A lot of words to basically argue that Ten Hag is the absolute best manager outside of Klopp and Guardiola.
I mean, there's not much you can say to that
Not what I said at all.
At least not the point I was trying to convey. What I said is appointing a new manager is pointless if we don't sort out the backbone of the club first. It's rotten to the core.
This is exactly the backwards mentality that is partly responsible for where we are right now. We most certainly do not need another "messiah" who is going to stay for a decade. It's not how it works, it's not how football works. There is a reason no top club operates like that. The managers who stay longer time do it because they earned it with results, not because clubs planned on keeping them no matter what. The whole idea of fighting "player power" by simply keeping a manager for a long time is so ridiculous. We need a manager who is going to be a coach first and foremost. Saying changing managers will not solve anything is like saying replacing Antony is not going to change anything.
To clarify, I don't think Ten Hag is a messiah. I'm saying it's pointless to appoint a new manager (especially considering those who are available at the moment, none of them are anything special. ) when we are restructuring the club. We need a team built with a vision in mind and that takes time.
It's exactly the same thing with players. Everyone was jerking each other off and and hooray-ing when we were signing Pogba, or Cavani, Or Ibrahimovic, or Schweinsteiger, or Sancho, or Anthony, or Ronaldo. All we want is a new shiny toy to be in awe off instead of putting in the hard, neccesary work to be a successful team. Getting the right transfers in and having a good scouting network. I cringe everytime we are linked with Mbappe or Neymar because who gives a shite? That's not what we need at all.
My point is EXACTLY the opposite of the mentality that is responsible of where we are right now. We give a manager 3 seasons and give them everything except for what they ask for (high profile players or promising wonder kids for 90million£ to satisfy the fans) and then everything inevitably goes to shite and we hire a new manager. And this new manager has a different football-philosophy to the one prior, inheriting a team who was built to play in a completely different way. He tries his best to build his own team, at best getting his 3rd or 4th transfer-candidates because we have incompetent negotiators (and we're not an attractive club to join anymore. We are like a MLS team players go to to retire but based in Manchester). And the cycle continues.
I for one don't want Manchester United to be a joke anymore. I think it's best to be patient and put in the neccessary ground-work for a successful team even if it takes 5 more years of suffering and getting humiliated by our rivals. Give all the non-caring players the boot (no matter their status), build a team with a vision in mind, improve our staff in administrativ positions. The next manager we appoint should not be appointed due to status but if their football aligns with the team and vision we've built.
What we need is STABILITY and a long-term plan. Even if things are a bit rocky sometimes.