There is definitely something wrong behind the scenes. A family member was a coach at the club and apparently there was a meeting in which he decided to leave, not was fired as reported. He was unhappy for sometime. According to my family member the 'rot' set in when the manager knew he was leaving for Tottenham. However a date wasn't given of when this was. But being unhappy for sometime my guess would be the manager was leaving a lot before the time he actually left. If I can get more information I'll pass it on.
No, I don't think we should keep Osvaldo...Ron would be a miracle worker to get him playing (when he hasn't even got him to come in for training). Would be ironic if our only remaining players were Fonte and Dani.
There was Pochettino stirred stuff up. 'Maybe' tapped up players and did a lot of dodgy stuff. Add that to Cortese leaving who the players loved, all adds up to players having their heads turned.
Pochettino told us before Cortese left that he wouldn't continue as Saints manager in the event of Cortese leaving. This is why I'm not upset with Poch. We should be grateful he at least saw the season out first, rather than leaving as soon as Nicola did, which he very well could have done.
Don't you think it would have been better if he had just left? The staying on part enabled him to destabilise the club and didn't allow a new manager time to bond with the players before the transfer window. Personally, I think he stayed on for selfish reasons while he waited on offers from other clubs. For me, Poch is villain number one.
Not seen what DTLW has been saying for time? He 'may have'(have to put that) spoken to Jay in March saying he rated him and wanted him at his next club. He also 'chatted' to Lallana in a pub a month before the end of the season. If he can do **** like that what else was he saying to the other players? I know you hate the board but you can't blame them for everything. Yes they have been very naive but the sitaution they are in is crazy.
Nah, he did some stirring - but then the board let him and it was akin to just leaving a class of wild children with a supply teacher who knew it wouldn't be their problem soon, so they just waited for the bell to go so that they could **** off and leave.
What would he gain from Lallana going to Liverpool? It'd make sense if he ended up with him at Spurs, but so far none of our players have rejoined Pochettino.
He just **** stirred Joe, I haven't a clue why he did it but he did. I wish he had just ****ed off when Cortese went, it may have stopped a few players wanting to leave.
I really doubt it's Pochettino who is to blame for half our squad going to Liverpool. They'd have gone whether he stirred **** or not. They'll have been just as disappointed as him that Cortese went, if not more so.
It's what Fran said the other day, really. The togetherness of the squad and Mauricio was ultimately the downfall. People were eyeing up their exit routes when Nicola left and Mauricio did nothing to stop it, because he was leaving too, so lets be honest - why should he stop it? But yeah, there was a certain amount of strange stuff going on inside SFC. But as you say, he did say he'd follow Cortese and he sat the season out, resigned and walked into the Spurs job (which he obviously knew was coming).
Makes me wonder why Kat couldn't at least wait until the summer before making this mess. Then we wouldn't have had all these players and staff stewing in purgatory for six months.
He added to it. Cortese left the guy the players respected. He treated them amazingly, they had their egos massaged with dreams of the CL etc. He basically made the squad part of his family. When he left obviously the players were gutted, but then in stepped Pochettino with his stirring to make things worse. Add that to the board not seeing what was happening as they were naive as **** it gets you in the sitaution we are in now. Big clubs saw the **** we were in so hoovered up the players that wanted to leave.
I do blame Mauricio. He could have stabilised the team if he had honoured his contract. If a manager you admire doesn't believe in contracts, why would the players? He played the board and he played us, then left without a single thought for anyone but himself. Okay, people leave jobs all the time, but they don't usually pretend they are staying and let their employers believe that losing the leader isn't an issue. Finding a new manager at short notice delayed all the plans that Les and the board were making. Pochettino set a new level for dishonesty in football (and that was hard to do).
I think there's a lot of confusion as to what a contract is supposed to mean. You don't have to see them out until the end date. And that doesn't just apply to football.
But there is not a lot of confusion as to the meaning of dishonesty. It is clear Poch knew he was going but played the board while he did. Dishonest.
He always struck me as very cold & calculating with regards to football. Like most players, its just a job to him, so if he sees a better paid job, he'll move on without much thought to the ramifications of what he leaves behind.
