Country: England
Mentality in dressing room and club, problem players among else.
And again.
The problem isn't that you and I couldn't see it. The problem isn't that 99% of the footballing world couldn't see it. I agree with you 100%, its plain ****ing obvious.
But that doesn't matter for United.
The problem is that nobody at UNITED could see it. And if they did, they were too afraid to speak about it. Here comes Ragnick, calling it out for what it is. Something nobody at United did for 10 years (With the exception of Mourinho after he left).
And I agree fully, shouldn't be manager. It doesn't even have to be Ragnick at all. But that voice and opinion alone, in a club that refuses to see reality, can support and help develop United beyond what it is now. That's why you have United fans like @Juan Matas Beard still supporting the guy even after that horrible record.
I empathise with Mourinho a lot, the very narrative when he was hired was that "he's going to lose the dressing room at some point."
So when Mourinho calls something out or insults players, it just sounds like its Mourinho being toxic and a Mourinho problem. You can go back to the "Football heritage" interview and he uncovered so many truths and failures of the players, the hierarchy and the legacy post-Ferguson. People thought he was trying to protect his own reputation and throw the players under the bus but like him or not, he doesn't hide what he thinks.
What was even more bizarre was that we went on an incredible run as soon as he was sacked beating the likes of PSG over 2 legs which led Ole to be hired and this made it seem like it was a Mourinho problem. Then seasons later the truth was uncovered little by little.