Bedfordspurs
Chris Waddle
That’s your bias thoughThat's one way to look at it, sure. The other way to look at it -
Poch finished just 3 pts behind Ange (iirc) despite getting to both a Cup final and a Cup semifinal in his first season, against Ange who got dumped out at basically the first opportunity twice and had nothing but free midweeks for 90% of the season.
Moreover, Poch's team showed what you would expect from a team that is exposed to tough, but promising tactics/styles of play - an initially tough time, but then constant improvement leading to a very good end to the season.
Ange started off brilliantly, and then got worse and worse - by the end we were a walking shambles even as he had a largely fit squad to choose from.
Taken together, the edge goes to Poch for me.
Could easily be flipped and say they actually beat one premier league team to make the cup final without needing penalties
And best one premier league team in the fa cup in a replay
That’s actual facts by the way
Oh and that’s with Poch inheriting a squad that cost around €1b iirc in the last two seasons
And despite having that squad he finished behind little old Ange who apparently has only done it in minor leagues amd for some is clearly out of his depth..
Poch is a great coach and shouldn’t have been sacked but he didn’t actually achieve anything more than age because he finished below him in the competition where it’s like for like