Before this week, and before I started to actually think about it, my preference was always on us taking the risk and going for Potter, or Lopetegui, or even Rose at Dortmund (though his Dortmund side are struggling) before looking at Poch or ETH. However, now that the deed has been done, I've thought on it a little more, and I think I'd choose Poch.
My reasoning for that is that, for me, I don't think there's too drastic a difference between ETH and Poch mentioned in terms of either style (though ETH is a tad more possession-oriented) or their results if they were to come here. So I'm not actually *too* fussed around who we end up choosing if they are the choices we have.
Where my decision ultimately lies, is who is going to be the best fit for the often chaotic, always parochial Glazers and Woody/Arnold? As no matter how amazing your footballing vision is, as our previous experiences with managers have shown, if you don't get unequivocal backing and support, then it simply will not be reflected on the pitch. Every manager we've had can point to a deficiency from the board which ultimately proved fatal to them and their vision. Moyes had Ed the apprentice. LvG is on record for saying he had to go to his 3rd and 4th choices. Jose almost had the club in a state of civil war, and Ole had to show extreme patience in his first two seasons, where it could very strongly be argued that they set him up to fail. And then when he did finally get a decent transfer window, the Glazers had to ruin it by getting Ronaldo and ignoring his requests for a midfielder.
On that front therefore, I'd probably be leaning towards Poch. He's been used to Levy and his parsimony, and he's had a taste of the weird ego management at PSG, at both Executive and Playing Staff level. In essence, he's had the worst of both worlds in that respect, and while Utd's board essentially combine the two in one dirty package, they aren't anywhere near as egregious in one aspect or the other than Spurs and PSG are. He's also been able to thrive and find balance with an imbalanced squad at Spurs, and he now has the experience of handling the big players at PSG.
It might ultimately still prove to be insufficient, but if I was given the choice of the two, it's Poch for me.