Poch continues to build a squad and momentum, with of course a few obvious set-backs that he'll have to eliminate, I'm pretty sure that as he uses a form of black boxing thinking in his methods that he is capable of building a winning side...
However, on the minus side he'll have to accept that his job is going to be much much harder than his predecessors and that means that (if approached) by a club with money he'd probably have to say 'yes' to them; if Lewis and Levy can't soon announce the new investor/shareholders group I'm convinced we've been looking for then whilst we can still finance the new stadium it will mean a lack of player spending that will make our previous 'apparent' meanness in the market look like a spending spree..
The obvious answer is to do a deal with one of the half a dozen Chinese consortium's that are looking at UK investment sports opportunities (I know directly of two, but am told there are more) but the issue may well be the Chinese groups reluctance to be a junior partner, it's not the style of the way of Chinese money to accept a passive role, whereas a US or Canadian investor(s) - and these are real possibilities, would probably be a better cultural fit.
So, that's a long way of saying that Pleat (ever the faithful minion of Levy) can say these things easily as his career has long since ended, to an ambitious coach, it's a huge, perhaps career defining commitment to make and I'm unconvinced he'll do what most of us would want him to do..
