Does anyone believe that another manager would do better? This team is the weakest since Fergie left.
Rashford and Martial are expected to bang in at least 50 goals between them for us to compete which is something the haven't done.
McTominay is expected to be a regular this year and there are question marks about whether he is good enough.
the depth of this side if everything goes tits up makes me wanna cry. I don't think Poch or even Fergie could make this team work.
I do we have seen Klopp get into a champions league final / mount a league challenge with Milner, Henderson and Wijnaldum as his engine in the midfield. The difference between being a world class coach is that he's given them information / instructions that play into their strengths despite them being considerably average. He's not relied on them to come up with solutions from their own intuition (something Ole, Jose and Moyes have in common).
Last season Poch picked up some fantastic results with injuries to Dier, Kane / losing Dembele he mounted a top european campaign with Winks and bloody Sissoko as the identity of his midfield.
Fans downplay the relevance a manager has to the identity of a team vs the players contributing in it. Madrid have one of the best squads in football and despite their success in Europe they still lack identity even when they had Ronaldo. The identity of a successful team is consistent with the representation of ethics as opposed to the surnames associated. That is why under Ole we could have Salah, Mane and De Bryune and still have conundrums such as being unable to break down a Palace defence. The problem with a teams Identity is the foundation needs to be laid behind closed doors that's the DOF / owners jobs to accommodate the structure to have a chance at success.
What this club needs is a visionary, Ole is impulsive and it shows in why the team seems so unprepared during games, he took this job immediately without any considerations to how he makes himself a success. He didn't care about the outdated regime of reporting to Woodward, the only person in the useless coaching staff to have reservation about what's above him was Phelan but he has been decieved too.