The man just can't get a break, win draw lose he's constantly under review.
It's a tough job to be a united manager if Jose with 2 trophies and a 2nd place finish got sacked, he's got no chance here.
I don't understand this view. Any good job should have the manager constantly under review. Ten Hag hasn't achieved what the likes of Ancelotti have to deserve any other feeling. In fact, based on past performances, he more than any manager in the premier league should be under review. The idea that this is a bad thing is what is causing us to have issues imo. How can a manager perform as badly as he did last season and people even suggest that he start with a clean slate. For me, I truly question the ambition of United fans. What do we actually want? Do we actually want to be back to where we belong, or are we so scared to look bad that we're okay taking things slowly. We're not a small club. We have lots of money that we constantly spend. Rebuilds for clubs like ours do not exist, because they should not need to happen in the first place. The amount of money we've spent and been willing to spend, should always amount to an immediate change in status.
What seems to happen at United is that fans seem almost too scared to hold managers accountable. The ride of a rebuild for a club like ours should not even exist. We should not be terming this a rebuild. Even between 03-04 and 05-06, we actually attempted to challenge for major trophies. These were called rebuilding seasons after they had happened, but the aim and the feeling of the fans in those years was one in which we felt capable of winning the league. City may have better players than us, but we do have really good players. Every year that we throw away as a rebuilding year is a lost opportunity to challenge and a wasted year in these players' careers.
The challenge, even this season, is that we're not actually waiting for our players to improve and take their games to the next level. We are waiting for our manager to build a system capable of using the players available well and consistently enough to challenge for the league. This despite having managed us for 2 previous seasons. The onus is on him to prove that he is capable of providing a good system, that allows our players to shine. Ten Hag is that part of the team we have the most doubt over, and after three seasons, we really should not have to have doubts.
This is why, unlike a new manager, Ten Hag has to prove that he can get good results whilst giving consistently good performances for the fanbase to truly believe that he's the guy to lead us forward. He should not simply be given time to prove this either, he has to earn it. If we give Ten Hag time where he's inconsistent, as a club we would have thrown away 2 seasons in which all evidence proved that the manager wasn't up to par. These are opportunity costs of a potential challenge, wasted time that another manager could have used to improve the club, lost fans who won't understand why the club would appear to not care about how we perform, lost new potential fans who won't be attracted by the results or performances we've been producing, lost champions league revenue, another year of decreased status that could affect revenues moving forward and other potential financial costs. This would be worth it with a manager who people believed in. However, Ten Hag has rightfully lost that.
