There is nothing wrong in wanting a manager out for his bad performances this season. I was Ole out and I still think it was the right call to sack him.
However; I don't think he is an awful manager that everyone suggests and his achievements were purely luck. A lucky manager doesn't break the away unbeaten record, does not go to City and consistently win.
What I am a hypocrite for defending Ole? As I said, maybe for you things are black and white, for me they aren't, I can differentiate the good he did to the bad.
I guess you dont change your opinion on things?
You're kind of creating a strawnan here tbh, and then levelling baseless accusations against me.
Do I change my opinion on things? Absolutely; especially on things as trivial as fecking football. If you had been aware of my post history on Ole; I went from strongly wanting him gone, to backing him. I have been quite open about this, and the posts are all there. Was I an Ole doubter? Yes I was. I didn't particularly rate him as a manager, but he probably exceeded what I thought he was capable of.
However, despite my dizzy hysyeria after our summer window, it was always obvious that our famed 2nd place came with several caveats, and we never looked like getting back to the top under him. Was he lucky? Depends on your strict interpretation of the word, I suppose. I guess yeah, he was lucky at times; but every team get some luck here-and-there. I certainly wouldn't be getting upset over someome using the terminology.
I still think it's hugely hypocritical that you labelled Jose's tenure a failure, while seemingly looking somewhat fondly on Ole's. This is despite Jose getting a 'better' second place finish and winning 2 cups. I mean, I personally class all of our appointments post-Fergie as fecking shambolic, for one reason or another. If you said you preferred Ole's then that's cool, but you actually said Jose's was a failure. I preferred Ole's personally, but Jose's was obviously more successful. So if Jose was a failure, what does that make Ole?
In your heart of hearts do you believe Ole is a good manager? I don't. Time will tell, but for me, he's extremely mediocre. Failing at United is nothing to be ashamed of. Hopefully he goes on and does well elsewhere; because despite the apparent 'hate' I have for him, I certainly wish him the best in his future endeavours.
I believe he left behind the best squad, strictly speaking. But in reality, it's a mess in terms of fitness, morale, commitment, drive, tactical nous etc. Not to mention the fact that it's a collection of players bought by Fergie, Moyes, LvG, Jose and Ole. I tried to buy into the notion of the 'great squad builder' angle - due to reservations about his managerial ability - but it looks like it was built on a house of cards, and I was conned like plenty of others. No issues admitting I was wrong, though. I just don't see why the need for you to flip back to this pro-Ole stance; there isn't always a need for extremes.
Like, can you actually call any aspect of Ole's tenure a success? We had some nice wins etc, but come on, after 3-years and all that money spent; it's blatantly clear that it wasn't good enough. Sure, we can all pretend now that Villarreal are awesome, 2nd place came with no caveats and Ralf has actually shown Ole got us playing greater than the sum of our parts. But come on, it's utter desperation from a select cohort to try unsuccessfuly to praise Ole again; and be 'right' on the internet, which is very important.
I actually backed him most of his tenure but had massive doubts about him.