Champagne Football
New Member
Getting to a champions league final, and finishing second on a shoestring is a miracle achievement. In some ways better than Pep winning the league at City or Jose at Chelsea with vast fortunes to spend.How is Poch a proven elite manager? Last time I checked him and Ole have they same trophy count. Does finishing second with Spurs once since he took over and reaching two cup finals without winning any makes you elite nowadays.
Last year Klopp was supposed to be a crap manager due to low trophy count. But he's the best in the world now apparently. The whole hiring managers based on trophy count is the reason we are in this mess. Van Gaal with a cabinet full of trophies won with empty victories at clubs that could win their domestic league with 2 less players in every game. Same with Jose. Most of his trophies were empty victories, where he had 10 times more spending than everyone else, didn't develop any kids, and spent vast fortunes on 30 year old thst would need to be replaced 2 years later.
Identifying an elite coach is not only based whether they develop youth, play attractive football, raise players to a level higher than other managers get from them, but also how they conduct themselves during a crisis and their longevity at clubs too. Pochettino ticks all the boxes. It was clear after the CL final he wanted to leave, felt he deserved to be released, yet Levy obviously felt otherwise so Pochettino downed tools months ago.
Any clown can turn up at PSG, Bayern or Celtic and win 6 trophies in 2 seasons.
There's very few managers out there who tick all the boxes to succeed at Man Utd, and many of the managers who have a big trophy haul would be the last person you'd ever want near Man Utd - Capello, Mancini, Neil Lennon, Unai Emery, Jose Mourinho, Conte, Diego Simeone, Wenger etc