As a proud member of the “Ole in” brigade, I’m getting tired of seeing the same lazy criticisms of us/the manager gathering likes on the Caf and Twitter.
I wanted to address them all in one place, hopefully some fellow sensible supporters will be able to add their own arguments
1) “The love for Ole is all based on nostalgia and reverence for an ex-Red”
Not true. I’ve never seen a single argument from a pro-Ole supporter saying that he should remain in the job because he is an ex-player/club legend. This argument has been made up by the anti-Ole brigade, who have then proceeded to get angry at their own argument.
2) “Utd have made their worst start/worst away record/worst this/worse that”
Could. Not. Give. A. Monkeys. Anybody who expected any more from this season, with this squad and these players was always setting themselves up for a fall. Re-adjust your expectations based on reality.
3) “Ole is a failed Cardiff manager”
So what? People need to get over this idea that the success or failure of a club begins and ends with the manager.
4) “Jose Mourinho blah blah blah”
I liked Jose but with the benefit of hindsight, he had completely lost the plot in that 3rd season. Also, the man left over a year ago...let’s stop going on about it.
5) “We’re Man Utd, we should be doing X,Y....”
Means nothing. We’re currently an irrelevant club with mediocre players run by a clown and owned by shareholders looking to make a quick dollar. We’ve no divine right to win anything or sign any player because “we’re Man Utd”
6) “Ole is a poor Coach”
No evidence for this. People are obsessed with the idea of coaching but (most) of these players are 20+....you can’t make them play slicker, faster football just by “coaching”. Same way Pep can’t coach his philosophy to certain players, difference is City have been well-run for ten years so their squad needs minor tweaks every year not major surgery.
