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yes. logic suggests he would have. what you really need to be asking is could Pochettino have won 6 trophies in his very first season at Barca, created one of the greatest club sides of all time, gone on to not just win but absolutely crush the competition in Germany, then come to England and (in his first season, admittedly, absolutely decimate the league before Christmas? if your answer is yes, it then begs the question why he's not been able to squeeze even more out of this team and squad than he has managed so far.
don't get me wrong, I actually really like Pochettino, and think he's done a very good job at Tottenham so far, but seeing some of our fans hailing him as the best in the league/Europe/the world, putting him up there with the Guardiolas and Mourinhos, and refusing to acknowledge any criticism of him whatsoever is cringey as fuck. he's won nothing in the game, so his methods and philosophy at this point remain unproven, so on what is this unshakeable faith based exactly? yes Man City have spent a ludicrous amount of money, but it's not as though they've bought the absolute superstars of world football, so the money alone doesn't account for the quality of football they are now playing. that takes insanely good coaching. forget yesterday's result, we're predominantly struggling against teams that put men behind the ball, because our passing and movement is so one-paced and pedestrian. do you honestly believe these wouldn't be significantly better under Pep? people on swear that there isn't a great deal between some of our players and theirs, and that players like Kane (who I absolutely agree with), Eriksen and Alli are world-class or thereabouts, so surely it's reasonable to believe they're capable of much better than this? why are we so far behind Man U and Chelsea too? are their squads also so much better than ours?
We really need to get real. Pochettino is a very good manger, but he's not in the same league as the true elite yet, and there's no guarantee he ever will be.
Pochettino has managed Espanyol, Southampton and Tottenham in his career, that's three teams who don't have the best resources in their respective leagues and are/were up against financially doped teams, what exactly are you expecting? How can you say his methods and his philosophy remain unproven seeing as he has a proven track record of improving teams and players?
Why are you only taking into account this season which totally ignores the work he done last season? Why weren't we struggling against teams who sit back and put 10 men behind the ball last season, we scored 86 goals in the league and we were blowing teams away, this season we are struggling with injuries and we are in stadium transition and suddenly Poch is Mr average lol okay then