It doesn't matter who deserves to be there, as long as you're there does it? A cup competition has insane luck to win them. The fact he got to many semi-finals and finals just shows the quality job he done for you. That season came off the back of zero funding because of the stadium. You was never expected to perform as well as you did that season.
When he went there, you had just had Villas-Boas as coach, who had significant resources given to, who had wasted those resources and left a bloated squad, with low morale and not much potential. Then Sherwood came to try and lift the spirits.
So there wasn't much resources left, but the squad still needed an overhaul. It was a very tough job for anyone.
The fact that Poch came, managed to overhaul the squad, brought through youth, instilling belief along with excellent coaching, find excellent players for cheap, on a shoestring budget, is testament to him and the job he done for you. Having a player like Harry Kane in the youth ranks ready to break out obviously helps matters but he still had to turn the club around and coach them properly.
Don't forget you had a new stadium built and he had transfer funding cut during the time your team was at his best. That wouldn't have helped matters.
