I suspect Postecoglou may come under heavy pressure from the fans if they fail to achieve CL groups while we make it. He might get a bit more leeway if we both went Europa league.
But if we make those CL groups and they don't he's under huge pressure from the get go. It will immediately look to the fans like a continuation of last season. With us excelling and them stuttering.
As for their board they have decided to run with him at least temporarily. Then if it all goes pear shaped and they get rid of him the cycle begins all over again. Another new guy who will want his own team.
They're not going to find a Gerrard. A man with enormous stature within the game globally. A man who now not only has experience managing in European qualifiers, groups, and knockout stages, but also played in Europe over 100 times.
Invaluable experience for us while his mere name attracts players we couldn't otherwise hope to get. While they have a guy no one had heard of who doesn't even have his UEFA badges.
It's all the funnier if you remember the mockery we faced when Gerrard came in. Under 18's coach, rookie, disaster waiting to happen, etc. Whose laughing now? This guy?