Underachieving cos he has them 8th? Which of Liverpool, Chelsea, Emirates Marketing Project, arsenal, Everton, spurs or man utd should be be sitting above exactly?
That's a fair point and almost certainly true.
But isn't it a bit scary that Southampton are only 6 points above Saudi Sportswashing Machine, who are pretty much in full-on crisis mode at the moment, and have been most of the season?
Southampton have in effect won the mid-table mini-league ahead of, in order:
Saudi Sportswashing Machine
Stoke
Palace
Swansea
Hull
West Ham
I'd argue that Southampton are the biggest club there in terms of spending, support (Toon aside), quality of existing playing staff when the manager arrived, the most supportive/stable boardroom set-up.
Lallana, Rodriguez, Lambert, Schneiderlin, Davis and Cork were all there when Poch arrived and have been the backbone of the best things he's done. ALL of them are quality players and predated his arrival.
I am NOT NOT NOT denigrating Poch, because I like him. Honestly, I might pick him ahead of any other PL manager to come to Spurs other than Martinez (Jose - boring football, Rodgers - don't like the man, Pellegrini - meh etc) but that does not make him the right man for the job. It might make him the best we can get, but that is not the same thing.