I think because many of us have stuck with Ole, despite having certain doubts, because his results have been good, allowing for the players at his disposal, the squad has improved and the general morale of the players seems good.
However, we could all see there were obvious questions marks about the way in which we seemed to struggle to break down mediocre sides, our negative/underdog style tactics in big games (which could sort f be justified at the time) and the lack of killer instinct in key games like Villarreal in the Europa League final.
This season, the squad is definitely good enough to be challenging. It's certainly good enough to be comfortably be beating the likes of Southampon, Villa (H) and Everton (H). However, even bad results in and of themselves isn't what is concerning me, because results in football can be random, and are heavily influenced by moments of luck. However, what concerns me more is the chaotic nature of these performances, and the performances against Wolves, Villarreal and Young Boys.
It would appear that Ole did a good job of making an average side perform above it's ability but somewhere, somehow, something is going wrong currently. It's hard to overplay quite how bad the Villarreal first half performance was, same goes for Wolves and Aston Villa really. It's massively concerning that we lack basic organisation in games. It's massively concerning that mediocre sides are creating 5/6 decent chances in games, and that every time we lose the ball, the opposition seem to be 3 vs 3 or 4 vs 4 at our back line.
That's what sets the 'good' managers apart from the 'outstanding'. A good manager should be able to set a team up to defend and counter. It takes a world-class one to figure out how to completely dominate the opposition in games and pick up results relentlessly against the 15 sides in the PL that we need to beat the majority of the time to win a PL title
If we were dominating games and getting beat because of individual errors or bad luck, that would be fine. Currently, we're so predictable that you fancy any team with a reasonable level of organisation who sets up in a low-block against us will create multiple chances in games, and I can say with certainty that if we carry on performing as we have, with this "you have a chance, we have a chance" approach, we won't get top four, let alone compete for trophies.
I'm short of saying Ole is past the point of no return because we have just added three players to the first XI in a tournament summer and are trying to find a formula and style that works. What must happen though, very quickly, is that we start to improve defensively. We're going to get a couple of hidings and/or be embarrassed by someone very average soon at this rate