Its most certainly head scratching, not defending it now but in all honesty the wait till summer and get the full right team in then would be my move too with the whole Fab situation too. I wanted/want Poch but I also think it does him zero favours coming in now TBH, I know for a fact there will be fans in their bunker ready to pop their heads up saying he is done two games in
I'm not sure it's head scratching, Poch is very hard to have a legitimate conversation about
Facts re Poch
- Best manager of our modern era (easy give)
- United the fans/club in a way very few have
- Has a very good relationship still with club & Levy
Seems such an easy fit, so what's the argument against Poch?
- The end of his era was bad (this is often seen in a much better light due to revisionist history) but alongside that CL run was 1 away win in 11 months, 25 points from 24 games, 18 losses in a calendar year
- He was poor with subs
- He didn't want to work with a DoF (his famous, I'm just a coach rant), and seeming not a good judge of players to buy
- He fudged up on youth players (something he's normally given credit for), his refusal to let young players out on loan was a poor strategy
- In the end, the senior players wanted out, Eriksen & Toby examples
- He was poor with managing players with injuries, players that needed cotton wool (Dembele & Lamela)
- Almost man, his teams didn't take the last step
- Given better players in PSG neither the results or the football was elite
Lots of caveats
- Wembley move at hight of our rise
- Lack of money to refresh at the point most needed
- Bad recruitment (partly on him, see above re DoF)
I can see why the club is thinking about it