... not wishing to pick on a man seemingly without Rizla's and therefore a bit irritable

.... but ... the 'nutshell' in question does appear to have more than a few cracks in it, factually ... the current Prem table shows that United have amassed more points than Spurs ... the trophies won by the respective managers at their current clubs (also ignoring that Poch has been at Spurs a good deal longer) read Moaninho 2, Poch nil ...
... so I'm not quite sure where your bullish affirmation of Minerva's 'bold assertion' comes from ... and seems unlikely to convince anyone other than a fellow Spurs fan ... just saying ... now breath