No, because statements like that would be foolish...and would have clear accountability where someone would actually be able to pin your slithery ass down. But you did fill the room with hot air everytime you did feel they should be on instead of X, Y, or Z.
Not being sure how viable a 17yo kid who has not played a full senior game will be is hardly slithery is it you naughty man. It's got fuck all to do with accountability either. It's just common sense.
Onomah seems to find the bench wherever he goes
No, not really, he started plenty of games for Villa and Fulham up to this season, helped Fulham get promotion. Again, it's not black and white, to paint it as such is disingenuous, he may not ultimately be good enough for a certain level, but he's also been dogged by continual injury issues and struggled to find form in between lay offs.
But I don't know what any of this proves in terms of getting more football between 18-21 helping his development, even if that development takes him to the championship or below.
and Edwards seems to be enjoying his access to proper pastel de natas to make the step up to any of the top 5 leagues. Maybe they just weren't good enough after Poch hoped they would improve by keeping them around
If he wanted to improve them, I disagree with his method of not having them play any/much proper football for three years at that stage of their careers/development process.
At the very least, even you are acknowledging that whatever Poch did, didn't improve them.
. They've gotten no better by actually playing as you suggest so evidence supports the former. So if they were the best we had things don't look good.
No the evidence doesn't support the former. Bizarre logic. If anything the evidence leans my way. They almost certainly have learnt stuff - and got better - for playing football. Just doesn't mean they will ever be spunkbread. That's not the point.
They may not be pulling up trees now, but they were pulling up even less when they weren't playing at all.
Again, how do you know that the process that Poch actually did use wasn't the process that exacted the most from the player's potential?
How do you know it was?
The only thing you can base it on is what you think is the right way as you have no means of comparison.
No means of comparison? How about the thousands of footballers that, no matter their “level” have improved by actually playing real football? Even if it just improves their character or mentality? Game management etc?
How about your boy Foden? Sancho?
How about Kane, Walker, Rose?
KWP has been a first choice RB for a PL team all season, in his first full senior season. Do you not think it possible he’s improved for that experience? That he's learning constantly?
Can you prove that they wouldn’t have been better for actually playing more actual real football between the ages of 18-21?
Maybe we just need to agree to disagree. I think those players development wasn’t handled well by Pochettino.
I think from the club’s perspective those resources weren’t maximised, in a footballing or fiscal sense by Pochettino.
You clearly think it was. Neither of us are going to convince the other.
