@cbarness6@Arrnoldd lol the prospects are good, but you always have to factor ineos in. getting your hopes up at utd w/o accounting for institutional incompetence would be amateur behaviour 😭
get behind the coach fasho, but he’ll have to earn that time. nobody should get three years guaranteed without showing significant progress along the way
Pochettino is one of these guys where if you appoint him, you HAVE to give him those 3 years minimum to build, fanbase included.
Maybe people don’t like the appointment, but I don’t think you can be against the manager from the very start.
I’ll personally be backing him.
@cbarness6@Arrnoldd your concerns are real, but i don’t think they can afford to keep being poor on the pitch. last summer’s recruitment showed some alignment with carrick’s vertical football, so if that continues, there should be a clear long-term direction rather than just a quick fix.
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@cbarness6@Arrnoldd i agree in principle, but i’m not convinced “manager needs control of recruitment” is the prerequisite. the point of a proper football structure is recruiting profiles that fit the coach’s model. if poch's ideas already fits what utd have built, that’s a feature, not a flaw.
poch was doing some incredible coaching at the world cup just a few months ago and people are chatting like it doesn't count while hyping up nagelsmann, who stunk up the very same tournament.
the selective amnesia in football discourse needs to be studied.
@kesse_onojedje@Rich_pips aside from pedigree, track record, tactical ceiling, experience at the elite level, success with different profiles of squads, ability to adapt systems, and a proven record of developing young players?
@Arrnoldd valverde is a good coach, but poch fits utd better imo. his pressing, intensity, positional rotations, verticality, man management & ability to build around a young core suit the profiles we’ve recruited far better. plus prem experience
@muchogustoputa same way ancelotti & mourinho are “relics” yet still trusted at the highest level.
you act like passing your first peak makes a coach obsolete, as if tactical evolution erases the fundamentals of football or everything elite coaches have learned. plus, poch isn’t rigid.