Just to be clear, I wasn't responding to what I didn't ask for. No point in talking about history when the squad gets revamped every year. I do find it even more interesting now that you're rating Boehly's Chelsea so highly.. do you think ETH could've achieved top 4 in either of Boehly's two seasons? This isn't a gotcha btw, but because whatever people may think of Poch, he did bring Spurs to a CL final and consistent top 4 with a shoestring budget while playing attractive football. If you think ETH is better then I'm glad we didn't sack him just yet, he might actually be special.
But you aren’t clear. You are all over the place.
I said I don’t want Potter and you are twisting the discussion to be about ETH.
You said ETH has a stronger squad than Potter had. I clarified that Potter inherited a squad that had done better than uniteds and had a lot more money spent. There’s an awful lot of contradictions in your sentiments on this.
My Boehly comment was tongue in cheek. Some of you say that all our transfers are ETH fault. And that 400 million spent means he has to do better. But Chelsea have spent way more, by that logic then Chelsea managers are doing worse. Some of you also say that “the glazers don’t coach the players”, well the same could be said for Boehly.
Boehly is a disaster. He proves my point that owners idiocy can affect on field performances significantly. It also proves that clubs transfer spend is only as good as those running the club. Which is exactly why many of us think that ETH getting sh*t for our transfers is harsh in some ways.
I totally agree that Poch is not a mid table manager. But he’s managing a club that’s spent way more than United. “ ETH has spent £400 millon” gets thrown at him all the time.. , Chelsea have spent so much more in less time. Why does Poch get a pass and ETH doesnt?Perhaps ETH is better than Poch, getting us higher in the league at half the price ?
Did Potter and Poch say they didn’t want any of the signings made? This is what some of you say when some of us suggest that ETH might not of gotten players he wanted. You can’t ignore all United owner/structure issues and then defend other managers because they worked under bad owners. We have sh*t owners and the entire structure is being changed to compensate.