Why are people are going on about Ole if Ralf isn't doing well. There were so many options to pick from for interim in the first place to save this season
I was happy picking Ralf, but my word his BIGGEST fault is still picking the same trash that Ole did and playing a similar style. I genuinely thought he'd be ruthless and different. In hindsight, we should have picked an interim who was more ruthless.
I guess some people will always be enamoured with the romantic notion of a United legend from the days of yore who will bring back the glory days. And, truth be told, a lot of the criticism on here became rather vitriolic at some point. So, some feel the need to point out that we can do even worse without him. Not the best line of defence for the man (who had his good moments), but his position had become indefensible toward the end of his tenure. For what it's worth, i don't believe he would have turned it around, either. One of the main reasons for this season's collapse was that we had prepared, both in the market and mentally, to push for better things. But when the planning on the pitch fails spectacularly, it's never easy to go back to the mindset that what you have in front of you is another lacklustre year. I believe that it was obvious in his farewell interview, how disappointed he was that all these hopes didn't materialize. Most of the squad must feel the same.
As for your second point, i think you're being unfair toward RR. He wasn't allowed to bring anyone in, but had to work with what he had instead. Given that, unlike Mourinho and due to his respect for the club, Solskjaer didn't try to sabotage himself by turning the dressing room into a wasteland of toxicity, it was always hard to expect a similar new manager's bounce. It's quite possible that a better manager, like Conte, would have managed to steer the ship into a top-four finish. But we didn't go for Conte, so that's only crying over spilled milk.
We tried to change things on the pitch by changing both our first choice full backs, made Sancho a mainstay on our "strong" left side (the one we rely on mostly to set moves) and introduced Elanga to the first team. None of which paid the dividends we expected. And now, here we are. I just hope we announce ETH as soon as possible. Other than that, his remarks about the qualities we lack and prohibit us from becoming a good modern side are IMHO correct. It's for the next guy to fix them come next season.
"Absolute state of this deluded fanbase" indeed.
