Not sure about that. Ten Hag came in tried to play his way at the start with attacking football, looked good at first, they got injuries and now he is a low block merchant. It works sometimes but United are now limited, they can grind out results but they could have looked to be more.
It comes back to the club. Most elite managers have one way of playing, they might tinker a little but, Klopp, Pep, Conte etc. you either back them or you don’t. They won’t change due to the club not having the players or not being willing to spend. We have never actually supported a manager to an elite level with good money, scouting and time, never, hence we never really challenge except for the odd occasion. Werner is a cheap fill in squad option, Johnson is a very talented but still developing young player, those signings are small fry for the whole required fix.
If we want a manager that is more able to work with what he has, perhaps an Emery type of manager, I think that has more long term limitations. But the business model of the club I cannot see us ever winning something unless we take a longer term view of how we play and who we buy. We can’t win as a pound shop Chelsea hiring and firing managers. It doesn’t work.
The only reason I am slightly more optimistic this time is we have Scott Munn, Lange and Paratici which means more people between the manager and Levy who should not be involved in football decisions like the past.