I'm the first to say that we are not the finished article. We have a long way to go if we are going to win something major but we have moved on massively since Jose's last season.
Is Ole the man that will finally win us a major trophy? I don't know but he is a massive set up from Jose even if he never wins anything. At least I've got a team that I look forward to watching week in and week out.
I don't give a shit about Mourinho. As I said who cares about who was the best manager in such shit period ? The bar is rock bottom for all of them. Neither of them has set the world on fire, yes, including the current manager.
My problem is people who are actually trying to paint this Villareal's loss as some sort of a normal loss that just happened and nothing more. Really damn gets on my nerve.
For me this game was pretty much the culmination of all Ole's problems as a coach. Every bad thing he has as a coach appeared in this game, and literally every bad thing about current United appeared in this game. It was basically a summary of all the bottling jobs we have been doing for 3 years now in every one off crucial game.
Yes, Ole has done a very good job as a manager rebuilding the squad and signing good players. Yes, his tenure as a manager has several positives and isn't a 100% failure (Actually neither were LVG and Mourinho, only Moyes was fully shit from start to finish, Ole, LVG and Mourinho had their positives and negatives, but as I said the bar is rock bottom for all of them and these 8 years have all been shit for United standards). However as a coach Ole is an average or a below average manager, and he shows his limitation massively whenever we're close to win something.
The current Manchester United looks closer to Poch's Spurs than anything. A nice team, plays good football some times, are well and good as long as there's no pressure to win anything. Once this side is close to win something or on top of something, once the pressure is on, we shit the bed and lose everything. Semis ? Shit. Final ? Shit. CL group in which we needed one point of 2 games or defeat a shit Turkish side ? Shit. Lead the league table 3 points ahead of 2nd spot ? Shit the bed and drop 10 points away from the top 2 weeks later.
Just a nice, good looking team, but unfortunately not winners per se. At one point Ole needs to take the blame for how his team seems to crumble under the pressure of winning something.
As I said comparing the managers post Fergie looks to me like a pointless discussion. Neither of them set the world on fire. Neither of them deserve anything higher than 7/10 for United standards, in my opinion.