I haven't said it's maeaningless, cos I don't think it is and I thank MFF for bringing it to our attention. Sherwood was being called all sorts of names after 8 games, so why shouldn't Poch be judged as well. Indeed Poch has actually had 13 games including the Cups, and it was unlucky for us 13 against City, but that was partly becuse of poor management by Poch. Had Sherwood made as many errors as Poch did on Saturday, he wouldn't just be being judged, he'd be tried, convicted and sentenced to 'internet death' in Spursdom by a whole pack of baying 'supporters'.
He was tactically incompetent, had no ability to motivate the squad and instead fostered an active rebellion by the players. He then proceeded to complain that it was everyone's fault but his and threw the club's management under the bus saying they didn't support him. He was given the chance he'd been begging for and blew it. More than one insider said he'd talked his way out of the permanent job.
In contrast, Pochettino is having to put back together an emotionally shredded squad who've been attacked by their managers, the press and their fans for the past 2 years. Unlike Sherwood, he's actually making progress as well. Sherwood initially looked very good due to having Adebayor perform at an unsustainable level, and playing his first 6 games against the weakest stretch of opposition we saw all year.
To this point, adjusted by current team strength, Spurs have arguably had the toughest schedule of any team so far:
Sherwood had 28 games. Let's see where Pochettino is after 28 games, and then we can judge what the squad looks like and what the results have been, without any short term variability.