Fire Pochettino Thread

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by wixson7, Aug 14, 2024.

  1. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And for players without an EU passport it’s really hard to bypass MLS.

    A few guys like Jonathan Gomez have tried it via USL, but we’ve yet to see a real success story going that path (let’s hope Josh Wynder is the first).

    Versus with an EU passport you can go at 16.
     
    Bajoro repped this.
  2. grandinquisitor28

    Feb 11, 2002
    Nevada
    People are irrational about Arena because...

    1.) The team failed to qualify for WC '18 with him on watch during the Cataclysm at Couva.

    2.) he comes off as a prickly, arrogant ----- at times.

    But the CV is there, and its patently obvious that while he makes mistakes, he's the most successful domestically produced soccer coach ever, winning every where he stopped except like what, a year or two at NY, where nobody ever won anyway?

    But he puts people off, so people are irrational about it. He's not the reasoning we didn't qualify. He definitely made some big mistakes the final 2 windows (3 of those 4 final performances sucked after a strong 4 match run in March and the Summer of '17), but we all know the core reasons the team flamed out went far beyond Bruce.
     
    Red Card and Bajoro repped this.
  3. An Unpaved Road

    An Unpaved Road Member+

    Mar 22, 2006
    Club:
    --other--
    The global market will sort itself out as usual regardless of the Euro/MLS roster distribution on the U.S. Most guys will try Europe if the opportunity is decent. But the bar for what constitutes a decent opportunity will continue to slowly rise as MLS continues to become more attractive.
     
    gomichigan24 repped this.
  4. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    MLS will continue to grow and become more attractive a league with the only thing really being able to hold it back long term is the fact that the United States is not in Europe and MLS teams will never be able to play in the Champions League. Though maybe we can bring back the Concorde and join UEFA.
     
    Eliezar repped this.
  5. shnaggletooth

    shnaggletooth Member+

    Jun 23, 2002
    I agree. Get the best players available wherever they're playing, Europe, MLS, etc. The tweet quoted is just speculation, and not very good speculation.
     
  6. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    STRIKE ONE



    (you have been warned)
     
  7. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fire him now I guess.
     
  8. Red Card

    Red Card Member+

    Mar 3, 1999
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Does Poch know the "baseball" expression "strike one"?
     
  9. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Players get three strikes at each at bat but may get five plate appearances meaning 15 possible strikes. The real question is how many does a coach or manager get?
     
  10. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

    None
    United States
    May 12, 2019
    The USMNT fanbase does love its own delusion.
     
    BrianLBI, don Lamb and Bajoro repped this.
  11. Bajoro

    Bajoro Member+

    Sep 10, 2000
    The Inland Empire
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ... but great entertainment value!
     
    The Clientele repped this.
  12. MarioKempes

    MarioKempes Member+

    Real Madrid, DC United, anywhere Pulisic plays
    Aug 3, 2000
    Proxima Centauri
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Zendejas has 7 caps, and none of them in 2024. He's not so known.
     
    deejay and tomásbernal repped this.
  13. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    tomásbernal and schrutebuck repped this.
  14. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Problem is Poch has maybe 10 windows to assess dozens of players that are on the cusp of NT quality. The more you widen the pool the longer it will take to figure things out.
     
  15. schrutebuck

    schrutebuck Member+

    Jul 26, 2007
    More than prior US managers, I expect that an occasional aspect of Pochettino's US Soccer deal is going to be taking time to humor the millionaires and billionaires that helped pay his salary, along with bigger ones that are wider stakeholders in doing so like MLS owners (and also friends with the ones helping to pay his salary).
     
    ChrisSSBB repped this.
  16. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ream? Turner? Aaronson? Morris Musah Busio midfield... Has Poch lost the plot? Only his first game and his lineups are already stale!



     
    EruditeHobo repped this.
  17. EruditeHobo

    EruditeHobo Member+

    Mar 29, 2007
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  18. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Poch gets a one game reprieve but we'll be keeping a close eye on this fraud!

     
    The Clientele and aveslacker repped this.
  19. FirstStar

    FirstStar Hustlin' for the USA

    Fulham Football Club
    Feb 1, 2005
    Time's Arrow
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fire him anyway. Just for shits and giggles.
     
  20. Eliezar

    Eliezar Member+

    Jan 27, 2002
    Houston
    Club:
    12 de Octubre
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This….

    The only reason Brasil isn’t a top league and the US isn’t a top 3 league is geography.
     
    The Clientele and gomichigan24 repped this.
  21. MarioKempes

    MarioKempes Member+

    Real Madrid, DC United, anywhere Pulisic plays
    Aug 3, 2000
    Proxima Centauri
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    10 windows? Why that's less than the average house. There's not uh lot uh people know that.
     
  22. NietzscheIsDead

    NietzscheIsDead Member+

    NO WAR
    United States
    May 31, 2019
    NO WAR
    Kasey Keller came off the top rope after the guys were sent home before Mexico. Shots fired.
     
  23. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ooh Poch is in real trouble if he can't even please the great Kasey Keller

    “Personally, I think they [USMNT] need to get beat by 3-0. Then, it would a wake up call that we need to take this more seriously.”



     
    gogorath repped this.
  24. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Our incompetent fed couldn't even hire Tuchel smh

     
  25. The Clientele

    The Clientele Member+

    Portland Timbers
    Jun 25, 2005
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Feels like Kasey is panicking.

    Seems to me that Pochettino has a good sense of our starters. He’s spending time exploring the pool for emerging talent, no?

    Kasey needs to take a chill pill.
     
    Bajoro repped this.

Share This Page