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What about:If the board appoints someone manager then it's normal to support them. There was obviously romanticism and the sense of hope that came after the dark end days of Jose's reign. Everyone knew he wasn't an elite manager by any stretch, but after a great start, hoped he could become one. The other posters were arguing that people had Ole down as a great manager, which I don't think was the case. They just wanted him to succeed as fans of Ole and the club- I don't think that's too hard to understand, even if any any dispassionate analysis would tell you he shouldn't have been appointed full-time and then not retained as long as he was.
1. Supporting him to the bitter end and tying themselves in knots by scapegoating players (the latest of which was Ronaldo)?
2. The ironic use of the phrase "patterns of play" to prop up Ole against other (genuinely great) managers?
3. Creating threads that hunted and listed posters criticising Ole (like Wumminator after the West Ham game)?
"As fans of Ole and the club" often became "fans of Ole before fans of United." Perhaps we are just focusing on different posters, but it is undeniable that there was a vocal group who wanted to shut down all criticism.