interrelated and negatively impacted our performances. The whole drawn-out stadium fiasco and Wembley home games didn't help much either.
I completely disagree with the notion that we had a "really strong squad" last season. The central midfield was disgracefully neglected in the transfer market which culminated in two of our most influential attackers, Dele and Eriksen, being dropped back out of the final third to do yeoman's work they weren't suited to. There's very good reason we smashed our record transfer twice on central midfielders, one of whom also gives us added squad depth in attacking positions.
Next Monday ?? It’ll start during the game and really pick up momentum from 6.20pm ish on Sunday evening!!
That was one of the reasons.
By the time the window closes we will have played four matches, including 40% of our away matches to top six clubs for the whole season, with players such as Eriksen, Rose, Aurier, and evidently Vertonghen all unsettled. Surely you can see why Poch would be frustrated with that.
It was great football by both sides worthy of a CL semi final.
I’d bet on Poch for us to finish above United, Arsenal and Chelsea in May.
We talking Sherwood? Then we need to lower those expectations.
Then that's ridiculous. Neither City or Liverpool drop the press.
This sums it up really. Managers who say the stuff Poch has, generally don't have a long shelf life at any club. I genuinely can't remember any manager that aired internal affairs and questioned commitment of the squad, that then remained long term. Mourinho is the perfect example...a ticking time bomb the minute he starts getting moody.
