The club's been pretty much directionless since Pochettino left, maybe since Mourinho left, if you're feeling generous.
The squad is horribly unbalanced, not in terms of positions, but in terms of profile. It's not entirely the club's fault - we might be in a better situation if Paratici had been allowed to continue. Unfortunately, Paratici's signings were more 'opportunity' signings than part of a plan. Then we signed younger players but again, only because we thought they had a good resale value, not because we were aiming towards something.
Truth is, you also need experienced players. They serve a purpose. But, just like we've done with managers, we go all in on certain profiles then, apparently on a whim, move on to something else.
There's absolutely no rhyme or reason in our choices of managers. So, unsurprisingly, we're running around in circles. At the moment, the idea of giving Frank more time is depressing, because the football served is abject. But it wasn't any better last season, with a completely different manager. As far as I'm concerned, I can't see a difference in terms of entertainment.
I got a nasty feeling once the Postecoglou honeymoon was over that we were back to the 90s, and that's still where I am. We go into every season aiming big, saying Ferdinand, Anderton, Ginola, Klinsmann will make a difference but at the end of the day, they don't because the problem lies elsewhere.
Something will have to give, but I've got no idea what it is. However, when thinking about sacking Franck after 5 months, we should remember what our reputation was like when we hired Postecoglou. We're stuck between a rock and a hard place because there's no guarantee that giving him more time would produce better results. If it were my choice, I'd stick with him until the end of the season, but start feeling out the water and see if a more... suitable coach would be interested in joining (and rebuild from scratch).
