I don't think anything fruitful comes out from public criticism really. Sure fans have the right to say whatever they want as we're not living under a regime but I am against having employees being criticised in public. I think that an employee should first be warned that their performance isn't good enough and helped in the best way possible however if the employee's performance can't be improved at a realistic time frame then they should be shown the door. Businesses are there to meet their business aims and not to nanny employees. Also bear in mind that money does do the talking whether we like it or not. The more you get paid, the more pressure you will have to perform and the less 'off days at the office' you can afford.
I also believe that incompetence carefully masked by sentimentalism has been the reason why the club has been gone to the dogs. The mask fell thanks to Woodward's recent interview were he clearly stated that under performing players would still be handled long term contracts simply because the club struggle in signing more then 3 players per summer window.
Sir Alex cleaned the squad because he had to. It was his job vs theirs. As a famous film said, its nothing personal, but strictly business.
