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Danny Thomas.
Poch would have made him the best right back in Europe.
Poch would have made him the best right back in Europe.
Who are you talking about?
BollocksI think Poch would of got rid of Gio in seconds. He didn't have the mentality nor the dedication. He wasn't and isn't all that good anyway.
My choice would be Gascoigne...it would have been a wonderful partnership' I'm sure that Gazza would have prospered greatly by having his natural talents and wildfire personality harnessed and controlled by Poch....it would have been a 'father/son' relationship and no way would he have wanted to be anywhere else in the world other than Spurs. Gazza was brilliant, utterly superb but under Poch's wing the possibilities would have been boundless for him and I'm sure he would have not taken the sad path he decided upon.
Now this is an interesting one. People saying the likes of Dos Santos or Taraabt are crazy - Poch will make young players great by making them work their bollocks off, and anyone who steps out of line gets iced immediately. These guys wouldn't have made it past his first transfer window.
Gascoigne on the other hand is a harder one to call...he was clearly a wild child, the prankster of the group and hardly the model pro. Even putting aside the alcoholism if you believe that Poch could have got that out of him under a stricter diet and training regime, this was a guy who got up in the middle of the night and went for a game of tennis with a bunch of drunk Americans at his hotel the night before he was due to play in the World Cup semi-final. I can't really see how Poch the authoritarian would have stood for something like that.
But then again, unlike Townsend, Bentaleb, Capoue or any of those others that crossed Poch, Gazza was the best midfielder in the country by a mile at the time, if not the best in the world. Maybe he'd have given him a special treatment?
He may be the best coach in the world, but he may not have been up to replacing Anderton's joints, ligaments and cartilage for him to last a Poch double training session. IMO.Darren Anderton.
I think his methods may have prevented a young Anderton develop those particular problems. If Poch and his team had got Anderton about 18.He may be the best coach in the world, but he may not have been up to replacing Anderton's joints, ligaments and cartilage for him to last a Poch double training session. IMO.