It's quite futile to postulate a different universe of what someone could have done instead of Pochettino, but my point is that I don't take the "threat" of him leaving as significantly as others do, on the basis of the potential of the now and beyond.
It's a case of merely stating that if he were to leave, looking at the very squad we have right now, how would you rate our chances? I'd say pretty damn high.
imo, we also have players in the squad who should be playing, but aren't. That is more of an issue to me than not bringing in even more.
For example, why is KWP not playing more? Why is Lamela not playing more? What is the issue with Wanyama? Why do we not have a plan B that works to the strengths of a proven-quality player like Llorente? Why do we play Davies as a winger? Why do we keep playing Dier? The Non-HG keeper situation. Why do we keep talking about needing more 'Plan B' players if we never change our tactics in the game? We do we sometimes wait 80 mins before making subs? We do we take our pivotal players off at 1-0 up and throw the game away.
Why are none of these even considered as reasons why might not be winning trophies? How exactly is the boardroom more significant that those things that I read in pretty much every match thread?
None of these are questions to you btw, it's more a case of explaining why I find it difficult to follow the logic of the "blame the board" crew.
The guy has worked miracles, top 3 for the last 3 seasons - our best run in the league since the 60's - all whilst being outspent by every club in the PL. He's not perfect by any means but he's been fucking unbelievable for us. Your questions could be asked of any manager anywhere by their clubs respective fans regardless of success.
He has massively overachieved, can Levy say the same about himself? One trophy in 18 yrs. People talk about the stadium like he's spending his own money and look how that's going. As a fan I'd rather have half the stadium (facilities etc) with decent investment on the pitch to push on.
There is only so much a manager can do, the rest is up to the board. Levy's never had it so good with a manager and he's doing his best to fuck that up.