If Poch is so great then why did the world fall apart for Spurs?
The pressure of managing United is off the scale compared to Spurs too. Our fans expect success. Spurs fans just hope for it.
Don't want him anywhere near our club. Plays nice football? So what. Eddie Howe played nice football too for a few years. He's not the answer either.
I'm not saying Ole is the man either but I don't want to change the manager again until Woodward is gone ideally. And if we do have to change the manager before Woodward goes then it better be for someone absolutely top drawer in the mould of a Pep or Klopp type manager.
Seeing that Brighton 3 Spurs 0 result hopefully shows some of you that the grass isn't greener.
If Klopp is so great then why did the world fall apart for Dortmund during the first half of the 2014-15 season? In 13-14 they came 2nd but after 19 matches of the 14-15 season they were rock bottom and had only won 3 matches. Surely Klopp can't such a good manager after all...
The truth is that all cycles come to an end. Pochettino is one of Spurs' longest serving manager of all time and with very good reason. Pochettino managed Spurs for 5 years and had taken that squad as far as he could. 86 points and 2nd place in 16-17, Champions league final in 2019, four consecutive top 4 finishes, all whilst playing very good football in the process most of the time. This is a very good record in my book. You have to remember that this is Spurs we're talking about, a team that is not known for compete for cups or play in the CL on regular basis. You very rarely see managers surviving 5 years at their clubs in this day and age. It's perfectly normal for things to go so stale after such a long time without a proper squad rebuild.
There is very little chance that Woodward will leave any time soon so the fact is we'll have to change managers under him sooner or later. That's something that we have to accept. And there are very few top drawer managers in today's game. Klopp and Guardiola will never be attainable for us, Conte and Allegri play very defensive football, Hansi Flick and Zidane probably won't be leaving their clubs any time soon. Tuchel might be an option when he leaves PSG but we don't know when that will be. So are options are either to accept mediocrity under Solskjær or go for a better coach.
At the end of the day it is the coach that coaches the team, not the chief executive and I think a better coach, with a modern playing style, could definitely do a better job than Solskjær. The football we play under him just isn't very good. We score some nice counter attacking goals from time to time, but I would like to see us properly dominate more matches. Not just sit back and wait for openings against teams like Crystal Palace and Brighton. We have some very good players in our squad and despite the fact that we still need to strengthen I don't think it's unfair toward Solskjær to expect us to play much better football after 18 months of Solskjær's coaching. For most coaches it only takes a few weeks or months to put their stamp on the team. Solskjær has been here for 18 months and I still can't see exactly what is plan is or what his style of play is, apart from just sitting back against everyone and play on the counter or wait for the penalty.
I feel that Pochettino would get us to play a lot better football and give us a lot more consistency in the near future than Solskjær. He might not win us all the cups and titles every season but I'm sure we would be in contention for a few years at least. And who knows, maybe a new team and a new environment could help him to add cups to his his resumé. But if it doesn't work out then of course he would be moved on and we'd look to bring in another coach who could hopefully do a better job. That's what every club does in today's football, whether you like it or not.
There may be other coaches out there (outside the 'top drawer mould') who could do a better job than Pochettino could with our squad. I've seen other posters here mention ten Hag (Ajax), Rose (Gladbach) and Nagelsmann (Leipzig). I'd be all for hiring a modern thinking coach who'd play good football whatever the name. But I don't really watch a lot of football outside the PL and CL so I wouldn't feel comfortable touting their names. Pochettino would be my first choice based on what I saw his Spurs side do under him. His spell wasn't perfect, but from what I saw with regards to their style of play, there's no doubt in my mind he would do a better job than Solskjær.
Also, on your last point. It's just a silly comparison. Did you know that Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at home last season under Pochettino. We've lost against them at home twice in a row under Solskjær. Grass isn't always greener and all that...
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