If the board do consider sacking him for Mourinho, one of the main accusations levelled at Mourinho is that he leaves his clubs in a mess. While it may be true that things invariably go wrong in year 3, it's not accurate to say that he leaves a trail of destruction. In 2007-2008, his former Chelsea team, despite being managed by a man for whom the term "charlatan" was designed, were a penalty kick away from denying arguably United's best ever side in the Champions League final. At Madrid, they continued to compete at a very high level under Ancelotti, winning la decima. Porto and Inter did fall away but the only reason they got anywhere near the summit in the first place was down to Mourinho - with them, it was simply a case of normal service being resumed after respective gaps of around 20 and 40 years since their last success in the competition. In other words, while I can't see Mourinho as anything other than a short term option, it's unfair to insinuate that we would be back to square one if and when things go wrong. Given United are probably moving to a 3-4 year managerial cycle anyway after the last of a dying breed that was Fergie, I don't see why we should turn our nose up at "only" short-term success.