Please don't. In the worst case scenario, he'll walk out with a nice compensation cheque and he'll find work somewhere else. And no matter what happens, even if it all blows to hell, he will always remain an absolute legend of a player as far as the fans are concerned. In my eyes, nothing will change that, not even if he has us in the relegation zone by December. And he inherited this mess, he did not create it himself. Let us not forget this. What he does with it is a different question.
But he has to use this appreciation to his own advantage. He doesn't have either the pedigree or the experience but his undeniable love for the club can potentially create a shield around him and help him make (some of) the crucial decisions which will eventually see United escape the mess they're in atm. He's not as dogmatic as LvG to start giving debuts left, right and centre instead of adjusting his philosophy (while some called it giving youth a chance, to me it seemed more like throwing everything against the wall hoping something will stick) and he's not as petulant as Mourinho who started his tenure here with the infamous "i need 4 specialists" quote only to sound like the boy who cried wolf when he finally realised that this team needs a new spine before we can start talking about the last finishing touches that will take it to the next level.
I believe that this is his chance, if not to succeed, to be the first manager in the post-Ferguson era who'll leave a positive mark behind him when he leaves. He can force changes and the fans will be in his corner defending him. And he must understand that one of the things that made the man he so admires such a huge success for a quarter of the century was his ruthlessness. Yes, give youth a chance but there's also no way Rashford's agent would have exited Fergie's office in one piece if he had put the rumoured salary demands on the table. Keep your British core but also make sure that you won't spend a big chunk of the season with a back-four that consists of Young/Smalling/Jones as its main components. Pogba wants to jump off the ship? You can tell him to close the door on his way out and score lots of credibility points but only if you've planned a new midfield. Not if you've already told Woodward that you will try to do your best with what you have to work with. And finally, for all his talent, Martial's long due a bollocking. These are all issues (deadwood, wage structure, poor recruiting) that we've left unsolved and they've started to stink the place. And they won't go away just by adding a couple of young and hungry players or by offering the ones we have here unbelievable money.
