Interesting email from Ladbrokes this morning, who spoke to Paul Ince about Solskjaer & Pochettino speculation at Manchester United, and the part I felt worth sharing with you was that Ince suggested that Pochettino ought to be given a Director Of Football if he were to land the hot seat at Old Trafford.
This might well be the missing piece of the Pochettino puzzle. Since the arrival of Mourinho at Tottenham, I’ve made the case repeatedly that there now have to be serious question marks over Poch’s ability to scout the right player. In fairness to the Argentine, he did demand that his title at Spurs was changed to reflect his lack of involvement transfers. Perhaps then, the best case scenario for Mauricio would be to get himself involved in a system whereby he could be involved in the recruitment process, yet not have to personally undertake the heavy lifting?
What is for certain, is that the current Manchester United squad looks like it may well end Ole’s managerial career and it would be a brave man to take on such an unstable group.
Wow, we are still talking about Poch. Who cares about what he’s doing now.
People are hoodwinked by the CL final achievement. It was more by luck than judgement. If you look at the games we actually dominated very few of them in that run.
How many of the golden generation runners up to Leicester did Poch bring in?. Very few is the answer. He coached them well in the early years but that side would have done well under any decent manager. Once they aged/left Poch and Levy were poor. Towards the end Poch had properly lost the plot with his negativity. His subs were frequently baffling. Tactics negligible. Press conferences awful. And why didn’t he pressure Levy into recruiting just as Jose as done? I look back and think we were never under the guidance of a world class manager.