I find myself agreeing completely with @
remembercolinlee on all points regarding this situation.
Strangely or otherwise, I also find myself siding with Levy and the board as they have worked wonders these past few years (aside from the lack of transfer activity in the past couple of windows for reasons which can be argued). The stadium is incredible and I'm sure history will look back at that being a fantastic footballing and financial decision.
Poch got his transfer targets if reports are to be believed, so his unhappiness appears self-inflicted.
It appears to me that Poch is great with the players if all are onboard and everything is rosy. The second any of them show any signs of drifting, they are cut out and cast aside. In these situations Poch seems to be showing incredibly poor man management skills and extreme naivety. To leave Rose at home and then put him into the starting 11 for each league game this season is not only baffling, it's bordering on amateurish.
This is not the first time either. He did the same to Toby when he refused a new contract, only to then bring him back into the team after realising what a stupid decision that was.
Premier league match day performances since January have been by and large dire and that's down to Poch and his coaching team. He's gotten starting 11's, formations and tactics horribly wrong and repeatedly, time and again. If he can't figure out a way to beat busparquet tactics by now, then when will he?
I do wonder if his training regimes are getting repetitive and boring, with the players now getting to the point where it feels monotonous and uninspiring. Because having to witness the flat and lifeless matches of late has been draining.
I have to laugh at all this talk of a rebuild. That talk usually happens when a team has been successful at winning honours and it's about creating a new generation, a la Ferguson at United to continue that mould. But last time I checked we still hadn't won anything, so what are we rebuilding exactly? Another generation of sideways passers?
I've wondered at many times during this past year where Poch plans to take this club/team next in terms of playing style and mentality because so far, I see little change in the past 2-3 years. We've relied on the same core players, to play the same way. So is he a one trick wonder? I hope not but it does look to me that there is little inspiration or belief out there of late and I do suspect the players have reached a stage of wanting to be inspired by new ideas and I'm not sure Poch has anymore up his sleeve. If plan A doesn't work, this is no plan B.
Getting the hump and sulking isn't going to solve that. He needs to be seen as a leader, so start acting like one.
