Paxi
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Some of our fans seem to think that there isn't much of difference between Solskjaer and Pochettino in terms of managerial ability. A few of United fans don't think he'd (Poch) would really be an upgrade on Ole currently, so there isn't any point in actually hiring him. Surely, it's just a case of red tinted specs here?
I wanted Ole over Poch, when he went on that amazing run. I genuinely felt like he deserved the job, or at least he should have been in a serious contention for it. When he was announced before summer, I didn't have much cause to complain, as I thought he did enough. Lifted the spirits, got the results -- with of course one them beating PSG in the manner that we did -- which made it feel like United of old. Overall, I backed him fully and the slight downturn in results was put down to the fact that all those amazing results were simply unsustainable long term, with injuries, and squad fitness also taken into consideration etc.
In hindsight, it was a terrible, terrible call to jump the gun and appointment him while we were riding high on an emotional level.
Now, I hear about Pochettino's lack of trophies, his sacking at Spurs. Posters mentioning similarities with Klopp and their starts at thier respective clubs. The mental gymnastics to absolve Ole and to elevate him to Poch and Klopp are astounding. More so Poch, admittedly, with only some similarities being drawn together between Ole and Klopp. What's worse, some try to downplay Pochettino's achievements in his managerial career because he never won a trophy, because he eventually got sacked. I find that really disingenuous to the work he has done. Those two things cause concern but when it comes down to the fact that our man has a dismal win ratio and had already experienced relegation with a Premier League club, dropped down to championship and had torrid time there, they seemingly choose to overlook that part.
So, oppo fans, If your club had a similar crisis to United's and you had Ole or a club legend like Dalglish or Di Matteo say, at the helm; but Pochettino was just waiting there to take over, which manager would you pick? Would you sack your current manager and legend now and hire Poch, or let them try to do the rebuild that they talk about, buy into it, and ultimately stick by them?
I wanted Ole over Poch, when he went on that amazing run. I genuinely felt like he deserved the job, or at least he should have been in a serious contention for it. When he was announced before summer, I didn't have much cause to complain, as I thought he did enough. Lifted the spirits, got the results -- with of course one them beating PSG in the manner that we did -- which made it feel like United of old. Overall, I backed him fully and the slight downturn in results was put down to the fact that all those amazing results were simply unsustainable long term, with injuries, and squad fitness also taken into consideration etc.
In hindsight, it was a terrible, terrible call to jump the gun and appointment him while we were riding high on an emotional level.
Now, I hear about Pochettino's lack of trophies, his sacking at Spurs. Posters mentioning similarities with Klopp and their starts at thier respective clubs. The mental gymnastics to absolve Ole and to elevate him to Poch and Klopp are astounding. More so Poch, admittedly, with only some similarities being drawn together between Ole and Klopp. What's worse, some try to downplay Pochettino's achievements in his managerial career because he never won a trophy, because he eventually got sacked. I find that really disingenuous to the work he has done. Those two things cause concern but when it comes down to the fact that our man has a dismal win ratio and had already experienced relegation with a Premier League club, dropped down to championship and had torrid time there, they seemingly choose to overlook that part.
So, oppo fans, If your club had a similar crisis to United's and you had Ole or a club legend like Dalglish or Di Matteo say, at the helm; but Pochettino was just waiting there to take over, which manager would you pick? Would you sack your current manager and legend now and hire Poch, or let them try to do the rebuild that they talk about, buy into it, and ultimately stick by them?
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