Im sorry, I just find it odd to see either one of those doing much better. It’d be a rebuilt to a new manager again imo. We could possibly be the same place like we are now, and no Zidane or Ancelotti will take over by then (Ancelotti’s gone by then too).
I dont think Ten Hag is doing a good job at all, but a reset also costs a lot of money. Id be much more in favor of finding a decided way we should aim to play at with the transferteam decing this, and then have a manager who plays to their whistle instead of the other way around, where each new manager has their own either pragmatical style like Mourinho or his own system like Van Gaal. Really hope INEOS sees it that way too. Id somehow say EtH is a modern manager, but he needs a team around him to work. Had that actually worked he might have had a chance here if we did shrewd business. A transferteam that goes for Rice instead of Casemiro, and knows whether Antony would be a match and overrules the manager for instance.
its not like EtH is without ability to develop what he has. Garnacho, Mainoo are the obvious examples, but Rashford also clicked last season, so he does have it in him. But I think too much has been a mess for too long now for him to turn it around.
Basically a manager at United should be really good at developing talent and playing in a modern entertaining way. We’ll have little money to spend, so it’s all about nurturing and finding the right talent and have a long term plan now.