I disagree with this. The thing that drives Poch in football is the opposite of bought success. He very much believes in the plucky underdog, moulding and building a squad in his ethos, and getting everyone on board. That's the type of team he always played in, and has managed ever since the Espanyol Ladies team. Newcastle actually suits him well... a provincial town, massive passionate fan base. If his time there were to be anything like it was here, then he will be deified up there, far more than he was here.I don’t think Newcastle is the right move for him. What he needs is a club with a ready made team, not a project. All that does is take more time out of his career. I don’t think he will anyway. He will be waiting for Man U or Real Madrid. That’s the direction he will want his career to go in. The Newcastle job has so many uncertainties.
Never go back.I am still (unrealistically) hopeful that he will replace Jose when his time is up. I love the guy.
Never go back.
I don’t think Newcastle is the right move for him. What he needs is a club with a ready made team, not a project. All that does is take more time out of his career. I don’t think he will anyway. He will be waiting for Man U or Real Madrid. That’s the direction he will want his career to go in. The Newcastle job has so many uncertainties.
Won't disagree. But it's in the past now unfortunately.Spurs went back. Mauricio was always trying to drive us forward.
I don’t think Newcastle is the right move for him. What he needs is a club with a ready made team, not a project. All that does is take more time out of his career. I don’t think he will anyway. He will be waiting for Man U or Real Madrid. That’s the direction he will want his career to go in. The Newcastle job has so many uncertainties.
a weakness...
....Where and how to exploit the opposition involving subtle repositioning of players and how to tweak the line up for a particular game.
.........and I got the impression that the strong bonds he built, which helped at the start, meant he couldn't really let go and shake things up .
What would I conclude? For the perception that he's a long term project manager type, I actually think his work shows him to be as short term as his contemporaries, especially in terms of effectiveness. It might be working with a younger, less established, group but he hasn't shown any ability to manage change and work past his initial core of players anymore than the likes of Mourinho, Guardiola etc. do and get criticised for. To be honest I think there would be question marks as to if established teams/players buy into his methods, or whether he is the type for a nouveau riche club who will want to invest and change heavily and quickly. Maybe he is determined to manage one of the very biggest clubs and show he methods will work there, but I think he's suited to firefighting somewhat and turning around clubs over a 2-3 year period.
Cant we just offer Jose to the geordies and then bring back Poch! It’s a win win all round (Well apart from for the Jose fan boys among us) Jose gets bucket full of money Newcastle get big name manager and we get a refreshed Poch back
Great , clear-eyed , post from Mr P I've bolded a coupla things I particularly agree with .
The other thing I'd add is that there was an element of novelty and surprise when Poch started re his high press system . This made us
particularly effective...until teams worked out how to counteract our system . Then it got trickier for us .
Great , clear-eyed , post from Mr P I've bolded a coupla things I particularly agree with .
The other thing I'd add is that there was an element of novelty and surprise when Poch started re his high press system . This made us
particularly effective...until teams worked out how to counteract our system . Then it got trickier for us .
"My dream is to one day come back and finish the journey we started"
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"My dream is to one day come back and finish the journey we started"
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