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George Hunt
They bear the ultimate responsibility. Poch was hopeless and couldn't control Hitchens. Mourinho has had in effect one transfer window ( I don't think Bergwyn was his choice as he desperately wanted a CF striker). In the summer we ( on paper ) did well. Bale and Doherty have been flops. PEH and Reggie great successes. Vinnie not worked out yet and Rodon not given much chance yeyveither.
What we have failed miserably at is moving players on. Poch was far too loyal to players who were palpably past it and had absolutely no succession policy. That was entirely down to him.
Do we have to go over this again? Do you know how many times he tried to move the likes of Toby and Rose on? Come on Pirate, you know the story, time won't change that. Unfortunately, if anyone wants to engage in the blame game again, you have to look higher. And again, in that circumstance, defenders would rightly point out to the stadium being a factor. But we had moments where we could've moved players on and didn't. Because we wanted to best price possible. What you then saw was an attempt to utilize them as they were still with us. Again, and I have been very consistent in this view from the off regardless off personal feelings - the manager MUST be backed and if, for whatever reason, he is not, then he is not being fully supported. In Mourinho's case, if he did not want Dele then we should've loaned him, and if the decision to keep him has come from on-high, then Mourinho has my sympathy (and I meant that).However, now he is saddled with him for a few more months, he has to make the best of him. THAT is what top managers do. Remember, we saw the last drops squeezed from Rose towards rthe end of 2019 into early 2020...