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Steffen Freund
So he owes us a tenner?Nice work if you can get it! But I wouldn't believe it. Knowing us, a lot of that would be performance-related.
So he owes us a tenner?Nice work if you can get it! But I wouldn't believe it. Knowing us, a lot of that would be performance-related.
Did Poch ever bring in any new coaches in his time with us?
Just thinking that klopp had a new coach almost every season at pool and I don’t remember us changing one
good callDid Poch ever bring in any new coaches in his time with us?
Just thinking that klopp had a new coach almost every season at pool and I don’t remember us changing one
Did Poch ever bring in any new coaches in his time with us?
Just thinking that klopp had a new coach almost every season at pool and I don’t remember us changing one
bought this up ages ago. People eventually stop responding to the same voice no matter what the message is. Alongside his loyalty to players his loyalty to his coaching staff done Poch in. Even now he's still planning to keep the same people around him.
He should maybe have the same core team and the change a single coach, just too keep things fresh, have a different pair of eyes etc.
It'll make continuing to have buy in from players much easier. As stated look at how Ferguson done it, a masterclass in management.
Did Poch ever bring in any new coaches in his time with us?
Just thinking that klopp had a new coach almost every season at pool and I don’t remember us changing one
Poch dropped him quickly
As other have said Fergie was the master of changing things around, new coaches every couple of years can bring a freshness to both the team and individual players.
Staying and going?Wasn't that to do with having to learn the system and get up to speed, but also waiting to see who was staying and going? He was featuring in games.
Staying and going?
It was after the window had closed
But he was certainly not playing for whatever reason, and it’s no different under Jose
Got it and yes that makes sense.Fair enough, mate. I'm not devaluing Klopp or Liverpool - they deserve their plaudits. But I just believe Poch will be better at the equivalent stage in his career than Klopp is - it's more belief in Poch than a lack of belief in Klopp, if that makes any sense.
Sorry I thought you were talking about NDombeleEriksen.
Was he staying the whole season? Were we selling him in Jan? Would he go? I think that has to have been a massive factor too, as we were laboring with him. I believe that was the "brave" thing we should've done far earlier, once Poch realized her wouldn't sign a new deal for whatever reason, yet DL insisted on the very top dollar.
Personally, I would've kept him as long as possible too. I understand the logic. What I will always question is that if the manager wanted to deal him (a la Coutinho style) then we should have for less than DL was asking but still a fat pile of wonga.
Eriksen.
Was he staying the whole season? Were we selling him in Jan? Would he go? I think that has to have been a massive factor too, as we were laboring with him. I believe that was the "brave" thing we should've done far earlier, once Poch realized her wouldn't sign a new deal for whatever reason, yet DL insisted on the very top dollar.
Personally, I would've kept him as long as possible too. I understand the logic. What I will always question is that if the manager wanted to deal him (a la Coutinho style) then we should have for less than DL was asking but still a fat pile of wonga.
Sorry I thought you were talking about NDombele
Literally in his last season at the club, several journalists reported Spurs were asking for £100m last summer, for Eriksen who would be available for free a year later?
I know we're not allowed to criticise Levy in this world, but his last contract extension was 2016, and by 2018 he didn't agree a new deal so it was clear we should have either sold, or offered terms he would agree to for a player consumerate of his ability.
We ended up losing Eriksen for £17m, and more importantly it destabilised the squad, needing us to rely on a player who was obviously leaving. We started this season with Eriksen, Jan, Toby all on last year of their contracts but no other signifcant replacements for them at beginning of the season, if that's not poor management or failure, i'm not sure what is?
I’m no Levy apologist but the Eriksen deal was the most unLevy like thing he has done. My feeling is that he would loved to have sold him and bought in a cheaper, younger replacement but with the stadium build going on he couldn’t offer Poch the full or many any of the proceeds to replace him, so given the esteem Levy held Poch in for his achievements up until that time Levy allowed him to run his contract down to not weaken the team. So on the pitch trumped the bottom line on this one. This was possibly extended to a Alderweireld albeit with a smaller hit on the possible fee and first team disruption.Literally in his last season at the club, several journalists reported Spurs were asking for £100m last summer, for Eriksen who would be available for free a year later?
I know we're not allowed to criticise Levy in this world, but his last contract extension was 2016, and by 2018 he didn't agree a new deal so it was clear we should have either sold, or offered terms he would agree to for a player consumerate of his ability.
We ended up losing Eriksen for £17m, and more importantly it destabilised the squad, needing us to rely on a player who was obviously leaving. We started this season with Eriksen, Jan, Toby all on last year of their contracts but no other signifcant replacements for them at beginning of the season, if that's not poor management or failure, i'm not sure what is?
I’m no Levy apologist but the Eriksen deal was the most unLevy like thing he has done.
Eriksen has even replaced with Lo celsoI was.
And my point was that the player was trying to find his way into a team which was destabilized by the "will he won't he" status of the midfielder who ran the, errr, team for several seasons. How can a new player who has equal talent but in a different way be expected to immediately slide in and have it work?