The start of this PL season really hasn't been anything special.
Lost to Palace, should've lost to Brighton, got annihilated by Tottenham, played a really dire game against Chelsea etc.
I will give him the benefit of the doubt right now (short preseason etc.), but let's not act like this place has been really optimistic up until the PSG game.
I have been optimistic about Ole ever since he came in and revamped the culture at the club - getting rid of mercenaries and deadwood, getting the right players in with the correct attitude who want to play for the badge and put the team first, getting us to play front-foot attacking football again, not to mention the vast improvement in players previously folks had given up on (Fred, Shaw, Martial, etc).
- The run of games as caretaker manager was amazing but not sustainable given very different fitness regimes under the previous coach (Mourinho) for 2.5 years. At least the spiralling down the table under Mourinho stopped, the toxicity around the club disappeared and Ole learnt more about the players which helped him decide who he wanted to keep in the squad.
- 2019/20 was his first season - it was very inconsistent in the first half because we couldn't win the 'small' games which wasn't surprising when we had Lingard/Pereira as our chief creators with Pogba out injured forever and also Martial / Rashford having lengthy injuries; Post-lockdown, we were one of the most consistent teams in Europe and we were undefeated in the league, yet at the tail-end we were knackered because by now he had put together a strong XI but our squad wasn't deep with quality; ultimately, he managed to finish 3rd in the table behind City and Liverpool when most pundits had him at 6th - 8th.
- This season, the anomaly due to Covid meant teams that played in Europe while the rest were resting / preparing for the 2019/20 season, meant that our start to the season was slow and the 5 games before international break effectively preseason games required to get back in shape (Won 3 Lost 2); the consistency is now slowly but surely coming back
I don't understand why folks would believe the media crap about Ole / United, knowing the amount of ABU bias out there but not believe in Ole? Case in point: most of the media / pundits had us being knocked out of the Champions League because we got PSG / Leipzig but we beat them both and now have a very good chance.
This is Ole, he bleeds United more than any of us - he's not a self-serving manager in the mould of Mourinho or to a lesser extent LvG.
I have not been more excited about United and our future since Sir Alex left. I wish more of us can see the progress and can get excited too.