Mauricio Pochettino is in a really uncommon scenario proper now for a Chelsea supervisor, one thing we’ve not collectively seen right here for fairly some time.
A number of the gamers cherished Thomas Tuchel, however he additionally aggravated a lot of them and ‘misplaced’ some. The identical factor occurred with Frank Lampard earlier than him, after which with Graham Potter after each of them.
With Lampard and Tuchel, it was most likely their passionate personalities that some gamers turned away from. With Potter, gamers had been doubting that he had the credentials to handle Chelsea.
However what Pochettino has proper now’s he collectively has EVERY single participant behind him. They love him as an individual, and so they charge him as a coach. That is uncommon, and Pochettino should benefit from this time to get outcomes and maintain everybody on facet. It issues me how fast issues can change and we’ve all seen that many instances earlier than.
However I mentioned from the off that the gamers will love Pochettino’s character and who he’s as a human being, and they’re completely doing simply that proper now. He’s excellent for a younger group of gamers.
Levi Colwill has been completely raving about him immediately.
On Pochettino, Colwill mentioned: “He is a good supervisor, actually makes me really feel comfy and permits me to play my finest sport. I believe with him on the membership, it has modified a lot and now we wish to kick on.
“I believe the large factor for me is, on the primary day I got here in, placing an arm round me and displaying me that he respects me as an individual and likewise as a participant. That permits me to work my hardest and makes me wish to play my finest for him.”
“That’s a giant distinction, him displaying that there are two sides whereas nearly all of managers could have a look at you want a footballer, which he doesn’t. That helps me play my finest soccer. I do know I’m going to enhance. I can assure that. He’s such a very good supervisor and he’ll push me, he received’t let me have any off-days, that’s what I want.”
“Somebody like me, if somebody lets me fall asleep, I’d simply have a very good day or a foul day. I want somebody there to present me that kick up bum and say ‘maintain going’. That’s what he does.”
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As you may see, Levi is drawing on the human facets. And in immediately’s soccer with immediately’s gamers, the human facet is SO essential. Gamers have to really feel wished, they want an arm round them, and they should have that confidence instilled in them. That’s what Poch does finest, to all the gamers.
That’s the reason he solely wished gamers in his squad who wished to be right here on the membership, as a result of he is aware of how essential it’s to get a very good environment and morale within the camp each day, and he has purchased that with him.
The gamers respect and charge him as a coach as nicely, and meaning they’ll hear and belief what he says and tells them to do.
Proper now, though we’ve solely bought 4 factors from 4 video games, Pochettino is within the excellent place and he’s being totally backed by the gamers.
That’s why it’s so essential now to get outcomes when play resumes. We all know we wont win each sport. Poch is aware of that, the gamers know that. However we should get higher outcomes now and use the scenario that we’ve, which is everybody pulling in the identical course collectively.
I do consider the outcomes will come as a result of I personally belief Pochettino in addition to an individual and as a coach. There’s been choices and ways that I’ve disagreed with, granted. However I nonetheless have full perception that Pochettino will put it proper and get the outcomes.
It’s all new, it’s all contemporary, it’s VERY early doorways. We’re discovering our toes with a VERY younger squad, a squad who’re slowly gelling collectively. We’ve been hit by accidents and it’s all been a bit makeshift.
However there’s a confidence within the camp and a perception that goes from prime to backside that this squad can obtain massive issues along with this supervisor, and you may see from Levi’s feedback above that they’re all very a lot on this collectively and can keep totally behind the supervisor for a very good size of time. And as we all know, as a Chelsea supervisor you totally want this and you want to maintain the dressing room onside. Poch has a unbelievable probability of doing simply that, the very best probability of any Chelsea supervisor for a very long time.
