I never quite got this narrative, Ferguson was the ultimate anomaly. I could flip what you say and say if Chelsea listened to the give managers time brigade and kept faith with AVB (not just at United but at other clubs too) we wouldn't have had the greatest night of our history or if Real said "we should give Benitez time because you can't sack a manager before they have a full season" they wouldn't have made history with 3 CL's on the spin.
I'm not giving an opinion on Ole either way as you lot watch his tactics more regularly so are more qualified to do so but whenever i see the (and quotes similar to) "what should we do keep sacking managers?" line (from any fanbase) the answer is if you have too absolutely yes, if a manager's doing shit you sack him and try again, if a manager had success but stagnates you sack him and start again (like we did transitioning from Mourinho to Conte via Hiddink or Real from Ancelotti to Zidane via Benitez). If you can find a suitable long term manager then ofcourse that's the ideal, but joining the sacking culture is infinity times a better option than giving a manager who's not cutting it time.
This forum is rife with ***** who actually seem ashamed of our success & want to wear this period of our history as some badge of honour where they ‘backed the manager & the club’.
If I could be bothered to trawl their post history the same sanctimonious lot are more than happy to let players they don’t like & the owners [you know, members of ‘the club’ they claim to wholeheartedly support] have it with both barrels.
You have to be Ole in or Ole out; Fred has to be the most underrated midfielder in England or crap, Maguire has to be a brilliant ball playing CB or a cart horse - you’re not allowed any nuance on here.
If OgS leaves a failure he won’t be the first manager to do so at a big club & he certainly won’t be the most astute one to have done so either. That said, he may actually come good but instead of quarrelling over what might have been it’s about time his results are judged on what occurs in the 90 minutes of football played instead of what our xG says should of happened etc.
I want nothing more than for OgS to be Fergie incarnate but that doesn’t mean I can’t also be realistic with his limitations.