Pochettino is a first-class bottler
Mauricio Pochettino took Tottenham further than any other manager in the Premier League era, but he was also blessed with one of the greatest players they’ve had in that period in Harry Kane.
Of course, his influence helped further Kane’s career and assisted him in his development into one of the world’s finest, but Poch was continually bailed out by the England captain’s knack of finding the net.
Despite that, Spurs managed to finish third in a two-horse title race between them and Leicester City in the 2015/16 campaign, with Chelsea, who finished tenth, sealing the deal for the Foxes.
Tottenham crumbled in the ‘battle of the bridge’ and subsequently gifted the title to Leicester, who only narrowly avoided relegation the season prior.
Not to mention after Pochettino’s Spurs reached the Champions League final to face Liverpool they decided not to turn up and play. It was the easiest 90 minutes of Jurgen Klopp’s Reds career to date.
Pochettino is a good manager, there’s no doubting that, but if his name was Mark, rather than Mauricio, would he have the reputation that he does?
No money, no chance
It was the world’s worst kept secret over the summer that Manchester United were interested in signing Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund (take this report from the Guardian as an example).
However, it’s November, and Sancho remains at Dortmund, with United’s attack being near enough the same as it was last season, barring the addition of veteran Edinson Cavani on a free, who has been used only as a rotation option thus far.
It doesn’t matter who you have in charge of your club – whether it be Pochettino, Guardiola, Klopp, or Sir Alex out of retirement – a squad doesn’t build itself.
Unless the Glazers would be prepared to get behind Pochettino with the full weight of their chequebook, there would be absolutely no point in changing managers right now.
And if they’re prepared to do that – why not just stick with Ole?
Thank you Jamie and it is so pleasant to read such balanced and justified viewpoints,,,while sympathizing with United supporters who deserve better performances , the hire and fire approach doesn’t work as shown by the number of managers hired since SAF ,,, Ole is by far the best of them and should be given more time