Listen, my first post said some fans on this forum felt that Ole should have been sacked in the summer. I didn’t say they were equivalent achievements. The point I was trying to make is that progress isn’t always linear and it absolutely isn’t comparable when it comes to different clubs and squads.
4th with Liverpools squad at the time was probably better than 2nd with our squad for example.
Now all that said I still think there would have been a significant anti-Klopp group on this forum if he had finished 8th and then 4th even if he did get to a CL final.
The main difference between Liverpool in this period and current United under either Ole or Ralf is that it was always clear back then Liverpool were moving in the right direction. Klopp implemented his style of play quickly when he was hired and the problems of the squad was pretty clear to everyone. It was clear Liverpool's main problem back them was their defense and their GK for example, and that with few more signings in these areas they'll become challengers. Their attack were scoring for fun even since Klopp's first full season. It was always their shitty defenders and GKs who were bringing them down.
With Klopp's Liverpool there was a sense that with just proper key signings in very certain areas, they'll be back on the top. Klopp had a proper plan of rebuilding the squad and it's not a surprise it paid off once they signed VVD and Alisson.
The current United didn't have this. Every time we felt the team was starting to move in the right direction, it's just for short period followed by multiple stinkers that made us convinced it was just a false down. Every summer we enter thinking we need ton and ton of signings in ton of positions in order to compete. Under LVG, Mourinho, Ole and now Ralf or whatever, there's nothing about United that screams "planned rebuild" or "actual proper progress". It has always been just false dawns, nothing else.
Can you look at current United team and pick one or two certain problems that if solved will make us challengers, like with Liverpool when everyone knew it was their defense and GK that were bringing them down ? The current United team has a shit defense, awful midfield and underperforming attacking players. It looks like we need a complete clear out rather than just one or two key signings like VVD or Alisson.
And it's not a surprise this has been the feeling during these entire 9 years under all our previous managers, not just Ole or Mourinho for example. No, every summer it's the same feeling, because United didn't have any plan of rebuilding and we have been just doing random signings here and there.