I was one of the people who wanted him to keep his job. The injuries last season were catastrophic, and a part of me wondered after beating City if maybe he can succeed with a fit squad and few new signings. But that was more of wishful thinking on my side. There's nothing wrong in Ineos giving him a chance, and also there's nothing wrong in realizing they made a mistake. Good leaders know when to cut their losses.
I still think he's a good man and a good coach, but ultimately the job of a manager is to get the maximum output from his players, and make sure they apply his ideas on the pitch, and he's unable to do that here.
From everything you hear about him, he strikes me as a Benitez kind of manager, someone who lacks charisma or leadership but knows a lot about football and has some good ideas. Top clubs require more than that, and I think that's why he can't get his message across. If you look at successful managers in recent history, the likes of Pep, Klopp or Ancelotti, they're all larger than life big charismatic personalities who command respect. United players are under a lot of pressure and they need a leader who can deal with that.
