What's going to be interesting is that there's an entire generation of Man U fans right across the world who've not known any other manager. In fact, for most of them, Fergie and the success he brought is the reason they chose Man U in the first place. It's hard to imagine being, say, 25 and never having had a doubt about the guy in charge of your club. Never having to argue with other fans about if he was the right man for the job, who you should go for next, if he should be sacked or given more time, never worrying that he might resign, never debating who you could have instead... And of course they've been used to the constant stream of success that went with having a stable top level manager. It's one thing to be used to such stability and success, it's another to have never known anything else as a football fan and it's going to be a bit of a culture shock for many people who follow the club.
I think Moyes can quite easily be a success at Man U, especially if he's got Fergie in the background mentoring him. But if it starts to go 'wrong' (and to a lot of Man U fans finishing 3rd or 4th and not winnign a trophy would seem like disaster) then it'll be interesting to see what happens. On the one side you've got legions of followers who feel entitled to constant success and may knee-jerk against the manager and not give him enough time. On the other hand, people are well aware of how close Fergie came to the sack during his early spell at the club. They're used to stability and they're used to being proud of not being like those fickle Chelsea lot - that it's the 'Man United way' to stick by the manager, even though the current Man U infrastructure has nothing to do with the one of 25 years ago. There could also be an arrogant complacency that it'll come good simply because they're Man United - all of which could lead to them sticking with the wrong guy until it's too late to make up the ground they've lost.
