If Poch is incapable of using a technical player like Tielemans who has proven himself as a top player in the league already, then it’s a red flag. I hope he isn’t too rigid in his ways.
Just so we are all aware, Utd have just signed 2 midfielders in a 29 y/o on a 5 year deal & a 22 y/o for £50ms, both who absolutely wouldn’t be in Poch’s ideal plans.
They’ve gone from high intensity coach -> low intensity approach -> high intensity within 10 fucking months
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🚨🎙️ | Mauricio Pochettino, speaking in April:
“I need to adapt to my roster, my squad, and not to think about myself. [My job is] NOT to coach the squad for myself.
“I need to coach the team for the team, for the players, not for what I think is good for me.
“I need to PROVIDE the best tools to perform with the characteristics that I have in my squad.”
[@WeAreTheOverlap]
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Just not fully sold at all on Pochettino going into 2027 - which might be a little crazy to read for some of my OG followers given how many years I spent begging the club to get him like 7-8 years back
But I fear he already peaked like 10 years ago
His sides in that 2013-18 era were miles ahead of the curve in the PL; conditioned to run and press everyone off the park back then. Margins were big enough to matter back then too. Now, not so sure
Kinda similar to Mourinho in the 2000s where he came in and totally exploited the 442 with his 433. Pulled the league's trousers down
Or when Wenger modernised basic sports science/nutrition + tapped into the European talent pool
Football learns, adapts & catches up though. That's my only concern
Listen, I love Poch. He's one of the good guys - but I hope we're not hiring him on the idea of him in 2016. Which sadly, I suspect we are
...Compounded & heavily inflated by recency bias of a decent World Cup performance with host-nation advantage
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My thoughts on Poch remain same as below (+ Alex top thread). Since then, only more time away from club football & meta. Also, bad follow up to what Carrick was trying. Again, disconnected manager hiring. Players you'll need are different & won't be worth low upside. Don't see it
Super thread from Alex. This was a reservation I had about Pochettino too. His tactics are too reliant on the press, both for creating & defending. And that worked in an era when structured intense pressing was novel and caught teams by surprise.
Today, every team has good build up patterns to play through Pochettino's press when his teams defend and every team has good OOP setups to force Pochettino's teams to be creative beyond the counter press (and struggle) in attack.
Within a few years, Pochettino's lack of tactical evolution has become costly.
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We can all agree though the way them lot have treated Michael Carrick has been disgusting. A club legend firstly but even more so the way he’s conducted himself throughout his time as coach has been absolutely class. They could have at least done things with a bit more respect for him.
Feel sorry for him. He’s our club legend. Wilcox have some respect smh
🚨 JUST IN:
Michael Carrick has ARRIVED at Carrington and will take Manchester United training again today. #MUFC [@TyMarshall_MEN]
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Nooooooo. I like Poch but this is not it man.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United finalising deal to appoint Mauricio Pochettino if ultimate decision made to replace Michael Carrick. 54yo lined up & terms being done with camp. #MUFC yet to contact US but straight-forward should plan proceed @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7767421…
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We don’t want the “truth”. We want someone who can help the club move forward on the pitch and behind the scenes without combusting in pressers.
Fabrizio Romano on Antonio Conte:
"There is a feeling within the industry that #mufc are 'scared' of Conte.
He just goes and says the reality, he's a serial winner but brutal.
I think this is exactly what United need. You need to understand the real problems instead of just hiding." [@FabrizioRomano]
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Once again, United will probably go out and appoint someone who isn't a tactical continuation of any recent groundwork laid
Amorim --> Carrick --> Poch (?)
rigid 3atb -> possession -> vertical football, intense
Mbeumo, Cunha etc. (half space attackers) were signed for Amorim's narrow attack, not Carrick.
Tielemans + Santos were signed as the beginnings to start committing to a more ball-first model. They weren't signed to play in a run-heavy system
They're talking about this bullshit "one window = one area of the pitch gets addressed" transfer model, when the type of profiles required in said areas change drastically from season to season because they keep fucking changing the coach & any ideologies he had previously signed the other players for
and THEN they have the cheek to wonder why it never works
Don’t understand why Nagelsmann isn’t even considered.
David Ornstein:
"Julian Nagelsmann is a name that has been mentioned, but I don’t hear that he’s one #mufc are looking to pursue.
Eddie Howe has been heavily rumoured, but I don’t hear that he’s one they’re looking to pursue.
So, by the process of elimination, you get to someone like Mauricio Pochettino."
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Yeah we are done man
Breaking: Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada are expected to retain Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s backing despite fierce scrutiny of their positions.
They still have Ratcliffe’s trust, and a change to their positions is considered unlikely as things stand, with Ratcliffe placing his faith in the pair to navigate the club through its current troubles [@TelegraphDucker]
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Dusted club man. We ain’t gonna be good for sometime. I don’t think we can win the league with Poch.
? Just get the decision right and move quickly man. I feel sorry for Carrick
The #mufc hierarchy would prefer to inform Michael Carrick of their decision face to face, so there may be no official confirmation from the club until Thursday [@ChrisWheelerDM, @NathSalt1]
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If United are thinking of hiring Poch in the middle of a season, then there's a very good chance it doesn't work in the short term (which United need desperately.) Interestingly, Poch took over Espanyol, Southampton & PSG mid-season too. It wasn't until the summer after where he
They shouldn’t be here anymore man. Get a new DoF
Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada have lost faith that Michael Carrick is the right man to turn the club around [@TyMarshall_MEN]
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Yeah expected. Our form and results have been dreadful. I’m sad for Carrick though. Hope we get a new DoF and get Nagelsmann in
🚨 Manchester United intend to relieve Michael Carrick of duties. #MUFC say no final decision & nothing set in stone but work undertaken on replacements + multiple sources anticipate change before Liverpool. W/ @lauriewhitwell @AdamCrafton_ @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7768165…
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