The Pochettino Story | Season 2
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Bad choice of words by Poch and something that might bite him later on, especially if the season goes south and this joke of a competition was the only realistic chance at success for a team such as Brighton: which is the reason the League Cup exists in the first place - many teams prioritize the league and FA Cup, leaving the spoils for smaller teams. So what Poch says here isn't necessarilly wrong or incorrect, it might even reflect correctly what people in England actually think, unless it's their team that is doing well in that cup tournament.
I'm a bit torn over this approach to the Mickey Mouse Cup.
On one part it's actually refreshing for a manager to speak up with honesty like this. And there IS a double standard in the demands of resting players, if one can't choose to do so in a lesser impotant competition like this one.
However, setting the team up to defeat is never a pretty thing to do, and it certainly undermines the accomplishment, if Brighton was to go and win it sometime later on. Good choice with the free access though, then the fans didn't pay for more than what was promised to them. Season ticket holders aside.
