I'm not saying this to defend Ole per se, but the overall strength of the league now is miles different to the days of SAF. Pretty much every EPL team has full internationals these days, thanks to the financial success of the league. It used to be the 3 promoted teams were 18 automatic points and a chance to rotate, for example. Teams like West Ham and Villa were routinely dominated by the best teams, but look at how crowded the table was last season! It seemed that anyone could beat anyone, any day.
By which I mean to say that success now will look a little different to how it did under SAF, more disappointing results and lower point totals at the top.
The points tally for 1st place over the past 5 seasons -
20/21 - 86pts
19/20 - 99pts
18/19 - 98pts
17/18 - 100pts
16/17 - 93pts