It really is as simple as this:
There were fans on this forum that were backing Ole all the way not because we felt that he was a guarantee of success. Even now that really isn't the case. It was merely a case of having the patience to allow all of this to play out, because to some it was clear just how bad a state the squad was in. The support and the patience was borne out of a belief that Ole was doing
all of the right things to address those issues, coupled with the fact that we were seeing enough to suggest that he was also a pretty decent tactician that was making the most of the resources available to him. It was obvious that it wasn't going to be an overnight fix. It had to happen in layers, and now we are starting to see the fruits of that.
People either didn't see this, were not willing to be patient enough, or over time developed an agenda against Ole. To those people, he wasn't good enough, never would be, and that was all there was to it. Most of the friction on this forum came from that, and
@GoldTrafford99 was right. It was all short term thinking from so many. A meltdown after every result and every performance that wasn't deemed to be good enough, and this was
always a deeply unfair & unrealistic position to take.
Those posters that are now coming out with this line - 'I criticised him all the way until results got better, and now I'm backing him' - and thinking that they got it right, well......sorry but you didn't! They haven't suddenly taking a leap forward in ability as a management team. I doubt the coaching, or the man-management, or the philosophy have changed all that much. It always take time and trust and good decision making to build a team. What we have now is a result of two years of hard work & strong management