You're kind of proving my point. Moyes, Giggs and Gollum were Woodward appointments, with no track record of success. Mourinho got them to 2nd, but we all know he can only keep it up for 2 seasons. If they'd kept Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal until now, you don't think they'd be in a much better state? They were playing proper football under him, just not with the right players. You don't think they'd be a much tougher proposition if they had Guardiola, Klopp or Pochettino in charge? They could sack their entire management team (including Woodward) and sort themselves out. For all the time they've got that genius in charge of footballing decisions they'll be dying a slow death. If they start flirting with relegation they'll surely start looking at serious change.
Not really, their titles have been won by 3 men, the arl tramp, Busby and some c*nt only hardcore manc historians can name, they were fuck all before Busby and they were fuck all after him, a big name (for reasons mentioned by SoS a day or two ago) loved by the media giving it the Billy big bollocks with glam signings and nothing to show for it apart from the odd cup run, those bringing up relegation are just fantasising as it won't happen
They made their modern name by being ahead of the curve, opening their gaping hole for anybody to jizz in as long as they had the money, all fronted by a bully, the bully grew old & retired and the nature of their business meant they were always at risk of attracting the wrong money men, so what they're left with is the family of Glazer raking in a fortune for nothing, they know nothing about the game and everything is left to Mistoh Wudwud, as long as the money keeps rolling in, and it will as they have a fuck ton more bad wools & geg ins than we do, he'll be untouchable, that's all that matters to the Glazers, long may they reign