AR87
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He clearly did a good job at Spurs but he absolutely had a team good enough to win the league in 15/16 and 16/17. That he didn't do so doesn't make him an abject failure or anything, but it does mean he's not perfect or even certain to deliver silverware for United in a league I feel is more competitive and at a time where our ability to add talent in the transfer market is more limited.
I also wonder about how much of Spurs decline was down to not replacing core pieces in the side who were sold or declined, and how much was down to teams adapting to and familiarizing themselves with their established play style under Poch. It certainly felt his last 1.5 seasons on the job that they had dropped a level which the CL run helped mask.
Good luck to him at PSG but I've not ever been convinced he was a no-brainer choice for United, just a good option we should consider if/when we decide Ole can't take us any further, a point I personally don't think we've reached yet.
I also wonder about how much of Spurs decline was down to not replacing core pieces in the side who were sold or declined, and how much was down to teams adapting to and familiarizing themselves with their established play style under Poch. It certainly felt his last 1.5 seasons on the job that they had dropped a level which the CL run helped mask.
Good luck to him at PSG but I've not ever been convinced he was a no-brainer choice for United, just a good option we should consider if/when we decide Ole can't take us any further, a point I personally don't think we've reached yet.