I don't like how this season is going either, but it could be a lot worse. The best manager we've ever had was 13th at this point in his first season. I know it's a different time, but consistency is the key. Becoming like City or Chelsea isn't going to help matters.
No it isn't, consistency means nothing without some quality. If Utd brought in Di Canio, were 15th, and they stuck with him, they may end up relegated.
Fergie was stuck with, but it turns out that he was actually a great manager, if he'd been a poor manager and you'd stuck with him..... you'd have been in a terrible situation.
You're talking about hindsight, consistency seems a great thing when you later find out that manager is great. Not every manager is good because you want them to be. regardless of league position you can see a team improving generally, or getting worse. You can buy 10 players and be worse for a while, you might even expect it, but you can see the little moments that let you know the players have that talent and just need a bit more time, same with a manager.
I don't remember clearly Fergie's first period in charge of Utd, too young really and didn't watch almost any of Utd, but I assume there were signs of change that was for the better. Likewise this was a manager who had won things previously, Moyes has done nowt for years. Martinez won a cup with a team on a budget that simply wasn't capable of competing in the prem league but could drag that team to one off big wins, be it cup or league, something Moyes has never been capable of.
Sticking with a manager who is showing said signs of improvement even if they make the team worse in the short term, is sensible. In terms of AVB, the team with every game was getting worse, despite new players, he wasn't getting the best out of the OLD players, who were worse every game. AVB showed over 2 years a distinct refusal to learn from his mistakes. Sticking with him would have been a huge mistake. Martinez's first 3 games with Everton were 3 draws and they looked... odd, but you could instantly see a change in how they played, it took a few games for both several new players to gel with the old players and for a more offensive style to bed in. That is very short term obviously but the signs of change were obvious straight away, even if they hadn't won for 6-7 games you could see a BIG change and give that time.
Moyes has changed nothing..... yet is doing far worse and still in half a season has changed nothing, learned nothing, still has no answers. if he was 15th but had signed 6 new players and the football was improving game to game, I'd say stick with him, when his one signing has been abysmal, and the team is getting no better at all, with no signs of change, sticking with him is daft.
