What are all these brilliant decisions he has taken so far? Selling off deadwood for pittance is hardly brilliant. As for buying, we've paid a world record fee for a defender, again hardly brilliant. James was a good signing I agree. As for the things on the pitch, nothing has really changed, we still look like shite. Last season all OGS fans could say was we had no pre-season, our players are not equipped with OGS' pressing style. Fast forward to now we still look like crap, we dont press well, we dont pass well, we dont create much, we are parking the bus at home to the likes of Leicester and I'm pretty sure we are going to get smashed by our biggest rivals this year.
Oh and as for your last bit, please get off your high horse, we are all Manchester United fans, just because you can stomach the crap being served on the pitch doesn't mean we all have to take it too. No one is asking OGS to win the treble this year, but asking us to play dominantly against the likes of Southampton, Crystal Palace, Leicester etc. is not much.
What exactly do you think the manager does? Ole isn't negotiating fees with other clubs, he tells the club who is surplus to requirements, the transfer commitee agree on targets then Matt Judge does the negotiating. The fees paid/received have very little to do with Ole.
As for the rest of your post, I listed the correct decisions he's made in a previous post.
- The choices to get rid of Lukaku, Sanchez, Darmian and Fellaini, and try to get rid of Rojo, were spot on. Smalling was a judgement call based on his no longer being a regular and wanting to play, best for him but maybe not for us.
- The players he's signed/targeted are exactly what we needed, James has been excellent, Maguire has been what we expected/hoped and AWB, whom you failed to mention, has been a revelation.
- The players he targeted but failed to get like Sancho, Rice and Longstaff are exactly what we need in terms of age, potential and ability to contribute now.
- Not falling into the trap of signing anyone available, irrespective of wages/desire to be here because we couldn't get his top targets is the best indicator of his long term view and it's just what we should be doing.
- Not signing Dybala was the right choice. If a player doesn't want to be here/is more interested in money then his talent is irrelevant - we've seen that time and again over the last 6 years.
- Promoting Greenwood, Gomes, Chong and Tuanzebe is just what the club and squad need, it's what gives the clun it's identity.
- Trying to change the style of play to a high press is just what a top club should do. We may not have to players to execute it properly/consistently yet but it's still the right direction for the team.
- The recruits for the academy are exciting and a clear shift in focus from the previous 6 years.
I explained the last part of my post earlier. The decisions and choices Ole's made are with the long term in mind, judging them on short term results is idiotic. If you think his decisions are purely for the short term or are judging them based on short term criteria/results then you're wrong. If you understand that they're long term decisions but don't care because you're more interested in the result of the next match/10 matches/where we finish this season then IMO there are other clubs/fans out there with that mentality, like the muppets at Madrid who whistle at players.
What I really can't stomach is impatient, and in my view idiotic fans who can't see past the result of the previous game.