I’d hardly call the Spurs side he took over as great or in fact better than the side Ole took over from Mourinho. That’s the same Spurs squad that AVB wasted the £100m from the Bale transfer on players Poch eventually sold.
He improved every player in that Spurs team which is why they went from Europa League to regular Champions League qualifiers.
The revisionism on what Poch achieved with Spurs on here is just odd. Why do you dislike him?
Poch is a very good manager.
But the idea that he simply coached a bad group into a good one is inaccurate. He said several times himself in his book that he needed to do a big clearout of the squad and sign several players before they would improve much. He signed 27 players in his time there. He didn't spend huge money but he did bring in players that suited what he wanted to do. If he didn't get to do that they wouldn't have been able to play the football he wanted them to play.
Ole hasn't been able to do that yet. It seems pretty obvious that a quality attacking midfielder should unlock a huge amount of this teams potential. RVP and others have pointed out that Rashford and Martial make 15 great runs a game yet never receive the ball. It's also pretty clear that the low block will be less effective against a team with more than one person capable of playing a forward pass. Also would teams sit in and allow us the ball at the edge of their box when we have someone like Fernandes with a canon of a shot or are CBs more likely to have to step out and leave spaces to exploit? How dangerous would our counter attacks be with someone who can actually pick the right option as opposed to someone like Andreas who never does? These things matter a great deal in building a team and a style of play.
How much better would our defense look with a proper defensive minded midfielder protecting it there as opposed to an old man who struggles to cover the ground? We had a nice run of form while Scott and Fred were in there. When we haven't had those 2 teams have opened us up at will. Ole has signed 3 players so far. He took over a mess of a squad that had been built with a two completely different styles of play in mind. Considering all the injuries we've had and the complete lack of cover in important positions I think he's doing pretty well.
Judge him when he has players actually capable of doing what he wants. When or if that actually happens is down to Ed unfortunately.