Mauricio Pochettino - new coach of PSG

Just lost to the team who were joint last in the league

classic Poch

Tuchel reached the final of the CL, and was still sacked and hated on by most people on GL who cared about the club to any degree. Good luck, Poch.

Mans has won a trophy with PSG already hop off his nutz

RealGunner wrote:classic Poch

classic GL hating after 2 games and 1 trophy

Dismantled Barca with no Neymar.

Poch must be thrilled to be with a team whose players won't let him down every goddamn time. Although it's QSG, I imagine they'll find a way to choke either here or farther on in the comp

To be fair, La Liga sucks. So when you thrash Atlético, Madrid or Barça, you shouldn't feel too special because you're not exactly dismantling world beaters here.

Although I will admit, dominating Barça at Camp Nou without Neymar and Di Maria is still impressive, even if this Barça is very weak and you still have Mbappé.

Happy for Poch, stat-padding with a CL

Dude, it's PSG, always wait for the second leg before you start bumping threads.

fair enough But hard to see how they can mess up 3 away goals (famous last words)

PSG is notorious for allowing nonsense goals for absolutely no reason... doesn't matter who the manager is. Also, if Veratti isn't fit for whatever reason (which is likely with him), Bayern will control the middle of the pitch.

So yeah, listen to farfan.

If they play like they did today or against Barca in the second leg they should have no problem throwing this away.

A Bayern 2-0 would do it after all, and that's not exactly an eye popping scoreline.

Still, it's been a good start for Poch in the CL

Poch's big issue is Ligue 1.  PSG aren't going to win it.  That loss to Lille put them behind the 8 ball.

To be fair, Carlo lost Ligue 1 to Montpellier his first season too despite inheriting the club that was in first place.  HOWEVER, PSG did not have Ibra or Silva yet.  They got them that summer.  His attack consisted of Menez, Nene and Pastore.  The CBs were Sakho, Lugano and Camara.  So yeah... Carlo had less to work with.

They're 3 points behind, a bit premature to say they won't win it. Can definitely see Lille choking it away.

Cruijf wrote:They're 3 points behind, a bit premature to say they won't win it. Can definitely see Lille choking it away.

Maybe. But they have 7 games left, a 3 point lead... and the tiebreaker so really 4 point lead. Lille has 3 losses all season, and only 1 of them in 2021.

So more than likely, PSG would need Lille to have 4 draws. They could lose against Lyon... which is about it.

Not impossible obviously. But I don't think Lille drop 4 points in 7 games with the way they play.

Time to school cowardiola again? (if he makes it past Dortmund)

farfan wrote:Time to school cowardiola again? (if he makes it past Dortmund)

If Guardiola decides to play "his way" and does not compensate at all for Neymar and Mbappe.... yes imo.

He can't sleep knowing he's up against Grealish imagine Neymar and Mbappe

You guys may laugh at me... but Veratti is in fact the key to PSG because he's the ONLY midfielder on that team that can actually hold on to the ball, move with it and pass it.

If Veratti can't play for one reason or another against City, I don't think PSG ever see the ball lol.

First City need to get past Dortmund for them to meet PSG.

sportsczy wrote:You guys may laugh at me... but Veratti is in fact the key to PSG because he's the ONLY midfielder on that team that can actually hold on to the ball, move with it and pass it.

If Veratti can't play for one reason or another against City, I don't think PSG ever see the ball lol.

Nothing funny about this at all, their midfield is straight trash without Verratti.

Justice for paredes, wth

Poch

Just knocked out the champs. That's basically a trophy on its own

Has there been a point per game improvement at PSG with Pochettino. Seeing the CL games, how is this squad losing Ligue 1?

rincon wrote:Has there been a point per game improvement at PSG with Pochettino. Seeing the CL games, how is this squad losing Ligue 1?

I went through the record of Poch so far compared to Tuchel up until sacking and it is as follows:

Poch = 14 GP, 9W-1D-4L --> 28 points/14 games = 2ppg
Tuchel = 18 GP, 12W-2D-4L --> 38 points/18 games = 2.11 ppg

So, thus far there has actually been a point per game decrease. Not by much though.

I'll let Sports explain what's actually occurring in Ligue Un as I don't watch it.

Strength of schedule wise, Poch will face teams from just above relegation to 5th placed in the remainder of the season. The top 4 teams are "away from the pack", and he doesn't have to play any of those other 3, which is good news for PSG/Poch, but SOS wise it doesn't appear to me, just based on league position, that Poch has an easier or harder rest of the season than Tuchel. It's pretty evenly spread out amongst the remaining teams to face.

Apparently he is considering to leave PSG after half a season, his relationship with Leonardo is not good. Spurs are in contact with him and he could be an option for Madrid too