Gets worse tonight with he news that Drinkwater dropped the nut on Jota in training and his loan may now be terminated .. Seems like there is discontent in the dressing room and this could spell the end for Smith .. Question is who do you get in ? Personally i'd go all out for Benitez who would gain the respect of the players straight away and even if we did go down may give us a chance of coming straight back up. Please not alladyce, pullis, or Pardew !! They would be the kiss of death !!!
Don't think Terry is an issue. The established coaching set-up is Smith, O'Kelly and Cutler. When you see a performance like last night it reeks of that trio, being what it's been doing for years, but in a league where it doesn't work. Terry alone has first hand experience of PL level coaching but I suspect his influence is limited.
In theory we're still in the driving seat and can get out of this, but it feels like Smith & Co have lost the plot. I've backed them up until now but the signals are that they can't do it.
If I was Purslow I'd go out and out everything into getting Poch. Poch wants a return to the PL, there's no good vacancies on the horizon, and our owners have the cash and ambition to put together a very attractive project. He's shown with Southampton he can lift a failing team, that and new manager bounce could well be enough to keep us up. It fits the owners' ambitions. Get him!
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posted on 10/3/20
Gets worse tonight with he news that Drinkwater dropped the nut on Jota in training and his loan may now be terminated .. Seems like there is discontent in the dressing room and this could spell the end for Smith .. Question is who do you get in ? Personally i'd go all out for Benitez who would gain the respect of the players straight away and even if we did go down may give us a chance of coming straight back up. Please not alladyce, pullis, or Pardew !! They would be the kiss of death !!!
posted on 11/3/20
Don't think Terry is an issue. The established coaching set-up is Smith, O'Kelly and Cutler. When you see a performance like last night it reeks of that trio, being what it's been doing for years, but in a league where it doesn't work. Terry alone has first hand experience of PL level coaching but I suspect his influence is limited.
In theory we're still in the driving seat and can get out of this, but it feels like Smith & Co have lost the plot. I've backed them up until now but the signals are that they can't do it.
If I was Purslow I'd go out and out everything into getting Poch. Poch wants a return to the PL, there's no good vacancies on the horizon, and our owners have the cash and ambition to put together a very attractive project. He's shown with Southampton he can lift a failing team, that and new manager bounce could well be enough to keep us up. It fits the owners' ambitions. Get him!
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