LLM, the players we've bought for the club over the last couple of seasons haven't fit into either the ethos of the club or into the systems of 3 successive managers (AVB, Sherwood and now Poch).
I appreciate the point you make that we could end up with a number of players who are immediately discarded when/if we change managers but we do also need to address the issues that are so readily apparent in the squad at present.

LLM I remember you saying Costa would not make it in the Prem and he has not done too badly. You have been wrong before and surely the time to judge Poch is at the end of the season? Surely he deserves credit for playing Mason when he was at last chance saloon as a 24 year old? and Bentlab as well as Kane. After Sunday we have no excuse in League as it's the only competition we are left in. No excuses for Poch but I would reserve judgement at the end of the season.

LLM..

Further to my point, if all Poch cared about was running he'd have kept Holtby, surely, and wouldn't be playing Lamela at all.

For sure the PL requires a team of athletes, Fergie loved his workhorses as do Mourinho and Pellegrini.. it's the special players that win you games but then they're so hard to find these days..