I don't think many have issues with people having opposing views. It's natural and this place would be boring if we all agreed. Only speaking for myself, but I'm sure others will agree, the issue I see is that many supporters of the manager seem to be based in pure emotion and nostalgia and they often take the top red approach when they are drawn into a debate. Langster's posts typifies this.
Most arguments for Out are based on objective facts.
@Regulus Arcturus Black regularly makes balanced detailed posts outlining shortcomings but are often ignored and then the same 3/4 posters appear with the same tired lines about patience and the United Way. In the months of back and forth in the thread I can't think of a single post supporting the manager that uses tangible facts in his defence. We often see goal posts shifted and history rewritten to try and excuse Ole's shortcomings.
Well, at the risk of getting drawn into another debate about this, I will just reiterate that my own personal stance on this has not changed since we kicked off against Chelsea back In August. The squad is in a dire position, I like and agree with Ole's view on the type of players we should be recruiting and I think he will build us a very good squad. We've been crying out for some focus and planning in our recruitment and he will bring that. For me, that is more important than where we finish this season, so the draws and losses don't particularly bother me as much as most. I still love watching us play and in fact I look forward to our games more now than I have in years.
I'm giving him, well, not quite a free pass this season, but as close to it as I probably ever could, and I actually think he's done a pretty good job of navigating us through this season so far with the injuries and shortcomings in the team. I don't care about win rate, or his CV, or that he played for us, or how Klopp did in his 1st season, or all of the other dross that gets dissected on here daily, because I completely believe that what is being done at the moment will prove to be a benchmark to getting us back to what we were, and I won't be swayed from that belief. I've been through enough seasons as a fan that one lean season is not a big deal in the wider picture if it gets us back on the right tracks.
My free pass that I referred to expires in August. If we are not putting together consistent results by end of October I'll want a change, but until then I'm all in on this. I realise that you or others will want to pick this post apart. Feel free to do that, but it wont change my mind any more than I can convince you of what I think. You talk about people using tangible facts to support this, but what facts are there to use when results aren't fantastic at the moment? Call it gut feeling, or instinct, or whatever else you want. My support of Ole is because I like his approach, I understand that it will take time, and I agree with what he is doing.