2nd best team in the country since Bruno joined. This doesn't suit the Ole outers agenda very much does it?
It certainly makes the constant moaning after every so-and-so or meh performance seem rather peevish and obstinate. There's good discussion to be held about what we do well and what not as a team, about what the manager has done well and what not but, unfortunately, it all gets lost in the noise both extremes make. And yeah, i'll agree with you there. Even as someone who doesn't have much faith in Solskjaer, the negativity on here after each and every bad performance is close to unbearable.
Where i probably won't agree is if you want me to take that statement of yours literally. Because we have not been the second best team in the country for quite a while now, even with Bruno's stint included. In terms of the quality of the football produced and titles won, Liverpool and City are way ahead of the rest. We're among a pack of teams that tries to play catch-up. The way you wrote it, it reminded me of some Spurs fans who were claiming that theirs was the best team in the country between 2015 and 2017 because, if we combined the points of all teams from the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, Spurs were leading that imaginary table.
Similarly, i understand the stats with Klopp and Pep's first 90, 100, 105 or whatever games in charge when they are used to pointing out that you can't build a truly great side with a snap of the fingers. It takes time and there are several aspects of the club that have improved under Solskjaer. But it should not be used as an argument to simply dismiss and snub all concerns about the future. If what you're really trying to tell me that everything is okey-dokey and there should be no concerns whatsoever because "Pep and Klopp didn't have better stats in their first 104 games", then you should also include their next 105, 155, 205 games as a measure of what we should expect from Solskjaer in the near future.
Anyway, i believe he's earned the right to get the full season, unless the wheels come off, and i repeat that there's unnecessary panic, right now, whenever we lose a game or drop points.
On the other hand, his win percentage in the PL seems dangerously stuck to 50%: 12/21 in 2018-19, 18/38 in 2019-20 and 4/8 thus far in 2020-21. So, i'd argue that the shouts about the lack of consistency are pretty much valid and not as someone suggested a few pages back unwarranted.