We live in a democracy, well at least most of us do and Manchester United the club is firmly placed in a country that practices it. Manchester United is a corporation, football is a business, these players earn a hell of a lot of money and we need to match it with earnings. Messing with blind faith on a football forum is incredibly naive, what on earth is the purpose? Out of the thousands of fans on here, millions in the world, the criticism towards the current manager will be perfectly weighted and there is nothing such a thread can change. The holier than thou-mentality does not make anyone a better or more important fan than someone who is more negative and spends more time asking for change. As soon as the game starts, everyone will be rooting for United to win expect for the very few in a minority. Who cares about them, really? Even in the perfect world under Sir Alex, I am sure there were negative people wanting to sack him even after a trophy was in the bag. The world is full of idiots - especially on an anonymous internet forum, the extremities will always appear.
For me; keeping blind faith is equally as ignorant and harmful as being overly negative and finding problems where there are none. We should never reward incompetence, "staying with the manager" is not a United-thing, the argument of keeping Sir Alex on after a rough start isn't valid anymore, we find ourselves in 2020 - there are far too many financial consequences involved. Awarding mediocrity when it comes to managers and players is incredibly dangerous - it paves way for mediocre results, lack of development, demotivated players, stagnation, lower collective demands among fans - and falling behind others that are on a better path. Suddenly we are 5-10 years behind the best teams because we have failed to replace those who are not able to perform up to task. To conclude; "getting behind the manager" is not something I am going to do if I have made my mind up about his glaring incompetence and lack of development with a group of players that are capable of producing much, much better results and entertainment. I will in no way wish for losses so that he is kicked out sooner, but I cannot pretend to be happy whilst we are served a product in a world of entertainment that is way behind what I feel is possible. After two years, we have great players in and out of the team, the tactics change seemingly based on forum opinions (yeah, I actually think the man in charge reads this forum) and most importantly, we are not able to integrate chemistry between great attacking players. We are behind even Brighton when it comes to utilizing the player collective, which is very alarming.