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[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Why he changed our formation from the pre-season games?! too much Defensive.

 

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

4 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

Why he changed our formation from the pre-season games?! too much Defensive.

 

That formation has been dead ever since Nkunku got inured tbh. There's something about missing him that has poch spooked, and I think its because he was relying on him.

 

Folks were going crazy over Jackson during the preseason but those with a keen eye could see the true star of the show was Nkunku.

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11 minutes ago, dimmas said:

I don't understand what Pochettino is trying to do with Enzo since he has moved Enzo's position and role in the last 2-3 matches. It has made Enzo's and everyone's performance much worse.

Having an idea or offering a different solution is one thing, but while continually seeing that it doesn't work at all and not providing enough support to make it work, and insisting on it, is like asking for trouble.

Right now, Enzo is playing in a really high or too advanced position, which only makes him play in a strange way. He plays like he's chasing shadows, appears insignificant, isolated, and also doesn't receive enough runs or any other necessary support around him.

And after all this midfielder buying, our best midfield performance still occurs when we play Enzo-Gallagher in the pivot.

This doesn't necessarily mean Ugo played poorly today; actually, for me, he is decent and playing quite well. But it seems so bizarre and very unfortunate after we acquired Caicedo, Ugo, and Lavia. Pochettino actually seems to have a different (or weird) idea about how he sets up our team, and for now, it seems to make our midfield play much worse, despite spending around 170-200 million in total to get those three midfielders.

@OneMoSalahcommented on that on a diff thread (game thread?).

The squad is extremely unbalanced. There are a lot of CMs most on the defensive side and few capable of going forward.
I agree that it's the wrong thing to do; you don't touch your best player, but move and adjust everyone around him.

He's prob desperate given the lack of options up front.

We ask for Palmer and he looked raw which is understandable... because he is.

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And go next.  

Next one cant be as bad anyway so whats the point of keeping him?

Thanks for the 1-2 games in pre season and close the door on your way out. 

 

[Mário César 1,232]

our biggest problem is todd, tbh 

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Blaming Pochettino is so short sighted. Maybe he can do better.

But in less than two years we have gone from a top 4 team to below midtable.

That's not down to Poch. 

[Mário César 1,232]

6 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Blaming Pochettino is so short sighted. Maybe he can do better.

But in less than two years we have gone from a top 4 team to below midtable.

That's not down to Poch. 

thats my point 

[Mhsc 1,091]

Definitely not Poch's fault in entirety, I think a series of bad decision from him has not helped us but can't blame all of this on him. Of his many mistakes playing Nkunku in that preseason game on the dodgiest pitch I've ever seen and getting him injured killed our season before it started. But the fact we are nothing without Nkunku is not his fault in entirety. Obviously, he could have been stronger willed in pre-season about who he wanted and let the others have less say but that's not easy when you're new to a club. The club should have backed him a little more with some more players with experience which he asked for repeatedly all preseason.

I still think given the money and long term thinking involved EVENTUALLY we'll become a really good team, but the pressure to win immediately only seems to be felt by Poch - I can't believe PW or LS would have snubbed so many ready made options if they felt that pressure.

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Pochettino: "One thing I am disappointed is they [the full-backs] try to go forward too much and create confusion to the offensive players and give the opponent chances to score." Also says Thiago Silva was frustrated at his teammates for losing discipline.
 

Oh so now we are to offensive. Alright folks calmn down… next game we will probably play 4 CB and 2 withdrawn WB. 

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Awful but completely expected to see the pressure from the fanbase is already skyrocketing. 

For me, Poch has had the right attitude and is dealing with an uprooted squad. We have to give him as long as possible before abandoning this. The issue is not management even though Poch has not helped himself with some tactical choices. 

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heh the commentators after the game questioned the idea that Chelsea will be OK once the injured players return. They simply asked, "do we know what to expect from these injured players?" I think aside from James, that's a very fair question.

It's easy to take that one game from Carney and project that he will play like that every weekend, when in reality he will likely look inconsistent relative to his 19yo. Even Nkunku hasn't really played for us, or in the PL, to know exactly what he will bring. Lavia is also a big unknown at this level.

Evidently it's better to have options, but just a cautioning tale so to not expect all problems to be magically solved once players are back.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Its obvious Poch will take the brunt of the flak for now but the real culprits who are to blame and the owners and the footballing people they’ve installed. Simple as that. 

It has been blatantly obvious for about 10000 years now we need goalscorers (Nkunku and Sterling aside), one of those definitely being a top CF who will do the business regularly. I mean nothing against Jackson just young, needs time, needs less pressure too. Same with Broja. 

Was the same issue with Benitez, with Mourinho’s 2nd spell, same issues arose with Conte after he binned Costa, with Sarri, with Frank, with Tuchel, with Potter, with Frank again and its still the fucking same. I mean chances created are there - goals aren’t. Isn’t rocket science. Goalscorers. And that was when we had other guys like Eden, Pedro, Fabregas, Willian, Schurrle, Oscar who are, depending on who, probably 10-100 times the players of some of these we’ve signed. 

But in true fashion with this ownership, we’ve shit the bed & signed anything but proven players barring a handful, under the guise of these youngsters being a “long term investment” as opposed to gambles. Basically though, we have spent £1 bn and have somehow gotten worse. Tell me how thats possible? It shouldn’t be. It should literally be impossible.

So who’s really at fault here? Poch? Or the footballing strategy people?

Will say it now, Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley - if they would of even been hired in the first place - would have been fired by Roman before even being given any sort of control on transfers if they came to him with this nonsense approach of signing every u21 alive without any real substance. No disrespect to Brighton and Monaco, where they came from but if they want to run us like them and develop a similar footballing culture and strategy then we are goosed because we are coming from a place of relative success and reversing that to try become more a feeder club (in theory) by developing very very unproven qualities as opposed to buying a mix of good proven players & exposing younger, developing players to them and the group. 

If the January window goes the same as the last 2 windows have then this club will be in a very very very dangerous place come next summer. Simple as that.

I do think Boehly might need to get on the phone to Michael Edwards in the summer.