"It's important not to put too much responsibility on the new signings," he says. "They have come to give the team certain qualities, but of course we also understand that they are young players who have to adapt, and who, in Lo Celso and Ndombele's cases, have come from abroad, from different leagues. The priority is adaption more than performance.
"There's a lot of pressure for them but there are a lot of examples of young players, like Son and like many others, who have needed a season or a season-and-a-half in order to perform at the level that we want. These three players are not going to be the exceptions. They are not that."
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No doubt new signings need time to reach their best. They don't need to be at their best to help the team, though, especially not in our current malaise.
Surely it makes more sense to give Ndombele and Lo Celso minutes than someone like Eriksen? Poch doesn't really have a leg to stand on because he keeps picking players who are playing like shit. Are Rose and Eriksen performing at the level we want? If not then why are they in the XI when they are also on the transfer list?
