The highs under LVG, like dominating Liverpool at Anfield, the game we put 4 past city etc are higher than any of the highs under Ole. These highs were few and far between. The lows under LVG were much lower than the lows under Ole. There were games where there would barely be any shots on target. These were more frequent than they are under Ole.
Sure, LVG had some sort of plan in his mind most likely, but he was well past his best and unable to really put it into effect on the field. Ironically this is a criticism also leveled at Ole. By the end of LVG’s time here we didn’t look much closer to becoming a possession based team that could beat anyone than we did at the start.
That doesn’t change the fact that I don’t think Ole is good enough, or will ever be good enough, will never win us any significant trophy and needs to be replaced. However, I’m not going to look back and say that I wish we had LVG now, because I don’t.
That being said, of all the people to compare our current manager to, our past managers really aren’t the ones to do it with. You don’t compare one person underperforming to another person who underperformed before. Where does that discussion get you? Asking to choose between being shot in the head, the heart or the balls doesn’t mean that any of those choices are desirable ones.