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- LABoog42 years agoNew Ace
- Danimal59812 years agoSeasoned Ace
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.
- LABoog42 years agoNew Ace@Danimal5981 Pochettino has always been outspoken against the league cup. He does not see winning that competition as changing the club if the focus on that would impact league results.
I tried thinking of a storyline to give back to fans while also bring Pochettino some controversy like he normally has in his pressers. - JustinCase01102 years agoSeasoned Ace
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.
- Danimal59812 years agoSeasoned Ace
As the saying goes: No individual is bigger than the club.
Who is Poch to decide whether a team like Brighton ought to be happy with a good run in the League Cup or not?
I mean, I agree with the man: we're all talking about keeping the players fresh and avoid saturation. Instead, tournaments keep getting bigger and number of games keeps increasing.
But it's not my point. Poch is wrong to sit on the chair of the Football Deity and say which of those tournaments need to be axed.
I am a purist in that sense: Champions League ought to be 32 champions only and then a second European tournament for top 3 to 5 performers and/or cup winners (including a League Cup). Continental national team tournaments shouldn't exceed 16 teams, while a world cup with 32 teams is plenty. This way you decrease number of games, but you add value to the tournament for the League Cup.
- LABoog42 years agoNew Ace
Both are good points and one that I myself go back and forth on. I think the league cup in England should be only for teams not in European competitions personally.
The club making tickets free was my way of showing the club agreed with Poch. We want to build something bigger at Brighton than a deep league cup performance and since that is not one of the goals set by the club, I feel the agree.
Maybe in a year or two when the depth to rotate is there, we can try harder in this competition but for now, we have to pick our battles.
- LABoog42 years agoNew Ace
- LABoog42 years agoNew Ace
- LABoog42 years agoNew Ace
- Danimal59812 years agoSeasoned Ace
Beating Man City, then losing to Everton; somehow it doesn't compute.
But neither does Man City being in 15th, although they have been known for being slow starters.
When I was doing my Ajax career, after season 1 I gave in to the bids on Brian Brobbey and got Strand Larsen as replacement: big mistake. His way of playing is nowhere his actual stats and within a matter of games I played Noah Ohio as first striker. He wasn't as clinical or prolific as the Norwegian from Celta, but Ohio was able to play in the team better. Strand Larsen is really a modern Inzaghi: no added value as a teamplayer, apart from sometimes being at the right place in the right time. With him, you play with a guy less on the pitch. My experience was really bad with him.
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