charlenefan
Far less insightful than the other Charley
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Kane made a grand total of 10 league appearances the year before Poch arrived at Spurs scoring a grand total of 4 goalsI was merely trying to set out the parameters, because I would say Alli's decline is largely to do with Alli, so whilst he did well to set up a system that worked for Alli at the time, he didn't exactly set it up to last for very long so where does the buck stop?
And yes he was, Sherwood brought him into the side at the end of the season and next season Kane scored 30+ goals.
I'm interested to hear what your characterisation of Poch's style is, because for me, it's a formation cented around a back 3 with wingbacks, high pressure and fast transisitions - ie counters. Doesn't sound particularly disimilar to a hell of a lot of managers out there and a lot of them haven't really be graced to have Eriksen, an Alli at his pomp, Kane, Son and others in - yet he won nothing with it.
Poch's style wasn't with a back 3 either, it was a back 4 which pushed up high, creating a compactness allowing for a high press. It's the same as what most teams do now expect Poch was one of the first in the league to do it back in his Southampton days
The fact you don't know anything about what Kane was doing before Poch or his preferred formation it's little wonder you don't know what his style is