We haven't got a "shit record". Our talents from the previous batch just couldn't make the step up to the level we needed them to. And then we went through the post-SAF transition which was always going to be hard for them to come through. All of which is natural, really. Every batch of young players isn't going to work out as expected for one reason or another, but it wont cause the club's reliance on youth to change. Did we give them a chance? Of course we did. The likes of Welbeck, Cleverley and Evans got plenty of chances. Not sure why you'd question that unless you're doing it for the sake of questioning it.
And now we're continuing to do so under LVG with the current crop. Whether they've been thrown innto the deep end is irrelevant. He made a decision to trim the squad so that he could keep up the tradition which further proves the club's intention as I've been stating. Even under Moyes, the worst year we've had in ages, we managed to turn Januzaj into an important first team player and announce himself on the stage.
And on top of that, we couple that with buying young players with big potential, as we've done recently with Shaw, Martial and Memphis, as we did 7 years back with Anderson and Nani, as we did 12 odd years back with Rooney and Ronaldo.
The overarching point is that Manchester United, like Barcelona, give young players and youth academy products chances. Mourinho is the exact opposite of that, and not fit to carry those traditions forward.
I'm all for playing styles and organisational structures evolving but I, for one, would like to see this tradition continued. And to me it seems, so would the club.
Maybe this is irrelevant for you and hence you want Mourinho here.
Well, considering you're comparing him to a guy who pokes opposing staff members in the eye, calls his rival managers a "specialist in failure", treats his medical staff like crap and tells another manager to lose weight, I think LVG has been an angel in comparison for us. There's no way you can dislike LVG for his behavior (for us) and hail the worst behaving top-level manager about. You might prefer Mourinho's personality, that's your call, but it's a different point.
There are plenty of managers who might fulfill that criteria. You know, you can disagree with my criterea without going "noone on earth meets it!". His teams do play dull football, he does ignore youth and he can be a toxic influence. Those aren't things you care about and that's fine. But let's not pretend that just because Mourinho fails on those counts, everyone else does too. He's someone who you look for instant trophies IMO, with whom you have to make some concessions in certain areas, and hope it all works out. I don't want the club to make those concessions and I'm not all that sure he'd be a success either. Hence, a big fat no to Mourinho.
Got it.