A cup, maybe, but not the premiership. He didn't seem to give his teams any mental steel, at least in later years. They played some nice stuff but had a tendency to fade. Being a top manager is not just about assembling good players and coaching them well, even though those things are essential.
This is where Bobby has excelled imo. Last year's 8-point overhaul put City's long-standing inferiority complex to bed and U*d were the ones who cracked. And hardly anyone expected it.
A turning point in history.