Totally disagree mate.
After riding the wave of a squad he inherited from Moyes , we got worse and worse.
Loads of possession with no end product.
He had lost the squad by the time he was correctly punted.
I think it was a blend of both arguments To be fair. there was no doubt that the first season was joyous to behold, every single one of us thought we were going places That season. However, whilst RM undoubtedly stamped his Wenger-like flair on the style of football we saw that season, he also mirrored Wengers primary fault, which was “my way works, I will not change”. This ultimately led to his downfall, because he wasn’t willing to accept that his first season - In which he had unshackled the players from the safety first Moyes ethos - was also massively helped by the fact that the entire team still retained the Moyes defensive qualities.
I personally think the main similarity between Howard and Roberto was they both believed the game should be beautiful. The biggest difference was that Howard was pragmatic enough to realise that sometimes it had to be ugly, Sadly Roberto never did. Had RM been given the funds, he would undoubtedly have spent it on ever more creative footballers, whilst retaining his blind spot on the ugly side. In a way that was Wengers downfall, He refused, season after season to accept that his keepers were not up to scratch, instead remaining focussed on the “perfect game”.
I really liked RM and I think he truly transformed us, and I hate the way he is now demonised, but I also believe that had he been given HK’s 80’s side, he would have had success, but not as much as HK due to that unwillingness to compromise. The truly successful managers have a preferred system as plan A, with a plan B and plan C for when things go belly up.
I genuinely hope RM finds a plan B because I think he is a lovely guy and would dearly love him and that Belgium side to win something, I would hate to see a side so talented ultimately fail ( as the great Dutch sides have done).