My 2 cents - which is just a bit of a brain dump really.
Surely it would be madness not to give Ole time to prove his worth? By time, I mean however long it takes for him to make this team his team, so realistically, that is around 3-4 transfer windows, or approximately 2 full seasons - (obviously if he is severely under-performing and we're loitering near the relegation zone towards the end of the season, then that's a different story, but let's be honest, that's just not going to happen).
We're 3 games in to the new season and a lot seem fed up with him already. If we do not believe in his footballing philosophies or think he is the man to push us in the right direction, then what was the point in hiring him in the first place? There were always going to be problems at some point during his reign at the club, it's about Ole meeting these challenges head on and coming out the other end as a better manager and helping us improve as a team.
We can't just keep sacking managers when things are not going exactly to plan. We're at a stage where we have tried different types of managers, all of who have failed. Moyes who was seen as a talented British manager with Premier League experience who ready to make the step up, LvG who was the experienced manager at high profile clubs who could help us steady the ship, Jose who was a serial winner and had one of the best CV's in world football, and now we've arrived at Ole - an unproven club legend ready to prove a point. What type of manager do we go for next if we sack Ole, and does it really fill you with confidence that the senior management within our club seemingly have no defined and consistent long-term strategy in place as they keep chopping and changing between these types of managers? We have to stop looking for quick fixes here and just do it properly. That means riding out the bad times as I've mentioned. The common denominator over the past 6 years has been Ed Woodward and the Glazers. By sacking Ole, we are not really addressing the problem, merely shifting the blame on to the next manager. If you can accept that Woodward and the Glazers are a big problem (albeit not the only problem), then surely you have to give our current manager, especially one who has only signed 3 of his own players so far, some leeway.
I'm not the most sentimental type of person, but I do think that Ole has one (often overlooked) advantage compared his 3 predecessors and that in my opinion is someone who genuinely has the best interests of the club at heart and is not hell bent on developing their own personal agenda. I suspect that there are not a lot of other senior people within the organisation who you could say the same about. According to SAF, Ole was not only a good football player, he was also a very good student of the game with a tactical mindset. Therefore, I would like to believe that he will strive to do his best whilst he is here, which means adapting to the ongoing challenges facing the club, pushing the clubs hierarchy to drive progression and build a team which can help us get back to the top.
If I was going to be slightly sentimental though, when we went on that unbeaten run last year, it genuinely felt different to me. It reminded me of why I started supporting this club and I was loving watching us play, something I haven't been able to say at any other point post SAF. Sure, it was relatively short lived, but it personally helps me believe that Ole can build on this.
We were never going to be challenging for much this season, but I do see evidence of improvement already and I think his first 3 signings are all good. We were not that far off from taking 9 points out of 9 either really, so I'm curious and somewhat cautiously optimistic to see how far he can take us in the next few seasons.